Benjamin Lukens (1735 - 1818)

Born 4 Nov 1735 in Horsham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Cadwallader) Lukens — married 10 Sep 1755 in Presbyterian Church in Abington

Descendants

Died 23 Aug 1818 at age 82 in Harford, Maryland, United States

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Biography

Benjamin Lukens was born to Peter and Gaynor Lukens about 1731. The birthdates of Peter and Gaynor's children were not recorded so their exact birth dates are not known.^[1]

Benjamin married Alice Cadwallader on 9/10/1755 and they had eleven children together.

John b. ca. 1756

Magdelena b. ca. 1758

Jacob b. ca. 1757

Levi b. ca. 1761

Moses b. 1/30/1763

Sarah b. ca. 1765

Charles b. ca. 1767

Gainor b. ca. 1769

Mary b. ca. 1771

Nancy b. ca. 1774

Alice b. 4/20/1777

Phebe^[2]

"On 9/10/1755 at Presbyterian Church in Abington, Benjamin m. Alice Cadwallader, daughter of Jacob and Magdalene (Conrad) Cadwallader.^[3] After being disowned by the Abington Monthly Mtg for marrying contrary to discipline, Alice and Benjamin produced an acknowledgement of the wrongdoing which was accepted by the meeting on March 21st, 1757.^[4] The reinstatement lasted only a year as on April 24th, 1758, the Horsham Preparative Meeting complained against Benjamin and his brother, Evan for attending several marriages contrary to discipline."^{[5] [6]}

"In 1795, Benjamin Lukens was granted a land patent of 261 acres called 'Alice's Garden' in Hartford County, MD.^[7] On 2/29/1810, Benjamin and Alice conveyed 100 acres of that plot to Jacob Lukens, who was assumed to be his son.^[8]

Benjamin's will is dated 5/9/1817 and was Proved 8/23/1818 in Harford County, MD.^[9]

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Acknowledgments

• Lukens-245 was created by Stephen Spencer through the import of Stephen Spencer Family Tree.ged on Aug 23, 2017.

Sources

1. ↑ Hurd, Jill J. The Ancestors & Descendants of Jan Lucken. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989.
2. ↑ Hurd, Jill J. The Ancestors & Descendants of Jan Lucken. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989.
3. ↑ HTL, Cd. Coll., Film 540,688, Card No. 78. HTL gives the parents of Alice Cadwallader and cites Buck Deed Bk 18, p. 538 as his source.
4. ↑ Abington MM Minutes, dated 3/21/1757, at SCL, Swarthmore, PA.
5. ↑ Horsham Preparative Mtg, dated 4/24/1758, at SCL.
6. ↑ Hurd, Jill J. The Ancestors & Descendants of Jan Lucken. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989.
7. ↑ Maryland LAnd Patent, Book IC#K, p. 208 and IC#C, p.530.
8. ↑ "Land Deed between Benjamin Lukens, grantor, and Jacob Lukens, grantee", dated 2/29/1810, Book HD #V, p.192, Harford County, MD.
9. ↑ Hurd, Jill J. The Ancestors & Descendants of Jan Lucken. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989.

See also:

• Hurd, Jill J. The Ancestors & Descendants of Jan Lucken. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989.

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