Thomas Lucas (1610 - bef. 1674)

Born 1610 in England

Husband of Margaret (Unknown) Lucas — married 1657 in Rappahannock, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died before 1674 before age 64 in Rappahannock, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Thomas Lucas is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society

Thomas Lucas was a Jamestown colonist.

Thomas Lucas ^[1]

Thomas Lucas was born about 1610 in England. He is said to be the son of Thomas Lucas and Grace Jennings. He died in 1673 in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia (formed from Lancaster County in 1656 and became Essex and Richmond Counties in 1692).

Although it is unknown exactly when Thomas arrived in Virginia, he appears to have been there by 1641 (see Timeline below). He was awarded a grant of land in 1652 for his own transport, his wife, son Thomas Lucas, Jr., daughter Mary Lucas and two other Lucas family members, Edward and Martha, whose relationship is unknown.

From Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography

Lucas, Thomas, gentleman, patented 600 acres in Lancaster county in 1652 and was burgess for that county in 1657-1658, and died in 1673. He had two wives, the last being Margaret, widow of Captain John Upton, whom he married in 1657. His son Thomas by the first marriage died without issue, and administration on his estate in England was granted to his cousin and next of kin John Lucas.^[2]

Timeline

1 February 1641 - 100 acs. in James City, Co., purchased by Thomas Lucas & Tho. Gregorie of Capt. Popeley and sold to Thomas Heath on 19 August 1642. The land eventually became the property of George Wiatt (Wyatt) who recorded it on 4 October 1645.^[3]

7 August 1650 - 600 acs. on S. side of Rappa. Riv., granted to Thomas Lucas, Sr., and sold to Thomas Hawkins on 20 November 1657.^[3]

June 7, 1652, - (p 113) Thomas Lucas was granted 600 acres of land in Lancaster County, Virginia Colony “along Popetick Creek” for the transportation of twelve person as follows: Peter Neale, Thomas Page, Nicho. Handly, Richard Green, Elizabeth Worley, Elizabeth Billing, Elizabeth Player, Thomas Lucas, Senr., his wife ____, Thomas Lucas, Jun., Kath. Rouzee, Sarah Rouzee [wife & sister of Ralph Rouzee below].^[3]

7 June 1652 - Of interest is the following land grant for transport of 6 persons including Edward Lucas, Mary Lucas and Martha Lucas. It is listed in Nugent immediately after the grant listed above. It was originally awarded to Thomas Lucas who assigned it to Catlett and Rouzee. It is known that Thomas had a daughter Mary, but the relationship of Edward and Martha Lucas to Thomas is unclear.

John Catlett & Ralph Rouzee, 300 acs. adj. to their devdrt. by a former grant. 7 June 1652, p. 114. Trans. of 6 pers: Edward Lucas, Sarah Rouzee, Mary Lucas, Edward Rouzee, Martha Lucas, Martha Rouzee. Assigned by Tho. Lucas.

20 July 1652 - Thomas Luca & John Cattlett, 336 acs. running up the back side of their land by a former patent. Trans. of 7 pers. [names not included]^[3]

1653, no date, p. 25. Other entries on page 25 are in 1653 - Thomas Lucas, 647 acs. upon the freshes of Rappa. Riv., on the S. side thereof. ... Trans. of 13 pers: 2 Negroes; Jon. Hawkins, Tho. Hawkins, Ra. Parry, Jon. Humphreys, Wm. Cooper, Phill Delpha, Wm. Cripps. Fra. Freeman, Ja. Charles, Tho. Butting.^[3]

1653 - Thomas Lucas of Occupacia Creek, in Essex county, Virginia, served as a collector of tax levies on the south side of the Rappahannock river. The naming of a levy collector on Occupacia Creek meant that a few adventurous families lived this far north on Rappahannock, in 1653. ^[4]

21 April 1657 - Mr. Thomas Lucas, Senr., 1405 1/2 acs. on S. side of Rappa. Riv. Beg. at a little creek ... Including 647 acs. formerly granted unto him, 320 acs. purchased of Thomas Wilkinson & 438 acs. due for trans. of 9 pers. [names not included] Renewed 20 February 1662.^[3]

October 1660 - The Governor of Virginia Colony, Sir William Berkeley, with Colonel William Barber, Colonel Gerard Fowke, Colonel Kendall, Thomas Warren, Rawleigh Traverse, and Thomas Lucas were the superintendents for the erection of the State House at Jamestown.^[5]

Marriages & Children

Thomas married his first wife in England. Her name is unknown. She was transported by him to Virginia prior to 1652 when a land grant was awarded to Thomas Lucas for his own transport as well as hers.^[3] They had known children:

1. Thomas Lucas, Jr.
2. Mary Lucas

Thomas married second Margaret (Unknown) Underwood, widow of William Underwood and John Upton, in 1657 at Old Rappahannock County, Virginia. They had no children.

On 10 April 1657, a marriage agreement was discovered between Captain Thomas Lucas, the Elder of Rappahannock in Virginia, Gentleman, Col. More Fantleroy and Captain William Underwood of the county aforesaid on - - in consideration of a marriage (God Willing) shortly to be solemnized between the said Thomas Lucas and Margaret Upton. The bond for the marriage was for the sum of 12,000 pounds of tobacco to be executed by Col. More Fantleroy and William Underwood.^[6]

Grand Assembly of Virginia

The Grand Assembly of Virginia (now known as the Virginia General Assembly) is described as the oldest continuous law-making body in America. ^[7] In 1642, the Grand Assembly gave settlers permission to patent land along the Rappahannock River

• . . . provided that the numbers that seat there bee not under twoe hundred persons and not less than six tithable p’sons in every familye that there sitt downe . . . all claymes made to land heertofoer in the s’d River bee voyde . . . ye parties yt there intend to seate are hereby commanded to compounde with the Native Indians there whereby they may live there more securely ^[8]

Thomas Lucas Will

The Will of Thomas Lucas was written October 14, 1669 and proved May 27, 1764. His death is estimated as between March 24, 1673/74 and May 27, 1674. ^[9]

In good health & sound memory but aged.

To son-in-law John Catlett ten shillings.

To son-in-law Captain Thomas Hawkins ten shillings.

To my grandchild Mary Hawkins one young heifer with a cow calf and all their female increase to be delivered by my executors hereafter named unto my sonne Hawkins aforesaid to keep for hir within one year after my decease and the male increase for his charge and care in keeping them and he the said cattle and female increase to deliver to hir at her age of one and twenty years or day of marriage which shall happen first.

To son Thomas Lucas all my lands and tenements and hereditaments with the goods and chattels my debts being paid I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Lucas aforesaid whom I make my sole Executor.

Wit. Edmund Dobson, Richard West (R his mark)

An addition made March 24, 1673/74.

My Executor to pay all my debts in due and convenient time after my decease and in particular my will is that my loving sister-in-law Mrs. Margaret Plammer be paid as soon as my be after my decease 5 pounds Sterling or the just value thereof in sweet scented tobacco.

To my loving son-in-law Thomas Hawkins one thousand pounds of tobacco to be paid in two years after my decease. To my loving friend Daniel Gaines ten shillings Sterling.

Request that son-in-law Thomas Hawkins be aiding and assisting to my son and Executor Thomas Lucas.

Wits.: Thomas Hawkins, Daniel Shipley (DS his mark)^[6]

Notes: Son-in-law Thomas Hawkins was husband to Thomas Lucas' daughter Mary Lucas. Son-in-law John Catlett was husband of step-daughter Elizabeth Upton, daughter of Thomas Lucas' second wife Margaret Unknown and John Upton.

Regarding the addendum to the will: Old Style Calendar: Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used.

Marriage

• Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Index, 1655-1900

Name: Thomas Lucas Gender: Male Marriage Date: 1663 Marriage Place: Richmond and Essex, Virginia, USA Spouse: Margaret Upton Notes: Widow of Capt. John Upton Comments: 1663, UPTON, MARGARET Widow of Capt. John Upton, married Thomas Lucas Page: page 239

Sources

1. ↑ Lucas/Lucar, Thomas - A5007; died 1674/5, Rappahannock Co.: 1658, 1661-74 (Burgess).
2. ↑ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915. Volume I, page 280
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Cavaliers and Pioneers, abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants by Nell Marion Nugent, Several Volumes, patent books 2-6, Virginia State Library, pub. 1977, Gen. Publishing Co., originally published 1934, Richmond, Virginia. Pages 161, 240, 261, 262, 345, 365
4. ↑ Settlers, Southerners, Americans: The History of Essex County, Virginia 1608-1984. By James B. Slaughter, published by the Essex County Board of Supervisors, 1985, page 10
5. ↑ Brock, Dr. R. A, Secretary of the Virginia Historical Society. Virginia and Virginians, Eminent Virginians. Vol. 1. Richmond and Toledo: H. H. Hardesty, Publisher. 1888. Page 113
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Thomas Lucas, 1611-1674
7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_General_Assembly
8. ↑ Stanard, William G. 1902 “Virginia Assembly of 1641: A List of Members and Some of the Acts.” Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 9:50-59
9. ↑ Rappahannock County Wills, Deeds, &c., No. 1, 1665-1677, p. 152

• Pittman, Mrs. H. D., Editor. Americans of Gentle Birth and Their Ancestors. A Genealogical Encyclopedia. Saint Louis, Mo.: Buxton & Skinner. 1903. Volume I. Page 68

See also:

Unverified family trees

• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=4151977&pid=3203
• https://www.geni.com/people/Captain-Thomas-Lucas-I/4906998270180033697

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Jonathon Dale Walter Myers for creating Lucas-2336 on 7 Oct 13