"History of Walworth County, Wisconsin" Western Historical Company 1882 BEGIN REBECCA LAKE, Sec. 34; P.O. Big Foot Prairie, McHenry Co., Ill. Mrs. Lake is the widow of Phipps W. Lake; her maiden name was Rebecca Beardsley; she was born in the town of Richfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., May 6, 1792, and is consequently now (1882) in her 90th year; she was married Jan. 1, 1812. to P. W. Lake, who was born in Hoosic, Conn., May 1, 1789. Mr. and Mrs. L. first settled in the town of Plainfield, Otsego Co.. N. Y., and afterward removed to the town of Virgil, Cortland Co., and thence to Montgomery Co. They came to Walworth Co. in 1839; he purchased 640 acres in Secs. 34 and 35, in the town of Walworth where he resided until his death, which occurred Aug. 17, 1860. He was a minister of the Baptist Church, in which connection he preached for thirty-eight years; his memory is held in the highest respect for his many excellent qualities and Christian virtues. Mrs. Lake had eight children, six of whom are living - Beardsley and Levi, who reside at Harvard, Ill.; Mrs. Rebecca Van Wagener, in Chicago; Waldo owns a part of homestead; Mary L. Reed, in Janesville, and Sarah M., now Mrs. J. E. Smith; she lost her two children - Polly and Lucretia Armstrong. Mrs. Lake is remarkably smart for one who has lived so long; she retains her memory and other mental faculties to a remarkable degree; she resides with her son-in-law, James E. Smith, on a part of the homestead. Mr. Smith was born in the town of Richfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., Oct. 1, 1817; he went to Michigan from the State of New York, in 1835; thence to Southern Indiana, and returned to the State of New York in the spring of 1838; and in the fall of 1842, returned to Leavenworth, Crawford Co., Ind., and in 1843, he came to Walworth Co., but did not settle here permanently until the fall of 1845; and was married in 1847. Mr. and Mrs. S. have three children living - Rebecca L., wife of Charles H. Coon; Oliver L., now at Harvard, Ill., and James E., Jr. END from ancestry.com ... BEGIN Database: 1840 United States Federal Census ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lake, Phipps W. State: Wisconsin Year: 1842 County: Walworth Roll: Township: Delaware Page: 0 Image: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lake, Phipps W. State: Wisconsin Year: 1842 County: Walworth Roll: Township: Delaware Page: 0 Image: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lake, Phipps W. State: Wisconsin Year: 1840 County: Walworth Roll: M704_580 Township: Delaware Page: 206 Image: 419 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lake, Phipps W. State: Wisconsin Year: 1840 County: Walworth Roll: M704_580 Township: Delaware Page: 206 Image: 419 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- END From: BEGIN Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:18:04 EDT I am descended from Phipps Waldo Lake. Phipps was born 1 May 1789 in Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York and died 18 Aug 1860 in Walworth, Walworth. Wisconsin. Phipps married 1 Jan 1812 Rebecca Beardsley. Rebecca was born 6 May 1792 in Richfield, Otsego, New York and died 22 May 1884 Walworth, Walworth, Wisconsin. Rebecca was the daughter of John Beardsley and Rebecca Scott. Phipps and Rebecca had 8 children Polly b 1 Oct 1812 in Plainfield, Otsego, New York Beardsley b 13 Aug 1814 Plainfield, Otsego, New York Levi b 24 Aug 1816 Plainfield, Otsego, New York Lucretia b 15 Jul 1818 Plainfield, Otsego, New York Rebecca b 23 Apr 1820 Plainfield, Otsego, New York Phipps Jr., b 20 Jul 1824 Virgil, Cortland, New York Mary Louise b 3 Jun 1829 Ames, Montgomery, New York Sarah Maria b 3 Jun 1829 Ames, Montgomery, New York Rebecca b 23 Apr 1820 was my great grandmother. Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:47:05 EDT Phipps brother Daniel married Polly Brown Phipps wife Rebecca had a sister Sally who married John Brown Sally and John Brown had a daughter Elizabeth Amy who married Calvin Huntley Lake John and Polly were siblings END