By Annette Truesdell June 14, 1999 at 01:32:56 (genealogy.com)


Isaac Lake was the son of Zenas Lake per "Zenas Lake, 1760-1841/2 of Hunterdon Co., NJ" by Jay Brown Wright.
BIRTH:c.1765, estimate based on his first appearance on any written record being in 1792 as a member of the Hunterdon Co. Militia, resident of Amwell Twp, Hunterdon Co., NJ.Assumed to be the son of "John Lake" by inference from probate records, Docket File 03731, payment to Zenus Lake of $202.69 in settlement of John Lake's estate who died in 1808.NJ Abs of Wills lists John Lake, d. 1808 in Alexandria Twp, Hunterdon, NJ.
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1792 - Hunterdon Co. Militia of 1792, resident of Amwell Twp.
1803 - Zenias Lake, 100 acres, Tax Ratables, Alexandria Twp, Hunterdon Co., listed on line following a John Lake.
14 Apr 1808 - Off of the Surrogate, Hunterdon Co. Hall of Rec., Flemington, NJ, Docket 03731, admin bond filed and signed "Zenes Lake":Account called John Lake ... late of the Twp of Tinicum, Bucks Co, PA, dec'd ... paid Derrick Hoagland for grave ... By an account against Reuben Lake, one of the testates' sons not paid by him on vendue list $15.17. (1796-1805 Solebury Tax Records record a John Lake with 100 acres, 2 horses and 2 cattle.) From Arch & Hist bureau, NJ State Lib, Hunterdon Co., Admin Book 1, pg 49 "I George C. Maxwell Surrogate of the Co of Hunterdon do certify that on the 14 day of April in year 1808, Admins of the goods and chattels, rights and credits which were of John Lake, late of the county of Hunterdon who died Intestate, was granted by me to Luther Opdycke Esquire of the Co. of Hunterdon... wit my hand and seal the 14 day of Apr in year 1808.Penalty of Bond $600.Sureties John Taylor and Zenas Lake.
29 Apr 1808 - Arc & Hist Bureau, NJ St Lib, File 2319-J "Inv... of John Lake late of Alexandria in the Co. of Hunterdon... Deceased; Zenias Lake on "vandue" list $30.09.
MARR:No record of name or date of marriage but wife may have been related to Elisha Warford of Hunterdon Co as Zenas named his son Elisha Warford Lake.1880 census for son Elisha says she was born in NJ.Known children are Ruth, m. ____Ayres; Nancy, m. William Johnson; Elijah; Priscilla, m. ___ Breckenridge;Hannah, m. Willis G. Atherton; Mary, m. 1831 Charles C. Campbell; Sarah, m. 1830 Charles Bonner; Elisha Warford, b. 17 Jul 1799 NJ, m. 1828 Rebecca Hanna Nugent (widow); Isaac H., b. 1809 NJ, m. 1833 Lavina Logan; Samuel; Joseph P.
CENSUS:1820 Crosby Twp, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
Zenas Lake
2 males -10
2 males 10-15
2 males 16-25
1 male 45+ (Zenas)
2 females 10-15
3 females16-25
1 female 45+ (wife)
CENSUS:1830 Marion Co., Indiana, pg 363.
Zenas Lake
1 male 10-15
3 males 15-20
1 male 30-40
1 male 60-70
2 females 15-20
1 female 50-60
LAND:25 Jul 1821 Marion Co., Indiana, 83.30 acres (W 1/2, NW 1/4 of section 34).
NOTE:from "Gen of the Lake Fam" Adams/Risley, account of trip taken in 1830 by Mark Lake and Daniel Lake Collins."We took breakfast at the sixth at one Zenas Lake's on White river, two miles west of Indianapolis.Here we were used well.He came from New Jersey.There seemed to be a family likeness in his features and in other respects, which made us think he was a descendant of our forefathers."
DEATH:wd 3 Jul 1842.To my dau Ruth Heiss (prob transcription error for Ayres) $25 ...dau Nancy Johnson $25 ...to my son Elijah Lake $150 ...to my dau Priscilla Breckenridge $150 ...my dau Mary Camel (or Campbell) $200 ...my grandson Zenas, son of Isaac Lake $100 to be loaned out by executors at interest until principal amounts $200 then paid to him ...son Zenas Lake $300 ...and money from sale of real estate equally divided among sons Elisha, Isaac, Samuel, and Zenas and George Washington Lake, grandson.Sons Elisha and Zenas executors.Wit James Forser and Martin Martindale.wp 9 Aug 1842.Other probate records note an 1842 claim of the Joseph Lake estate;1843 pmt from Joseph Lake, Jr.; 1847 pmt to Charles C. Campbell, Willis G. Atherton, Priscilla Brackenridge, Ruth Ayres, William and Nancy Johnson, Zenas and Elijah Lake;and 1849 pmt to heirs of Sarah Bonner.In 1849 Elisha W. Lake is surviving executor.