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(IV) Abraham (3), second child and eldest son of Abraham (2) and Sarali Drake, was born in December, 1688, and died April 13, 1767, aged seventy-eight. He married January 2, 1711, Theodate Roby. Her father, Judge Henry Roby, who fills a conspicuous page in the early history of New Hamp- shire, was a descendant of Henry Roby, who was at Exeter in the beginning of its settlement, and one of the petitioners before noticed. Theodate died April 12, 1783, aged ninety-one years. The children of Abraham and Theodate were: Elizabeth, Theodate, Abraham, Samuel, Sarah, Mary, Abigail, John, Simon and Thomas. (Mention of Thomas and descendant's appears in this article.)
( V) Simon, fourth son and ninth child of Abra- ham and Theodate ( Roby) Drake, was born October 4, 1730, in Hampton, and died November 30, 1819, in Epping, where he settled about 1752. That town was then a wilderness, the first framed house being built there only two years before. There was at this time much trouble from the Indians, and during the year that Mr. Drake settled there a party of savages had killed Mr. Beard and two women about two miles from his residence. He was a man of re- markable exactness, and the method and neatness of his farm was only equalled by his wife in all that pertained to her department. He was a fine farmer, and had a nice farm, which he left to his younger son. His wife, Judith (Perkins) Drake, was born April 18, 1736, and died November 30, 1819. Their children were: James, Mary, Abraham, Josiah, Simon, David, Theodate, Sarah, Samuel and Betsy.
(VI) Major James, eldest child of Simon and Judith (Perkins) Drake, was born November 14, 1755, in Epping, New Hampshire, and died in Pitts- field, February 26, 1834. He settled in the last named town when a very young man, being among its earliest settlers, and commenced clearing a farm from the wilderness. He was but nineteen years of age, upon the outbreak of the war of Indepen- dence, and abandoned his axe, shouldered a musket and joined a company then being organized for the Continental army. After sharing its fortunes in the ensuing struggle, he was discharged and returned to Pittsfield and resumed the work of clearing and improving his farm. He became major of a regi- ment of the state militia, and was always one of the town's most prominent citizens. He was for many years a selectman, and long represented the town creditably in the state legislature. For integrity in all his dealings none could claim a higher place. "He was of middle stature, of fine figure, head round; and, in short, for a description of his person, that of Sir Francis Drake would be almost perfect when applied to him." This resemblance extended also to his mental and moral traits, for he was a man of great force of character, possessing a strong will and much determination, which qualities were tem- pered by sound judgment. His physical ability has seldomi been equalled, and he was able to encounter the most extreme fatigue with but slight inconveni- ence. He hecame, eventually, the owner of several good farms, all of which he acquired by his great industry and economy. He was married December
17, 1781, to Hannah Ward, daughter of Lieutenant Cotton and Hannah (Mead) Ward, of Hampton. She was born October 31, 1763, and died December 17, 1848. They had twelve children, each of whom lived to be over sixty years of age. Their com- bined ages made a total of more than eight hundred and seventy years, the average age being seventy- two years, six months and sixteen days. Their names were as follows: Cotton Ward, Sarah, Mary, Hannah, Judith, Rachel, Theodate, Simon, Deborah, Betsy, James and Noah Ward.
(VII) Colonel James, third son and eleventh child of Major James and Hannah (Ward) Drake, was born June 29, 1805, in Pittsfield, and died in that town, April 7, 1870. He was born on the Drake homestead, near the Quaker meeting house, and was brought up to agriculture, which he followed suc- cessfully for some years. He also dealt extensively in live stock. He moved to the village of Pittsfield and became president of the Pittsfield Bank, after- wards the National Bank, and held that position for the remainder of his life. He was an excellent business man and acquired a handsome property. He figured prominently in public affairs, serving as selectman of the town and was a member of the state senate in 1847-48. In political struggles he sup- ported the Democratic party. He early showed a fondness for military life, and rose from private to that of colonel in the militia. He commanded the eighteenth regiment with signal ability and credit until the abandonment of the militia system. He had a good figure and authoritative voice, and made a soldierly appearance, whether on foot or in the saddle. His strict adherence to principle was con- spicuous among his commendable qualities, and the cause of morality and religion had in him a staunch and generous supporter. His death occurred at his home in Pittsfield Village. He was married, August 13, 1834, to Betsy Seavey, who was born October 14, 18II, a daughter of George and Betsy (Lane) Sea- vey, of Chichester, New Hampshire. (See Seavey). She was an attractive and charming woman, well educated, having finished her training at Hampton Academy : she was possessed of an evenly balanced mind with rare executive ability and self control, was always mindful of the happiness and comfort of others, was a church member, and hers was a life of rare christian devotion. She died September 28, 1865, and was survived by her husband for more than four years. They were the parents of three children: Georgianna Butters, Frank James and Nathaniel Seavey.
(VIII) Georgianna Butters, eldest child of James and Betsy (Seavey) Drake, was born January 15, 1836, at the old Drake homestead in Pittsfield, and is a woman of fine mental capacity and attainments, endowed with the graces and virtues essential to true womanhood, and is at home alike in the social and the domestic circle. She was married September I, 1858, to Josiah Carpenter, now president of the Second National Bank in Manchester. Her musical ability early found opportunity in social functions and church work. In Manchester she is prominent in charitable and patriotic work, being president of the Manchester Children's Home and vice-president of the Woman's Aid and Relief Society, two of the oldest and leading charitable institutions of the city, and is also connected with many other charities. She is one of the charter members of the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New Hampshire, and for six years held the office of state regent in the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, from 1895 to 1901. She then declined a re-election, and was made honorary
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state regent for life. He regency covered a period of unusual prosperity in the society in New Hamp- shire, the chapters increasing from two to sixteen in number under her judicious and zealons guidance. For many years she has been a member of the Epis- copal Church, and actively connected with the vari- ous branches of its work at home and throughout the diocese. With her husband she has devoted much time to travel, and seldom spends winter in the severe climate of New Hampshire. They have traversed nearly every section of our own country, and the countries of Europe and the Holy Land, Asia and Africa having contributed memories of various experiences and valuable information. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter : Georgia Ella, and a son who died in infancy. The daughter was born October 13, 1859, and grew up under most careful training and developed to woman- hood, rich in intelligence and accomplishments, with a cheerfulness and kindliness of temper which en- deared her to all. She was married, March 27, 1889, to Frank M. Gerrish, and they went abroad for a wedding tour. As in former ocean trips Mrs. Ger- rish suffered severely from sea sickness, from the effects of which she died, August 29, 1889, nine wecks after her return to the beautiful home which her parents had erected and presented as a wedding gift.
(VIII) Frank James, son of James and Betsy (Seavey) Drake, was born November 3, 1842, on the Drake farm in South Pittsfield. He pursued his studies at Pittsfield Academy and under tutors, and graduated from Dartmouth in 1865. He engaged in business in Manchester, New Hampshire, and died suddenly of appendicitis at his summer home in Barnstead, August 20, 1891. He was married June 7, 1869, to Harriet C. E. Parker, daughter of Hon. James V. Parker. They were the parents of two children : James Drake and Helen. The former died in infancy, and the latter is now the wife of Charles Spalding Aldrich, of Troy, New York.
( VIII) Nathaniel Seavey, youngest child of James and Betsey ( Seavey) Drake, was born Sep- tember 16, 1851, in the house which he now occupies on Main street, Pittsfield. His education was gained in the public schools and completed at Pittsfield Academy. Having turned his attention to a busi- ness career, he engaged for two years in the cloth- ing business, and afterwards was connected with the United States and Canada Express Company, and the American Express Company in Pittsfield, and subsequently spent some time in their offices in Concord, New Hampshire, and Boston, Massachu- setts. Later he entered the employ of the C. B. Lancaster Shoe Company and had charge of its office, remaining with this corcern abont twelve years, until it removed to Keene, New Hampshire. During the last six years of this time he was super- intendent of the factory and its branches, and the capacity of the plant was much enlarged. The busi- ness was the largest ever carried on in Pittsfield, involving a weekly pay-roll of about four thousand dollars. Mr. Drake was one of the founders of the Hill & Drake Shoe Company, afterwards known as the Drake & Sanborn Shoe Company. In this con- nection it is interesting to note that although Pitts- field has the reputation of being a manufacturing town, this shoe company, which employs some over fifty people, was the first enterprise giving employ- ment to over a dozen men that was conducted on home capital. All the other manufacturing enter- prises of the town have been and are still owned by outside capital. In politics Mr. Drake is a Democrat. He has served with ability as moderator and treas-
urer many years. He is a director of the Pittsfield National Bank, and one of the trustces of the Farmers' Savings Bank. Since the organization of the Pittsfield Aqueduct Company, in 1884, and the Pittsfield Gas Company, in 1888, he has served con- tinuously as clerk of these corporations, and is a director in the latter company. He is a director of the Pittsfield Board of Trade, an officer in Cata- mount Grange, and a member of the Pittsfield Library Association, and is ever most active in promoting the welfare and highest interests of his native town. At the present time he deals quite extensively in real estate. His prominence in busi- ness circles, together with his high social standing, places him in the front rank among the leading citizens of Pittsfield.
Mr. Drake was married, March 17, 1873, to Mary A. R. Green, who was born July 3, 1857, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth ( Chase) Green, of Pittsfield. She is a lady of pleasing manners and true womanly grace, sharing her husband's popularity. They have two children : James Frank, born September 1, 1880, and Agnes, April 2, 1883. The daughter and both parents are members of the Episcopal Church. After graduating as salutatorian of her class from high school in her native village, Agnes attended Lasell Seminary at Auburndale, Massachusetts, and received a diploma from there in 1903. She was a member of the glee club of the Delta Society, and was identified with Prize Com- pany A, in the military drill, which is one of the prominent features of this seminary. Since return- ing to her home she has interested herself in the furtherance of whatever tends to the betterment of her native village, especially in its schools, and is a zealous member of the board of education.
(IX) James Frank, only son and elder child of Nathaniel S. and Mary A. R. (Green) Drake, was born September 1, 1880, in Pittsfield village, New . Hampshire. His early education was received in the graded schools of his native town, after which he entered Kimball Union Academy at Meriden, New Hampshire, from which he received a diploma in 1898. In the fall of that year he entered Dart- mouth College and graduated therefrom with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1902. He then took a year of post-graduate study at Dartmouth in the Amos Tuck School of Administration and Finance, receiving in 1903 the degree of Master of Com- mercial Science. After completing his post-graduate work he went to Springfield, Massachusetts, to accept the position of secretary of the Springfield board of trade, which he still holds having received at the end of each year, in the shape of increase in salary, substantial recognition of the services he has
rendered. While in college he became a member of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. Both as an undergraduate and as an alumnus he has taken an ac- tive part in all matters pertaining to its welfare, serving as the representative of the Dartmouth Charge at three national conventions of the fratern- ity. From the time of his graduation he has been actively interested in the prosperity of his college. and through his efforts a considerable number of young men have chosen that institution as their Alma Mater. Ile is chairman of the executive com- mittee of the class of 1902 of Dartmouth, in whose hands is the control of all matters pertaining to the class. For the past three years he has served as secretary of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Western Massachusetts. He has been chosen by Dartmouth College as one of a committee of nine from the body of alumni to take charge of the work of raising a larger scholarship fund for the college.
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He was the representative of Dartmouth College at the meeting of college inen held in Springfield. May 17, 1906, to form a federation of college and university clubs, and was chosen as one of the or- ganization committee, which reported the result of its work at another meeting held in Springfield. December 13, 1906, when a permanent organization known as the Federation of College and University Clubs in the United States, was formed. He was chosen treasurer of the Federation and a member of its executive council.
Soon after his arrival in Springfield he became connected with The Home Correspondence School of that city, serving as the head of the commercial department of that institution, which position he still occupies. In December, 1904, in company with an old school and college friend, he purchased The Home Correspondence School and has since served as secretary and treasurer of that corporation, the friend above referred to being the active manager. and Mr. Drake caring for the financial end of the business. Under their administration the school has prospered remarkably and to-day ranks as one of the very best institutions of its kind in the country. In addition to the business enterprise mentioned, Mr. Drake has found time to interest himself in some others which have brought him favorably before the public. In 1905 and again in 1906 he suc- ceeded in securing for Springfield the annual cham- pionship football game between Dartmouth College and Brown University, taking upon himself the entire management of these contests-no small un- dertaking-and carried them through in a highly successful and creditable manner. His position as secretary of the Springfield board of trade has cansed him to hecome connected with several other enterprises of a public nature. In May, 1903, soon after coming to Springfield, he became secretary of the Connecticut River Navigation Association, an organization which has for its object the opening of the Connecticut river to navigation from Hartford, Connecticut, to Holyoke, Massachusetts. In 1905 he was chosen secretary of the McKinley Memorial Com- mission, a commission chosen by the citizens of Springfield to take charge of a considerable fund raised by popular subscription for the purpose of erecting a memorial to the late President Mckinley. He also identified himself with the Independence Day Association of Springfield, an organization that has charge of the observance of Independance Day in that city, and has taken an active part in the asso- ciation's work.
For three years he has been a member of the educational committee of the Young Men's Chris- tian Association of Springfield, which committee has under its supervision a school of over a hundred students with a competent force of instructors. He is a member of the Economic and the Diversity Club, the latter being one of Springfield's prominent literary organizations. In June, 1903, he became a member of the Country Club of Springfield and is now serving as one of its executive committee and for the third year as its secretary. He is a member of the club's tennis team and an enthusiastic golfer. In the fall of 1903 he was chosen a vice-president of the Massachusetts State. Board of Trade and a member of its executive council, positions which he still holds. In politics he is a firm believer in the principles of the Democratic party as were his father and paternal grandfather before him. While still a small boy he displayed an unusual interest in matters political, and that interest he has always maintained.
(V) Thomas, tenth child and fifth son of Abra-
ham (3) and Theodate (Roby) Drake, was born July 8, 1733, and died August 16, 1816, aged eighty- three. He settled in Epping, and owned lands ad- joining the farm of his brother Simon, but finally removed to Chichester, New Hampshire, where he died. He married (first), June 27, 1763, Patience Towle, and (second ). Edgerly, of Epping who died on the 15th and was buried on the 17th of June, 1775, the day of the battle of Bunker Hill. The children, all of the second marriage, and born at Epping, were seven: Abigail, Josiah, Eliphalet, Abraham, Daniel, Nancy and Sally.
(VI) Eliphalet, third child and second son of Thomas and (Edgerly) Drake, was born Sep- tember 18, 1765, and died July 9, 1839. He was a farmer and spent his life in Chichester. He married, in 1788, Judith Staniels, of Chichester, who was born February 18, 1769, and who died May 24, 1861.
(VII) Thomas, son of Eliphalet and Judith (Staniels) Drake, born in Chichester, February 14, 1796, died April 29, 1842, aged forty-two years, was a successful farmer and stock raiser. He married in Loudon, December 29, 1824, Anna Winslow, who was born April 2, 1801, who died in 1872, and who was a daughter of Bartholomew and Hannah Will- slow. Alr. Winslow died February 25, 1838, aged eighty years. Mrs. Winslow died November 4, 1857, aged ninety years. The children of Thomas and Anna ( Winslow ) Drake were: Jacob P., who died young, and James H., twins; Jacob E., Hannah Ann, Charles H., Colcord W. and James Henry ( formerly Henry F.) and Sarah Ann (twins).
( VIHI) James Henry, seventh child and fifth son of Thomas and Anna (Winslow) Drake, was born in Chichester, December 27, 1841. When he was about three years old his mother moved with her family to Concord, where she remained about seven years, and then moved to Manchester. James H. was educated in the public schools of Concord, Manchester and Loudon, and in New London and Newport academies. In 1861 he entered the employ of the Concord railroad as baggage-man in the Con- cord depot, and soon after became a brakeman. Subsequently he took a place with the Northern New Hampshire railroad as brakeinan, and later as mail agent and expressman. He was promoted to conductor in 1866, and served in that capacity until 1899, when he retired from railroad employment, hav- ing been in service thirty-eight years, thirty- three years of which time he had been a conductor of a passenger train, running most of the time between Concord, New Hamp- shire, and White River Junction, Vermont. Soon after leaving the railroad service Mr. Drake went into business under the firm name of George L. Lincoln & Company, of Concord, dealers in furni- ture, from which he withdrew two years later, and entered into partnership with Fred. Marden, under the name of Marden & Drake, shoe dealers, in which line he is now actively and successfully engaged. He is Independent in politics, and is not a member of any club or secret society. James H. Drake mar- ried, in 1887, Ellen F. Holt, born in 1843, a daughter of William K. Holt, of Loudon. They have two children : Helen, now a student at Vassar College; and Benjamin, a student in the Concord high school.
(IV) Captain Nathaniel, youngest child of Abra- ham (2) and Sarah (Hobbs) Drake, was born May 7, 1695, at "Drake Side," in Hampton, and lived through life in his native town. He was married (first) June 1, 1716, to Jane Lunt, who died Decem- ber 2, 1743, at the age of fifty-one years. He was married (second), November 22, 1744, to Abigail Foss, a widow, of Rye. His children, all born of
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the first marriage, were: Robert, Nathaniel, Jane, Abraham, and Sarah and Mary (twins).
(V) Abraham (3), third son and fourth child of Nathaniel and Jane (Lunt) Drake, was born March 1, 1726, in Hampton, and settled in what is now Brentwood. He was married, March 5, 1752, to Martha Eaton of Salisbury, Massachusetts.
(VI) Abrahamı (4), son of Abraham (3) and Martha (Eaton) Drake, was born June 7, 1758, in Brentwood, New Hampshire, and died in New Hampton. He was married, January 27, 1782, in New Hampton, to Anna Burnham, who was born July 26, 1756, in Lee, New Hampshire, daughter of Joshua Burnham, and died February 1, 1805. They resided in New Hampton, where all their children were born, namely: Polly (died young), Abraham, Polly (died young), Joshua B., Joseph, Nancy; Betsey S., Jeremiah M., Thomas, Polly and Simeon D.
(VII) Joseph Burnham, third son and fifth child of Abraham (4) and Anna (Burnham) Drake, was born December 13. 1789, in New Hampton, and mar- ried Polly (or Mary) Thompson. They resided in New Hampton, where they had the following chil- dren : Louisa, Nancy, John A., Betsey Dow, Joseph Thompson, Francis M. and Abraham.
(VIII) Betsey Dow, third daughter and fourth child of Joseph B. and Polly (Thompson) Drake, was born November 4, 1822, in New Hampton, and became the wife of Hiram Clark. (See Clark, IV).
DRAKE George Allen Drake, business man of Dover, New Hampshire, is perhaps one of the best examples of the purely self- made man that can be found in Strafford county, where he has lived something less than fifteen years. He is a native of Illinois and was born at Chats- worth in that state, April 10, 1868. His father, Charles W. Drake, died when George was seven years old, and within the next year he was left an orphan by the death of his mother. During the next five years he lived with the family of his brother and went to school when it was possible for him to do so, but in that respect his opportunities for ob- taining more than an elementary education were very limited, at the age of thirteen years he started out to make his own way in life, turning his hand to whatever he could find to do and often doing the work of a boy much older and stronger than hini- self. At the age of eighteen he secured employment on the Union Pacific railroad, where he worked about two years, then went out to work on a ranch, and also for a time was in the service of the T. & S. railroad. In 1894 Mr. Drake came east and lo- cated in Dover, New Hampshire, having saved the money he had earned in railroading and ranching in the west, and with that as a capital lie was able to start a general livery business in the city. This he continued successfully about ten years, and in July, 1905, purchased the steam carpet cleaning works formerly carried on by Daniel Page, and is still its proprietor.
Mr. Drake married, Carrie E., daughter of Timothy Hussey, and has one son, Charles W. Drake, born in Dover, December 18, 1899.
The only head of a family of this SMALLEY name early in New England was Jolin Smalley, who came from London in 1632, in the "Francis and James" with Winslow, ar- riving at Boston, June 5. He removed to Eastham with the first settlers. His children were: Hannah, Jolin, Isaac and Mary. From John Smalley has probably descended the family of this article.
(1) David Smalley, probably born in Harwich, Massachusetts, January 29, 1745, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Weeks) Smalley, died 1796-97. He was a Revolutionary soldier as stated in "New York in the Revolution." He removed to Gilford, Vermont, and later to Rockingham and settled in Bartons- ville (village). In the Vermont Gazetteer he is stated to have been elected surveyor of highways, March 31, 1783: tithingman, March 13, 1786, and surveyor of highways, March 5, 1787. He married Mary Gaines and they had children : Jonathan, David, Olive and Mercy.
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