John Brake *

Source: West Virginia Family Files

Birth: 14 Jun 1754, Hardy (then Hampshire) Co., West Virginia, USA
Death: 4 Nov 1838, West Virginia, USA


Johan Jacob Brake * Mary Margaret (Brake) * Hans Jacob Kieffer (Cooper) * Anna Maria Dellinger *
Johan Jacob Brake * Maria Elizabeth Cooper (Kieffer) *
John Brake *
m. (1) Elizabeth Wetherholt

Elizabeth Brake
m. (2) Catherine Shook (Schuck, Schuch) *

Jacob Brake

Margaret Brake

Leonard Brake

John J. Brake

Isaac Brake

Mary "Polly" Brake *

Father: Johan Jacob Brake *
Mother: Maria Elizabeth Cooper (Kieffer) *

Married (1) Elizabeth Wetherholt
Child 1: Elizabeth Brake 11 Jan 1772 - m. Edward Jackson
Married (2) Catherine Shook (Schuck, Schuch) * on ABT 1784 at prob. Hampshire Co., West Virginia, USA
Child 1: Jacob Brake 1 Aug 1785 - 10 Jul 1869 m. (1) Rachel Jackson m. (2) Rachel Jackson
Child 2: Margaret Brake 26 Jun 1788 - 3 Jun 1869 m. (1) Alexander Hall m. (2) Alexander Morrison m. (3) Alexander Hall m. (4) Alexander Morrison
Child 3: Leonard Brake 28 Oct 1792 - 28 Mar 1875 m. (1) Elizabeth "Polly" Jackson m. (2) Elizabeth "Polly" Jackson
Child 4: John J. Brake 3 Dec 1796 - 10 Apr 1864 m. Frances "Frankie" Reed
Child 5: Isaac Brake 15 Nov 1797 - 17 Jan 1885 m. (1) Mary Hadden Jackson m. (2) Mary Hadden Jackson
Child 6: Mary "Polly" Brake * 11 Jul 1799 - 21 Sep 1873 m. William B. Morrison *

Notes: Biography: John Brake, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Cooper) Brake, was born in Hardy Count y Va (WV) June 14, 1754 and died in Lewis County VA (WV) November 4, 1838. He first married E lizabeth Wetherholt. Elizabeth apparently died young. John married Katherine Shook. Katherin e, a daughter of Hermanus and Anne (Schaub) Shook, was born in 1764 and died in Lewis Count y VA(WV) February 7, 1838. (Don Norman)
John Brake with household of 3, Hampshire Census, 1782,84 on Michael Stump's list

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