James Lucas (1714)

Born 27 Feb 1714 in Prince George, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Deakon (Henry) Lucas — married 27 Feb 1742 in Maryland

Descendants

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Biography

From Findagrave.com:

He died after 1762.

Possibly buried at St. Barnabas Church, where he was baptized, where his parents were buried and his daughter.

Lucas Genealogy by Annabelle Kemp, p.45: "Thomas Lucas… his second wife, who was Dorothy, dau of Thomas and Elizabeth Letchworth. (Land Off Rec Acct 5 folio 295 p 409 Annapolis.) Thomas Letchworth was a well known Puritan of Calvert Co., Md."

Lucas Genealogy by Annabelle Kemp, p. 430: "James Lucas, 10th child of Thomas Lucas, the immigrant, and a son of his 2nd marriage to Dorothy Letchworth; he was b in Prince George Co., MD 27 Feb 1713-14 (See St Barnabas Chur Reg; also his father's last will.) He mar Mary Deakins b circa 1718, dau of John and Priscilla Deakins…"

The will of John Deakins, signed 9 Aug 1743, proved 20 Mar 1744, names his daughter Mary Lucas but not her husband.

If Mary Deakins married James Lucas, she died very soon after the 1743/1744 will because James Lucas married to Mary Henry, daughter of John Henry and Isabella (Magruder) Lindores Henry. Mary Henry was the mother of Jemima Lucas Mayhew born c1744, Alexander Lucas born c1745, and Lindores Lucas born c1746. This marriage is proven by several Henry family wills and deeds, including the will of Isabel Henry naming these three Lucas grandchildren. Interestingly, there is a 27 May 1745 Bill of Sale: James Lucas to Isabell Henry for the consideration of 2000 lbs of tobacco, household goods: two beds, two pewter dishes, four pewter basins, three head of sheep "and all other chattel goods." (Kemp, p.430). From the exorbitant value of tobacco compared to that of the household and farm items listed, this was a generous loan to her son-in-law.

Prince George's Land Records 1743-1746; Book BB#1, Page 305: "Bill of Sale, recorded at the request of Isabella Henry. I, James Lucas of PG, for 2000 lbs tobacco, have sold to sd Isabella Henry, 2 beds and furniture, 2 pewter dishes, 4 pewter basins, 3 sheep, and all other the goods, chattels, and effects that I am now possessed of. However, I pay sd Henry the afd sum, then the above bill of sale to be void. Signed - James Lucas. Wit - Willm Smith*. Recorded May 29, 1745."

James Lucas and wife Mary Deakins had one daughter, Sarah born c1740, who married Capt. John Gist (Lucas Gen. by Kemp, p.431).

Fredric Z. Saunders has written an interesting and informative essay questioning and challenging the documentation for the maiden name of Dorothy Letchworth Lucas, but it should be noted that DNA results of descendants of James and Mary Henry Lucas's daughter Jemima Lucas Mayhew match Lucas as well as Letchworth descendants, proving there was some relationship.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186395829/james-lucas

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/42102504/person/29109047357/facts

• Maryland, Births and Christenings Index, 1662-1911; FHL Film Number 14304