Tombstone Tuesday - The Lake Family

These gravestones were photographed at the Pine Ground Cemetery in Chichester, New Hampshire

Pine Ground Cemetery, Chichester, New Hampshire
on Route 28

[Front of the stone]

THOMAS LAKE
BORN IN ENGLAND 1734
DIED IN CHICHESTER 1816
HIS WIFE
       EUNICE SEAVEY  1804
1767    THOMAS LAKE   1856
HIS WIFE
      REBECCA BLAKE  1832
1837   ANN LAKE   1840

[Back of the stone]

1775     ROBERT LAKE  1858
HIS WIFE
        HANNAH BLAKE  1813
1778  WILLIAM LAKE  1852
HIS WIFE
HANNAH TRUE  1836
1812  JOHN LAKE  1814
1809  EUNICE LAKE  1866

Thomas Lake was born about 1734 in Portsmouth, England.  He arrived in New Hampshire at age 14, and appears in records in Portsmouth and Rye, and then settled in Chichester.  He married Eunice Seavey, the daughter of William Seavey and Hannah Unknown, who was the widow of John Davis.   Eunice and Thomas had eight children (she had four Davis children, too).   The sons marked with * are listed on the gravestone.

1.  James Lake born 13 August 1765, married Mehitable Berry

2. *  Thomas Lake born 10 June 1767, married Rebecca Blake

3.  John Lake born 21 March 1769, 

4.  Anna Lake born 26 May 1771, married Richard Rand

5.  Martha Lake born 21 March 1773

6. *  Robert Lake born 8 May 1775, married Hannah Blake

7.  Rebecca Lake born 23 December 1776, married Jonathan Leavitt

8.  * William Lake born 20 February 1779, married Sally Leavitt    

The John Lake b. 1812 and Eunice Lake b. 1808 were children of William Lake and Hannah True, grandchildren of Thomas Lake the immigrant from England. 

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Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo