A Genealogy of the Lake Family

Ancestor Register of Esther Steelman Adams

A genealogy of the Lake family of Great Egg Harbour in Old Gloucester County in New Jersey : descended from John Lade of Gravesend, Long Island; with notes on the Gravesend and Staten Island branches of the family. This volume of nearly 400 pages includes a coat-of-arms in colors, two charts, and nearly fifty full page illustrations – portraits, old homes, samplers, etc. The coat-of-arms shown in the frontspiece is an unusually good example of the heraldic art!

Charlton Massachusetts Warnings 1737-1788

Worcester County MA Warnings

The document lists names and details of individuals warned out of Charlton, Massachusetts, from 1737 to 1788, as recorded by the Court of Quarter Sessions. The practice originated from a 1692-3 act aimed at preventing dependence on towns for support from newcomers not warned out. The entries, organized by date, include families and individuals regardless of their economic status, indicating that warnings were not exclusively for the impoverished. Notable entries span decades, featuring numerous families and diverse circumstances.