This is a web page where I am gathering information about my ancestral Lake family and related families during the American Revolution. My ancestor Christopher Lake was a Loyalist who fought for the British side with Gen. Burgoyne's forces in 1777 until he was captured at the Battle of Bemis Heights. The Battle of Bennington was fought on land either owned by or very close to the 5,000 acres King George III had granted to Christopher's father John Lake and John's 3 borthers and their sister's husband Arendt van Corlaer (1,000 acres each) - land that was confiscated from them after the Revolution so that they all went to Canada (in Ernestown Township and vicinity). -- Wesley Johnston