From: Annette Truesdell Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:39:57 -0700 BEGIN The following are my notes for Abraham Lake, son of John Lake of Gravesend and Ann Spicer. I include them because of questions Wesley raised about any connections between NY and MD female Lakes and some speculation in my notes that has to do with records found in Maryland for an Abraham Lake. BIRTH: Assumed son of John Lake and Ann Spicer. Birth year of 1676 based on Staten Island census of 1706 where Abraham is named and listed as being 30 years old per Stillwell. Bergen in his "Early Settlers.. ." says that Abraham is a son of Daniel Lake and Alice Stillwell and twin of Joseph. No other sources cited. This is incorrect based on Abraham's age and the fact that Daniel and Alice didn't marry until about 1684. MARR: Classje Langestraat/Longstreet, dau of Dirck Stoffel Langestraat and Katrina van Lieuwen. This is assumed from baptismal record of their son John found in Brooklyn DRC records. (Adams/Risley, pg 19 give Abraham's wife's name as "Alce or Alice" but cite no sources. Adams/Risley does contain many innaccuracies) CHILDREN: 1. John, bp 26 Apr 1696 Brooklyn DRC. 2. Richard, found in 1706 Staten Island census. 3. Daniel, 1706 SI census. 4. Ann, 1706 SI census. 5. Sarah, 1706 SI census. 6. Joseph, bp 20 Aug 1708 Port Richmond DRC. 7. Margaret, 25 Jul 1710 Port Richmond DRC. 8. Abraham, 19 Apr 1715, Port Richmond DRC. HISTORY: 2 Jan 1691/2 - (Town Records, Book 4, p. 43) Abraham Lake and Abraham Emans to be paid by the town for repair of fences. 29 Sep 1698 - recorded his cattle mark on Staten Island (Mullane/Johnson). Apr 1705 - named in an instrument recorded for the "Commissionr of Highways" as living in the County of Richmond. 1706 - Staten Island census of 1706 records age as 30 years per Stillwell. 1715 - Abraham, John and Richard appear as members of the No. Comp of Militia on Staten Island per Stillwell. NOTE: From unpublished Manuscript by Mrs. Judy Cassidy, "LAMBERT DORLAND & HARMPTJE PIETERS", "While living in Brooklyn, Lambert Dorlandt and others purchased land, confiscated from Charles Gabry, and obtained from Governor Lovelace on or before Feb. 3, 1672/73... In DEC 1680 he applied for 130 acres, Northside of Staten Island, the front of Gov. Lovelace's land to the water side. Philip Wells surveyed the 145 acres of land laid out for Lambert Dorland. This was described as being situated on the North East side of Staten Island against Constables Hook... It totaled 130 acres with 8 rod by the water side being left for a highway together with a 15 acre meadow against John Tunisons Neck on the North West side of the Island. He received the Patent Dec. 2, 1680. There is a survey map attached to this document. The land was resurveyed on May 26, 1712 by Philip Wells. A road was laid out on the 23 of March 1704/5, described as from the house where Abraham Lake now dwells along the up land of the waterside and along the front of Justice Duxbury, Lambert Durland, Nich Tunison, Garret Veighte so over a bridge to be make over a creek etc. This is probably today's Shore Road". NOTE: disappears from the Staten Island records after 1715. Between the years 1727-39, an Abraham and Daniel Lake appear as witnesses on wills in Baltimore and Kent Co., MD. This bears further research to see if perhaps Abraham could have removed to MD. 8 Feb 1717 - an Abraham Lake is the witness to a will of Phillip Howell, along with Phillio Milward and Richard Dobson. (Wills: Abstracts, Book D : 1714 - 1725/6: Philadelphia Co, PA.) 31 Mar 1725 - Per Elise Greenup Jourdan, "Early Families in Southern Maryland", 7:253, there is a marriage record for an Abraham Lake to Sarah Molton, widow of James Holliday in Baltimore Co., MD. She was born in 1705, daughter of Ann Molton. Sarah married 31 March 1725 to Abraham LAKE. When her father wrote his will 10 April 1725, he referred to her as his daughter Sarah Lake. Their children were Mary, b. 31 Jan 1727 and Grace, b. Apr 1731. Sarah "Leak" was indicted for bastardy in June 1731. (Cordelia Jones, b. 7 Nov 1728.) She eventually married the father of the child, Immanuel JONES, and had two more children by him (Ann Jones, b. 30 Jan 1734, Immanuel Jones, b. 13 Mar 1737.) 22 Mar 1727 - Abraham Leak a witness to will of Hugh Johns/Johnes, Baltimore Co., MD, "MARYLAND CALENDAR OF WILLS: Volume 6". 20 Mar 1732 - The date when Abraham Lake died, or when Sarah married Immanuel Jones is unknown. However, there is a Kent Co., MD court record dated 20 Mar 1732 where an Abraham Lake is a testator/witness in a court proceeding regarding the assault of the wife of Thomas Aires by Edward Couzens/Cossens of St. Paul's Parish . (Kent County Criminal Court Records, 1728-1734, vol 567, pg 367.) END Question & info ... BEGIN Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 22:07:12 -0500 From: "Perry Streeter" Q. Who was Cretje Williamse how does she connect these early LONGSTREETs & WILLIAMSONs? "Sept. 10, 1698: Antony Warshaer of Flatlands and Maritje his wife deed Stoffel Langstraat, Adrian Langstraat, Johannes Holsaer, Classje Lake and Cretje WILLIAMSE, late of Kings County, house, orchard, etc. in Flatlands bounded by property of John Vandyckhuys and Derick Amertman. The parties of the second part paying full value to Antony Holsaer, Benjamein Holsaer, Dirick Langstraat and Marytntje Langstraat when they are of age or marry the ninth part of said property. Signed by Antony alone. Wit by Henry Filkin and Ferdinand Vansycklyn, Jr. Ack. Sept. 15, Rec'd Sept. 16, 1698 before and by Henry Filkin, Reg. " Source = http://wymple.gs.net/~longstrt/rjl-1.html from https://www.geni.com/people/Dirck-Langestraet/2862933 From FTM Vol 3, #6370: A deed was made in 1698 naming all the heirs of Dirck and Johanna-Stoffel Langstraat, of age; Adriaen Langstreet, of age, Johannes Holsaert, of age; Claasge (Langstraat) Lake, Cretie Williams; Anthony Holsaert, under age; Benjamin Holsart, under age; dirck, under age and Martyntije, under age. Following is from "Our Dutch Ancestor" at wymple.gs.net: Dirck Stoffels Langestraet was 17 years old when he left the North Brabant district of Holland to come to "Niew Nederlands" in the new world. The year was 1657 and the Dutch provinces had been at war with Spain for the past 50 years trying to secure their independence. Nevertheless this was the golden age of the Netherlands, a period of superb flowering in art and literature. When Dirck arrived in Niew Nederlands, he settled on Lange Eylandt in the village of Amersfoort (Flatlands). Located on the western end of Long Island, it is now part of Brooklyn, NY. It was there that he met and married Katerina van Lieuwen who was already in the colony when he arrived. He became a member of the Flatlands Church (Dutch Reformed) and was there in September, 1687, when the Dutch were required to take an oath of allegiance to the British Crown. Family historians seem to agree that Dirck and Katerina had two boys, Stoffel Dircksen, born in 1666, and Adrian (or Aury), born in 1677. Their daughter Classje Dircksen was their middle child, born in 1672. Some say there were other children, Dirck (Richard) and Samuel but these may have been the children of Johanna. No records are found of them or any of their children. It is not known when Katerina died, but about February 13, 1690, Dirck married for the second time to Johanna Havens, the widow of Johannis Holsaert. Dirck's name appears again on an assessment roll of the village in 1693 and on the census roll of 1698. Sometime after that, he moved his family to Monmouth in the Province of East Jersey, and bought land at Shrewsbury. The Longstreets remained in New Jersey for nearly a century before Dirck's descendants slowly began moving to other parts of their new country. William, Dirck's great grandson, was the first to venture out. He moved from Allentown, in Monmouth County, to the Edgefield District of South Carolina about 1784. It was his grandson, James, who is the best known of our family as the Confederate General. James was born in his grandfather's home in Edgefield. The Dutch did not use surnames as we do today. Instead a boy took his father's name with an ending, usually -s, -se, -sen. So "Dirck Stoffels" meant that he was Stoffel's son, named Dirck. (In English, he would be Christopher's son, named Richard.) It was only later when old village ties began to lose their meaning in the new world that the Dutch began taking surnames, usually from the region back home, from their trade, or even from the way they looked. For an interesting article on Dutch names, go to The Olive Tree. It was about this time that Stoffel Dircksen, also known as "Theophilus" (Friend of God) began using the name Langestraet. In more modern Dutch it is spelled "Langstraat". "De Langestraet" (the long street) is an area in the Netherlands, shaped like a wide smile, located between s'Hertogenbosch and Geertruidenberg to the west, an area still famous for its shoes and leather goods. END Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 11:22:09 -0800 From: Annette Truesdell BEGIN So, about Daniel Lake of Kingwood. A lot of speculation and assumptions about relationships need to be made. Let's start with his presumed father, Abraham Lake: ABRAHAM LAKE BIRTH: Assumed son of John Lake and Ann Spicer. Birth year of 1676 based on Staten Island census of 1706 where Abraham is named and listed as being 30 years old per Stillwell. Bergen in his "Early Settlers.. ." says that Abraham is a son of Daniel Lake and Alice Stillwell and twin of Joseph. No other sources cited. This is incorrect based on Abraham's age and the fact that Daniel and Alice didn't marry until about 1684. MARR: c. 1695 Classje Langestraat/Longstreet, dau of Dirck Stoffel Langestraat and Katrina van Lieuwen. This is assumed from baptismal record of their son John found in Brooklyn DRC records. Adams/Risley, pg 19 give Abraham's wife's name as "Alce or Alice" but cite no sources. CHILDREN: 1. John, bp 26 Apr 1696 Brooklyn DRC. 2. Richard, named in 1706 Staten Island census, no age cited so presumed under 16 years, birth estimated 1698. 3. Daniel, named in 1706 Staten Island census, no age cited so presumed under 16 years, birth estimated 1700. 4. Ann, named in 1706 Staten Island census, no age cited so presumed under 16 years, birth estimated 1703. 5. Sarah, named in 1706 Staten Island census, no age cited so presumed under 16 years, birth estimated 1705. 6. Joseph, bp 20 Aug 1708 Port Richmond DRC. 7. Margaret, 25 Jul 1710 Port Richmond DRC. 8. Abraham, 19 Apr 1715, Port Richmond DRC. HISTORY: 2 Jan 1691/2 - (Gravesend Town Records, Book 4, p. 43) Abraham Lake and Abraham Emans to be paid by the town for repair of fences. 29 Sep 1698 - recorded his cattle mark on Staten Island (Mullane/Johnson). 23 Mar 1704/05 - living in Northeast side of Staten Island per a land survey of Lambert Dorland's property boundaries. Apr 1705 - named in an instrument recorded for the "Commissionr of Highways" as living in the County of Richmond. 1706 - Staten Island census of 1706 records age as 30 years per Stillwell. 1715 - Abraham, John and Richard appear as members of the No. Comp of Militia on Staten Island per Stillwell. DANIEL LAKE NAME: Presumed son of Abraham Lake, named in 1706 Staten Island census. See also "Lake Fam of Gravesend/Staten Island", Mullane/Johnson, pg 31. BIRTH: c1700. Assumed to be the Daniel Lake, named in 1706 Staten Island census, no age cited so presumed under 16 year. MARR: c1720-24. Wife unknown, presumably died before his will written in 1775. NOTE: assuming him to be the same Daniel Lake of Kingwood, Hunterdon Co., NJ whose will was dated 25 Sep 1775 and proved 8 Nov 1775 and is referenced below. This is not proven, but it seems to be the most reasonable assumption given what is known about the other Daniel Lakes at that time. DEATH: wd, 25 Sep 1775, wp 8 Nov 1775. Daniel Lake of Kingwood, Hunterdon Co., yeoman. Eldest son, William, L100 and my large Bible. Son, Abraham, L100. Son, John, L100. Son, Thomas, L100. Son, Timothy, L100. Grandchildren, Abner, Mary, Stephen and Ann Runyon, L10 when they are of age. Name of their mother unknown. Granddaughter, Mary, the dau of my eldest son, William, a bed. Son, William, the remainder. Executors, son William Lake and John Taylor, Jr. Wit. Jonas Thatcher, James Grahams, Lazarus Adams. Proved Nov. 8, 1775. 31 Oct 1775 Inventory L797.3.2 made by John Sherrerd and Samuel Slater 8 Nov 1775. NJ Colonial Documents, Lib 17, p. 255. END