From: mlake at melake.erols.com (Marshall Lake)
Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 18:11:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Lake & Polhemus

> Possibly with the new information you have, you've come across my John &
> Sarah Polhemus Lake family in N.J..
>
> Have you come across a marriage for a John Lake to a Sarah Polhemus, 1810 -
> 1818 in New Jersey yet, possibly Monmouth Cnty. or their daughter's
> marriage, Ann Marie Lake to Henry Van Pelt abt. 1835 in N.J.?
> John Lake & Sarah Polhemus's children were:
> Ann Marie Lake, b. 1819, NJ.
> John Polhemus Lake, b. 1822, NJ.
> William (Tilden or Tilton) Lake, b. 1824, NJ.
>
> They moved to Brooklyn, Kings Cnty., New York between 1835-1846.
>
> I have been unable to find anything about them in N.J. and possibly John
> Lake, the father, never did move to B'klyn, NY with the family.

I'm afraid I didn't find anything for the specific names you are looking
for.  But I did find a couple of things that may provide clues for you ...

Daniel LAKE (son of John LAKE & Abigail ADAMS) married Sarah Ann TILTON
(daughter of Hannah STEELMAN ?).  If your William's middle name was Tilton
then there may be some sort of link here.  Daniel (1 May 1803 - 13 Feb
1851) and Sarah (2 Feb 1808 in Bakersville - 18 Sep 1886) had children:
Jesse S., Hannah Ann, John Tilton, Daniel, Armenia, and Mary Jane.
Margaret (sister of Daniel) married Joseph TILTON.

I also found Ezra A LAKE and Laura Florence THOMAS had a son named John
Tilton (b 18 Nov 1906).

FInally I found Vincent Franklin LAKE and Eva W. FRAMBES had a son named
Eugene Tilton (3 May 1878 in Absecon, NJ - 8 Mar 1969 in Stroudsburg, Pa).