He was the only son of Thomas Lake (9 February 1656 – 22 May 1711), a Boston-born English-educated lawyer, who was a barrister of the Middle Temple, London.
[3] Bibye was the surname of Sir Edward Lake's wife, who had died more than 14 years before.
[3] Shortly after his father's death, he made representations that his great-uncle had received a warrant from King Charles I, dated 30 December 1643, for a baronetcy with a remainder to his heirs male.
The warrant had not received the Great Seal of the Realm and so was not valid, but if it had been, the baronetcy would have devolved on Bibye.
[3] In or after April 1760, their bodies were re-interred at Edmonton, London, in the same vault as their eldest son, Sir Atwell Lake, 2nd Baronet.