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Name: John Lake

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Death Date: 18/04/1801

Sex: M

Marital Status: Single

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Subject: List of Names in a Petition on Pay

Document Date: 02/02/1800

PRO Reference: Supply 5/220

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Biography:

1. John Lake was literate, and was working as a general Labourer. according to a signed document relating to a Petition on Pay (Supply 5/220 of the 2nd February 1800). 2. A letter to the Board (Supply 5/220 dated the 19th April 1801) recorded that the new Corning House blew up on the 18th April 1801, with a tremendous explosion. Nine men in the building, including John Lake, were killed, together with four horses. 3. Supply 5/220 dated the 29th April 1801 (Report of ages of children and circumstances of widows and children) recorded, "the nearest relation is a brother, has no family, but we do not think him entitled to claim."