Nicholas LAKE
Abt 1736 - 1777 (41 years)-
Name Nicholas LAKE Born Abt 1736 New Jersey, USA 
- Annette Truesdell (11 Mar 2016): "Abt 1736 - assumed date of birth, prob NJ. Note: birth date could have been earlier." == http://person.ancestry.com/tree/4422242/person/-1605680801/facts
Gender Male Birth Abt 1736 , prob Middlesex, New Jersey Died 16 Aug 1777 Walloomsac, Rensselaer, New York - died at Battle of Bennington 16 Aug 1777, in Walloomsac, NY, about 10 miles from its namesake Bennington, VT - 42°56?19?N 73°18?16?W == en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bennington
1896 Address-Battle of Bennington
"The Battle of Bennington. An address before the Vermont Historical Society by Henry D. Hall" - note that he corrects the 1780 map "Walmscock" to "Walloomsac". - Nicholas Lake was killed in this battle as a Loyalist American Volunteer == Google Books == https://books.google.com/books?id=1QE7AAAAIAAJ
1780 Map of 1777 Battle of Bennington
"Position of the Detachment under Lieut't. Col. Baum, at Walmscock near Bennington Shewing the Attacks of the Enemy on the 16th August 1777" (cropped from the original full sheet print) - "C. American Volunteers" are Loyalists, possibly including Nicholas Lake who was killed - site maybe in Lake patent == Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library == http://maps.bpl.org/id/10804Person ID I5130 Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree Last Modified 20 Feb 2024
Father Nicholas LAKE, b. Abt 1692, prob Gravesend, Kings, New York , d. Abt 1771, , Somerset, New Jersey (Age 79 years) Relationship natural Mother Mary JOHNSON, b. Abt 1696, prob New Utrecht, Kings, New York , d. 1783, White Creek, Albany, New York (Age 87 years) Relationship natural Married Between 1713 and 1715 Married 1713/1715 Family ID F1508 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Marytje SNYDER, b. Abt 1738, , of Albany, New York Married Abt 1755 Children 1. Nicholas LAKE, b. Abt 1757, , of Rensselaer, New York [natural]2. Margaret LAKE, b. Abt 1760, , , prob New Jersey , d. 1847, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years) [natural]3. Cornelius LAKE, b. 12 Jan 1768, , of Albany, New York , d. Bef 1856, , prob Knox, Ohio (Age < 87 years) [natural]4. Maria LAKE, b. 14 Jun 1774, , Rensselaer, New York [natural]+ 5. Jacob LAKE, b. 15 Feb 1776, , Rensselaer, New York , d. 15 Apr 1851, Hamlin, Monroe, New York, USA (Age 75 years) [natural]Last Modified 20 Feb 2024 Family ID F1513 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - Abt 1736 - New Jersey, USA 
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Photos 1780 Map of 1777 Battle of Bennington
"Position of the Detachment under Lieut't. Col. Baum, at Walmscock near Bennington Shewing the Attacks of the Enemy on the 16th August 1777" (cropped from the original full sheet print) - "C. American Volunteers" are Loyalists, possibly including Nicholas Lake who was killed - site maybe in Lake patent == Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library == http://maps.bpl.org/id/10804
Documents 1896 Address-Battle of Bennington
"The Battle of Bennington. An address before the Vermont Historical Society by Henry D. Hall" - note that he corrects the 1780 map "Walmscock" to "Walloomsac". - Nicholas Lake was killed in this battle as a Loyalist American Volunteer == Google Books == https://books.google.com/books?id=1QE7AAAAIAAJ