James Lake (1770 - 1856)

Born 4 Jul 1770 in Pennsylvania

Husband of Anne (Segars) Lake — married 4 Sep 1801 in Cecil, Maryland, United States

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Biography

James Lake was born 4 July 1770 in Pennsylvania.^[1]

On 4 September 1801, in Cecil County, Maryland, he married Anne Segars.^[2]

James and family are reported in the 1810 and 1820 Census records for Cecil County, Maryland.^[3][4]

On 12 February 1823, in Cecil County, Maryland, James had been named Administrator of the estate of his mother-in-law, Mary Segars.^[5]

On 10 September 1829, James and Anne received compensation for land originally owned by Anne's brother Francis Segars as a result of damages incurred from construction of a road for use of carriages, waggons, carts or other vehicles for/by the Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland Steam Navigation Company.^[6][7]

James continued to be reported in the 1830 and 1840 Census records for Cecil County, Maryland.^[8][9]

In 1850, James is living with his son Jesse and family in Middletown, New Castle, Delaware.^[10]

James died on 22 February 1856, and is buried in Elk Neck, Cecil County, Maryland.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "James Lake", Memorial #52726549, Created by: Thom Painter, 23 May 2010, Find A Grave, accessed 25 Aug 2017; has photo of gravestone, with date of death and age as part of inscription
   Note: the Memorial says he was born 6 July 1770; gravestone says he was 85 years, 7 months, and 18 days old at the time of his death, which was 22 February 1856; that makes his date of birth 4 July 1770.
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution. Captain Jeremiah Baker Chapter (Baltimore, Maryland). Cecil County, Maryland marriage licenses, 1777-1840. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1948), p. 21
3. ↑ Cecil County, Maryland; FHL #0193668, in United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule, p. 280,
4. ↑ District 3, Cecil County, Maryland, in United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule.
5. ↑ Maryland. Orphan's Court (Cecil County). Administration accounts : 1819-1854. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1948), Book C - p. 658; FHC #0013883
6. ↑ Cecil County, in Maryland, United States. Maryland Land Records, Liber JS 27, Folio 180
7. ↑ An act for the relief of the heirs of Francis Segar (the elder) and others, in Laws of Maryland. Archives of Maryland Online, Vol. 594, pp. 248-253, 1842
8. ↑ District 3, Cecil County, Maryland, in United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule
9. ↑ District 3, Cecil County, Maryland, in United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule
10. ↑ "Middletown, New Castle, Delaware", in United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule, HH 31, Fam 32

See also:

• Person: James Lake (11), WeRelate.org

• Maryland Indexes (Marriage Licenses and Records, Index) 1649-1886, S1397, SE27-90

• "Notice. Thomas Lake vs ..." The Cecil Whig, March 15, 1856