Thomas Luckett (1720 - bef. 1795)

Born 1720 in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland

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Descendants

Died before 28 Nov 1795 before age 75 in Charlestown, Charles County, Maryland

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Biography

Thomas Luckett performed Patriotic Service in Maryland in the American Revolution.

Thomas Luckett is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-239488
Rank: Patriot

Thomas Luckett is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A055201.

Thomas was born in 1720, the son of Samuel Luckett and Anne Smoot. He passed away before 1795.

History

The following is transcribed from the book “The Lucketts of Portobacco” by Henry Wright Newman published in 1938. The book is an excellent genealogical reference guide to the many of the original Luckett’s of Maryland.

Thomas Luckett (1720-1797)

Thomas Luckett, son of Samuel and Anne Luckett, was born about 1720, in Port Tobacco Parish, Charles County, Maryland. His wife was Mary, who shared in the will of her mother Sarah Griffin, of Charles County, during 1796. From the ages and marriages of his children, it can be concluded that Thomas wedded somewhat late in life.

Children of Thomas and Mary (Griffin) Luckett

1. Benjamin Luckett married Elizabeth Semmes
2. Priscilla Luckett married Barton Robey, settled in Nelson County, KY
3. Sarah Luckett married John Semmes, settled in Nelson County, KY
4. Elizabeth Luckett married James Oldham
5. Thomas Luckett married Mary
6. Anne Luckett
7. Verlinda Luckett married Joseph Osborn Robey, according to rites of Catholic Church, Feb 22, 1797
8. Hezekiah Luckett married Elizabeth
9. Henry Luckett married Elizabeth Beaven

Thomas Luckett maintained his seat in Upper Port Tobacco Hundred where he was a tax payer in 1783, with the following tracts – “Quick Dispatch” of 15 acres with one good dwelling; “Semmes’ Support” of 40 acres; “No Dispute” of 48 acres with one good dwelling; and “Luckett’s Outlet” of 24 acres. These tracts were acquired during the Revolutionary War, inasmuch as up to the year 1774 Thomas Luckett paid no quit rents to the Lord Proprietor.

On May 16, 1770, Thomas Luckett and Benjamin Jameson were sureties for Elizabeth Kerrick, of Charles County, the administratrix of Hugh Kerrick. And on January 16, 1775, he and Phillip Murray filed bond in the amount of 200 pounds for Walter Gherrick, the administrator of Elizabeth Kerrick.

In 1778, Thomas Luckett took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity to the State of Maryland in Charles County, his signature appearing on the list of “His Worshipful Robert Young Returns”.

According to the census of 1790, Thomas Luckett was head of a family, he and another man being over the age of 16, 1 boy under 16, 6 females and 11 slaves.

He died intestate in Charles County. His widow Mary was issued letters of administration, while the inventory of his personal estate, taken in April 1797, showed property given to his five children at the time of marriage, but since returned to his estate. The final account was rendered April 15, 1797, by his widow and distributed to her and nine unnamed children. John Griffin and Thomas Luckett were the bondsmen.

On April 10, 1797, an indenture made in Charles County showed that Benjamin Luckett and Elizabeth his wife, Barton Robey and Priscilla his wife, John Semmes and Sarah his wife all of Nelson County, Kentucky, James Oldham and Elizabeth his wife, Anne Luckett, Joseph Osborne Robey and Valinda his wife, Hezekiah Luckett and Henry Luckett all of Charles County, Maryland deeded to Elizabeth Keith, of Alexandria, Virginia, a tract of land in Charles County called “All Dispute”, being a portion of Zachariah Manor which by patent of November 39, 1797, had been granted to Benjamin Luckett, Elizabeth Oldham, Priscilla Robey, Thomas Luckett, Sarah Semmes, Anne Luckett, Valinda Luckett, Hezekiah Luckett, and Henry Luckett, heirs of Thomas Luckett. Hezekiah Luckett was given the power of attorney for the residents of Nelson County.

Sources

1. Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed August 29, 2016), "Record of Thomas Luckett", Ancestor # A055201.
2. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Kimberly Luckett for starting this profile.
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