Year Book of The Holland Society of New York, 1898. Prepared by the Secretary, Theodore M. Banta. BEGIN FLATBUSH DUTCH CHURCH RECORDS BAPTISMS 1752 Dec. 30. Neltje, child of Dirk Lake, Maria Voorhes. END "History of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Gravesend, Kings County, New York" William H Stillwell 1892 BEGIN In 1762 Rev. Martinus Schoonmaker visited Gravesend and by powerful personal appeals roused the inhabitants to action respecting their church. In this way he was ably seconded by good old Dominie Van Sinderen, then residing in Flatlands. By the joint efforts of these two ministers the church society was reorganized the same year with the following membership: Samuel Gerritsen, Bernardus Ryder and Areantie, his wife, Ferdinandus Van Sicklen, Cornelius Stryker and Rebecca, his wife, Ida Stillwell, Nicholas Williamson and Ida, his wife, Maria Johnson, Ann Griggs, Nicholas Stillwell, William Johnson and Maria, his wife, Jacobus Ryder and Jane, his wife, Johannes Garretsen, James Hubbard and Altie, his wife, Derick Lake, John Buys. Males, 12. Females, 9. Total, 21. Deacons of church ... Derrick Lake, from May 24, 1771, to June 6, 1773. Elders of church ... Derrick Lake, from May 4, 1787, to April 17, 1789. Communicants ... 1763, Jun 27 - Derick Lake 1766, Nov 5 - Maria, wife of Derick Lake Baptisms ... 1764, Nov 25 - Dirck - Dirck and Maria Lake, parents; Daniel and Neeltye Lake, witnesses END from http://olivetreegenealogy.com BEGIN The following is a transcription by Peter Divine, July 2001, from LDS Microfilm #1016877, Item #2. This is a microfilm of a handwritten transcript (p. 129-195) in possession of the Holland Society of New York, New York City. The transcription of original records was done by Dingman Versteeg into 2 ledger books which are items 1 & 2 on the microfilm. Only the front-side of each leaf was used (only the odd-numbered pages). The first book contains most of the records of the Dutch Reformed Church (Tarrytown, New York). The second book consists of the remainder of the Tarrytown records (pages 1-127) followed by the Gravesend records (pages 129-195). The Gravesend records are for baptisms, 1715-1720, 1743-1750, 1762-1805; members, 1763-1774, 1783-1805; elders and deacons, 1763-1805. Gravesend, Kings County, New York, is now a part of the Borough of Brooklyn in the city of New York. Notes: 1. "do" means "ditto", used in place of re-writing the surname of the previously mentioned individual. 2. Notes and question marks in brackets [?] were inserted by Peter Divine in places where the microfilm was damaged or the handwriting of Dingman Versteeg was unreadable. 3. All other notes and question marks, including those in parenthese (), were inserted by Dingman Versteeg. 4. I did not transcribe the lists of elders and deacons (pages 129-137). Churchbook of the Reformed Dutch Church of J. Christ gathered at Gravesend Containing election and ordination of Consistories, names of the baptized, members, and marriages (no record of marriages could be found in the register). List of Members Page 191 List of Members, comm.. June 24, 1763 * Dirk Lake 1766, Nov 5, Admitted as members. * Neeltje Lake, wife of Daniel * Maria, wife of Dirk Lake 1768, July 8 Acc. as members. * Daniel Lake Jr. Page 193 1792 Aug 25 Acc. as memb. At the house of Rem Williamse * Cornelis Stryker & wife Maria Lake Baptisms Records are the format: Child, Date, Parent, Parent, Witness, Witness, Witness Page 147 * Dirk, Nov 25 1764, Dirk Lake, Maria do, Daniel Lake, Neeltje do * Maria, April 27 1766, Daniel Lake, Neeltje do Page 151 * Eva, March 29 1769, Danl Leek (Lake?), Neeltje do, Elisabeth Leek (Lake?) Page 163 * Daniel, Dec 6 1783, Court Lake, Ida do, Daniel Lake, Neeltje do Page 165 * John, Nov 25 1785, Gilbert Lake, Lana do * Jacobus, June 8 1786, Court Lake, Ida do, Samuel Gerritsen, Aaltje Page 167 * Court, April 20 1788, Court Lake, Ida do Page 169 * Bernardus, Oct 17 1790, Court Lake, Ida do, Bernardus Ryder, Page 171 * Neeltje, Nov 18 1791, Richard Stillwell, Maria do, Daniel Lake, Neeltje do Page 173 * Johannis, June 23 1793, Court Lake, Ida do Page 177 * Jannitje, Dec 25 1795, Court Lake, Ida do Page 179 * Neeltje, Feb 12 1798, Court Lake, Ida do, Maria Stillwell Page 181 * Court Lake, Sep 22 1798, Abraham Berry, Eva do, Court Lake Page 183 * John, May 18 1800, Court Lake, Ida do Page 185 * Elisabeth, Mar 24 1802, Court Lake, Ida do END Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 13:38:56 -0500 From: Richard McCool BEGIN Regarding the recent discussions on the Lake and Voorhees families, this gives me an opportunity to share a document photocopy from my files that might otherwise molder there. I regret that I am unable to determine how this made its way into my possession, or by what hand. I do not study the Lake family, except as it intermingles which the Van Sicklens in Gravesend, Kings County, NY, and, though I descend from Steven Coerten several times, I cannot add anything useful to the conversation on the Van Voorhees family connection here either. Though its route to my files is now a mystery to me, the document has every appearance of authenticity. As the title suggests, this is not a Bible record, but rather a memorandum penned initially by Derick Lake sometime after 10 November 1764. The old handwriting seems uniform to this untrained eye, but it is possible that the set of duplicated entries noted below were inscribed by Daniel Lake, who appears to have be using this as a model for handwriting practice. This document is comprised of three separate pages, approximately 6" X 8." Two autographs appear, that of Court Lake and that of said Daniel Lake. The signature of Court Lake appears at the bottom of page two, centered, and is more crude that either the Derick Lake entries, or the Daniel Lake writings. I believe, therefore, that outside of signing his name, Court made no other of the entries. Daniel Lake signs twice, on the third page at the end of the birth entries, but before the "handwriting practices." Richard Myn MeMorandom Derick Lake Is geboren In het Jaer 1727 den 13 dag van December ende Myn huiz vrow Maria Lake Is geboren In het Jaer 1722 den 21 dag van Januare Elizabeth Lake Is geboren In het Jaer 1748 den 24 Dag Van June Koert Lake Is geboren In het Jaer 1751 den 30 dag Van Mert *Nieltye Lake Is geboren In het Jaer 1752 den 6 dag Van December *Daniel Lake Is geboren In het Jaer 1755 den 26 dag Van Mert *These two entries are repeated, page 2. **Maria Lake Is geboren In het Jaer 1757 den 7 dag van mert **Johannes Lake Is geboren In het Jaer 1760 den 17 dag van November **These two entries are repeated, page 3. Derick Lake Is geboren In het Jaer 1764 den 10 dag van November Court Lake signature at bottom of page 2. Daniel Lake signature, twice, page 3. Following these birth entries, some text is written out, with repetitions of phrases, in what appears to be handwriting practice. There are nine lines of this text, apparently taken from some Biblical passage. END Kings County, NY 1790 U.S. Census Townships: Brooklyn, Bushwick, Flatbush, Flatlands, Gravesend, and New Utrecht. BEGIN This Census was transcribed by Alexander Christensen from Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States taken in the year 1790: New York, pp.96-98. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1908. First column: Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families Second column: Free white males under 16 years. Third column: Free white females, including heads of families. Fourth column: All other free persons. Fifth column: Slaves GRAVESEND TOWN Lake, Derick 5 - 3 - - END