Hi many thanks Katherine. I have already downloaded that will, made in 1721 and it gives little away in more senses than one LOL. He makes his daughter Sarah Porter his executor and leaves her his best bed and sheets and £4 out of the money owed him from the house called The Sign of the Lamb in 'something' Row now in the county of Hampshire. Everything else of which he is possed and any moneys left after funeral expenses etc have been paid to be divided between all his children share and share alike. So that was a big dissapointment. I am going to go to the Archives and have a look at more of the Will listed as I am wondering if Mr Lake was a contemporary of Gen. Henry Lumley and thats how his wife new him!! ----- Original Message ----- > ------------------------------ > From: Katherine McLeod <katherine.mcleod@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [LON] Fw: LOWDEN, LAKE, JOYNER >> > 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 > > **************************************