- Notes from: A history of my people and yours : including the families of Nicholas Lake [and others] : McMillan, Claud Nelson, b. 1876 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
- Elizabeth Lake, b. 1753 at Little White Creek, Albany City, NY, m. John Hogle ([Johannes]
- Hogall, etc), 1769 at White Creek NY; John Hogle had bought 110 acres of land in Cambridge, Albany Cty, NY, from James (Jacobus) Lake for 300 pounds, NY currency. As the war clouds settled about them, he made his will, leaving all his property to his wife during her lifetime, then to his five children: John, Sebastian, James, Francis and Benjamine [sic], share and share alike.
- Then he went to Canada and threw in his lot with the British. He enlisted as a private in Capt Simeon Covels Company as they served with Lieut. General Burgoyne’s Campaign in 1777 on July 6. He was soon advanced in rank to a Captaincy, as the troops increased in number. He served forty days to the 16th of August 1777 when he was killed at the Battle of Bennington. He was a member of the Queen’s Royal Rangers and served under the command of Colonel John Peters.At his death, there were the five children as indicated above. Sometime between his death and the widow’s application for relief, the eldest son John and the youngest child Benjamin had died, thus leaving only Sebastian, who was born in 1770, at White Creek Albany Cty NY; James and Francis.
- As a widow of a Loyalist, Elizabeth was recognized as a Loyalist and listed in the Loyalist Directory. Elizabeth was also a daughter of Loyalist John Jacob Lake.
- She settled in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario with her remaining children.
- United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=3895
- Find A Grave: Cannot locate
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