From: "Sara Hoffman" <july37@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:22:29 -0700

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I don't think any of us are exactly who we may think we are & once we
get into genealogy & DNA we start to see some things we never expected. I
discovered that a story passed down in my family was actually true that
one of our ancestors was the descendant of a white man in SC & his African
slave. This was Jacob Laws who married Rebecca Lake daughter of Abraham &
Eunce Lake. You can find Jacob & Rebecca Lake Laws in the Lake Genealogy
book. I have the story written but will keep it under wraps until I'm
gone due to the ill will I know it will cause with relatives. I tried
talking about it with family members to see if how comfortable they were
with it & they were very upset that I would even mention the subject. I
figure as time goes by opinions change on race & it won't matter to future
generations. People should know the truth about their heritage, it is what
it is whether we like it or not. I don't have a problem with it. Both of
my parents were Jacob & Rebecca Laws descendants. I'd like to get a Laws
descendant to test to see what family that may match or if Laws was the
name of the white ancestor. There isn't any Laws willing to talk about the
history so until I can find one the DNA is on hold.

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From:   july37 [july37@cox.net]
Sent:   Monday, February 13, 2006 4:58 PM

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The early history of my Lake family is in "A Genealogy of The Lake Family" 
by Adams & Risley.

1. John & Anne Spicer Lake of Gravesend, L.I.
2. William & Sarah Jenkins Lake of Great Egg Harbor, Cape May Co., NJ. Wm 
   migrated to Great Egg Harbor from Gravesend & was a whaler by occupation.
3. Daniel & Gartara Steelman Lake of Cape May Co,
4. Abraham & Eunice Garrison Lake. Abraham migrated from Cape May Co., 
   to Dividing Creek, Downe Twnshp, Cumberland Co. about 1781. Eunice was
   Abraham's 3rd wife.
5. Rebecca Lake married Jacob Laws.
Their two daughters, Sarah & Rebecca Laws were my g-great-grandmothers.
Sarah married Horatio Sockwell ( maternal line)
Rebecca married Daniel Glann (paternal line)

Robert Lake oldest son of my ancestor Abraham Lake & his 1st wife (name 
unknown) married Mary Robbins d/o John & Temperance Sheppard Robbins.
This Lake line continued for many yrs in Downe Twnshp, Cumberland Co.

                                           Sara

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