Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 16:51:16 EST From: To: Dutch-Colonies@rootsweb.com Subject: Old New York Wills: Daniel Lake His son Dirck was married to Maria Voorhees, daughter of Koert Van Voorhees and Neeltje Hegeman. Abstracts of New York Wills Vol IX 1777-1783, page 19: Page 100.--"In the name of God, Amen, December 16, 1774. I, DANIEL LAKE, of Gravesend, I leave to my son Daniel my Long Gun, and a weaver's Loom, likewise a corn mill to clean grain with, and a wood sled, before any division, and two negro children. And he is to pay 50; That is to say, 25 to my grandson Guysbert Lake, eldest son of my son John Lake, deceased, and the other 25 among my children, that is to say, to my grandson Gysbert, my granddaughter Elizabeth wife of (???) Bantal, and Rachel Smith, and to my son Dirck, and David Lake, Neeltie Hubbard, Mary Voorhees, Sarah Johnson, and Elana Benham. As to my daughter Elizabeth, to whom I have already advanced, It is my will that none of her children shall have anything out of my estate more than they have already had. All the rest of my estate to my children and grandchildren. I make my sons, Dirck and Daniel, executors." Witnesses, Samuel Hubbard, Samuel Stryker, Hendrick Johnson. "I give to my son Daniel my Fishing Net." Proved, February 25, 1778. >From The New York Historical Society Collections, this 1892 volume features abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogates Office, City of New York, from 1665 to 1707. (Through the World family trees Genealogy Library Com.) *As in all the preceding volumes, the labor of preparing the Abstracts has been done by William S. Pelletreau, one of the members of the Society, and the Index has been made by the Librarian.