Lake Family Group

the Journey

  • 1700s

    Living in Connecticut

  • 1770s

    Moved to Vermont and fought with the Green Mountain Boys in 1779

  • 1780s

    Migrate to Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia)

  • 1790s

    Migrate to Mason County, Kentucky

  • 1799

    Migrate to Scioto Salt Works in now Jackson County, Ohio. Owns a salt furnace.

  • 1821

    Migrate to Hancock County and establish Mt. Blanchard.

In-Laws

The following families married into the family along the way:

Abbott Family

Chatfield Family

Stories about the family….

Asa Lake | Prisoner of War

In his grandson’s biography, a few sentences describe the role of Asa Lake in the Revolutionary War. In a previous post, I recount the land purchases Asa Lake made after the war in northwest Ohio on the Lanape land; the Lanape, or Delaware Indians, had been removed by the US Government to Kansas and Oklahoma.…

Asa Lake | Western Reserve of Ohio

Asa Lake (d. 1843) lived in Vermont during the Revolutionary War, migrated to Ohio around 1800, first in southeastern Ohio in Jackson County, before traveling to Hancock County in northwestern Ohio, where he died. In the History of Hancock County, Asa Lake was recorded as the first settler in Delaware Township, purchasing land in Section…

Chloe Abbott | A Widow’s Pension

In 1851, Chloe Lake, age 82 years, swore on oath the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits due the widow of a war veteran. She was denied a pension as she did not provide details of his service. She is the widow of Asa Lake, deceased, who was a private in the army…

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