Philip
Lucas
Born in Kingston, Jamaica
Son of Sampson Lucas
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Rosetta (Lucas) Micholls and Anne Lucas
Husband of
Juliana (Gompertz) Lucas
— married
31 Aug 1836 in City of London, England
Descendants 
Father of
Abigail (Lucas) Behrens, Amelia Rachel Lucas, Agnes Charlotte (Lucas) Henriques and Louis Arthur Lucas
Died
at about age 68
in 1 Ebenezer Terrace, Kennington Park, Surrey, England
Profile last modified
| Created 9 May 2015
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Biography
Philip was born in 1797 at Kingston, Jamaica, the son of Sampson Lucas (d. 1820), a cotton trader who made his fortune in the West Indies before settling in London, England where he died in 1820.[1]
It is recorded that in June 1826 Philip owned two slaves in the Parish of Kingston, Jamaica.[2]
In 1834 Philip and Henry Micholls set up as merchants and cotton spinners (Micholls, Lucas & Co) in Brown Street, Manchester.[3]
On 31 August 1836 he married Juliana Gompertz, daughter of Benjamin Gompertz (1779-1865) and his wife Abigail Montefiore (1790-1871).[3] They had five daughters and two sons.
He died in 1865.[7]
Sources
1. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/17134 Lucas, Louis Arthur (1851–1876)] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2. Jamaican Slave Register
3. The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History - published by Macmillan in 2011.
4. Ancestry.com. England, Pallot's Marriage Index, 1780-1837 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
5. The Making of Manchester Jewry, 1740-1875 by Bill Williams
6. Ancestry.com. 1851 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
7. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 -- Ancestry.co.uk
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