in reference to Biographies->109.9.jpg Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2021 17:21:38 -0700 From: Annette Truesdell BEGIN The NY bio is incorrect and James was indeed the son of Thomas, not Garret. Garret was another son of Thomas, and elder brother of James. The info for this article was submitted by gr-grandchildren of James and the data for the subsequent generations can be verified from primary sources. END message exchange ... BEGIN Lake, Henry b 1801 Ontario By Carol Jeffries February 24, 2001 at 08:02:24 Henry Lake m Sarah Reed - abt 1840's - children were:Hannah, Sarah, Katherine, James, Obadiah Reed & Charles. Katherine married a Myers - then David Gwynne in 1878 Chicago. Obadiah was a newspaper journalist in St. Louis - later in Chicago area. Looking for connections Re: Lake, Henry b 1801 Ontario By Annette Truesdell March 02, 2001 at 11:05:25 Henry was the cousin of my ancestor James W. Lake. I have no information on the children of Henry and Sarah Reid and would like to share information with you. Please contact me by email and I'll send you an gedcom of what is in my database for the ancestors of Henry. In brief, from my notes regarding Henry: BIRTH: son of James Lake and Hannah Jackson, born c1810. The date of birth of 1801 found in Claud McMillan's "Hist or My People and Yours" is incorrect. The 1851 Smith Falls, Lanark, Ontario census gives his age as 42. The 1861 Ontario census gives it as 51 yrs. On 20 Jun 1872, the "NY, St. Lawrence Alien Reg." dated 20 Jun 1872 (LDS film 1276187) reads: "Henry Lake, Canada, 62, carriage maker, DeKalb, born in Canada, immigrated 1868". MARRIAGE: 1st) 9 Nov 1834 Sarah Reed/Reid per Leeds Co. Marr. records 1805-1872 GS ser no 589031, pg 46. Their children: Hannah, b. 1837; Sarah, b. 1841; James, b. 1842; Obadiah Reid, b. 1845; Charles H. Lake, b. 1847; Catherine, b. 1849. MARRIAGE: 2nd)1 Jan 1858 Sarah Jane Armstrong, widow of Henry Perkins per Lanark Marriages, extraction from MS248, Reel8. Their children: Henry W., b. 1858; Mary Ann (also known as Minnie), b. 1861; Henrietta Armstrong, b. 15 Feb 1866; Sheridan W. Lake, b. Oct 1869. NOTE: McMillan has suggested that Henry is the parent of James Lake who m. Betsy Closs. This is also incorrect. DEATH: presumed to have died between 1872 and 1880. In 1871, he is named in the estate papers of his brother, James S. Lake, as a resident of Richville, NY,In the 1880 Canton, St. Lawrence Co., NY census, his wife Sarah is listed as a widow with their children Henry, Minnie and Etta. LAND: 24 Dec 1832 - Clergy reserve Lot No. 16, 5th Conc township of Portland. CENSUS: 1851 Smith Falls, Lanark Co., Ontario, pg 6. Henry Lake, con .05, lot 29P10, b. Wolford, rel. U/P, age 42, wagonmaker. Sarah L. Lake, b. Elizabethtown, U/P, age 36. Hannah, 14, Smith Falls Sarah, 10, Smith Falls James, 9, Smith Falls Obediah R., 7, Smith Falls Charles H., 5, Smith Falls Catherine Q., 2, Smith Falls CENSUS: 1861 Smith Falls, Lanark Co., Ontario. Henry Lake, carriage maker, Canada, marr 1833, white, Methodist, age 51. Mrs. Lake, Canada, Ch Engl, age 30. James Lake, carriage maker, Canada, Meth, 18 Charles, 13 Catherine, 12 Caroline Perkins, 11 Sarah J. Perkins, 7 Henry Lake, 3 Mary A., 1 Note: Victoria Perkins, age 6 residing next door in residence of James and Mary Ann Armstrong, parents of Sarah Jane Armstrong Perkins. 15 yr old Obadiah R. Lake, residing in Perth in residence of Charles Rice. CENSUS: 1880 Canton, St. Lawrence Co., NY census, pg 39. Sarah J. Lake, 44, widow, houskeeper, Canada, Eng, Eng. Henry, 21, son, painter, Canada, VT, Canada Minnie, 18, dau, tailor, Canada, VT, Canada Etta, 14, dau, Canada, VT, Canada (note: census reference to Henry being born in VT is in error.) regards, Annette atrue@garlic.com END from ancestry.com 6 Dec 2021 BEGIN James S. Lake “Among the early settlers of Richville whose interests were closely identified with the welfare of the little town, none was more honored than James Steward Lake. Born March 15th, 1797, he came to this town from New England when still a young man and settled on the broad acres that he thereafter called home. He was a staunch follower of the Silas Wright democracy and died in that faith. He was a man of industrious, frugal habits. When making the final payments on his land, he at one time walked to Ogdensburg and back, as he expressed it, 'between sun and sun' that he might apply the money saved on his indebtedness. He was an intelligent, public-spirited man and the only man in town to subscribe anything toward the building of the Potsdam & Watertown Railroad, taking several shares of stock. He died in 1871 at his home on the Gouverneur road, tenderly cared for by his foster daughter, Mrs. Horace White, Jr.” From Centennial Souvenir History of Gouverneur (Rossie, Fowler, Hammond, Edwards, DeKalb), Commemorating 'Old Home Week,' August 24-30, 1905. Watertown, NY: The Hungerford-Holbrook Co., 1905, p. 84. LakeBonaparte originally shared this to DP Family Tree 10 years ago story Short biography of James S. Lake 1905 aftruesdell aftruesdell added this to AFTruesdell-Findley/Giles 7 years ago END