Maria Margaret Hinkle was born in 1758 in Allegany County, Maryland to George Henry Hinkle and Anna Maria (Achsah) Plummer. She was baptized on March 26, 1758 in Frederick, Maryland. In 1782, she was married to David Drake in Allegany County. She and David had seven children: Mary Ann (b. 1782), Sarah Sally (b. 1789), David (b. before 1793), Harriet (b. December 25, 1793), and Nancy (b. July 15, 1795), Nathan (b. May 26, 1797), and George (b. ci. 1799). Sometime around the turn of the century, the family (alongside David’s brother Thomas’s family) relocated to Holmes County, Ohio. Most of the Drake family is buried there in the Drake Valley Cemetery.
Historic National Road, Frederick, Maryland
