Husband of Rhoda Jewett Lake, died at about age of 65.
Capt. Henry Lake was appointed by Governor Smallwood, State's Judge or Justice of Dorchester County, qualified May
6, 1786. He was appointed "High Sheriff" of the county, and qualified after executing a bond of Ten Thousand Pounds, current money, October 24, 1797.
Capt. Henry Lake and wife, Rhoda, are buried in the Lake Homestead on Honga River, Lake's District.
He is interred at the Lake Family Cemetery at their Lake Cove on the Honga River.
Capt. Henry Lake believed it to be unjust to hold servants in perpetual bondage, hence he manumitted several of his slaves before his death.
From The History of Dorchester County by Elias Jones. 1902. Pages 343-4.
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The Lake home is nearby and is now part of the Maryland Historical Trust. See:
https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/Dorchester/D-29.pdf
Contributor: J Edwards (47249869)
Capt. Henry Lake was appointed by Governor Smallwood, State's Judge or Justice of Dorchester County, qualified May
6, 1786. He was appointed "High Sheriff" of the county, and qualified after executing a bond of Ten Thousand Pounds, current money, October 24, 1797.
Capt. Henry Lake and wife, Rhoda, are buried in the Lake Homestead on Honga River, Lake's District.
He is interred at the Lake Family Cemetery at their Lake Cove on the Honga River.
Capt. Henry Lake believed it to be unjust to hold servants in perpetual bondage, hence he manumitted several of his slaves before his death.
From The History of Dorchester County by Elias Jones. 1902. Pages 343-4.
_______________________________
The Lake home is nearby and is now part of the Maryland Historical Trust. See:
https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/Dorchester/D-29.pdf
Contributor: J Edwards (47249869)
Husband of Rhoda Jewett Lake, died at about age of 65.
Capt. Henry Lake was appointed by Governor Smallwood, State's Judge or Justice of Dorchester County, qualified May
6, 1786. He was appointed "High Sheriff" of the county, and qualified after executing a bond of Ten Thousand Pounds, current money, October 24, 1797.
Capt. Henry Lake and wife, Rhoda, are buried in the Lake Homestead on Honga River, Lake's District.
He is interred at the Lake Family Cemetery at their Lake Cove on the Honga River.
Capt. Henry Lake believed it to be unjust to hold servants in perpetual bondage, hence he manumitted several of his slaves before his death.
From The History of Dorchester County by Elias Jones. 1902. Pages 343-4.
_______________________________
The Lake home is nearby and is now part of the Maryland Historical Trust. See:
https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/Dorchester/D-29.pdf
Contributor: J Edwards (47249869)
Capt. Henry Lake was appointed by Governor Smallwood, State's Judge or Justice of Dorchester County, qualified May
6, 1786. He was appointed "High Sheriff" of the county, and qualified after executing a bond of Ten Thousand Pounds, current money, October 24, 1797.
Capt. Henry Lake and wife, Rhoda, are buried in the Lake Homestead on Honga River, Lake's District.
He is interred at the Lake Family Cemetery at their Lake Cove on the Honga River.
Capt. Henry Lake believed it to be unjust to hold servants in perpetual bondage, hence he manumitted several of his slaves before his death.
From The History of Dorchester County by Elias Jones. 1902. Pages 343-4.
_______________________________
The Lake home is nearby and is now part of the Maryland Historical Trust. See:
https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/Dorchester/D-29.pdf
Contributor: J Edwards (47249869)
Inscription
Here lieth the body of the once very ufeful
HENRY LAKE
A lover of juftice, Truth, and the Religion of Jefus Christ, who departed this life November 28th., 1804., about the 65th year of his age.
"The serpent need not gape for prey,
Nor Death his Vict'ry boaft,
For Jefus takes the fting away,
And all their power is loft.
Then let the Juft with Jefus lleep,
In undisturbed repofe,
And only lie thus buried deep,
To rife as once he rofe."
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