Date: Thursday, 8 April 1999 11:47 Hello. My name is Doug Bodkin, and my lineage back to the DRAKES is through the NEWKIRK line, where Tunis NEWKIRK married Catherine DRAKE. Catherine was one of six children of Jesse DRAKE and Jemima ROSE. Family tradition has it that Jesse was the son of John DRAKE and Aphia (Alpha? Alphia?) WARD, all of Devonshire. Jesse apparently was also born in Devonshire (Plymouth?) around 1748. Jemima ROSE was a daughter of Gottlieb (Godlove) ROOSS, from around Bingen on Rhine in the Palatine region of Germany. I am looking for the Jesse to John connection, and all pedigree before John. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Doug Bodkin