Richard Lake (abt. 1543 - 1599)

Born about 1543 in Essex, England

Descendants

Died 24 Sep 1599 at about age 56 in North Benfleet, Essex, England

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• Incorrect parents: This profile previously had John Lake and Elizabeth Lone as the parents of Richard Lake - this is incorrect. John Lake was his brother, not his father. ^[1]
• Incorrect wives: This profile previously listed Anne Wardell and Anne Morley as wives of Richard Lake - this is incorrect. The wife of Richard Lake is unknown. This is caused by a confusion with Richard Lake of Irby, Lincolnshire who did marry Anne Wardell and Anne Morley. ^[1]

Biography

Richard Lake: Born: About 1539 and Buried: 24 September 1599 in North Benfleet, Essex, England. ^[1]

Walter Goodwin Davis concluded: 2. Richard Lake, of North Benfleet, was a widower, living with his brother John, at Great Fanton Hall, in 1596. As the very full parish registers of North Benfleet contain no bap¬ tismal records of his children, it is obvious that his married life was passed in some other parish. He was buried at North Ben¬ fleet September 24, 1599.^[1]

The will of Richard Lake, dated September 17 and proved October 11, 1599, directed that he be buried in the church or churchyard of 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 be¬ tween 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. [Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts.]

Children

• i. John Lake.
• ii. Richard Lake; mentioned in the wills of his uncle and of his father; m. Sara (_____) , who was buried in North Benfleet Dec. 17, 1622. Children: Tabitha (under twenty-one in 1612 when she was named in the will of her uncle John Lake), Sarah (bapt. at North Benfleet Sept. 13 and buried there Oct. 5, 1618).
• iii. A daughter; m. George Reignolde; d. before Sept. 17, 1599, when her husband and children were mentioned as living in her father’s will.
• iv.Margaret; m. before 1599 (_____) Phennynge; a legatee, with her children, in her father’s will.
• v.Sybil, m. Oct. 11, 1591, at North Benfleet, Thomas Lachyngdon; a legatee, with her children, in her father’s will.
• vi. Joan, m. April 10, 1592, at North Benfleet, Robert Ducket of Thundersley, co. Essex; a legatee, with her two children, in the will of her father.

Sources

Footnotes and citations:

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Davis. Ancestry of Bethia Harris. (1934):49-51.

Source list:

• Davis, Walter. The Ancestry of Bethia Harris, 1748-1833 (The Southworth Press, Portland, Maine, 1934) Page 49-50

• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 84 no. 3 (July 1930): 304-317. Ancestry of John Lake, Husband of Margaret (Reade) Lake, Walter Goodwin Davis.