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Christopher Lake

Male 1755 - 1820  (65 years)


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  • Name Christopher Lake  [1, 2] 
    Born 6 Apr 1755  Franklin Park, Somerset, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • obit (7 Apr 1820) says age 65 the day he died (6 Apr 1820) so that 6 Apr was apparently his birthdate - Lake-18a DNA; Lake-20a DNA; Lake-20b DNA; Lake-21a DNA
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 18 May 1755  Six Mile Run, Somerset, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    _MILT 1777  New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    "taken prisoner" 93 days service to 7 Oct 1777 as Private in James Parrott's list of Capt. Simeon Covell's Co in Adjutant Peters' Corps in Lt. Gen. Burgoyne's Campaign 1777 == https://https://archive.org/details/hcblake/page/13/mode/1up?view=theater 
    _MILT 7 Oct 1777  Saratoga, Saratoga, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    captured at the Battle of Bemis Heights / Second Battle of Saratoga 
    Loyalist 16 Apr 1778  Hoosick, Albany, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    p 96 minutes Albany Co. Bd of Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiricies for Cambridge district "... Christopher Lake brought bef Board on suspicion of having been with the Enemy...permitted to return to usual place of abode ... L100 bail 
    Residence 1790  Hoosick, Albany, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    1790 Census: 1 male over 15, 2 males under 16, 3 females 
    Residence 1797  Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    UEL Land Petition 8 Nov 1797  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    "for self, wife, and three children, viz: John, Sarah, and Aaron." He was recommended for 300 acres which would correspond with 200 acres for himself as a Loyalist and 50 additional "family land" acres for wife and three children named. 
    Deposition 23 Jan 1811  Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    supporting land petition of William Willcox == https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.02-e.php?q3=2652&sqn=1040&tt=1231&q2=29&interval=&PHPSESSID=npfo6qij0n1rpue06msk2mqnj1 
    Name Christopher Lake 
    Died 6 Apr 1820  Loughborough, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6095  Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 

    Father John Lake,   b. Abt 1719, , prob Middlesex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1818, Ernestown, Lennox/Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 98 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Margaret Snider,   b. 1728, , Somerset, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1805, Ernestowwn, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married Abt 1746  , prob Middlesex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1750  NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1780  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah Susan Cousins,   b. Abt 1760, New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1778 
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Lake,   b. Abt 1779, White Creek, Washington, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1839  (Age 60 years)  [natural]
    +2. Mary - Peggy - Milly - Lake,   b. 21 Jan 1780, Little White Creek, Washington, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1859, Storrington Township, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)  [natural]
    +3. John Lake,   b. Abt 1782, Little White Creek, Charlotte, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1829, Battersea, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)  [natural]
    +4. Sarah Lake,   b. Abt 1784, Little White Creek, Washington, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1866, Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)  [natural]
    +5. Aaron Lake,   b. 3 Feb 1788, White Creek, Washington, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1863, Battersea, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)  [natural]
    +6. Henrietta Lake,   b. Abt 1791, Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1824, Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)  [natural]
    +7. Hannah Lake,   b. Abt 1792, Little White Creek, Washington, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1808  (Age 16 years)  [natural]
     8. Ada Lake,   b. Abt 1794, White Creek, Washington, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F1791  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Apr 1755 - Franklin Park, Somerset, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps_MILT - "taken prisoner" 93 days service to 7 Oct 1777 as Private in James Parrott's list of Capt. Simeon Covell's Co in Adjutant Peters' Corps in Lt. Gen. Burgoyne's Campaign 1777 == https://https://archive.org/details/hcblake/page/13/mode/1up?view=theater - 1777 - New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps_MILT - captured at the Battle of Bemis Heights / Second Battle of Saratoga - 7 Oct 1777 - Saratoga, Saratoga, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsUEL Land Petition - "for self, wife, and three children, viz: John, Sarah, and Aaron." He was recommended for 300 acres which would correspond with 200 acres for himself as a Loyalist and 50 additional "family land" acres for wife and three children named. - 8 Nov 1797 - Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S307] U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; New Millstone North branch and Six Mile Run I, Book 76.

    2. [S317] 1790 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1790; Census Place: Hoosick, Albany, New York; Series: M637; Roll: 6; Page: 335; Image: 314; Family History Library Film: 0568146.

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