Daniel Lake

M, (22 June 1726 - 28 September 1810)
Father-Biological*Eleazer Lake b. 9 Jul 1686, d. 29 Apr 1771
Mother-Biological*Lydia Forde b. 12 Apr 1686, d. 29 May 1743
Family Lines
Whelpley Line
Last Edited=28 May 2023
Gravestone of Daniel and Sarah (Bixby) Lake
     Daniel Lake was born on 22 June 1726 at Topsfield, Massachusetts.1,2,3 He was the son of Eleazer Lake and Lydia Forde. Daniel Lake was christened on 6 July 1729 at Topsfield, Massachusetts.3

Daniel Lake, age 23, married Sarah Bixby, age 23 , daughter of Deacon George Bixby and Mary Bailey, on 30 November 1749 at Topsfield, Massachusetts.4,5,2,6,3 Daniel and Sarahmoved in 1767 to the northern part of Rindge, New Hampshire from Topsfield, Massachusetts. Shortly after, the family moved to the center of town.2 He was the selectman and town clerk for Rindge in 1771.2 On the 19th of April 1775, he marched in Captain Nathan Hale's Company to Cambridge. He was reimbursed 6/6 for this service.7 On 1 June 1776 in Rindge, New Hampshire, Daniel Lake signed a resolution which read:
In consequence of the above Resolution of the Hon. Continental Congress, and to show our determination in joining our American Brethren in defending the lives, liberties and property of the inhabitants of the United Colonies, we the subscribers do hereby solemnly engage and promise that we will to the utmost of our power at the risque of our lives and fortunes, with Arms oppose the Hostile proceedings of the British Fleets and Armies against the United American Colonies.2


He was chosen as a Justice of the Peace.2 He was on the committee of inspection and safety in 1777.2 On 29 June 1777, Daniel and his sons Enos and Henry marched to Ticonderoga with Col. Enoch Hale's Regiment, under the command of Lt. Col Thomas Heald to reinforce the garrison at Ticonderoga. On the fourth day of this march word was received that General St. Clair was about to abandon the fortress and the company was ordered to return. They were disbanded July 2.2 He was on the committee to examine the New Hampshire Constitution and report to the town.2 Daniel, appeared on the US Census of 1800 at Rockingham, Vermont. The enumeration reads:

1 - Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25      
1 - Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25
1 - Number of Household Members.8


Daniel and Sarahmoved to Rockingham, Vermont. to live with their children.2 Daniel Lake died on 28 September 1810 at Rockingham, Vermont, at age 84.1,9,2,3 He was buried at Saxtons River Cemetery, Rockingham, Vermont.1

Children of Daniel Lake and Sarah Bixby

Citations

  1. Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
  2. Stearns, Ezra S. History of the Town of Rindge, New Hampshire. Boston: Press of George H. Ellis, 1875.
  3. Bixby, Willard Goldthwaite. A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joseph Bixby, 1621-1701 of Ipswich and Boxford, Massachusetts, who spell the name Bixby, Bigsby, Byxbie, Bixbee, or Byxbe and of the Bixby Family in England, Descendants of Walter Bekesby, 1427, of Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk. New York: Willard G. Bixby, 1914.
  4. Topsfield Historical Society. Vital Records of Topsfield, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Topsfield, Massachuetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1903.
  5. Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2005.
  6. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2013.
  7. Daughters of the American Revolution. Lineage Book. Washington D.C.: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
  8. Census Bureau. 1800 U.S. Federal Census. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2010.
  9. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2013.
  10. Holbrook Research Institute. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2011.