My John B. Clarke had fifteen year old Sarah Lake living in their household in the
Anderson, SC 1850 census.  Wasn't it the custom then to farm children out to
another family for awhile to learn household chores or a trade?  I know it was the
case in New England where my husband's ancestors lived.
      I would love to know who this fifteen year old Sarah Lake was because John
and Martha Clarke named their third son Elias Lake Clarke.   I have wondered if
Sarah was related to them or a family friend's child.  Elias was my g-grandfather
and the Lake name has come down my family to my father and sister as a middle
name.  Can anyone solve the mystery of this Sarah Lake who would have been born in
c1835?
                                                           Susan

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