Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:47:06 -0500
From: Barbara Ribling <bribling@earthlink.net>

Asa Lake was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.  I viewed the request
for pension made by his wife Chloe (Abbott) Lake.  This small file has
lots of information.  The pension, R6087, was denied because Mrs. Lake
could not ID her husband as the man named Asa Lake who served as a PVT
in Vermont.  She also could not prove the required length of service.

Chloe Abbott married Asa Lake in Hampshire Co., VA, in September 1788.
They were married by a Baptist clergyman.  A list of children taken from
the family record was submitted:

Rachel b. Jan. 18, 1789
Lorenzo b. Jan. 2, 1790
Sarah b. May 8, 1792
John b. Nov. 29, 1793
Joseph b. April 20, 1795
Silas b. July 26, 1797
Milton b. Oct. 22, 1798
Esther b. March 5, 1800
Ira b. Dec. 30, 1801
Asa b. July 12, 1805
Lidia b. July 28, 1809
Martha b. March 30, 1813

Chloe applied for the pension in Hancock Co., OH, June 12, 1851, age 82.
Asa died Aug. 8, 1848.  Rachel Gillespie of Hancock Co. and Esther Bears
of Seneca Co. testified on Chloe's behalf.  The relationship between
these women is not stated but it may be assumed that Rachel and Esther
were Chloe's daughters as named in the birth records.

According to Hancock Co. histories, Chloe and Asa M. Lake were among
the original members of the Presbyterian Church in that county.  Asa was
involved in the first court case in that county when he and some others
were sued for libel.  The case was lost and the accuser had to pay the
court costs.

Barbara Ribling
bribling@earthlink.net
Descendant of Daniel Bayles and Johannah Lake