admin Lake Family Burials
In a neglected and forgotten farm cemetery on Southfield boulevard, near Great Kills, Staten Island, N. Y., are the following tombstone inscriptions:
In memory of Captain William Lake who died March 31, 1783, aged 33 years and 2 months.
In memory of Daniel Lake who died August 30, 1792, aged 73 years.
In memory of Cornelius Lake who departed this life September 5, 1803, aged 33 years and 7 months.
In memory of John Lake, son of William Lake, who departed this life January 27, 1807, aged 25 years and 8 days.
In memory of Mary, wife of William Lake, who died November 12, 1805, aged 53 years, 4 months, and 7 days.
In memory of William Lake who departed this life October 22, 1805, aged 77 years.
In memory of Sarah, wife of William Lake, who died April 5, 1810, aged 83 years, and 4 months.
Samuel Lake, son of Lewis P. and Mary Lake, died October 10, 1811, aged 18 years.
In memory of William Lake who died October 25, 17__, aged 32 years.
In memory of Daniel Lake who died March 16, 1807, aged 65 years and 7 months.
In memory of Ann Lake, wife of Daniel Lake, who died March 15, 1822, aged 76 years, 17 months and 15 days.
SOURCE: Vol, II, No 4, July 27, 1912 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry
