I have posted this on the Berkshire list and wondered if anyone on the London List might be able to help as it also involves London. Its a shot in the dark anyway for either list I think. I have a 6th Gt Grandmother named Sarah nee Lowden who at some point in her life married a Mr Lake with whom she had children, followed by a marriage to Thomas Joyner in 1717 in St. James Westminster and she died in Sunning in Berkshire in 1745. I have Sarah's (Joyner) Will which mentions son Henry Lake and his 3 children and her daughter Ann's 2 orphan children, plus a brother Thomas Lowden and a sister Mary Pitt. On the IGI I have found a family of children with the parents Sarah and William Lake all baptised/born in Wokingham Berkshire between 1679 and 1692 including a Henry and an Ann. However I cannot find a birth or marriage for Sarah Lowden so cannot tell if this family is hers although it would seem to agree with the fact that I know my Sarah Lake had a son Henry Lake of Sunning who brought up his orphaned nephew, (my 4xGt Grandfather b 1737), in Wokingham, and a daughter Ann Lake (who married my 5xGt Grandfather)as mentioned above. I know Sarah Lake was in Gravel Pitts, Kensington in 1722 with her daughter Ann as I have a will mentioning the fact. (To complicate matters Ann was allegedly the daughter of Sarah's liason with General Henry Lumley!!) If anyone can find me Sarahs birth and her marriage to Mr Lake and his death, I would be delighted and so grateful. Many thanks Eileen. http://www.epfranchi.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/page1.htm

Hi Eileen, There's a likely looking will for that William Lake on TNA's Documents Online: Will of William Lake of Oakingham, Berkshire Date: 22 February 1722 Catalogue reference: PROB 11/583 The date is when the will was proved, so it's possible he could have died years before then (ie, before Sarah married Thomas Joyner), and Wokingham was at some time known as Oakingham. It may or may not help establish whether he was married to Sarah Lowden, but might be worth a punt. Cheers, Katherine On 18/09/2011 7:00 AM, eileen/pat wrote: > I have a 6th Gt Grandmother named Sarah nee Lowden who at some point > in her life married a Mr Lake with whom she had children, followed > by a marriage to Thomas Joyner in 1717 in St. James Westminster and > she died in Sunning in Berkshire in 1745. I have Sarah's (Joyner) > Will which mentions son Henry Lake and his 3 children and her > daughter Ann's 2 orphan children, plus a brother Thomas Lowden and a > sister Mary Pitt. On the IGI I have found a family of children with > the parents Sarah and William Lake all baptised/born in Wokingham > Berkshire between 1679 and 1692 including a Henry and an Ann. However > I cannot find a birth or marriage for Sarah Lowden so cannot tell if > this family is hers although it would seem to agree with the fact