The first of the Lake family to arrive in America was John Lake and wife Ann Spicer, who came from Hertfordshire to Gravesend, New York. John Lake died there in 1696, wife Ann died about 1709. I have very little information about this first family. The had 8 children, as seen below, stayed mostly in New York. Son John Lake, Jr. and wife Neeltje came to New Jersey.

First Generation:

(1) Thomas Lake (c.1680 – 1765) & Jannetje/Jane Stryker (1679 – after 1765)

Thomas Lake, son of John Lake & Neeltje Claessen, married Jannetje Stryke, daughter of Garret Stryker and Wuntje Boomgard, in Kings County, New York, on June 1, 1709. The couple moved to Hunterdon County about 1725. They acquired a property of about 102.5 acres in Amwell Township.

In the late 1720s, Thomas Lake made many appearances in the Court of Common Pleas. He was listed as a Freeholder in Amwell Township in 1737, and in 1738 became a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, representing Hunterdon County. In 1750 he served on the Board of Chosen Freeholders for Hunterdon County.

Second Generation:

(1) Thomas Lake & Jannetje/Jane Stryker
|    (2.1) Winifred Lake (c.1712 – after 1765) & Hopewell Hull (1711 – bef. 1791)
|    (2.2) Sarah Lake (c.1712 – ) & unknown Betts (c.1705 – )
|    (2.3) Ann Lake (c.1714 – ) & unknown Aller (c.1710 – )
|    (2.4) Garret Lake (c.1716 – c.1787)
|    |    |  m. 1) Unknown
|    |    |  m.  2) Sarah (c.1730 – after 1790)
|    (2.5) Thomas Lake (c.1718 – c.1787) & Eleanor (c.1725 – c.1790)
|    (2.6) Ellen Lake (c.1725 – after 1765)
|    (2.7) John Lake (1728 – 1809) & Sarah Ann Robins (1736 – 1823)
|    (2.8) Cathrine Lake & unknown Sutphin

Third Generation:

(1) Thomas Lake & Jannetje/Jane Stryker
|    (2.1) Winifred Lake & Hopewell Hull
|    |    (3.1) Jane Hull
|    (2.4) Garret Lake & 1) Unknown
|    |    (3.1) Jane Jean Lake (c.1755 – c.1806) & Capt. John Heath (c.1749 – 1827)
|    |    (3.2) Thomas Lake (1758 – c.1821) & Catharine Larew (c.1760 – )
|    |    (3.3) William Lake (c.1760 – ) & Else Hann (c.1770 – )
|    (2.4) Garret Lake & 2) Sarah
|    |    (3.4) Nelson Lake (c.1775 – ) & Elizabeth
|    |    (3.5) Garret Lake (1777 – 1849) & Margaret Hann (1766 – c.1809)
|    (2.5) Thomas Lake & Eleanor
|    |    (3.1) Abram Abraham Lake (1743 – c.1796)*
|    |    |    |    m. 1) Unknown
|    |    |    |    m. 2) 1768, Elizabeth Lock (c.1745 – after 1796)
|    |    (3.2) Eleanor Lake (c.1746 – )
|    |    (3.3) Rev. Jacob L. Lake (c.1748 – 1818)
|    |    |    |  m. 1) Mary DeBow (1750 – c.1794)
|    |    |    |  m. 2) Susanna Williams
|    |    (3.4) Joseph Lake (c.1750 – c.1789)
|    |    (3.5) Hannah Lake (c.1752 – c.1826)
*Note: Marshall Lake pointed out to me that Richard could not have been the son of Elizabth Lock, and we concluded that Abraham must have had a first wife who died soon after giving birth to Richard.
|    (2.7) John Lake & Sarah Ann Robins
|    |    (3.1) Isaac Lake (1757 – 1825) & Elizabeth Godown (1763 – )
|    |    (3.2) Thomas Lake (1758 – 1810)
|    |    (3.3) Sarah Lake (1760 – 1831) & Jacob Godown (c.1756 – 1831)
|    |    (3.4) Cornelius Lake (1762 – 1842) &
|    |    |    |  m. 1) Mary Sergeant (1765 – 1813)
|    |    |    |  m. 2) Lydia Haines (1780 – 1856)
|    |    (3.5) Jane Lake (1764 – 1827)
|    |    (3.6) Azubah Lake (1766 – 1847) & John Buchanan Sr. (c.1740 – 1818)
|    |    (3.7) Ann Lake (1768 – bef. 1809) & Henry Shepherd (c.1778 – )
|    |    (3.8) Margaret Lake (1770 – bef. 1850) & Henry Trimmer (1767 – 1850)
|    |    (3.9) Mary Lake (1773 – 1851) & Charles Sergeant (1760 – 1833)
|    |    (3.10) John Lake (1775 – 1851) & Ann Dilts (c.1782 – after 1860)

Fourth Generation:

(1) Thomas Lake & Jannetje/Jane Stryker
|    (2.4) Garret Lake & 1) Unknown
|    |    (3.1) Jane Jean Lake & Capt. John Heath
|    |    |    (4.1) Charlotte Heath (c.1775 – 1817) & William Archer Lair (1785 – 1857)
|    |    |    (4.2) Catharine Heath (c.1776 – )
|    |    |    (4.3) Rhoda Heath (c.1776 – 1851) & Joseph Smith (c.1780 – 1851)
|    |    |    (4.4) Mary Heath (1777 – 1851) & Othniel Gordon (1774 – 1826)
|    |    |    (4.5) Garret Heath (1786 – 1862) & Dinah Sherman (1787 – 1849)
|    |    |    (4.5) John Heath (c.1790 – )
|    |    (3.2) Thomas Lake & Catharine Larew
|    |    |    (4.1) Garret Lake (1775 – )
|    |    |    (4.2) Margaret Lake (1776 – ) & Daniel Larew (c.1768 – after 1840)
|    |    |    (4.3) Sarah Lake (1778 – )
|    |    |    (4.4) Thomas Lake (1780 – )
|    |    |    (4.5) Mary Lake (1782 – 1857)
|    |    |    (4.6) Daniel Lake (1785 – )
|    |    |    (4.7) William Lake (1786 – 1859) & Mary Jane Rounsavell (1785 – 1836)
|    |    |    (4.8) Micah Markah Lake (1789 – ) & Hezekiah Ezekiel Larew (c.1785 – c.1840)
|    |    |    (4.9) James Lake (1792 – after 1832) & Charity French
|    |    |    (4.10) Catherine Lake (1794 – ) & Nathan Sutton (c.1795 – )
|    |    |    (4.11) Othniel Lake (1796 – 1871) & Permelia Holcombe (c.1794 – 1874)
|    (2.4) Garret Lake & 2) Sarah
|    |    (3.5) Garret Lake & Margaret Hann
|    |    |    (4.1) Peter Lake (c.1790 – )
|    |    |    (4.2) John Lake (c.1791 – after 1830) & Susan Caul (c.1800 – )
|    |    |    (4.3) Garret Lake (c.1795 – 1834)
|    |    |    (4.4) Parmelia Lake (1800 – ) & Henry Hann (c.1800 – )
|    |    |    (4.5) Thomas Lake (1801 – 1893) & Elizabeth Barrick (1796 – )
|    |    |    (4.6) Margaret Lake (c.1802 – c.1844) & John Coleman
|    |    |    (4.7) Angeline Lake (c.1803 – )
|    |    |    (4.8) Catherine Lake (c.1805 – ) & William Neitser Weise (c.1805 – )
|    |    |    (4.9) Jacob Lake (1808 – 1905)
|    (2.5) Thomas Lake & Eleanor
|    |    (3.1) Abram Abraham Lake & Unknown
|    |    |    (4.1) Richard Lake (c.1769 – c.1800) & Elizabeth Lanning (c.1760 – 1834)
|    |    (3.1) Abram Abraham Lake & 2) Elizabeth Lock
|    |    |    (4.2) Sarah Lake (c.1770 – ) & Ebenezer Stiltson (c.1765 – )
|    |    |    (4.3) Joseph Lake (c.1770 – ) & Mary
|    |    |    (4.4) Anna Lake (c.1772 – bef. 1813)
|    |    |    (4.5) John C. Lake Sr. (1776 – 1854) & Abigail Case (c.1778 – )
|    |    |    (4.6) Doshe Dorothy Lake (c.1778 – ) & David Parks (c.1775 – )
|    |    (3.3) Rev. Jacob L. Lake & 1) Mary DeBow
|    |    |    (4.1) Lucy Lake (c.1772 – ) & Robert Pallet (1771 – )
|    |    |    (4.2) Nancy Lake (c.1773 – )
|    |    |    (4.3) Anna Lake (c.1776 – )
|    |    |    (4.4) Jenny Lake (1780 – )
|    |    |    (4.5) Mary Polly Lake (c.1782 – )
|    |    |    (4.6) Daniel Tatcher Lake (1789 – )
|    (2.7) John Lake & Sarah Ann Robins
|    |    (3.1) Isaac Lake & Elizabeth Godown
|    |    |    (4.1) Margaret Lake (1784 – )
|    |    |    (4.2) John Godown Lake (1786 – ) & Sarah Wolverton (c.1795 – )
|    |    |    (4.3) Abigail Lake (1788 – )
|    |    |    (4.4) Sarah Lake (1790 – )
|    |    |    (4.5) Annie Lake (1793 – )
|    |    |    (4.6) Mary Lake (1793 – )
|    |    |    (4.7) Elizabeth Lake (c.1794 – )
|    |    |    (4.8) Susan Lake (1796 – ) & Joseph Housel (1780 – 1872)
|    |    |    (4.9) Evan Godown Lake (1796 – 1859) & Margaret Moore Petty (1800 – 1892)
|    |    |    (4.10) Thomas Lake (1800 – 1883) & Frances Housel (1807 – 1868)
|    |    |    (4.11) Isaac Lake (1804 – 1825)
|    |    (3.3) Sarah Lake & Jacob Godown
|    |    |    (4.1) John A. Godown (1787 – 1847) & Abigail Robins (1810 – 1873)
|    |    |    (4.2) Isaac Godown (1788 – 1857) & Permelia Myers (1792 – 1870)
|    |    |    (4.3) Polly Godown (1790 – )
|    |    |    (4.4) Evan Godown (1793 – 1871)
|    |    |    (4.5) James Godown (1795 – )
|    |    |    (4.6) Rhoda Godown (1796 – bef. 1831) & Jonathan Reading Higgins (1792 – 1865)
|    |    (3.4) Cornelius Lake & 1) Mary Sergeant
|    |    |    (4.1) Anna Nancy Lake (1792 – 1835) & Jonas Thatcher Jr. (1791 – 1852)
|    |    |    (4.2) William Sergeant Lake (1797 – 1879) & Letitia West (1804 – 1890)
|    |    |    (4.3) Charles Lake (1806 – 1830)
|    |    (3.4) Cornelius Lake & 2) Lydia Haines
|    |    |    (4.4) Mary Lake (1817 – 1891) & Isaiah H. Moore (1815 – 1885)
|    |    (3.6) Azubah Lake & John Buchanan Sr.
|    |    |    (4.1) Archibald Buchanan Sr. (1790 – 1819) & Delilah Sutton (c.1790 – bef. 1850)
|    |    (3.8) Margaret Lake & Henry Trimmer
|    |    |    (4.1) Sarah Trimmer (c.1796 – ) & Joseph Opdycke (1791 – 1846)
|    |    |    (4.2) Asa Trimmer (1799 – 1861)
|    |    (3.9) Mary Lake & Charles Sergeant
|    |    |    (4.1) Hon. William Sergeant (1794 – 1865) & Elizabeth Trimmer (1799 – 1882)
|    |    (3.10) John Lake & Ann Dilts
|    |    |    (4.1) Thomas Lake (c.1805 – )
|    |    |    (4.2) Mary Lake (c.1807 – )
|    |    |    (4.3) Isaac Lake (c.1808 – )
|    |    |    (4.4) Jacob Lake (1807 – 1880) & Sarah Ann Ross (1817 – 1903)
|    |    |    (4.5) Jane Lake (1812 – 1891) & John Rounsavell Fauss (1810 – 1881)
|    |    |    (4.6) Nancy Lake (1816 – 1892) & John Sweasey (1817 – 1878)
|    |    |    (4.7) Susan Lake (~1820 – ) & John Clawson (~1820 – )

Fifth Generation:

(1) Thomas Lake & Jannetje/Jane Stryker
|    (2.4) Garret Lake & 1) Unknown
|    |    (3.2) Thomas Lake & Catharine Larew
|    |    |    (4.7) William Lake & Mary Jane Rounsavell
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Daniel Lake (1807 – 1896) & Rebecca T. Cook (1811 – 1896)
|    |    |    |    (5.2) Deborah Lake (1808 – 1881) & Alexander White (1808 – 1885)
|    |    |    |    (5.3) Ellis Rounsavell Lake (c.1811 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.4) Absalom Lake (c.1813 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.5) Catherine Lake (1817 – 1885) & Daniel Clifton
|    |    |    |    (5.6) Phenas Lake (c.1820 – 1888) & Rebecca Lambert (1822 – 1894)
|    |    |    |    (5.7) Willis Lake (c.1825 – 1902) & Elizabeth Ray (c.1825 – )
|    |    |    (4.11) Othniel Lake & Permelia Holcombe
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Asher Lake (c.1818 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.2) Samuel H. Lake (c.1819 – ) & Ann Schenck (c.1820 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.3) William Lake (c.1820 – ) & Sarah Jones (c.1820 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.4) Anna H. Lake (c.1830 – ) & John Holcombe Butterfoss (1824 – 1889)
|    |    |    |    (5.5) Joseph B. Lake (1827 – 1906) & Achsah Silvers (1831 – 1885)
|    |    |    |    (5.6) Sarah Lake (c.1835 – ) & John H. Kennedy (c.1830 – )
|    |    |    |    (5).7 Mary Lake (c.1835 – )
|    (2.5) Thomas Lake & Eleanor
|    |    (3.1) Abram Abraham Lake & Elizabeth Lock
|    |    |    (4.5) John C. Lake Sr. & Abigail Case
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Elizabeth Lake (c.1805 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.2) Margaret Lake (c.1805 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.3) Catherine Lake (c.1810 – ) & John Fritts (c.1810 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.4) John C. Lake Jr. (c.1810 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.5) Jesse J. Lake (c.1815 – ) & Matilda Koch
|    |    |    |    (5.6) Joseph P. Lake (c.1820 – )
|    (2.7) John Lake & Sarah Ann Robins
|    |    (3.1) Isaac Lake & Elizabeth Godown
|    |    |    (4.9) Evan Godown Lake & Margaret Moore Petty
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Moses G. Lake (1823 – 1904) & Margaret Jane Buchanan (c.1830 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.2) Daniel M. Lake (1824 – 1875) & Judith Lowe Hoagland
|    |    |    |    (5.3) Sarah Lake (1826 – 1903) & William R. Gulick (1830 – 1908)
|    |    |    |    (5.4) Elizabeth Lake (1829 – ) & John Mattison (c.1830 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.5) John Godown Lake (1833 – 1909) & Gertrude Van Fleet (1843 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.6) Mary Lake (c.1837 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.7) Evans G. Lake (1840 – 1908) & Jennetta Cornelia Trimmer (1845 – 1925)
|    |    |    |    (5.8) Joseph Lake (c.1842 – ) & Katie Alpaugh (c.1850 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.9) Isaac R. Lake (c.1845 – 1878)
|    |    |    (4.10) Thomas Lake & Frances Housel
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Elizabeth Lake (1826 – 1916)
|    |    |    |    (5.2) Sylvester H. Lake (1832 – 1916)
|    |    |    |    (5.3) Isaac Lake (1836 – 1911) & Deborah Dalrymple (1846 – 1901)
|    |    |    |    (5.4) Charles Lake (1842 – 1882)
|    |    |    |    (5.5) Samantha A. Lake (1852 – 1933) & Miller A. Cline (1853 – after 1900)
|    |    (3.4) Cornelius Lake & 1) Mary Sergeant
|    |    |    (4.1) Anna Nancy Lake & Jonas Thatcher Jr.
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Cornelius Thatcher (1811 – 1812)
|    |    |    |    (5.2) Charles Thatcher (1812 – 1893)
|    |    |    |    |    | m. 1) Juliet Fox (1811 – 1842)
|    |    |    |    |    | m. 2)  Matilda Calvin (c.1820 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.3) Ozias P. Thatcher (1816 – ) & Eliza Ann Hunt (1822 – 1909)
|    |    |    |    (5.4) Mary Thatcher (1819 – ) & John V. Hull (c.1815 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.5) Sarah Thatcher (1824 – 1826)
|    |    |    |    (5.6) Lydia Haines Thatcher (1827 – 1895) & Richard Higgins (1829 – 1904)
|    |    (3.4) Cornelius Lake & 1) Mary Sergeant
|    |    |    (4.2) William Sergeant Lake & Letitia West
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Lydia Lake (1823 – 1896) & Jacob Rounsavel (1817 – 1857)
|    |    |    |    (5.2) Cornelius Lake (1824 – 1891) & Elizabeth L. Curry (1834 – 1910)
|    |    |    |    (5.3) Mary B. Lake (c.1829 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.4) Elizabeth Lake (c.1833 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.5) Thomas R. Lake (c.1835 – ) & Emeline Vanarsdale (c.1840 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.6) George Washington Lake (1837 – 1908) & Elizabeth (1837 – 1911)
|    |    |    |    (5.7) Sarah C. Lake (c.1839 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.8) William H. Lake (1840 – 1881) & Malvina Phillips (1846 – 1928)
|    |    |    |    (5.9) Louisa A. Lake (1851 – bef. 1930) & Levi Hunt (1855 – after 1930)
|    |    (3.4) Cornelius Lake & 2) Lydia Haines
|    |    |    (4.4) Mary Lake & Isaiah H. Moore
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Anna Moore (1840 – 1840)
|    |    |    |    (5.2) Edward H. Moore (1841 – 1871) & Mary Jane Cronce (c.1845 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.3) George I. Moore (1843 – 1843)
|    |    |    |    (5.4) Lydia L. Moore (1850 – bef. 1920) & Andrew M. W. Abbott (1846 – 1918)
|    |    |    |    (5.5) Cornelius Lake Moore (1853 – 1928) & Anna Elizabeth Stevenson (1858 – 1946)
|    |    (3.10) John Lake & Ann Dilts
|    |    |    (4.4) Jacob Lake & Sarah Ann Ross
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Martin Harris Lake (1844 – 1927) & Emma Bosenbury (1849 – 1897)
|    |    |    |    (5.2) John Ross Lake (c.1848 – ) & Martha
|    |    |    |    (5.3) Shf Wm Howard B. Lake (1850 – >1897) & Adelaide S. Wilson (c.1852 – )
|    |    |    (4.5) Jane Lake & John Rounsavell Fauss
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Mary Ann Fauss (1835 – 1916) & Elder Charles W. Moore (1838 – 1903)
|    |    |    |    (5.2) Othniel R. Fauss (1839 – 1945) & Elizabeth R. Moore (1843 – after 1915)
|    |    |    |    (5.3) Samuel F. Fauss (1844 – 1921) & Mary H. Shepherd (1855 – 1927)
|    |    |    |    (5.4) Joseph S. Fauss (1853 – 1921) & Jane H. Hockenbury (c.1860 – 1931)
|    |    |    |    (5.5) Margaret Fauss (c.1855 – )
|    |    |    (4.6) Nancy Lake & John Sweasey
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Lydia Ann Sweasey (c.1842 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.2) Mary B. Sweasey (c.1845 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.3) William B. Sweasey (1849 – 1901)
|    |    |    |    (5.4) John L. Sweasey (c.1854 – )

Sixth Generation:

(1) Thomas Lake & Jannetje/Jane Stryker
|    (2.4) Garret Lake & 1) Unknown
|    |    (3.2) Thomas Lake & Catharine Larew
|    |    |    (4.11) Othniel Lake & Permelia Holcombe
|    |    |    |    (5.5) Joseph B. Lake (1827 – 1906) & Achsah Silvers (1831 – 1885)
|    |    |    |    |    (6.1) Elizabeth Lizzie Lake (1861 – )
|    |    |    |    |    (6.2) Ella Lake (1866 – 1951) & Fenwick Pew (1863 – bef. 1951)
|    (2.5) Thomas Lake & Eleanor
|    |    (3.1) Abram Abraham Lake & Elizabeth Lock
|    |    |    (4.5) John C. Lake Sr. & Abigail Case
|    |    |    |    (5.5) Jesse J. Lake (c.1815 – ) & Matilda Koch
|    |    |    |    |    (6.1) Emma F. Lake (1852 – ) & John V. Stockton (1844 – )
|    (2.7) John Lake & Sarah Ann Robins
|    |    (3.1) Isaac Lake & Elizabeth Godown
|    |    |    (4.9) Evan Godown Lake & Margaret Moore Petty
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Moses G. Lake & Margaret Jane Buchanan
|    |    |    |    |    (6.1) Charles Eugene Lake (1851 – 1922) & Anna Smith
|    |    |    |    |    (6.2) Amy M. Lake (1855 – ) & Moses S. Bird (c.1830 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.5) John Godown Lake & Gertrude Van Fleet
|    |    |    |    |    (6.1) Frances Adaline Lake (c.1861 – ) & Samuel Case (c.1842 – )
|    |    |    (4.10) Thomas Lake & Frances Housel
|    |    |    |    (5.3) Isaac Lake (1836 – 1911) & Deborah Dalrymple (1846 – 1901)
|    |    |    |    |    (6.1) Alton T. Lake (1870 – 1926) & Dora H. Horne (1875 – 1912)
|    |    |    |    |    (6.2) Lucinda F. Lake* (1876 – 1941)
|    |    |    |    |    |    | m. 1) Lewis Cornelius Wilson (c.1866 – 1940)
|    |    |    |    |    |    | m. 2)  George H. Higgins (1872 – 1918)
|    |    |    |    (5.5) Samantha A. Lake & Miller A. Cline
|    |    |    |    |    (6.1) Sylvester Jordan Kline (1877 – ) & Ella Stull (1872 – )
|    |    (3.4) Cornelius Lake & 1) Mary Sergeant
|    |    |    (4.2) William Sergeant Lake & Letitia West
|    |    |    |    (5.2) Cornelius Lake & Elizabeth L. Curry
|    |    |    |    |    (6.1) Augusta Lake (c.1858 – 1949) & William H. Lawrence (1851 – 1890)
|    |    |    |    |    (6.2) Charles Lake (1860 – 1861)
|    |    |    |    (5.5) Thomas R. Lake & Emeline Vanarsdale
|    |    |    |    |    (6.1) Thomas R. Lake Jr. (1884 – 1929)
|    |    |    |    (5.6) George Washington Lake & Elizabeth
|    |    |    |    |    (6.1) Charles Bertram Lake (1873 – 1905)
|    |    |    |    |    (6.2) Frances Lake (c.1877 – )
|    |    (3.4) Cornelius Lake & 2) Lydia Haines
|    |    |    (4.4) Mary Lake & Isaiah H. Moore
|    |    |    |    (5.4) Lydia L. Moore & Andrew M. W. Abbott
|    |    |    |    |    (6.1) Minnie Abbott (1879 – )
|    |    |    |    |    (6.2) Eddie M. Abbott (1886 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.5) Cornelius Lake Moore & Anna Elizabeth Stevenson
|    |    |    |    |    (6.1) Milton Gano Moore (1888 – 1922)
|    |    |    |    |    (6.2) Edna Moore (1890 – 1976)
|    |    (3.10) John Lake & Ann Dilts
|    |    |    (4.4) Jacob Lake & Sarah Ann Ross
|    |    |    |    (5.1) Martin Harris Lake & Emma Bosenbury
|    |    |    |    |    (6.1) Lambert P. Lake (1875 – 1943)
|    |    |    |    |    |    | m. 1) Mary G. (c.1881 – c.1925)
|    |    |    |    |    |    | m. 2) S. Lavinia (1881 – 1945)
|    |    |    |    |    (6.2) Jacob Lake (1877 – 1928)
|    |    |    |    |    (6.3) Ruth Lake (1879 – after 1920)
|    |    |    |    |    (6.4) Minnie R. Lake (1882 – )
|    |    |    |    |    (6.5) Addie Lake (1885 – )
|    |    |    |    (5.3) Shf Wm Howard B. Lake & Adelaide S. Wilson
|    |    |    |    |    (6.1) Blanche Lake (c.1875 – )

Hunterdon Lakes

Note: My first version of this tree began with the 17th century immigrants, John Lake & Ann Spicer. I later decided to stick with the Hunterdon County branch of the family but decided to leave this earlier one in place.

First Generation:

|     (1) John Lake (c.1616 – 1696) & Ann Spicer (c.1625 – after 1709).

Second Generation
Children of John Lake and Ann Spicer

|     (2.1) Daniel Lake (c.1650 – ?) & Alice Stillwell of Staten Island, NY
|     (2.2) Metje Jan Lake (1652 – ?)
|     (2.3) Margaret Lake (1652 – c.1686) & William Goulding (c.1650 – ?) of Gravesend, NY
|     (2.4) John Lake Jr. (c.1654 – 1729) & Neeltje Claessen (c.1653 – c.1699)
|     (2.5) Elizabeth Lake (1657 – ?)
|     (2.6) William Lake (c.1658 – 1717) & Sarah Jenkins (c.1675 – 1717) of Atlantic Co., NJ
|     (2.7) Michal Lake (c.1664 – ?)
|     (2.8) Martha Lake (c.1652 – bef. 1698)
|    |      m. 1) Obadiah Wilkins (c.1648 – c.1682)
|    |      m. 2) John Griggs (c.1662 – bef. 1731)

Third Generation
Children of (2.4) John Lake Jr. & Neeltje Claessen

|     |     (3.1) John Lake (1688 – c.1754) & Martinah (c.1690 – bef. 1754) of New Brunswick, NJ
|     |     (3.2) Thomas Lake (c.1690 – 1765) & Jannetje Jane Stryker (1679 – bef. 1765)
|     |     (3.3) Nicholas Lake (c.1692 – c.1771) & Mary Johnson (1696 – ?) of Somerset Co., NJ
|     |     (3.4) Mary Lake (c.1694 – 1760) & Cornelius Vansyckle (c.1690 – ?) of Somerset Co., NJ
|     |     (3.5) Daniel Lake (1696 – c.1775) & unknown (c.1700 – after 1775) of Kingwood Twp., NJ

Fourth Generation:

|     |     (3.2) Thomas Lake & Jannetje Jane Stryker
|     |     |     (4.1) Sarah Lake (c.1710 – ?) & __ Betts (c.1705 – ?)
|     |     |     (4.2) Ann Lake (c.1715 – ) & __ Aller (c.1710 – ?)
|     |     |     (4.3) Thomas Lake (1718 – bef. 1767)
|     |     |     (4.4) Garret Lake (c.1720 – c.1787) & Sarah ( – bef. 1790)
|     |     |     (4.5) Winifred Lake (c.1726 – bef. 1765) & Hopewell Hull (1711 – after 1791)
|     |     |     (4.6) Ellen Lake (c.1725 – bef. 1765)
|     |     |     (4.7) John Lake (1728 – 1809) & Sarah Ann Robins (1736 – 1823)
|     |     |     (4.8) Cathrine Lake (c. 1730 – ) & unknown Sutphen
|     |     (3.5) Daniel Lake & unknown
|     |     |     (4.1) William Lake (c.1722 – bef. 1781) & unknown
|     |     |     (4.2) Abner Lake
|     |     |     (4.3) John Lake (c.1723 – bef. 1797)
|     |     |     (4.4) Abraham Lake (c.1725 – ?)
|     |     |     (4.5) Ann Lake (1746 – 1813) & Absalom Runyon (1733 – 1809)
|     |     |     (4.6) Timothy Lake (c.1740 – ?)
|     |     |     (4.7) Thomas Lake Sr. (c.1740 – c.1793) & Margaret (c.1750 – bef. 1799)

Fifth Generation:

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|     |     (3.2) Thomas Lake & Jannetje Jane Stryker
|     |     |     (4.4) Garret Lake & 1) Unknown
|     |     |     |     (5.1) Jane Jean Lake (c.1755 – c.1806) & Capt. John Heath (c.1750 – 1827)
|     |     |     |     (5.2) Thomas Lake (c.1757 – c.1820) & Catharine Larew (1762 – 1855)
|     |     |     |     (5.3) William Lake (c.1760 – ) & Else Hann (c.1770 – )
|     |     |     (4.4) Garret Lake & Sarah
|     |     |     |     (5.4) Nelson Lake (c.1775 – ) & Elizabeth
|     |     |     |     (5.5) Garret Lake (1777 – 1849) & Margaret Hann (1766 – c.1809)
|     |     |    (4.7) John Lake & Sarah Ann Robins
|     |     |     |     (5) Isaac Lake (1757 – 1825) & Elizabeth Godown (1763 – ?)
|     |     |     |     (5) Thomas Lake (1758 – 1810)
|     |     |     |     (5) Sarah Lake (1760 – 1831) & Jacob Godown (c.1756 – 1831)
|     |     |     |     (5) Cornelius Lake (1762 – 1842)
.     .     .     .     .     m. 1) Mary Sergeant (1765 – 1813)
.     .     .     .     .     m. 2) Lydia Haines (1780 – 1856)
|     |     |     |     (5) Jane Lake (1764 – 1827)
|     |     |     |     (5) Azubah Lake (1766 – 1847) & John Buchanan (c.1740 – 1818)
|     |     |     |     (5) Ann Lake (1768 – after 1809) & Henry Shepherd (c.1778 – ?)
|     |     |     |     (5) Margaret Lake (1770 – after 1850) & Henry Trimmer (1767 – 1850)
|     |     |     |     (5) Mary Lake (1773 – 1851) & Charles Sergeant (1760 – 1833)
|     |     |     |     (5) John Lake (1775 – 1851) & Ann Dilts (c.1782 – bef. 1860)
|     |     (3) Nicholas Lake & Mary Johnson
|     |     |     (4) Neeltje Eleanor Lake & Mattias Johnson
|     |     |     |     (5) John Johnson (c.1760 – ?)
|     |     |     |     (5) Elizabeth Johnson
|     |     |     (4) Jacobus Jacob Lake & Styntie Christina Stryker
|     |     |     |     (5) Dinah Dyna Lake (c.1755 – ?) & John Heath (c.1750 – ?)
|     |     |     |     (5) Mary Lake (c.1765 – ?) & ___ Voorhees (c.1765 – ?)
|     |     |     (4) Jacobus Jacob Lake & Arreantie Hubbard
|     |     |     |     (5) Garret Lake (c.1768 – ?)
|     |     |     |     (5) James Lake (c.1768 – after 1813)
|     |     |     |     (5) Catherine Lake (c.1774 – ?)
|     |     |     |     (5) John Hubbard Lake (1775 – 1824) & Charity Brewer (1778 – 1857)
|     |     |     (4) Sarah Lake & Hendrick Snyder
|     |     |     |     (5) Mary Snyder (c.1750 – ?) & Gen. Aaron Hankinson (1735 – 1806)
|     |     (3) Daniel Lake & unknown
|     |     |     (4) William Lake & unknown
|     |     |     |     (5) Mary Lake (c.1760 – ?)
|     |     |     (4) John Lake & unknown
|     |     |     |   (5) Mary Lake (1749 – ?) & Josiah Moore (1747 – c.1835)
|     |     |     |     (5) Ann Lake (c.1750 – ?) & Henry Burd (1745 – 1815)
|     |     |     (4) Ann Lake & Absalom Runyon
|     |     |     |     (5) Mary Runyon (c.1762 – 1835) & Samuel Large Esq. (1752 – 1826)
|     |     |     |     (5) Anne Runyon (c.1764 – ?) & Elisha Jolley (c.1760 – ?)
|     |     |     |     (5) Abner Runyon (c.1770 – ?)
|     |     |     |     (5) Stephen Runyon (c.1770 – ?)
|     |     |     |     (5) Jerusha Runyon (c.1775 – ?) & __ Coolbaugh (c.1775 – ?)
|     |     |     |     (5) Thomas Runyon (c.1780 – ?)
|     |     |     |     (5) Johnson Runyan (1782 – 1852) & Patience Mettler (1787 – 1868)

Sixth Generation:

|     |     (3) Thomas Lake & Jannetje Jane Stryker
|     |     |     (4) Garret Lake & Sarah
|     |     |     |     (5) Jane Jean Lake & Capt. John Heath
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Charlotte Heath (c.1775 – 1817) & William Archer Lair (1785 – 1857)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Catharine Heath (c.1776 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Mary Heath (1777 – 1851) & Othniel Athniel Gordon (1774 – 1826)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Rhoda Heath (c.1780 – ?) & __ Smith
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Garret Heath (1786 – 1862) & Dinah Shearman (1787 – 1849)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) John Heath (c.1790 – ?)
|     |     |     |     (5) Thomas Lake & Catharine Larew
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Garret Lake (1775 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Margaret Lake (1776 – ?) & Daniel Larew (c.1768 – bef. 1840)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Sarah Lake (1778 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Thomas Lake (1780 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Mary Lake (1782 – 1857)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Daniel Lake (1785 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) William Lake (1786 – 1859) & Mary Jane Rounsavel (1785 – 1836)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Micah Markah Lake (1789 – ?) & Hezekiah Ezekiel Larew (c.1785 – c.1840)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) James Lake (1792 – bef. 1832) & Charity French
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Catherine Lake (1794 – ?) & Nathan Sutton (c.1795 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Othniel Lake (1796 – 1871) & Permelia Holcombe (c.1794 – 1874)
|     |     |     |     (5) Garret Lake & Margaret Hann
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Peter Lake (c.1790 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) John Lake (c.1791 – bef. 1830) & Susan Caul (c.1800 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Garret Lake (c.1795 – 1834)
|     |     |     |     |    (6) Parmelia Lake (1800 – ?) & Henry Hann (c.1800 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Thomas Lake (1801 – 1893) & Elizabeth Barrick (1796 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Margaret Lake (c.1802 – c.1844) & John Coleman
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Angeline Lake (c.1803 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Catherine Lake (c.1805 – ?) & William Neitser Weise (c.1805 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Jacob Lake (1808 – 1905)
|     |     |     (4) John Lake & Sarah Ann Robins
|     |     |     |     (5) Isaac Lake & Elizabeth Godown
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Margaret Lake (1784 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) John Lake (1786 – ?) & Sarah Wolverton (c.1795 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Abigail Lake (1788 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Sarah Lake (1790 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Annie Lake (1793 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Mary Lake (1793 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Elizabeth Lake (c.1794 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Susan Lake (1796 – ?) & Joseph Housel (1780 – 1872)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Evan Godown Lake (1796 – 1859) & Margaret Moore Petty (1800 – 1892)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Thomas Lake (1800 – 1883) & Frances Housel (1807 – 1868)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Isaac Lake (1804 – 1825)
|     |     |     |     (5) Sarah Lake & Jacob Godown
|     |     |     |     |     (6) John A. Godown (1787 – c.1848) & Abigail Robins (c.1805 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Isaac Godown (1788 – 1857) & Permelia Myers (1792 – 1870)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Polly Godown (1790 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Sarah Godown (1792 – ?) & John Hice (1758 – 1832)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Evan Godown (1793 – 1871)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) James Godown (1795 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Rhoda Godown (1796 – ?) & Jonathan Reading Higgins (1792 – 1865)
|     |     |     |     (5) Cornelius Lake & Mary Sergeant
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Anna Nancy Lake (1792 – 1835) & Jonas Thatcher Jr. (1791 – 1852)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Sergeant Lake (c.1797 – 1879) & Letitia West (c.1804 – bef. 1880)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Charles Lake (1806 – 1830)
|     |     |     |     (5) Cornelius Lake & Lydia Haines
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Mary Lake (1817 – 1891) & Isaiah A. Moore (c.1815 – 1886)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Lydia Lake (c.1820 – ?) & Jacob Rounsavel (c.1818 – ?)
|     |    |     |     (5) Azubah Lake & John Buchanan
|     |    |     |     |     (6) Archibald Buchanan Sr. (1790 – 1819) & Delilah Sutton (c.1790 – after 1850)
|     |     |     |     (5) Margaret Lake & Henry Trimmer
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Sarah Trimmer (c.1796 – ?) & Joseph Opdycke (1791 – 1846)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Asa Trimmer (1799 – 1861)
|     |     |     |     (5) Mary Lake & Charles Sergeant
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Hon. William Sergeant (1794 – 1865) & Elizabeth Trimmer (1799 – 1882)
|     |     |     |     (5) John Lake & Ann Dilts
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Thomas Lake (c.1805 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Mary Lake (c.1807 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Isaac Lake (c.1808 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Jacob Lake (1807 – 1880) & Sarah Ann Ross (1817 – 1903)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Jane Lake (1812 – 1891) & John Fauss (1811 – 1881)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Nancy Lake (1816 – 1892) & John Sweasey (1817 – 1878)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Susan Lake (c.1820 – ?) & John Clawson (c.1820 – ?)
|     |     (3) Nicholas Lake & Mary Johnson
|     |     |     (4) Jacobus Jacob Lake & Styntie Christina Stryker
|     |     |     |     (5) Dinah Dyna Lake (c.1755 – ?) & John Heath (c.1750 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Lewis Heath (c.1770 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Margaret Heath (1773 – ?)
|     |     |     (4) Jacobus Jacob Lake & Arreantie Hubbard
|     |     |     |     (5) James Lake
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Sarah Lake (c.1790 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Katherine Lake (c.1790 – ?)
|     |     |     |     (5) John Hubbard Lake & Charity Brewer
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Jacob Lake (1803 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Elizabeth Lake (1806 – 1871)
|     |     (3) Daniel Lake & unknown
|     |     |     (4) John Lake
|     |     |     |     (5) Mary Lake & Josiah Moore
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Jonathan Moore (1772 – 1840) & Sarah Hoppock (1775 – 1873)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Rhoda Moore (1774 – 1847) & Richard Slack Esq. (1773 – 1822)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Elizabeth Moore (1775 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Abraham Moore (1778 – 1848) & Theodosia
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Sarah Moore (1780 – 1863) & Neal Hart (1778 – 1837)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Elizabeth Moore (1782 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Elnathan Moore Esq. (1784 – 1856) & Mary Runkle (1779 – 1871)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Ann Moore (1786 – 1787)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Isaac Moore (1789 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Josiah Moore (1790 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Rachel Moore (1794 – 1876) & Jesse C. Reed (1793 – 1854)
|     |     |     |     (5) Ann Lake & Henry Burd
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Thomas Burd (1776 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Joseph Bird (1778 – 1830) & Elizabeth Dils (1777 – 1853)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) William Burd (1780 – 1855) & Ann Dilts (c.1772 – 1851)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) John Burd (c.1780 – ?)
|     |     |     |     |   (6) Henry Bird* (1786 – 1854)
.     .     .     .     .     .     m. 1) Anna Kyple (c.1780 – bef. 1850)
.     .     .     .     .     .     m. 2) Catharine Anna Bowman (1789 – 1862)
|     |     |   (4) Ann Lake & Absalom Runyon
|     |     |     |     (5) Mary Runyon & Samuel Large Esq.
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Elizabeth Large (1789 – 1862) & William Large King (1789 – 1869)
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Thomas Runyon Large (1796 – 1869)
|     |     |     |     (5) Johnson Runyan & Patience Mettler
|     |     |     |     |     (6) Stanford Runyan (1812 – 1820)