Ray Here is what I have on Drake. Don't yet trust anything before Corny tho. Possibility exists that this leads to brother of Sir Francis OR a DUTCH connection. steve [email protected] (email me) >>> Descendants of Cornelius Drake 1 Cornelius Drake b: August 09, 1741 d: 1815 in NY . +Sarah Worthington b: 1745 d: 1804 in NY . 2 Samuel Drake b: November 20, 1777 Albany New York d: July 1863 ..... +Jane Waters b: 1782 d: June 08, 1846 .... 3 Nancy Catherine Drake b: February 1816 Muhlenburg County Kentucky d: November 12, 1883 ........ +George Howard Hysham b: June 08, 1806 .... 3 Sarah Ann Drake b: 1802 .... 3 Cornelius Drake b: June 03, 1805 d: January 1863 ........ +Malinda Nall b: November 03, 1810 d: April 05, 1855 .... 3 Lucinda Drake b: 1806 .... 3 Thomas Drake b: September 03, 1809 d: May 25, 1857 ........ +Anna Gish .... *2nd Wife of Thomas Drake: ........ +Elizabeth Whitmer b: January 03, 1814 d: July 06, 1897 .... 3 Samuel Drake b: November 08, 1810 d: January 1881 ........ +Susan Jago .... 3 Elizabeth Drake b: 1811 .... 3 Susan A Drake b: 1812 .... 3 Daniel Drake b: 1812 d: 1840 .... 3 John M Drake b: February 04, 1813 .... 3 Jane Drake b: 1815 .... 3 James Drake b: September 16, 1818 d: October 13, 1883 .... 3 William Drake b: June 08, 1819 d: June 25, 1900 ........ +Arminda Rice .... *2nd Wife of William Drake: ........ +Susannah Noffsinger .... 3 Martha Ann Drake b: May 11, 1824 d: June 07, 1885 .... 3 Margaret E Drake b: October 22, 1827 d: October 19, 1896 ........ +William C Ross .... 3 Cynthia Ann Drake b: May 25, 1825 d: May 08, 1888 .... 3 Benjamin Talbert Drake b: November 22, 1827 d: February 20, 1901 ........ +Mary Brillino .... 3 Mary Polly Drake b: August 17, 1808 Kentucky d: May 01, 1854 in Posey County Indiana ........ +Joshua Reeder b: May 12, 1804 Posey County Indiana d: May 02, 1853 in Posey County Indiana ....... 4 Mary Ann Reeder b: November 20, 1838 Posey County, Indiana d: August 20, 1922 in Illinois ........... +Abraham Rister b: July 02, 1830 Indiana d: September 19, 1880 in White County, Illinois .......... 5 Abraham Rister b: December 28, 1875 Mill Shoals, White County, Illinois d: November 03, 1949 in Mt. Vernon, Illinois .............. +Clara B. Rockett b: August 14, 1881 Springerton, White County, Illinois d: September 19, 1952 in Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois ............. 6 Earl Rister b: February 05, 1900 Springerton, White County, Illinois d: July 24, 1974 in Carmi, White County, Illinois ................. +Cova Lavinia ............. 6 Lela Pearl Rister b: August 13, 1901 Springerton, White County, Illinois d: March 08, 1952 in Cayuga, Ontario, Canada ................. +Charles Henry Williams b: February 09, 1900 White County Illinois d: January 07, 1968 in White County Illinois ................ 7 Howard Eugene Williams b: July 14, 1920 .................... +Ann Newton b: May 18, 1918 Wayne County Illinois ................... 8 Marilyn Ann Williams b: October 01, 1938 ....................... +John Jebb ....................... 9 Dennie Jebb b: 1955 ....................... 9 Tamara Lynn Jebb b: November 09, 1958 ................... 8 Harold Eugene Williams b: May 22, 1941 ................... 8 Jackie Loretta Williams b: October 07, 1943 ................... 8 Wendel Williams b: January 04, 1950 Illinois ................... 8 Weldon Williams b: January 04, 1950 ................ 7 Harold Colene Williams .................... +Flora Belle Hutchinson b: October 12, 1927 ................... 8 Harold Sydney Williams b: December 16, 1955 ................ 7 Neva June Williams b: May 13, 1927 .................... +Richard Earl Douglas b: January 24, 1924 ................... 8 Deborah Ann Douglas b: March 26, 1950 ................... 8 Danny Kay Douglas b: October 18, 1952 ................ 7 C Delores Williams b: December 22, 1930 .................... +Roy Wendel Williams b: July 15, 1926 ................... 8 Michael Dale Williams b: November 08, 1948 ................... 8 Roger Paul Williams b: February 12, 1950 ................... 8 Janice Lynn Williams b: March 08, 1955 ............. 6 Edith Lyndall Rister b: 1906 Springerton, White County, Illinois ................. +Lloyd Taylor ............. 6 Raymond Coleen Rister b: January 08, 1909 Springerton, White County, Illinois d: September 03, 1934 in Carmi, White County, Illinois ............. 6 Lena Marie Rister b: May 05, 1913 Springerton, White County, Illinois ............. 6 Norma Marietta Rister b: May 31, 1918 .......... 5 Emmeriah Rister b: 1867 White County, Illinois .............. +Chuiesa Walker b: June 1880 Illinois ............. 6 Mary Rister b: 1903 ............. 6 Florence Rister b: 1907 ............. 6 William Rister b: April 1898 ............. 6 Ruby Rister b: 1909 .......... 5 Eliza Irene Rister b: 1873 d: 1960 .............. +Henry Schmidt b: 1870 d: 1948 in Edwards, Illinois ............. 6 Alena Schmidt ................. +Cyril Tate ............. 6 Alberta Schmidt ................. +Virgil Burrhardt ............. 6 Lura Zanith Schmidt ................. +A. Holm H .......... *2nd Husband of Eliza Irene Rister: .............. +Charles T Rankin b: July 1870 White County Illinois ............. 6 Lilly A. Rankin b: January 08, 1895 d: February 12, 1940 ............. 6 Emory Vern Rankin b: August 02, 1896 d: November 1980 ................. +Margaret Jacobs .......... 5 Irena Jane Rister b: May 14, 1863 Illinois .............. +James Wesley Powell b: November 25, 1849 Illinois d: December 11, 1936 in Illinois ............. 6 Eva Powell b: November 16, 1877 ............. 6 Francis Marin Powell b: January 12, 1880 d: May 31, 1909 ............. 6 Mary Elizabeth Powell b: August 27, 1882 ............. 6 Stella Powell b: November 16, 1884 d: January 01, 1959 ............. 6 Lula Powell b: March 12, 1887 ............. 6 Eliza Powell b: December 31, 1889 ............. 6 Anna Powell b: June 11, 1891 ............. 6 William Frank Powell b: January 19, 1895 d: April 1973 ............. 6 Levi Powell b: March 26 ............. 6 Gening Briant Powell b: May 07, 1900 ............. 6 James Wesley Powell b: February 22, 1904 White County, Illinois d: March 23, 1973 ............. 6 Wanda Powell b: September 03, 1910 d: September 25, 1975 .......... 5 Job Calvin Rister b: 1865 White County, Illinois d: 1943 White Co Ill .............. +Sarah Samantha Jones b: 1861 d: 1942 White Co Illinois ............. 6 Clayton Rister b: 1904 d: 1907 ............. 6 Mary Elva Rister b: 1890 ................. +Osa L Lucas ................ 7 Ralph Lucas ................ 7 Mary Louise Lucas .................... +Robert Eisele ................ 7 Sarah Maurice Lucas .................... +Ralph Schmidt ............. 6 Bertha Mae Rister b: October 09, 1900 Acorn Ridge Missouri d: September 08, 1979 in Pontiac Michigan ................. +John William Baker b: March 12, 1897 Harrisburg Illinois d: May 26, 1981 in Pontiac Michigan ................ 7 Norman Rister Baker b: May 13, 1921 Harrisburg Ill d: May 13, 1921 in Harrisburg Ill ................ 7 John Julian Baker b: January 11, 1937 Harrisburg Ill .................... +Eunice F Hayward b: July 12, 1939 Brown City Mi ................... 8 Marcia C Baker b: August 15, 1964 ....................... +Todd Bates ................... 8 Brenda D Baker b: July 28, 1961 ....................... +John D Richardson ....................... 9 Ian David Richardson b: August 1996 ................ 7 Shirley Dean Baker b: August 03, 1924 Harrisburg Ill .................... +Robert Sternaman d: January 21, 1945 in Germany ................ *2nd Husband of Shirley Dean Baker: .................... +Leonard Erick Sundahl b: November 26, 1921 Carroll Neb d: October 23, 1974 in Cleveland Ohio ................... 8 Joan Shirley Sundahl b: July 19, 1953 Pontiac Mi d: March 28, 1991 in Pontiac Michigan ....................... 9 Jon Christopher Sundahl b: January 04, 1980 Rochester Michigan ................... 8 Linda Mae Sundahl b: July 03, 1947 Pontiac Michigan ....................... +Dennis Craig Acre b: December 17, 1946 Pontiac Mi ....................... 9 Julie Ann Acre b: August 03, 1973 ........................... +Kirk Donavan Fuller b: 1973 ....................... 9 Erick Allen Acre b: June 23, 1975 ....................... 9 Denise Linn Acre b: February 27, 1971 ...Found me ! 8 Stephen Eric Sundahl b: May 30, 1951 Pontiac Michigan ....................... +Carol Margaret Flory b: June 16, 1961 Detroit Michigan ....................... 9 Leonard Eric Sundahl b: June 28, 1984 ....................... 9 Stephen Eric Sundahl b: June 25, 1987 ............. 6 Clyde Rister b: Abt. 1890 ................. +Maggie Yates b: April 01, 1894 Saline County Illinois d: January 12, 1950 ................ 7 Athlea Rister d: Aft. 1950 .................... +Merle Fye ................... 8 Jerry Fye ................ 7 J C Rister d: Aft. 1950 .................... +Beulah ................... 8 Brenda Rister ................... 8 Anita Rister ................... 8 Connie Rister ....................... +Adams .......... 5 Joshua Harmon Rister b: March 26, 1880 White County, Illinois d: February 08, 1940 in Shoals Illinois .......... 5 Mary Etta Rister b: September 20, 1871 White County, Illinois d: January 09, 1958 in Springerton, Illinois .............. +Henry Woodrow b: June 02, 1867 White County, Illinois d: 1946 in Hamiliton County, Illinois ............. 6 Ethel Woodrow b: September 1889 White County, Illinois ............. 6 Leslie Woodrow b: White County, Illinois ............. 6 Vida Woodrow b: White County, Illinois ............. 6 Evelyn Woodrow b: December 13, 1890 White County, Illinois d: January 08, 1978 in Carmi, White County, Illinois ............. 6 Effie Woodrow b: December 28, 1895 White County, Illinois d: June 21, 1954 in Oakdale, Washington Co., Illinois ............. 6 Josephine Woodrow b: 1897 White County, Illinois d: 1943 ............. 6 Ellery Lee Woodrow b: March 05, 1903 White County, Illinois d: October 17, 1966 ............. 6 Elmer Woodrow b: February 12, 1908 d: February 1984 in White County Illinois ................. +Naomi Irene Wilson ................ 7 Dolores Woodrow .................... +Glen Edwin Rose ............. 6 Bernice Juanita Woodrow b: August 09, 1913 Hamiliton County, Illinois d: January 05, 1957 in Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois ............. 6 Pearl Woodrow b: February 12, 1892 White County, Illinois d: February 12, 1920 in Hamiliton County, Illinois ................. +Grover Cleveland York b: October 1888 Hamilton County Illinois ................ 7 Beulah York .................... +Lawrence Gentry ................ 7 Maxine York .................... +John Oliver ................ 7 Clayton Rister York b: October 12, 1919 White County Illinois d: April 03, 1988 in White County Illinois .................... +Violet Rose Palmiter ............. 6 Rose Mary Woodrow b: January 22, 1900 d: 1985 ................. +John Cleveland Taylor b: March 03, 1893 d: August 03, 1978 .......... 5 Olivia Rister b: August 12, 1870 White County, Illinois .............. +Henry A Wade .......... 5 Jamariah Rister b: 1867 Not listed with Abraham in 1870 ....... 4 Simon Reeder b: 1836 ........... +Cornelia b: 1847 ....... 4 Jane Reeder b: April 11, 1834 Indiana d: November 21, 1906 ........... +Larkin Stallings b: December 21, 1832 Indiana d: February 23, 1879 in Illinois .......... 5 Jenny Stallings b: 1874 .............. +Cassel Eaton b: 1872 .......... 5 Laura Stallings b: August 31, 1876 d: February 08, 1923 .............. +Loren Boyd b: Abt. 1875 .......... *2nd Husband of Laura Stallings: .............. +John H Williams b: 1874 .......... 5 Wesley Stallings b: 1877 .......... 5 Ladora Stallings b: February 23, 1879 d: Abt. 1965 .............. +Jesse Forest Campbell b: 1878 ............. 6 Lester Elmo Campbell b: December 02, 1906 ................. +Marge Kennedy b: Abt. 1907 ............. 6 Vivian Campbell ................. +Gaynel ............. 6 Ted Campbell ....... 4 Francis M Reeder b: 1842 ....... 4 Cynthia Reeder b: 1843 d: Aft. 1860 ....... 4 John Reeder b: 1854 d: 1902 ........... +Rachel Alice Bourland b: 1856 .......... 5 Ottie Reeder .......... 5 William Joshua Reeder . 2 Priscilla Drake b: 1774 d: 1850 ..... +Job Matthews b: December 24, 1772 Albany New York d: May 06, 1851 .... 3 Jacob Matthews b: 1793 d: December 07, 1845 ........ +Catherine Shull .... 3 Moses Matthews b: 1794 ........ +Elizabeth Allensworth .... 3 Edward Matthews b: 1794 ........ +Susannah Reynolds .... 3 Sally Matthews b: 1797 .... 3 Drake Matthews b: 1798 ........ +Lucinda Lawrence .... 3 Unknown 1 Matthews b: 1800 .... 3 Justis Matthews b: 1801 .... 3 Mary Matthews b: 1802 d: December 25, 1879 ........ +Samuel Wilder .... 3 Willam Matthews b: 1804 .... 3 Job Matthews b: 1808 ........ +Susannah Marshall .... 3 Daniel Matthews b: June 23, 1810 ........ +Ruth Parker Ailsworth b: January 17, 1811 .... 3 Unknown 2 Matthews b: 1811 .... 3 Susannah Matthews b: 1812 ........ +William Allensworth .... 3 Nathaniel Matthews b: 1814 ........ +Elizabeth Severs .... 3 James Matthews b: 1815 ........ +Jane Baker .... 3 Aaron Matthews b: June 08, 1816 d: August 15, 1895 ........ +Louisa Shaul .... 3 Priscilla Matthews b: 1821 ........ +Wilburn Baker . 2 Rachel Drake b: 1765 Saratoga New York d: 1839 in White County Illinois ..... +Daniel Bidwell b: April 05, 1761 d: January 25, 1839 .... 3 Mary Polly Bidwell ........ +Louis Sullivan . 2 Sally Drake b: 1773 Albany New York d: in Nelson New York ..... +Thomas Bane . *2nd Husband of Sally Drake: ..... +William Goff d: 1795 . 2 Francis Drake b: 1775 New York d: 1814 in Logan County Kentucky ..... +Martha . 2 Phibe Drake b: 1778 Albany New York ..... +Abner Gray . 2 Daniel Drake b: 1785 Albany New York d: in Coles County Illinois ..... +Elizabeth Waters