Source 1. Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files for Seth Drake; In 1820 Seth had a wife Lydia & a daughter Chloe; I cant find Lydia Drake in 1820 New York Census report. Maybe she is living with a child from a former marriage;
Maybe she is Mrs Drake West 197 Cortland or Mrs Drake West Cortland pg: 201; Maybe this is Lydia & dau. Cloe. (Need to look up this census)
A Lydia Drake in 1840 Greece, Monroe, NY Censis is not our Lydia; Census: