Date: Tuesday, 22 December 1998 1:06 Yes, I would very much like to have an inquiry posted. The Christopher Drake mentioned born in 1796 is our grandparent, but it is from there that we are stuck and have been stuck for a long time. Four of us have been working on it and have gotten nowhere. Thanks for your help. We all want to know who his parents were, when and where they were born, etc. What we know is Christopher Drake b 11 18 1796 in NY or NJ. Died 1 1 1867 (where)? He married Margaret Applemon and had 11 children that we know of. 1) Peter Drake b Oct 21 1818. 2) Benjamin Drake b 3 27 1821, 3)Joshua Drake b 3 11 1823-24, died 12 11 1854. 4) Jane Drake b 4 4 1825 died 12 27 1825, 5) Mary Ann Drake b 2 21 1827, Pa, d 9 27 1912, married John Doyle, 6) Eleanor Drake b 8 29 1829 died 10 12 1911, 7) Stephen Drake b 1 9 1832 Pa, d 8 12 1924, married Malisa Charshem, 8) Sarah Jane Drake b 3 20 1834, d 9 24 1889, 9)( John Drake b 8 8 1836 d 3 29 1851, 10) Christopher Drake b 4 30 1839 Bath, Steuben Co., NY, d 4 14 1897, married 1 19 1861 to Mary E Christensen, and 11) William Tuttle Drake b 8 5 1841 Chemung, NY, d 4 25 1922, married 12 27 1863 to Sarah Ann Doyle. We have lineage information on 2, 5, 7, 10 and 11. Thanks for your help. Ruby