From: mlake at melake.erols.com (Marshall Lake) Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 19:59:17 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Mass Pioneers Massachusetts Pioneers THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS, bro. William Hathorne; spoke of bro. Read; mentioned W. H.'s sale of her land at the plains; of her cattle; of a trunk left at bro. Mores. [Es. Files XXXVI, 56.] Another letter, dated 18 April, 1648, refers to bro. Roger Moorie; to "my sister, your wife;" to "my bro. Read." She also wrote from London in 1673, to Daniel Epps, calling him her cousin; spoke of seeing him as a child in Holland, and at his mother's house in New Eng.; sent respects to his father Symonds, her cousin; refers to his aunt Lake. [E. and W.] [Reg. LI, 262.] THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS, Nathaniel, merchant, Boston. He bought of Capt. Thomas Lake 2 (9) 1649, several shares in the Swampscott and Dover patents. THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS, Thomas, fisherman, seaman, Ipswich, served against the Indians and was paid by the town in 1643; propr. at Rowley 1643; sold land in R. in 1643, giving deed with wife Martha 22 (12) 1654. He m. Nov. 15, 1647, Martha Lake; ch. Thomas b. Aug. 8, 1648, Martha b. 8 Jan. 1650, John b. 7 Jan. 1652, Elizabeth b. Feb. 8, 1654, Margaret b. 6 Aug. 1657, Mary b. last Jan. 1659, William b. 12 Dec. 1664. He deposed in 1658, ae. 40 years. THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS, He made will 3 Aug., prob. 9 Aug. 1677; beq. to wife Lucy; bro-in-law Matthew Coy and his wife; cousin Lake; cousins John and Mary, ch. of bro. Luke L.; Mary Saxton. Widow and said John L. execs. James Taylor was appointed guardian to the nephew John Lake, 6 Oct. 1677. THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS, Thomas, husbandman, Dorchester, adm. chh. 20 (9) 1640, frm. June 2, 1641, propr., town officer. Wife Alice d. Oct. 20, 1678, ae. 70. His kinsman and servant, Thomas Lake, called before the church 19 (12) 1659. THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS, He d. Oct. 27, 1678, ae. 80. Will prob. 14 Nov. 1678, beq. to the church a piece of plate for the Lord's table; to his bro. Henry Lake and his children; to one of them, his cousin Thomas L.; to the overseers of the will. THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS, Michael, merchant, Dedham., propr. 1639, adm. chh. with wife Abigail 16 (2) 1642. Town clerk, deputy. Rem. to Boston. Was one of the creditors of Thomas Yeow, 17 Dec. 1651. He and Thomas Lake gave bonds to Es. Court in 1649. [Files I, 113.] Declined to accept the position of elder of the second chh. to which he, though a layman, was called, after he had preached to them sometime, unless the Court approved, 6 Sept. 16"o3. They disapproved, "because it tended to discourage learning," since he had neither the learning or abilities requisite for the office. [Arch. Eccl. 1.] He deposed 18 Sept. 1662, ae. 56. [Es. Files.] Ch. Elizabeth b. 10 (4) 1641, (m. 23 Aug. 1659, Richard Hollingworth,) Dorothy b. 2 (5) 1643, Michael b. 12 (8) 1645, Margaret bapt. 14 (11) 1648, ae. about 8 days, Sarah, (m. at Dedham, 3 (3) 1653, Timothy Dwight,) Mary, (m. at Boston, 27 (3) 1657, Edward Wright). The two last are not rec. as his daus. THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS, Seth, shoemaker, Charlestown, adm. chh. 8 (11) 1638, frm. March 14, 1638-9. A letter to him from his cousin Daniel Field, dated at Tring, Herts, Eng. May 10, 1642, mentions his cousin Crane, father Lake, Aunt Hoten, his brothers, and his sister Elis. He was to receive a butt of leather, for which he was to pay 10 li. to Thomas Welch or goodman ffowler; love to Wm. Philips and his wife. [A.] He made a deed of gift to his son Benjamin in 1660. Wife Bethia; second wife Elizabeth Oakes, m. at Cambridge April, 1661. Ch. Benjamin, Sarah, Mary, (m. 3 (11) 1654, Samuel Blanchard,) Hannah bapt. 12 (11) 1638, Elizabeth b. 27 (11) 1642.