Archive Record
Metadata
Manuscript Number |
MS494 |
Title |
Lake Family papers |
Object Name |
Papers, Personal |
Date |
1716-1901 |
Creator |
Lake Family |
Scope & Content |
Papers, 1716-1901. Papers of two John Lakes, two or more Richard Lakes, James Lake, John J. Lake and Samuel H. Lake. John Lake (more than one of the same name): bill of Jacob Beekman for medical services, Flatbush, 1716; draft of will, Gravesend,1723; financial papers and memoranda, 1728-1753; deeds, 1723 and 1750 (later unrecorded). Richard Lake (more than one of the same name): letters received from Daniel Lake, 1754, Jacob Van Dike, 1774, Amariah Davison, 1782, and Gervas Pharo, 1802; legal proceedings vs. Matthew Collins, 1758-1762; Will, 1762, and codicil, 1765; deeds (unrecorded) and deed maps, 1764; receipts as Collector for South Brunswick Township, 1780-1782; legal proceedings vs. John Van Anglen, 1783-1784; miscellaneous financial papers, memoranda, etc., 1756-1811, including summons to serve on jury at Jacob Hyer's inn, 1781, and summonses to repair the partially destroyed Kingston bridge,1787; will, 1794; deeds, 1799 (unrecorded) and 1800; map of tract of land conveyed by Ruloff Kovenhoven, surveyed and drawn by Joseph H Skelton, 1809; receipted bills, 1753-1821; copy of will, 1821; estate papers,1822-1824. James Lake: letters received, 1823-1826; summons to jury duty, 1827; deeds and legal papers, 1804-1830; legal papers in reinjunction, 1830; receipted bills, 1817-1849; copy of will, 1850; estate papers, 1851. John J. Lake: letters received, 1887-1888; receipted, 1846-1888; tax notices (largely Millstone Township), 1864-1900; legal papers, 1853-1888; estate receipt, 1901. Samuel H. Lake: letters received, 1888; receipted bills and cancelled checks, 1889-1894; tax notices (Kingston), 1892-1900. Also miscellaneous papers, 1753-1886, including letter of James Dunlap (ca. 1800) and memorandum of mortgage search on Castle Howard, 1823. |
Extent of Description |
1 box. |
Access Conditions |
This collection is open for research use. |
Language of Material |
English |
People |
Beekman, Jacob Collins, Matthew Davison, Amariah Dunlap, James Hyer, Jacob Knovenhoven (Covenhoven), Ruloff Lake family Lake, Daniel Lake, James Lake, John Lake, John J. Lake, Richard Lake, Samuel H. Pharo, Gervas Skelton, Joseph H. Skillman Van Anglen, John Van Dike, Jacob |
Subjects |
Financial records--New Jersey--Princeton Letters Maps--New Jersey--Princeton Deeds--New Jersey--Princeton Slavery |
Search Terms |
Castle Howard Unrecorded Deeds Flatbush, N.Y. Gravesend, N.Y. Kingston, N.J. Medicine Millstone Township, N.J. New Brunswick, N.J. Slavery |
Collection |
Lake Family Papers |