From: mlake at melake.erols.com (Marshall Lake)
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 13:49:52 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Richard Lake of Staten Island
 
Authority - The Simonson Families of Staten Island, New York (1959), by
Elmer Garfield Van Name, pp. 14, 15:             
 
 ARTHUR SIMONSON, "SR.", left a will dated Apr. 30, 1806, proved Mar. 4,
1808, naming sons, JOHN, ABRAHAM, PETER, ARTHUR, and DANIEL, and daughters,
MARY, ELIZABETH, ANN and SARAH, and son-in-law RICHARD LAKE, and grandson,
MOSES DEPUY  (RD A:379).                         



From: baylady5 at comcast.net (Elizabeth Brady)
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 09:21:28 -0500
Subject: Richard LAKE of NY

Am hoping to learn the identity of ARTHUR's parents, the name of his
spouse/mother of his children, and whether his daughter ELIZABETH was
the same who married NICHOLAS VAN NAME.

Source - The Simonson Families of Staten Island, New York (1959), by
Elmer Garfield Van Name::

    page 14:  "ARTHUR SIMONSON, "SR.", left a will dated Apr. 30, 1806,
    proved Mar. 4, 1808, naming sons, JOHN, ABRAHAM, PETER, ARTHUR,
    and DANIEL, and daughters, MARY, ELIZABETH, ANN and SARAH, and
    son-in-law RICHARD LAKE, and grandson, MOSES DEPUY  (RD A:379).
    Possibly it was he who was born the son of Hans (4), and made the
    above mortgage of 1773 (B:100)."