"History of Richmond County, (Staten Island) New York, From its Discovery to the Present Time.", Richard M. Bayles, 1887 BEGIN Judges of the County Courts -- 1710, Daniel Lake LAKE. This family is of English origin and settled on Staten Island about 1670. Daniel Lake applied for a grant in 1679. He had two sons, Daniel and William. Daniel died in 1723, leaving a son Daniel, who was born January 26, 1719, died July 10, 1762, leaving a son William, born January 7, 1750, died March 21, 1783, leaving a son Daniel W., born September 9, 1780, married Miss Mary Gifford, daughter of William Barnard Gifford, Esq., March 31, 1803, died October 6, 1835. He left sons, John still living at Buffalo, N. Y., and Arthur G., born October 14, 1811, died April 22, 1887. END findagrave.com ... BEGIN Daniel Lake Birth unknown Death unknown Burial Non-Cemetery Burial, Specifically: location of grave unknown Memorial ID 175579354 · View Source Son of John Lake and Anne Spicer. John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.88. Arthur Adams and Sarah A. Risley, A Genealogy of the Lake Family of Great Egg Harbor, in Old Gloucester County, in New Jersey, Descended from John Lake of Gravesend, Long Island (n.p.: Privately Printed, 1915), page 9. Daniel Lake Esq. was probably born between 1650 and 1660 at Gravesend, Long Island, (possibly earlier). He probably married 1st a wife (name unknown). Ibid., page 18. Daniel Lake Esq. married 2nd in 1683 Alice Stillwell, daughter of Lieut. Nicholas Stillwell and Ann Van Dyke. Ibid. John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.88. Charles W. Leng, Staten Island and Its People: A History, 1609-1929 (New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1930-1933), 2:934. Daniel Lake Esq. appeared on the assessment list of at Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, in 1683. Arthur Adams and Sarah A. Risley, A Genealogy of the Lake Family of Great Egg Harbor, in Old Gloucester County, in New Jersey, Descended from John Lake of Gravesend, Long Island (n.p.: Privately Printed, 1915), page 18. Daniel Lake Esq. moved to at Staten Island, New York, circa 1695. Ibid. Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm Family Members Parents John Lake 1620 – unknown Anne Spicer Lake 1632–1709 Spouse Alice Stillwell Holmes Osborne Lake 1644 – unknown (m. 1683) Siblings John Lake Margaret Lake Goulding Half Siblings William Lake 1656–1726 END findagrave.com ... BEGIN Alice Stillwell Holmes Osborne Lake Birth 1644 Death unknown Burial Non-Cemetery Burial, Specifically: location of grave unknown Memorial ID 175580012 · View Source Daughter of Lieut. Nicholas Stillwell and Ann Van Dyke. John Reynolds Totten, "Anneke Jans (1607-8?-1663) and Her Two Husbands", New York Genealogical & Biographical Record Vol. 56, pages 202-243 (1925): pp.211-212. John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.88. A Alice Stillwell was born circa 1644. Ibid. More about her father: Married 1st before 1634 Abigail Hopton, daughter of Robert Hopton. Benjamin Marshall Stilwell, Early Memoirs of the Stilwell Family, Comprising the Life and Times of Nicholas Stilwell (New York: The National Printing Company, 1878), page 273. Children by Abigail Hopton b. between 1609 and 1619: Capt. Richard Stillwell b. 1634, d. 1688 Capt. Nicholas Stillwell b. 1636, d. between 19 Jan 1715 and 5 Mar 1715 George E. McCracken, "Who Was Aaron Burr?", The American Genealogist 40:65-76 (1964): p.67. John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.87. Witnessed the baptism of Peter Billiou , son of Pierre Billiou and Francoise DuBois, on 6 June 1668 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City, New York, (sponsors Nicolaes Stillwell, Annetie). "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols.5- (1874-): 7:127. Pieter; parents: Pieter Belou, Francyn de Bou. Nicholas Stillwell came from England, first to Virginia, possibly by 1634/35, and was a tobacco viewer there in 1639, then settled in New Amsterdam about 1645/46. On 9 Sep 1648 purchased property at Gravesend, Long Island from Richard Dunn. In January 1649 Nicholas Stillwell was choosen as one of the magistrates for Gravesend, and was reappointed annually through 1653. In 1653 he removed to New Amersfoort (Flatlands), Long Island. In 1654 he was made President of the Court Martial for the trying of freebooters and pirates in Brooklyn. He was magistrate at Amersfoort in 1654 and 1655, and was later in that year, again, a resident of Gravesend and was choosen as magistrate there. In 1664 he removed to the south eastern shore of Staten Island. John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), pp.38-81. Will dated 22 December 1671 proved 17 Jun 1672, called "Nicholas Stillwell of Staten Island, husbandman, being sick and weake in body but of perfect and sound understanding." Mentions "youngest son Jeremiah," to receive one iron grey mare of about 4 years old; "well beloved and affectionate wife Anne, all my estate consisting of land, housing, cattle, corne, oxen, horses, mares, sheep, swine...lying and being upon Staten Island." Appoints his wife Anne as executrix. Administration of Lieut. Nicholas Stillwell's estate was granted on 17 June 1672, granted to widow Anne Stillwell. New York Co. Surrogate's Court, Record of Wills, v.1-2, 1665-1699; FHL film #0874513 (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 1982-83), Microfilm of original records in the Surrogate's Court, New York Co., New York, pp.93-94. End data on father. More about her mother: Ann Van Dyke was probably born before 1625. John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.88. Does not identify her family name. Benjamin Marshall Stilwell, Early Memoirs of the Stilwell Family, Comprising the Life and Times of Nicholas Stilwell (New York: The National Printing Company, 1878), page 273. Calls her Ann Van Dyke, a Hollander. She married 1st ca, 1640 Lieut. Nicholas Stillwell. Children by Nicholas: Ann Stillwell b. 1643 Alice Stillwell b. ca. 1644 William Stillwell b. 11 May 1648 Capt. Thomas Stillwell b. 9 Jul 1651, d. between 21 May 1704 and 9 May 1705 Daniel Stillwell b. 13 Nov 1653, d. 1719? John Stillwell b. between 1654 and 1660 Mary Stillwell b. 1660 Capt. Jeremiah Stillwell b. 13 Jan 1663, d. ca. 1749 John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.88 After the death of her first husband, Anne Stillwell left Staten Island and returned to Gravesend, Long Island, where on 21 June 1672 (while residing at Dover, Staten Island) she purchased from Jan Jansen Van Ryn, the house and lot No. 18, with the meadow reserved, which Van Ryn had originally purchased from Nicholas Stillwell. Anne, with children Mary, Jeremiah, and possibly John, took up residence at Gravesend. Her son, Capt. Nicholas Stillwell, was a neighbor. John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.89. Married 2nd at Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, on 29 December 1672 William Wilkens. John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.88, 89. Tunis G. Bergen, "Marriage Records, Gravesend, L. I.", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 4, no. 4, p. 199 (1873): 4:199. William Wilking to Ann Stillwell wid. of Gravesend. Married 3rd at Long Island, New York, on 13 January 1679 William Foster. John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.88, 89. On 20 Jun 1683, "William ffoster, and Anne his wife," quit claimed to Jeremiah Stillwell of Gravesend, one half of lot formerly belonging to John Johnson bounded by lands of John Emans. Ibid., p.89-90. Ann Van Dyke died circa 1686 at Long Island, New York. Ibid., p.89. End data on mother. Alice married 1st at Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, on 26 October 1665 Samuel Holmes, son of Rev. Obadiah Holmes and Katherine Hyde. Tunis G. Bergen, "Marriage Records, Gravesend, L. I.", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 4, no. 4, p. 199 (1873): 4:199. Samuel Holmes to Ales Stillwell both of Gravesend. Children by Samuel: Samuel Holmes b. 12 Feb 1668, d. Sep 1674 Ann Holmes b. 20 Dec 1670, d. before 9 Jan 1702 Joseph Holmes b. 17 Mar 1672, d. between 31 Dec 1702 and 12 May 1704 Katherine Holmes b. 15 Jun 1675 Mary Holmes b. b 1679 Arthur S. Cole, The Scott Family of Shrewsbury, N.J.: Being the Descendants of William Scott and Abigail Tilton Warner, with sketches of related families (Red Bank, NJ: Register Press, 1908), p.44. Married 2nd by license dated on 7 February 1679/80 William Osborne. John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.88. Charles W. Leng, Staten Island and Its People: A History, 1609-1929 (New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1930-1933), 2:934. Jerry Wayne Osborne and Edward H. L. Smith III, "Elizabeth Moore, Daughter of John Moore of Newtown, Long Island: Wife of Content Titus, William Osborne, or Both?", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 137, page 245 (2006): 137:253. Child by William: Samuel Osborn b. ca. 1681, d. 1754 Ibid. Married 3rd in 1683 Daniel Lake Esq., son of John Lake and Anne Spicer. John E. Stillwell, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell, Progenitor of the Stillwell Family In America (New York: n.pub., 1929), p.88. Charles W. Leng, Staten Island and Its People: A History, 1609-1929 (New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1930-1933), 2:934. Arthur Adams and Sarah A. Risley, A Genealogy of the Lake Family of Great Egg Harbor, in Old Gloucester County, in New Jersey, Descended from John Lake of Gravesend, Long Island (n.p.: Privately Printed, 1915), page 18. Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm Family Members Parents Nicholas Stillwell unknown–1671 Annetje Van Dyke Stillwell 1602–1686 Spouses Samuel Holmes 1642–1679 (m. 1665) William Osborne 1627–1683 (m. 1680) Daniel Lake (m. 1683) Siblings Anne Stillwell Britton 1642–1709 Maria Stillwell Britton 1645–1683 William Stillwell 1648 – unknown Thomas Stillwell 1651 – unknown (m. 1670) Mary Stillwell Mott 1660 – unknown Jeremiah Stillwell 1663–1749 Half Siblings Richard Stillwell 1634–1688 Nicholas Stillwell 1636–1715 END from "Genealogy of the Stillwell Family" (page 59 of Vol IV) BEGIN 1695-6, Feb 8, Daniel Lake and Ales Lake, his wife, sold to William Williamson, lot 38, on Hugh Garretson's Neck, in Gravesend. 1698, April 4. Daniel Lake, of Staten Island, sold a four-acre lot in the East Meadows, also a lot on Guisebert's Island, lying between Jeremiah Stillwell and Cornelius Williamson, with a mill, meadow lot, etc. to Captain Nicholas Stillwell of Gravesend. END Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Volume III; Data Relating to the Settlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey; John E. Stillwell, 1914 BEGIN pp. 43 Capt. John Bowne ... 1685, 26, 4 mo. He sold land, on Gisbert's Island, in the town of Gravesend, to William Goulding; also in the same year, twenty acres, in Gravesend, which formerly belonged to his father, to William Goulding and Daniel Lake. Holmes of Monmouth County, N. J. [pp. 301-362] pp. 308, 309 5 Samuel Holmes, son of Obadiah Holmes, 1, born 1642; bapt. at Salem, Mar. 20, 1642; died 1679. He was mar. Oct. 26, 1665, by Justice James Hubbard, [elsewhere mar. Dec. 12 1665], Alice, dau. of Nicholas and Ann Stillwell. 1665, May 3. He bought John Ruckman’s plantation in Gravesend. 1670, Apr. 20. He bought seven acres of land from James Bowne. In 1670, he had laid out for him on Guiseberts Island one and one-half lots. In 1672 or 1673, he was commissioned Lieutenant of Gravesend Militia. 1n 1674, he was chosen Magistrate. Will of Samuel Holmes of Gravesend, L. I., written 28, 2mo., 1679; proved June 25, 1679. Appointed his wife, Ales, his sole executrix and mentioned his children, as Joseph Holmes, p. 309 [continuing] Samuel Holmes, Anne Holmes, Catharine Holmes, Mary Holmes. Appointed his loving brothers and friends, Richard Stillwell, Jonathan Holmes, Obadiah Holmes, John Bowne and Samuel Spicer, guardians to his children. Witnesses: John Tilton, Sr., town clerk, John Emans and Samuel Spicer. Lib. 1, p. 341, New York Wills. John Emans and John Tilton, Sr., declined to swear, being Quakers, and their declarations were finally taken by the Governor to whom the matter had been referred by the Court. Upon Samuel Holmes’ decease, his widow mar. in 1680, William Osborne [marriage license being dated Feb. 7, 1679-80], who had recently come from Newcastle, on the Delaware, to Gravesend, and who had lost by death his first wife, Elizabeth Moore. 1681, Jan. or Mar. 31. William Osborne died in 1682, and Jan. 29, 1683, his executors sold this same lot to Daniel Lake. The Gravesend Census of 1683, gives to Alice Osborn the largest ownership of land and cattle in the town – one hundred and fifteen acres of land, three twenty acre farms, two twenty-four acre wood lots, and the seven acres bought by Samuel Holmes of James Bowne, twenty-two cows of different ages and four or five horses. Daniel Lake, who recently bought her late husband’s [Osborne’s] estate, paid court to the widow and in time, 1684, she accepted him as her third husband. In 1680, Daniel Lake was appointed Lieutenant of Gravesend Militia. 1694, July 12, Daniel Lake bought from his father, John Lake, the farm formerly belonging to Richard Stout. 1694, Nov. 7. Daniel Lake and Alice, his wife, of Gravesend, for £80, sold to Daniel Whitehead and Samuel Moore, Gents, executors of William Osborne, deceased, late of Gravesend, a house and “garden spott in Gravesend, formerly James Kerr’s, bounded on the East by the house of Wm Stillwell and on the west by the land of Abraham Emans;” also twenty-four acre lot in Gravesend. Signed Daniel Lake [his mark] alse Lake See Lib. 11, p. 21, Kings Co. Records In 1695, he removed with his family to Staten Island, where, Dec. 21, 1696, he sold meadow lands, in Gravesend, to Rynier Van Sicklen. In 1681, he had received eighty acres of land, on the South side of the Fresh Kill, Staten Island, and, in 1696, two hundred acres more were granted to him and his stepson, Joseph Holmes. 1698, Nov. 29, being still of Staten Island, he leased his house and lot in Gravesend. 1701, Dec. 30. He signed the anti-Leislerian Petition. He appears to have been a very influential man in the community, possessed of wealth, but with no ambition for public office. He erected a dwelling shortly after he removed to Staten Island, which in 1887, still stood in good state of preservation, and continued to be known as the Daniel Lake House. (See engraving, p. 549, Bayles’ History of Richmond Co., N. Y.) The dates of death of Daniel Lake and his wife are unknown. END Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1892, XXV, Abstracts of Wills Recorded, in the Surrogate's Office of New York County, Vol. I, 1665-1707; Publication Fund Series; New York, MDCCCXCIII. pp. 358, 359 - Liber 7, p. 79. BEGIN Peter Biyon. "In the name of God, Amen. Be it known and manifest unto all to whom these presents may come, that I, Peter Biyon, of the County of Richmond." I leave to my wife Perize, £10 and also £15 per annum for life, as agreed by an ante nuptial contract. I also leave her the use of all household stuff. I leave to my eldest son, Isaac Biyon, £25 for his birth right. I leave to the two children of my son Jacob, deceased, £50 each, I having sufficiently done for their father in his life time. I leave to the four sons of my daughter Catherine, by her husband, Richard Curtis, a certain tract of land adjoining to Daniel Lake, in the County of Richmond, being 84 acres, to be equally divided. I having paid a certain mortgage of £125 to Paul Richards, which he had upon a certain piece of land belonging to Nicholas Largillier, deceased, the husband of my daughter Frances, who is since inter-married with John Morgan, which piece of land lyeth in Richmond County, whereby the title is devolved upon me. And whereas Nicholas, the son and heir of said Nicholas Largillier, is heir to his estate, whom I had specially provided for on the marriage of my daughter Frances, my said daughter is to enjoy the benefit of the same till the said Nicholas shall come of age, and he shall pay [p. 359] £125 to the children of his mother, whether by his own father or of John Morgan. I leave the rest of my estate to my son, Isaac Biyon, and to the children of my daughter Maria, wife of Arent Prall, who is deceased, Martha, wife of Thomas Stillwell, Christence, wife of Abraham Marlet, Catherine, wife of Richard Curtis, and Frances, wife of John Morgan. Makes Abraham Gouverneur, Jacques Pouillon, and Jasper Nissepat, executors. Dated September 11, 1699. Witnessees, Nicholas Jamaine, Jacob Thibon. Proved in New York, January 6, 1702. END Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1893, XXVI, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in the Surrogate's Office of New York County, Vol. II, 1708-1728; Publication Fund Series; New York, MDCCCXCIV. BEGIN p. 305 - Liber 10, p. 7. In the name of God, Amen, October 8, 1722. I, John Polyon, of Staten Island, being sick and weak. I leave to my wife Sarah all my Plantation and lands and meadows during her widowhood, but if she come to marry, then she shall have only the movable estate. After her decease I leave to my two sons James and John all my Plantation, lands, and meadows equally, and they are to pay my daughter Martha Fountain £150, and to my daughter Alice Polyon £150. I make my wife and my sons James and Daniel Lake, executors. (No witnesses' names recorded.) Proved, December 7, 1724. END Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2022 14:43:56 -0800 From: Cristy Lake To: Marshall Lake Subject: Re: Thomas LAKE (c1735 NJ - 1814 Newberry, SC) BEGIN Thomas Lake was married to Elizabeth Reeder. Her mother was Susannah Gano. Susannah's mother was Sarah Brittain/Britton Sarah's parents were Nathaniel Brittaine and Mary Stillwell. Mary Stillwell's father Richard Stillwell. Mary's aunt Anne Stillwell married another Nathaniel Brittaine (the uncle of Mary's husband). Nathaniel and Anne's son, (also Nathaniel Brittaine) married Elizabeth Lake. Elizabeth Lake was the daughter of Daniel Lake and Alice Stillwell and granddaughter of John Lake and Anne Spicer. Alice Stillwell was also a half aunt of Mary Stillwell (the half sister of Richard and Anne). It would make sense to me that Thomas Lake and Elizabeth Reeder are cousins continuing the intermarriage connections between the Lake, Stillwell and Brittaine families. but still no paper trail. END http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/ BEGIN Lake, Daniel Spouse : Osborn, Alice Date/Year of Marriage : 1683 Location : Long Island County : Suffolk Spouse 2 Comments : widow 1932 Publication : "Index to Marriages and Deaths in the New York Herald" Author : James Maher Page : 163 END "Calendar of Historical Manuscripts, in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, N.Y.", E. B. O'Callaghan, Part II, 1866 BEGIN 1703. Test signed by J. Billopp, Daniel Lake, Tho. Stillwell, Lambert Garrison, William Tillyer, Nathaniel Britton, Ephrem Taylor, F. Antonisen van Pelt and Cornelius Nefes, page 14 END from CALENDAR OF N. Y. COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS Indorsed Land Papers; in the Office of the Secretary of State of New York 1643-1803 1864 BEGIN 1696. Description of a survey of 200 acres of land, lying on Staten Island, laid out for Daniel Lake and Joseph Holmes, by Aug: Graham, surveyor, 63 1702. April 23. Petition of Daniel Lake and Joseph Holmes, praying a patent for 200 acres of land, lying in the county of Richmond, bounded on the northwest by the lands of Lakeman & Barker, on the northeast by the lands of Eghberts & Fountain, on ye southeast by the lot of Isaac Billjeau, 63Z 1702. April 23. Warrant to the solicitor general, to prepare letters patent to Daniel Lake, for 200 acres of land, in the county of Richmond, 63 1708. Sept. 27. Warrant for a patent of confirmation, to Jaques Guyon, for 178 acres of land, on Staten Island, adjoining land of the Daniel Lake, 145 END