Name of Patriot: Thomas Drake, Sr.
NSSAR Patriot # P-150240
Submitted by: Michael Wayne Barrett
Thomas Drake, Sr., was born in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, on July 13, 1728, son of Jonathan Drake Sr (1689-1754) & Mary (Clawson) Drake (c1686-1762). He likely spent his early years in colonial New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and Loudoun Co., Virginia.
At the age of 31, he married Miss Eurah (Humphrey) in Chester Co., Pennsylvania, on March 4, 1760 (by LDS Ancestral file) & October 14, 1760 (by Pennsylvania Marriages).