Fifth Generation


22. Benjamin Franklin DAKE3,4,6 was born on 18 November 1782 in Windsor, Windsor County, Vermont Colony, British Colonial America.6 He appeared in the census in 1840 in Fort Ann, Fort Ann Township, Washington County, NY.7 His household consisted of 1 male, age 50-60 (Benjamin F. Dake, age 58) and 1 female, age 50-60 (his wife, Lavina, age 54). He died on 19 November 1862 at the age of 80 in Greenwood, Steuben County, NY.6 Benjamin has Ancestral File Number 141P-G9K.

Benjamin Franklin DAKE and Lavina UNKNOWN (DAKE) were married.5

It is very likely that Benjamin's niece, Sarah Jane Dake, was visiting with them when she met her husband, Samuel Pettingill Taylor; they married in 1843. Lavina UNKNOWN (DAKE) was born about 1786 in Massachusetts.5