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Benjamin LAKE

Male 1785 - 1849  (64 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin LAKE was born on 10 Feb 1785 in White Creek, Washington, New York, United States (son of John LAKE, Jr Sr and Leah VAN VOORHEES); died on 22 Nov 1849 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John LAKE, Jr Sr was born about 1759 in prob Middlesex, New Jersey (son of John LAKE and Margaret SNIDER); died on 16 Jul 1828 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: John Lake
    • Birth: Abt 1760, New Jersey, USA
    • War Loss Claim: 1783; https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/49027/images/FLHG_AmericanMigrations1765-1799-0288
    • Expunged from U. E. List: 2 May 1802, Canada; Cannot find actual record of 2 May 1802 Order in Council. Expungement known via UELAC. He sought restoration in 1819 (C-2127 Bundle 11 Petition 103) but was refused. == http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/detail.php?letter=l&line=11
    • Petititon for Restoration to U. E. List: 9 Jan 1819, Canada; Microfilm C-2127, Bundle 11, Petition 103
    • Denial of Restoration to U. E. List: 27 Jan 1819, Canada; Land Council denies his petition to be restored to the U. E. List, from which he had been expunged in 1802: "has no claim to be restored to the U E list"
    • Death: Between 22 Oct 1827 and 26 Jan 1828, Lot 20, Concession IV, Ernestown Township, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Lake-18a DNA

    Death:
    Lot & concession based on 1827 will and location of house on 1878 atlas (digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/images/maps/townshipmaps/fro-m-ernesttown.jpg) -- will signed 22 Oct 1827 proved 26 Jan 1828

    John married Leah VAN VOORHEES about 1783 in White Creek, Washington, New York, USA. Leah was born about 1763 in White Creek, Rensselaer, New York, USA; died between 1800 and 1810 in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Leah VAN VOORHEES was born about 1763 in White Creek, Rensselaer, New York, USA; died between 1800 and 1810 in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Miss Voorheis

    Children:
    1. 1. Benjamin LAKE was born on 10 Feb 1785 in White Creek, Washington, New York, United States; died on 22 Nov 1849 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Ann LAKE was born in 1786 in White Creek, Washington, New York, USA.
    3. James LAKE was born on 5 Mar 1793 in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Oct 1867 in Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada.
    4. William LAKE was born on 25 Feb 1795 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada; died on 12 May 1859 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Margaret LAKE was born in 1800 in Ontario, Canada; died in 1857 in Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Catherine LAKE was born in 1806.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John LAKE was born about 1719 in , prob Middlesex, New Jersey (son of Nicholas LAKE and Mary JOHNSON); died before 1818 in Ernestown, Lennox/Addington, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Death: 1835, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Lake-20a DNA; MRCA, with spouse, of Lake-18a DNA & 20b & 21a

    Death:
    Jeffery & Andreasen, p. 76: "his wife was Margaret Snider and they until 1835" (citing McMillan, p. 263) -- BUT Annette Truesdell found that this is a confusion and that the John Lake who died in 1835 was NOT the one born in 1728

    John married Margaret SNIDER about 1750 in NJ. Margaret (daughter of Christopher SNYDER) was born in 1728 in , Somerset, New Jersey, United States; died about 1805 in Ernestowwn, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Margaret SNIDER was born in 1728 in , Somerset, New Jersey, United States (daughter of Christopher SNYDER); died about 1805 in Ernestowwn, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Death: 1835, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Birth:
    MRCA, with spouse, of Lake-18a DNA & 20b & 21a

    Death:
    Jeffery & Andreasen, p. 76: "his wife was Margaret Snider and they until 1835" (citing McMillan, p. 263) - BUT Annette Truesdell found that this is a confusion and that Margaret SNIDER was NOT 107 years old

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth LAKE was born about 1747 in , prob Middlesex, New Jersey; died after 1826 in prob Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Maria or Mary LAKE was born in Aug 1749 in , prob Middlesex, New Jersey; died on 10 Nov 1819 in Ernestown, Lennox/Addington, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Nicholas LAKE was born about 1750 in , prob Middlesex, New Jersey; died about 1802 in , , Ontario,Canada.
    4. Thomas LAKE was born about 1753 in Somerset Co, NJ.
    5. Christopher LAKE was born on 6 Apr 1755 in Franklin Park, Somerset, New Jersey, USA; died on 6 Apr 1820 in Loughborough, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 2. John LAKE, Jr Sr was born about 1759 in prob Middlesex, New Jersey; died on 16 Jul 1828 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.
    7. James LAKE, Sr. was born on 17 May 1760 in Franklin Park, Somerset, New Jersey, USA; died on 6 Aug 1839 in Odessa, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Nicholas LAKE was born about 1692 in prob Gravesend, Kings, New York (son of John LAKE and Neeltje CLAESSEN SMIT); died about 1771 in , Somerset, New Jersey.

    Other Events:

    • Birth: Abt 1690
    • Birth: Abt 1708

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Lake-20a DNA

    Birth:
    Brothers Nicholas Jr, James, Thomas and John and their brother-in-law Aarent van Courlaer identified by Jeffrey and Andreason, p. 1

    Nicholas married Mary JOHNSON in 1713/1715. Mary (daughter of Hendrik JANSZEN JOHNSON and Maria Mary MYNDERTS) was born about 1696 in prob New Utrecht, Kings, New York; died in 1783 in White Creek, Albany, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary JOHNSON was born about 1696 in prob New Utrecht, Kings, New York (daughter of Hendrik JANSZEN JOHNSON and Maria Mary MYNDERTS); died in 1783 in White Creek, Albany, New York.

    Other Events:

    • Death: 1783, White Creek, Albany, New York, USA

    Children:
    1. Margaret LAKE died on 15 Oct 1825 in , , New York.
    2. Henry Hendrick LAKE was born between 1714 and 1719 in prob Gravesend, Kings, New York; died after Mar 1799 in prob Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York.
    3. 4. John LAKE was born about 1719 in , prob Middlesex, New Jersey; died before 1818 in Ernestown, Lennox/Addington, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Eleanor LAKE was born about 1715/1720 in , prob Monmouth, New Jersey; died after 1771.
    5. Jacobus LAKE was born on 25 Sep 1721; died about 1795 in , Somerset, New Jersey.
    6. Mary LAKE was born in 1723 in Middlesex, New Jersey, United States of America; died after 1806 in prob Cambridge, Washington, New York.
    7. Sarah LAKE was born about 1725 in , prob Middlesex, New Jersey.
    8. Jane LAKE was born on 15 Nov 1729 in , prob Middlesex, New Jersey; died on 16 Mar 1813 in Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York.
    9. Thomas LAKE was born about 1734 in prob Middlesex, New Jersey; died about 1813 in Wolford Twp, Grenville, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Nicholas LAKE was born about 1736 in New Jersey, USA; died on 16 Aug 1777 in Walloomsac, Rensselaer, New York.
    11. Abraham LAKE was born before 1741; died before 1741 in prob Middlesex, New Jersey.
    12. Abraham (SAR) LAKE was born in 1741; died on 12 Jan 1828 in prob Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York.

  3. 10.  Christopher SNYDER
    Children:
    1. 5. Margaret SNIDER was born in 1728 in , Somerset, New Jersey, United States; died about 1805 in Ernestowwn, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.