Lake and Leake Family Home Page

Table of Contents

Introduction
Newsletter Information
Projects in Progress
Queries and Comments
Links to Other Web Pages
Index to Past Newsletters

I. Introduction

There are portions of the Lake/Leake families that have had books written about them . There are some of you who have books just about ready to go to print. But there are also many unproven connections and dangling lines which coordinated effort will link up.

II. Newsletter information

The "Lake/Leake Newsletter" was published from 1994 to 2001. A newsletter can be a wonderful forum for sharing discoveries, exchanging ideas, and solving research questions. The "Lake/Leake Newsletter" was a quarterly. Each issue had 12 pages jam-packed with articles, data and queries. Publication dates were the first of March, June, September and December. Back issues are $4.00 each or $15 for any complete year. If you would like copies of back issues, please send a check to Janna Larson, 14623 N. 49th Place, Scottsdale, AZ 85254-2207. You will find the index to articles below.

III. Projects

In 1996, Annette Truesdell began to compile a database of Lake and Leake surnames, complete with sources and notes. We have also been collecting information on the surname Leek and any other spelling which we feel may be a variation of the name. If your data is in a program that is GEDCOM compatible, please send a disc (with notes and sources) to Annette at 656 Llagas Vista Dr., Morgan Hill, CA 95037. You may contact her by e-mail at <.">atrue@garlic.com>.

A project to collect Lake/Leake/Leek surnames in the 1850 Federal Censuses was completed and Annette Truesdell has the transcribed pages.

IV. Queries and Comments

If you have questions or comments, please write to Janna Larson or send a letter to 14623 N. 49th Place, Scottsdale, AZ 85254-2207.

V. Links to Other Web Pages You May Wish to Visit

If you have a page that includes Lake or Leake family information and would like to have it linked here, please notify us.

Chad Larson's Ahnentafel (includes his Lake line back to Vincent of Fauquier Co. VA)
Janna Bennington Larson's Ahnentafel
Bennington Family Homepage
Janna's Genealogy Services
Genealogy One-on-One

VI. Index to Past Newsletter Articles

Volume I, Number I

Ancestors of Diana Williams
Charles Co. MD Index to Land Records 1658-1886
Charles Co. MD Index to Wills 1629-1947
Hampshire Co. WV Grantee Index, 1757-1902
Hampshire Co. WV Wills Vol. II
Charles Co. MD, Archives of Maryland LIII
Kent Co. MD, Archives of Maryland LIV
Talbot Co. MD, Archives of Maryland LIV
Frederick Co. VA Marriage Register No. 1, 1782-1853 and No. 2 1853-1907
Crawford Co. AR, Original Land Grants
Sebastian Co. AR Cemetery Records
Sebastian Co. AR Marriage Records, Lower District
Culpeper Co. VA Index to Marriage Records
Lake Family of Gravesend, Long Island
Culpeper Co. VA Marriage Bonds 1780-1850
Henderson Co. IL Marriage Records, Book 1

Volume I, Number II

Ancestors of Patricia Lee Stroud Gifford
Vermont 1890 Census of Veterans
Vermont 1870 Federal Mortality Schedule
Richmond Co. VA Marriages 1668-1853
1890 Letter Gives Origins of Fauquier Co. VA Lakes
Lakes of Fauquier Co. VA
Saline Co. MO, History of Saline Co.
Ancestors of Martin J. Fee
Geauga Co. OH Pioneer and General History of Geauga Co.
The Leake Estate by Ron Leake
Rebel James Leake by Ron Leake
Maryland Deponents 1634-1799 and More Maryland Deponents
Register of Enlistments in the US Army 1798-1815, 1815-1821

Volume I, Number III

Ancestors of Leland A. Morse
Register of Enlistments in the US Army 1821-1846
Letter from Carla L. Seiter, desc. of Joseph Leake and Mary Payne
Virginia Taxpayers 1782-7 other than those published by the US Census Bur.
Madison Co. NY, Our Country and Its People
Cecil Co. MD Inhabitants 1649-1774
Redmon Lake Bible
Licking Co. OH Lantern August 1887
Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England
Jasper Co. IL, Index to Court Papers Probate A

Volume I, Number IV

Lizzie Leake Never Owed but one Debt and Paid It
American Genealogist v. XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIX
1900 Soundex, Nebraska
Ancestors of Jean Russell
Register of Enlistments in the US Army 1821-27, 1840-50
Burgess Lake and Sally Shuford Lake Deed for land for church
Livingston Co. IL Marriages 1837-47; 1866-74
Dutchess Co. NY Tax Lists 1729-1779
De Witt Co. IL History: Dr. JJ Lake born Hancock Co. OH 1830

Volume II, Number I

Letter from Patricia M. Keyes re: Lakes of Rensselaer Co. NY
Index to Old Wars Pension Files, 1815-1926
Info from E.B. Johnson, desc. of Abraham Lake b. 1780 PA m. Eleanor
Fauquier Co. VA Deed to John Bray for lives of James, Thomas and Nancy Leek
Bazel Leake m. 22 Jan 1795 Mary Anderson, Fauquier Co. VA
Register of Enlistments of the US Army 1847-9
Data from Leland Morse re Abraham Leake b. 1790 NY m. Maria
Thomas Lake of Fairfield Co. CT
Vermont Soldiers, Sailors and Patriots of the Revolutionary War
Rev. Frazer's Marriages
Newberry Dist. SC Plat Location Book C
Harford Co. MD Deed Book 2 p. 375. Thomas Lake

Volume II, Number II

Letter from George F. Lake Jr. re John Henry Lake of CT
American People's Encyclopedia
The French Canadians 1600-1902
Genealogies Catalogued by the Library of Congress since 1986
Note from Jack Stenberg re History of Crandall and Lake Families
Ancestors of William Ralph Phillips
Licking Co. OH Lantern Vol. XIX #1
Fauquier Co. VA Families by John Alcock
Leek family of Southern New Jersey
Barbados Records
Dutchess Co. NY re John Stuchin and Matilda Lake

Volume II, Number III

Walton Co. GA Court of Ordinary Marriage Books B and D
Lake Reunion recalls Ocean City's 1879 start
PERSI
Black Biography 1790-1850
DAR Patriot Index
Elijah Lake and Susanna Livingston bible records
Letter from Nancy Stanbery re: Johanna Lake m. Daniel Bayless

Volume II, Number IV

Newton Co. GA Court Records
The Lessons of History: Isaac Beverly Lake
Entries from the New NSDAR Patriot Index
More entries from PERSI
Ralls Co. MO, daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lake
Elias Lake/Leake of VA
Ancestors of Jack Lake Revare
Granville Leake, Perrin's History of Kentucky
Lakes in Baltimore Co. MD Families by Robert Barnes
Intro to Families of Virginia: The Leake Family by Chappelear

Volume III, Number I

Correction to article on Elias Lake/Leake in previous issue
William Leake and Priscilla of Albemarle Co. VA
Book review: History of James Lake Jr. Family by Janet Jeffrey
Charles Lake of Sweden
Bible record of James Leake m. Martha Neal
Book review: Short Lengths, Chicken Dinner...by Memory Leake
The Leeks of Sutton
Early Ohio Tax Records
Bourbon Co. KY Order Book A
Richard Cross and Mary Lake Cross
Lakes in Virginia Colonial Abstracts
Catalog List file for Bayless-Lake Family Disc
Buffalo NY News obit of Wilbur F.S. Lake
The origin of the Lake surname by Preston Leake

Volume III, Number II

Ancestry of James Lake who m. Martha Neal
Leake-Watts Orphan Home
Susquehanna Co. PA obits of Mrs. V.O. Lake and Isaac G. Lake
Ricki Lake pleads guilty, Lorain, OH Morning Journal
Lakes in Historical Collections of Brown Co. OH
Leake Family bible records for Albemarle and Louisa Co. VA at Library of VA
Cache Co. UT Marriages
Newberry Co. SC Index to Real Estate in Probate Office
Obit of Charles A. Lake "Boogie" Jr. Northern VA Daily

Volume III, Number III

Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications
Query on Robert Leake, possible son of Samuel and Raner Leake
Lakes in Mormons and their Neighbors
William Leake who married Mary Bostick (from Woodson Genealogy)

Volume III, Number IV

Introduction of the Lake/Leake database project
Parish Register of St. Peter's, New Kent Co. VA, 1680-1787
Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina
Ancestors of Chester Harrison Lake
Obituary of Martha Ellen (Leeky) Botkin
John Lakes of Madison Co. KY
War of 1812 Pensioners
Pittsylvania Co. VA Wills
Lewis Co. WV 1870 Census
1900 Soundex, Todd Co. MN
Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Osakis, Todd and Douglas Co. MN
Adams Co. OH, Deed Book I. Thomas Lake m. Elizabeth Pary
Navarro Co. TX Marriage Book I
Licking Co. OH Lantern Vol. XXI, Wm. Lake m. Evelyn Brooks
Obituary of Ludwell Lake
Obituary of Frances V. Leake
Engagement announcement, Terri Settle, dau. of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Leake
Murder of Samuel/Sandford Leake
Obituary of Ronald C. Lake
Descendants of William and Priscilla Leake

Volume IV, Number I

Announcing the Lake/Leake 1850 Census Project
Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607-1800
Obituary of Jack H. Lake
1900 Soundex, Minnesota
Obituary of Paul Gilbert Lake
Elijah Lake of Millerton, NY
Passenger and Immigration List Index
Obituary of Orson Lake
History of Williams Co. OH, Olivia Lake m. Alfred a. Clay,desc. of Elijah Lake
Lake/Groff Family Reunion
Dorchester Co. MD Chattel Records
Shannon Co. MO Deeds Vol. M
Chautauqua Co. NY, Vital Statistics and Gen. Data from New York Censor
Ancestors of Martha Henschen
Descendants of George B. Lake

Volume IV, Number II

Family Group Sheets from Indiana Co. PA
Query from Priscilla J. Rantz re. Gersham Lake m. Prudence Chany and response
Regarding Query from Mary Jane Rice re Eli Lake and Ruth Hurd
Obituary of I. Beverly Lake, Sr.
Obituary of Pope Lake
Letter from Sue Pringle re descendants of David Norris Lake of WV
Query from Philip H. Lake re William Lake m. Mary Perkins
Bible of John Lake and Hannah Garman
Tract Book of Calhoun Co. MI
Ripley Co. IN Deeds Vol. E
Ralls Co. MO Record 1959 re Paul Gilbert Lake

Volume IV, Number III

James Lake, Jr. of Ontario, Canada
Descendants of William Lake of Harrison County, WV (1745-1826)
Coleman Milam and Elizabeth Lake
Original Lists of Persons of Quality
Almon E. Wilson and Laura Lake
Engagement Announcement of Wayne Lake and Katherine Epperson
Obituary of Stuart Lake from Holley, NY "Standard" 1908
Laban Lake and Amanda Matthews
Licking County, Ohio Marriages
Obituary of Karen Davis Lake
Pedigree Chart of Laurie Jessop, incl. Wiliam Leak of Seneca KS
Jeremiah Leak and Jane Brown Bible Records

Volume IV, Number IV

Obituary of Robert W. Lake (1906-1996)
Who was Cornelius Lake (ca. 1740/60- )
Response to Query regarding Job Lake
Response to Query regarding Robert Lake of Dorchester Co. MD
Information from Frank Lake, Descendant of Sir Edward Lake
Obituary of Mrs. Anna Weller, daughter of Levi Hard and Rosilla Lake

Volume V, Number I

Book Review: The Lake Family of Gravesend, Long Island, NY and Staten Island, Richmond County, NY
Abraham Lake (b.c.1676 prob. Gravesend, NY) son of Daniel, son of John
Mildred Lake Valentine (1906-1998)
Martha Ellen Leaky (ca. 1858-1939)
Lillian Lake (ca. 1901-1998)
Thomas and Sarah (Lake) DeMoss
George Lake (ca. 1862-1922)
1998 Lake Reunion
Shelton F. (Shelly) Leake ( - 1998)
Anne Arundel Co. MD - All Hollows Marriage Records
Nannie (Lake) Owens (1932-1998)
Jackson Co. IA excerpts from "History of Jackson Co. IA"

Volume V, Number II

Descendants of Archbald Lake and Mary Bird
1785 State Census, Fauquier County, VA
Lakes in "History of Upshur Co. WV"
Ancestors of Dorothy L. Harris (to Shelton Leek m. Sarah Williams)
Some Descendants of David Z. Leake and Sarah Eaton
Joseph Lake (1740-1813) and Deborah Jackson
Margaret Lake who married Isaiah Notestine

Volume V, Number III

Obituary of Lloyd Franklin Leake
Obituary of Paul Elton Leake
Descendants of Charles Henry McKinster Leake
Cherokee 1851 Old Settler Roll
Ancestors of Kristi Dawn (Lake) Gross (to Asa Lake m. Caroline Sells)
Obituary of Andrew Barnard. Lake (1824-1908)
Pedigrees of Leeke of Sutton, Leek of Williamthorpe and Leek of Hasland
Obituary of Frank Weller, son of Castner and Emma (Lake) Weller
Obituary of Eleanor Lake (1839-1923) m. Pope Lake
Obituary of Fannie E. (Strogen) Lake m. Stuart Lake
Obituary of Levi Hard m. Rosetta Lake
Obituary of Emma (Lake) Weller

Volume V, Number IV

Simon Lake invents submarine, 1894
Obituary of Courtland Lake (1815-1896)
Civil War Memories of Ludwell Lake
Ancestors of Mary Louise Lake Roberts
Marriage of Fred D. Lake to Martha Cordelia Hatter
John Lake helps invent nylon hosiery
Leake family of Tippah Co., Mississippi
Goochland Co. VA Leakes
Dr. C.B. Lake of Kossuth Co. IA
F. Lake m. Adelia Scott, of Hardin Co. IA
Obituary of Lafayette F.W. Lake
Harry D. Leak of Des Moines Co., IA

Volume VI, Number I

Mailing list formed by Marshall Lake
Fatal Mine Accident - Globe, AZ - A.H. Lake Blown Up
Major Gen. Edward Braddock's Orderly Book
Obituaries of Maria, and Sarah, wives of Cortland Lake
William Lake Bible [he married Mary Perkins]
Obituary of Marcia D. Lake, wife of Mitchell D. Lake
Francis Terry Leak of NC, AL, MS
Walter H. Lake of Taylor Co., IA

Volume VI, Number II

Sons of Union Veterans seek into to provide headstone for Confederate Charles Robert Leake
1769 Mary Y Leake Papers
Thomas Lake and Susannah Gaige
Mary K. Lake who married Noah Richardson
Harriet, wife of Cortland Lake
Obituary of Ruth S. McFarland, daughter of Richard and Hazel (Fuller) Lake
Obituary of Gladys D. Lake
Obituary of Marshall Wayne Lake
David S. Lake of Page County, Iowa

Volume VI, Number III

Lake book by Jack L. Revare
Will of Elizabeth Lake, Newport, RI, 1807
Ancestors of Elizabeth Lake b. 1880 London, England
Martha Ellen Leeky
Obituary of Harriet (Dudley) Lake
1896 Buffalo NY Directory
Obituary of Myles L. Quackenbush m. Jennie Lake
Obituary of Mary E. Lake, wife of Robert W. Lake
Obituary of Garland W. Lake, Sr.
Obituary of Frances Leake Watson, wife of Brinnis Franklin Leake
C.S. Lake of Iowa County, Iowa
Samuel G. Leak of Union County, Iowa
Shoup Cemetery, Delaware County, Ohio
Old Eden Cemetery, Delaware County, Ohio
Birth, Marriage and Tombstone Records from Hancock Co. Ohio
Albert E. Lake of Taylor County, Iowa
Col. Jed Lake of Buchanan County, Iowa

Volume VI, Number IV

Obituary of Thomas H. Lake (ca. 1919-1999)
Items from Holley, NY records
Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files
Joseph B. Leake of Scott Co. IA
Levi Leek of Woodbury Co. IA
Dr. S. Jane Lake Obituary
The Ten Thousand Name Petition of Virginia, 1776-1777
Daniel F. Lake Obituary
Lisa K. Lake Obituary

Volume VII, Number I

Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files
John Leake of Bartow County, Georgia
Martha Ellen Leakey query and obituary
John H. Leek of Adair Co. IA
William Lake of Clinton Co. IA
Obituary of William R. Leake, Jr.
Obituary of Paul Wilson Lake
Obituary of Eleanor Hard Lake

Volume VII, Number II

Obituary of William B. Leake (1941-2000)
Fauquier Co. Virginia Guardian Bonds
Descendants of Peter Lake (son of John Lake and Charity Brewer)
Frederick Co. VA Marriage Register
Benjamin and Abigail McCashland/John and Mary Lake deed, Frederick/Culpeper/Fauquier Cos., VA
Landmarks of Orleans Co. NY
Wood Co. OH "Sentinel" Obituaries got John Lake (1881-1981) and Maude La Vern Lake (1879-1932)
Obituary of Frances E. Lake Blackwell

Volume VII, Number III

Orleans Co. NY, miscellaneous items from newspapers, census, town road records
Chicago, IL, John Lake mentioned in "History of Butler Co. KS"
George S. Leake of Des Moines Co. IA
Letters from Skerton, England to relatives in America
Alfred A. Clay m. Olivia Lake of Williams Co. OH
Noble Co., IN marriage book
Wood Co. OH cemeteries
Obituary of Marie Chevalier Leak
Obituary of Pearl H. Leake
Colonel Jed Lake of Buchanan Co. IA
Obituary of Donald B. Leake

Volume VII, Number IV

Wild Bill Hickock m. Agnes Lake
Obituary of James A. Lake, Winchester, VA 1928
Martha Ellen Leeky
Another Look at the Family of John Lake of Gravesend
Pearl H. Leake ancestry
Delrena Rose Lake

Volume VIII, Number I

Pearl H. Leake ancestry additions
Benjamin Lake, captive to Canada during French and Indian War
Conspiracy to Escape, G.L. Lake of Boston escapee from Maryland penitentiary 1887
Federal Digest, cases involving Lake, Leak and Leake surnames
Ex Parte Lake et al in re Whiting et al, District Court, Massachusetts, 1877; a case concerning F. J. Lake and partners,
Ten Thousand Name Petition, Virginia 1776
1625 Census of Martin's Hundred, Virginia
Early Virginia Immigrants

Volume VIII, Number II

More on the pronunciation of Lake and Leake
Mary McCashland identified as wife of John Lake of Warren Co. VA
Obituary of Harriette Lake (actress Ann Sothern)
Obituary of Gladys Virginia Leake, wife of Aubrey Haywood Leake
Albert Lake accident, Baltimore, MD, 1886
Letters from Skerton (continued from Vol. VII No. III)
George W. Lake of Linn Co. IA
A Marriage Romance: Charlie and Maude (Lee) Lake of Maquoketa, IA

Volume VIII, Number III

Will of John Lake (Leake) of Leonard Town, St. Mary's Co., MD 1731
Will of John Redman of St. Mary's Co. MD, 1731
Will of James French, St. Mary's Co. MD, 1733
Thomas Lake m. Susanna Gage (Gaige)
Letters from Skerton (continued from Vol. VIII, Number II)

Volume VIII, Number IV

Genealogy of Daniel Lake of Buncombe Co. NC and those who migrated to Northeast Missouri, soon to be published
John and Ann Lake of Wandsworth, Surrey, England
Marriage license Robert Lake and Sandra Stewart, Lorain Co. OH
Ira B. Lake Bible
John and Mary (McCashland) Lake
Letters from Skerton (continued from Vol. VIII, Number III)

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