"Marriage Records of Hunterdon County, New Jersey 1795-1873", Vol 1, Hiram E. Deats, 1918 BEGIN Lake, John and Harriet Skinner, June 17, 1841, 3-185 (Lewers). END "HISTORY OF HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY" JAMES P. SNELL 1881 BEGIN HUNTERDON COUNTY. CIVIL LIST OF HUNTERDON COUNTY. JUSTICES. The following table of justices of Hunterdon County, from June 5, 1721, to 1881, is compiled from the court records, the rolls of oaths of office, parchment warrants, etc.: 1860 John C. Lake 1865 John C. Lake 1871 John C. Lake 1876 John C. Lake BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP TOWN COMMITTEE. 1866 J. C. Lake 1867-1868 John C. Lake END "More Records of Old Hunterdon County Volume II" by Phyllis B D'Autrechy, 2000 BEGIN Bastardy Cases, 1761 - 1890 On 5 June 1839 John Lake Sr. of Bethlehem Township was surety for John Lake Jr. who was accused of being the father of the unborn child of Elizabeth Anderson, single woman of sd. Township. On 3 Oct 1839 Elizabeth Anderson declared that she was the natural daughter of Ann Fritts (with whom she lived) and was under the age of 21 years, being between the ages of 19 & 21; that on 23 July 1839 she was delivered of a male child fathered by John Lake Jr., farmer of Bethlehem Township, conceived on the night of 4 Jan 1839 and that the child had "been born in less than 7 months after its conception." (Affadvit 1311, Recog. 2600 & 2604) On 12 Jul 1870 John C. Lake was surety for Jacob S. Lake who was accused of being the father of the unborn child of Anneta Berey/Berry of Warren County, single woman, sd. Child chargeable to Franklin Township. (Appeal 487) END The Hunterdon Gazette Flemington, Hunterdon Co, NJ 19 Apr 1865 paraphrasing ... BEGIN John C LAKE is named as a Justice of the Peace in Bethlehem Township. END