Source 1: Vermont Vital Records Index; & Taunton, Mass. Vital Records.

Source 2. Will of Abijah Drake Vol. 6. pg: 415; (Hartford District) also, 460-462, 538-39, 636, 670; Warwick, Mass V. R. 1: 114.

Source 3. Deeds of the following towns in Vermont: Norwich, Townshend, Brookline, Putney, Chester, & Jewett;

Source 4. Cheshire Co. Registry of Deeds, Vol. 6 pg: 478; Cheshire Co. Registry of Deeds, Vo.l 8 pg: 121; Cheshire Co. Registry of Deeds, Vol. 8 pg: 75; Norwich, Vt: Deeds Vol 5. pg: 131: David Wilson to Abijah Drake Dated 10 July 1817;

Source 5. Jewett Genealogy by F. C. Jewett, 1908, Vol 1, pg: 191;

Source 6. Salt Lake Temple Baptism of the dead;

Source 7. Putney Vermont town Records, Vol. 1: pg: 347 & 335;

Source 8. Warwick Mass. Vital Records, Vol. 1, pg: 114;

Source 9. 1850 Census for Colebrook, Ashtabula, Ohio;

Source 10. Revolutionary War Pension of Seth Drake (s 45335) & Pension Payments 1818-1832, Vol. A. Pg: 100;

Source 11. Keen New Hampshire Vital Records-pg: 104;

Source 12. 1790 Chester, Windsor, Vermont Census;

Source 13 1800 Brookline, Windham, Vermont Census;

Source 14. 1810 Norwich, Windsor, Vermont Census pg: 507;

Source 15. Mass. Soldiers & Sailors in Revolutioary War, vol. 4, pg: 943;

Source 16. History of Townshent Vermont, pg: 86, 111, & 232;