John Lake, of North Benfleet

i. JOHN2 LAKE, b. 1533, Irby, Lincolnshire, England; d. 12 Mar 1595/96. He married Elizabeth Lone on February 3, 1558. Elizabeth died in March 1588 and he remarried Mary/Maria Castle on April 28, 1589. No known children. See note 3 and 4.

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Note 3:

from: http://miller-malcom-familytree.net/descendants_of_unknown_lake.htm

This John Lake is the oldest son of UNKNOWN LAKE and apparently held control of most of the Lake property inherited from his father or acquired by himself. He mentions no children of his own in his will (proven on April 7, 1597) and leaves control of his major holdings to his brother Richard and to Richard's son, John (named sole executor). All the rest he gives to his wife, Mary, his brother Robert's children, various other relatives, the poor, the church at Benfleet, servants and friends. Perhaps John and Elizabeth had no children or perhaps they had all died.

John Lake (son of Unknown Lake) was apparently a wealthy landowner but still of minor gentry, a yeoman. He held the manors of Great Fanton Hall and Boneviles. Great Fanton Hall, a large farmhouse of no architectural pretension, was still standing in 1925, although sadly threatened by growing suburbia. Other land holdings were in neighboring parishes of Rayleigh, South Benfleet, Wickford, Laindon and South Hanningfield.

Note 4:

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Notes for JOHN LAKE:

He must have died childless since, in his will [on file], after the usual formal directions and charitable bequests, he makes John Lake, the son of his brother Richard, his chief heir and executor. Other legatees were his mother-in-law, wife, brother Richard, his nephews John Porter, George porter, and John Brooman, the children of his brother Robert, Elizabeth

Lone, Anthony Lone, and various servants and persons of unspecified relationship.

Notes for ELIZABETH LONE:

Probably a widow when she married John.

Children of .... LAKE are:

• i.WILLIAM LAKE, d. Aft. 17-Sep-1599.
• 2.ii.DAUGHTER LAKE.
• iii.JOHN LAKE, b. Abt. 1538; d. Bef. 12-Mar-1596/97, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG; m. (1) ELIZABETH LONE, 3-Feb-1558/59, Runwell, ESS, ENG; m. (2) MARY CASTLE, 28-Apr-1589, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG.

Notes for JOHN LAKE: He must have died childless since, in his will [on file], after the usual formal directions and charitable bequests, he makes John Lake, the son of his brother Richard, his chief heir and executor. Other legatees were his mother-in-law, wife, brother Richard, his nephews John Porter, George porter, and John Brooman, the children of his brother Robert, Elizabeth Lone, Anthony Lone, and various servants and persons of unspecified relationship.

Moved to North Benfleet where he held the manors of Great Fanton and Bonevilles and other property, also lands in the neighboring parishes of Rayleigh, South benfleet, Wickford, Laindon, and South Hanningfield.

Notes for ELIZABETH LONE: Probably a widow when she married John.

3.iv.RICHARD LAKE, b. Abt. 1540; d. Bef. 24-Sep-1599, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG. 4.v.ROBERT LAKE, b. Abt. 1542.

Generation No. 2

2. DAUGHTER2 LAKE She married .... PORTER.

Children of DAUGHTER LAKE and .... PORTER are: i.JOHN PORTER. ii.GEORGE PORTER.

3. RICHARD LAKE was born Abt. 1540, and died Bef. 24-Sep-1599 in North Benfleet, ESS, ENG.

Notes for RICHARD LAKE: Of North Benfleet, a widower living with his brother John, at Great Fanton Hall, in 1596. As the very full parish registers of North Benfleet cobtain no baptismal records of his children, obviously his married life was spent in another parish. He was buried in North Benfleet.

His will, dated September 17 and proved October 11, 1599, directed that he be buried in the church or churchyard at North Benfleet. To the poor of the parish 5s. To every godchild 12d. To every servant dwelling with my executor 12d. To my brother William's wife 5s. To my sister Greene and my sister Cracknell 12d. each. To the children of George Reignolde which he had by my daughter £10, to be paid to the said George for their use. To my son richard Lake £20. To my daughter Phennynge and her children £10 equally between them. To my daughter Lachyngdon and her children £10 equally between them. To my son-in-law Thomas Lachyngdon all the debts he owes me. To my daughter Joan Ducket and her children the £21 which her husband Robert Ducket owes me, and to her two children two of my best platters. To my son Richard Lake, to my daughters Margaret Phennynge and Sybille Lachyngdon, and to my executor my chest of linen and certain pewter. To every one of my brothers' and sisters' children, 5s. Residue to my eldest son, John Lake, and he is to be executor. Witnesses: Edmund Portwaye and Thomas Meredithe.

Source: Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts.

Children of RICHARD LAKE are: 5.i.RICHARD LAKE, d. Aft. 17-Dec-1622. ii.MARGARET LAKE, m. .... PHENNYNGE, Bef. 17-Sep-1599. iii.SYBIL LAKE, m. THOMAS LACHYNGDON, 11-Oct-1591, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG. iv.JOAN LAKE, m. ROBERT DUCKET, 10-Apr-1592, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG. 6.v.JOHN LAKE, b. Abt. 1565, ENG; d. Abt. 10-Dec-1612, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG.

4. ROBERT LAKE was born Abt. 1542.

Child of ROBERT LAKE is: i.SUSAN LAKE, b. Bef. 22-Aug-1574, Runwell, ESS, ENG; d. Bef. 8-Oct-1574, Runwell, ESS, ENG.

eneration No. 3

5. RICHARD LAKE died Aft. 17-Dec-1622. He married SARA .....

Children of RICHARD LAKE and SARA .... are: i.TABITHA LAKE. ii.SARAH LAKE, b. Bef. 13-Sep-1618, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG.

6. JOHN3 LAKE was born Abt. 1565 in ENG, and died Abt. 10-Dec-1612 in North Benfleet, ESS, ENG. He married ELIZABETH SANDELL Abt. 1589, daughter of JOHN SANDELL.

Notes for JOHN LAKE: In addition to his inherited manors of Great Fanton and Boneviles in North Benfleet, John Lake acquired from his wife's nephew, John Sandell, then living at Kempton, co. Hertys., "all that manor of Little Barstable Hall alias Basildon hall . . . in Basildon, co. Essex, with all the lands thereunto belonging . . . and all other its appurtenances in Basildon, Vange, and Fobbing, co. Essex, . . . also three crofts containing forty acres called Sawyers in Basildon . . . and two other parcels of land called Hockleys and Undermunds in Vange" for the sum of £1,121.

John Lake was buried at North Benfleet December 10, 1612. His will, dated Novenber 29, 1612, and proved January 30, 1612/13. The estate of Little Barnstable went to his wife for her life, with all the furnishings at the hall and certain articles from Great Fanton, and after her death to his son John, provision being made to satisfy the dower rights of "my sister Blage," the widow of Lake's brother-in-law Thomas Sandell. Boneviles was devised to his son and Jac-at-Hoods, one of the Sandell properties, to his son Thomas. Great Fanton Hall, the family homestead, went to his son John. His daughters Sybil Benton, Tamsen Lake and Anna Lake were bequeated £100 apiece and Mrs. Lake was directed to have Anna "set to school." His daughter Elizabeth Paschall, who had doubtless had her portion, and her two sons Andrew and Thomas, received small legacies, as did his neice Tabitha Lake, daughter of his brother Richard, and all of his servants. John Lake was made residuary legatee and sole executor, with Andrew Paschall and Andrew Benton overseers. The witnesses were Thomas Man, Abraham Turke and Robert Castell.

Notes for ELIZABETH SANDELL: At the time of her death was living with her daughter Mrs. Paschall at Nevendon, buried at North Benfleet May 4, 1616. Her will, dated May 1, was proved June 3, 1616. She gave small sums to the poor of Basildon, North Benfleet and Nevendon, to her grandchildren and her servants Richard Woodley, Dorothy Sworder and John Wood. Larger sums went to her daughters Elizabeth Paschall (and "my best gowne"), Sybil Benton, Tamsen Lake and Anna Lake, Anna's legacy to be paid to her son John who was to care for her education between the ages of 16 and 18. Thomas Lake was named residuary legatee and executor, with his brothers john and Richard overseers. The witnesses were Jeremy Rogers, Thomas Man and Thomas Playle.

Children of JOHN LAKE and ELIZABETH SANDELL are: 7.i.JOHN LAKE, b. Bef. 26-Sep-1590, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG; d. Bef. 18-Jan-1661/62, England. 8.ii.ELIZABETH LAKE, b. Bef. 12-Dec-1591, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG; d. Bef. 28-Aug-1651. iii.SYBIL LAKE, b. Bef. 11-Feb-1592/93, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG; m. ANDREW BENTON, Bef. 29-Nov-1612. 9.iv.RICHARD LAKE, b. Bef. 18-Nov-1594, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG; d. Bef. 18-Feb-1651/52. v.THOMASINE/TAMSEN LAKE, b. Bef. 14-Oct-1596, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG. vi.MARGARET LAKE, b. Bef. 12-Mar-1597/98, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG; d. young. 10.vii.THOMAS LAKE, b. Bef. 21-Oct-1600, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG; d. Bef. 8-Apr-1652. viii.ANNE LAKE, b. Bef. 10-Feb-1604/05, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG.

Generation No. 4

7. JOHN4 LAKE was born Bef. 26-Sep-1590 in North Benfleet, ESS, ENG, and died Bef. 18-Jan-1661/62 in England. He married MARGARET READE Abt. 1616 in North Benfleet, ESS, ENG, daughter of EDMUND READE and ELIZABETH COOKE.

Notes for JOHN LAKE: John LAKE, of Great Fanton Hall, North Benfleet, Essex, baptized at North Benfleet 26 Sept. 1590, was living in 1657, but died before 18 Jan. 1661/2 (vide infra). He married about 1616, Margaret Reade, born 11 July 1598 and baptized at Nort Benfleet 16 July 1598, died at Ipswich, MA, between 30 Aug. 1672, when her will was dated, and 24 Sept. 1672, when it was proved, daughter of Edmund and Elizabeth (Cooke) Reade of Wickford and North Benfleet.

By an indenture dated 4 June 1622 he sold Little Barstable Hall and its appurtenant properties in Basildon, Fobbing, and Vange, co. Essex, to Richard Chester of Leigh, co. Essex. It would seem that he also disposed of the North Benfleet manors before 1636, as his name does not appear in the North Benfleet list of landowners in the Essex Ship-Money Returns in that year.

Sometime between 1631 and 1635, his wife left him and emigrated with her sisters and their families to New England, taking with her her two daughters, Ann and Martha Lake. For many years she lived in the family of her brother- in-law, Gov. John Winthrop, Jr. at New London, CT, and is mentioned repeatedly in the Winthrop family correspondence. The last decade of her life was spent at Ipswich, MA, the home of her daughter Martha Harris, and of her brother-in-law, Deputy Governor Samuel Symonds. In 1654 Rev. Hugh Peter, Margarets step-father, wrote from London to John Winthrop, Jr. "John Lake is alive and lusty;" and in 1657 he said "John Lake lives still." On 18 Jan. 1661/2 Margaret wrote from Wenham, MA, to her brother-in-law, Governor Winthrop, who was in London: "Might I not bee to troublesome to you I would have desired yors. to have done mee yt courtesy as to have inquired concerning my husbands death, & how hee ended his dayes, as also to have inquired of my cousen Thomas Cooke, whether he knew whether their was any thing left mee or no."

No will of John LAKE has been found. Margaret's will, dated 30 Aug. 1672, left her property to her daughters Hannah Gallop and Martha Harris, and to her grandchildren.

Notes for MARGARET READE: The will of Margaret Lake of Ipswich, widow, was made August 30 and proved September 24, 1672. To my daughter Hannah Gallop and her children, all my land at new London. To my daughter Hannah, my best gown, my red cloth petticoat and my enamelled ring, anf after her decease my granddaughter Hannah Gallop shall have the ring. To my granddaughter Hannah Gallop, a pair of sheets, one of my best pewter platters and one of the next [best]. To my daughter Martha Harris, my tapestry coverlet and all my apparel not disposed of particularly. To my daughter Martha, my mantle, and after her decease to all of her children as they need it. To my grandson Thomas Harris, the coverlet of tapestry, after my daughter Martha's decease. To my daughter Martha, and after her decease to my granddaughter Martha Harris, my gold ring. To my granddaughter Martha Harris, my bed and bedstead, one bolster, two blankets, two pillows and one coverlet. To my granddaughter Elizabeth Harris, on heifer at my cousin Eppes. To my grandaughter Margaret Harris, my carved box, a damask table-cloth and six damask napkins. All my brass and pewter, and all my household stuff nt otherwise disposed, to my daughter Harris' children. To my grandson John Harris, my bible and a pair of fringed gloves. To my son Thomas Harris, all the rest of my estate:viz. my part of the vessell, and all my debts. Executors: My son Thomas Harris and my daughter Martha Harris. Witnesses: Thomas Knowlton, Sir James Chute.

The inventory, which was made up of clothing and household articles, totalled £141. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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According to 'The Lake Genealogy.....' of 1915, Margaret Reade Lake was a widow and claimed her husband was related to the family of Thomas and John Lake of Boston. This is the Lincolnshire branch. If she was telling the truth, she would be referring to a brother, cousin, uncle etc of John and Thomas's grandfather John Lake of Irby-upon-Humber. He married in 1560 and 1562 and possibly before that elsewhere. I am guessing there was a small group of LAKEs living about Claxby, north of Market Rasen, LIN who had originated as a junior branch out of Normanton, WRY. Perhaps your Essex Lakes came from there. If I find something promising, I will let you know. I am very interested in trying to link some of the Lake families together. Those of WRY, LIN and KEN and maybe others all have the same arms while those of Salop are different. I would be grateful if you do get a connection between the N. Benfleet and another Lake family to let me know.

Children of JOHN LAKE and MARGARET READE are: i.JOHN5 LAKE, b. Abt. 6-Jul-1617, Wickford, ESS, ENG. ii.THOMAS LAKE, b. Abt. 18-Jan-1618/19, Wickford, ESS, ENG. iii.RICHARD LAKE, b. Abt. 21-May-1620, Wickford, ESS, ENG; d. 22-May-1620, Wickford, ESS, ENG. 11.iv.HANNAH LAKE, b. Abt. 3-Jul-1621, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG; d. 19-Dec-1675, Stonington, CT. v.ELIZABETH LAKE, b. Abt. 5-Jun-1623, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG; d. Abt. 31-Aug-1623, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG. 12.vi.MARTHA LAKE, b. Abt. 20-Jul-1624, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG. vii.SAMUEL LAKE, b. Abt. 29-Mar-1629, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG; d. 19-Mar-1629/30, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG. viii.ELIZABETH LAKE, b. Abt. 17-Feb-1630/31, North Benfleet, ESS, ENG; d. young.