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- Joseph Drake, Jr., left a will dated November 20, 1711, proved May 22, 1712 as follows: "I Joseph Drake, Jr., of the town of Eastchester in the County of Westchester, being weak in body. I leave to my honored father Joseph Drake, and my brother, John Drake, all my lands and meadows and privileges. I leave to my sisters Mary Fowler and Sarah Drake, 2 cows each. I leave to my father-in-law, Isaac Taylor, all my household goods and movable estate, that he gave me with my wife Jane, deceaased, his dauther. I leave all the rest to my father, Joseph Drake, and make him executor." Witnessed by Roger Barton, John Stanton and Roger Barton, Jr. "Abstracts of Wills", Vol. II, published by the New York Historical Society.,
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