Wesley Johnston : Sep 06 2025 10:59AM [1757154964862blob.png] This is from the LAC James Parrot fonds. Note that Simeon Covel and James Parrot are shown with service ending 24 Oct 1777 (same date as Nicholas Lake Jr) but for them it was "Came to Canada". [1757153850280blob.png] It really is not clear just which Nicholas the NY charges were made against, even though that record says Nicholas Lake Junr. The one who survived (son of John Lake and Margaret Snyder) was captured 7 Oct 1777 (at the Battle of Bemis Heights). The one who died is shown with his service ending 24 Oct 1777. Those who were killed at the Battle of Bennington are shown as "Killed" with service ending on the date of the battle, 16 Aug 1777. There is no mention of Nicholas Lake Jr being captured - just that he died. [1757154336515blob.png] Watt based his Lake family conclusions on research done by a UEL-connected woman whose e-mail that I found and to whom I sent a message since her conclusions had some definite conflicts with the records. She has never responded. Here is one of the rosters from Peters' papers at the NY State Library Manuscripts. Again, there is no indication of him begin captured, just that he died with service ending 24 Oct 1777, and his nephew Nicholas was captured 7 Oct 1777. [1757154743645blob.png] So, these working hypotheses ... 1 - The Nicholas of the NY charge was NOT the Nicholas who died but the one who was captured, even though the NY record refers to him as Jr. James Parrot in his roster would have known which of his in-laws was the one called Jr. while the NY authorities could have called the younger surviving Nicholas Jr. without awareness of the use of Jr within the family. 2 - The service of the Nicholas who died ended 24 Oct 1777. He is not shown as killed so that he may have been wounded (which would have been at the Battle of Bemis Heights, 7 Oct 1777, and not at the Battle of Bennington) or sick and then died. The date is the same date that Simeon Covel and James Parrot are shown with their service ending as "Came to Canada". So, it seems likely that the Nicholas who died had been traveling with them in the attempt to reach Canada. Younglove Here is a record among Minnesota genealogies that really is a record of the White Creek 1773 and later town meetings (see prior and next pages). Knowing the names now that I have the tax list, it seems very likely that these transcripts mis-read some of the names. We should try to find images of the original records. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-Q3R2-JH6C?view=fullText&keywords=Younglove%2CParrot&lang=en&groupId= [1757154964862blob.png] It is interesting that "Fence Viewers" was still an official title since this was relevant to the ancestors on Long Island under the Dutch. There is an account by James Parrot of him shooting a Younglove. I really need to put all these together to understand that incident.