Lucas of the Northern Neck of Virginia
Written by Mary Gregg
The purpose of this paper is to show that
Richard Simpson who died in Fairfax County, Virginia, ca 1819-1820, married Ann
Lucas, daughter of Thomas Lucas and his wife, Eleanor ________, and that this
Thomas Lucas was descended from Henry (Hendrick) Lucas and his wife Jane of Old
Rappahannock County and Richmond County, Virginia, through their son, Francis
Lucas, Sr.. Some of the evidence is quite straightforward, and positive
statements about relationships can easily be made; other items of evidence
require interpretation, sometimes based upon inference or assumption.
Francis Lucas, Sr. is a genealogist's
nightmare; he married three times, each time to a woman named Ann(e), and to
add to the confusion, his son, Francis Lucas, Jr., also married a woman named
Ann. Even so respected a genealogist as the late George Harrison Sanford King
was confused by Francis and wrote, "Francis Lucas (married) Ann Smith,
license May 1711. Francis Lucas died intestate in Prince William County in 1739.”[1]
It was a mistake - but an understandable one - to say that the Francis
Lucas who married Ann Smith was the same Francis Lucas who died in Prince William County;
it was Francis, Sr. who married Ann Smith, and it was their son,
Francis, Jr., who died in Prince William. The proof of this will be developed
below.
Before attempting to reconstruct and
understand the Lucas family, it is necessary to look at the ancestry of both
Richmond County and North Farnham Parish. The first county to cover the territory which
became Richmond County was Northumberland, established in 1645, and from it,
Lancaster County was formed in 1651; in 1656, Rappahannock was created from part
of Lancaster. Rappahannock survived as a county just 36 years; in 1692, it was abolished and
two new counties were formed.[2] That portion lying south of the Rappahannock
River became Essex County, and the portion north of the river became Richmond
County.
I will rely upon George H. S. King to
explain the church parishes. He wrote:
"When the North Farnham Parish
Register (1663-1814) opens, there was no such parish; it was simply Farnham
Parish and covered both sides of the Rappahannock River in Old Rappahannock
County. In 1684 Farnham Parish was subdivided into North Farnham Parish and
South Farnham Parish and the Rappahannock River served as a natural boundary.
In 1692 when Old Rappahannock County became defunct and became the parent of
two new counties, South Farnham Parish fell[3] into Essex County and North
Farnham Parish fell into Richmond County. . ."
I will begin my study with the births
of two sons of Henry and Jane Lucas in Farnham Parish in 1677/8 and 1680.[2]
(There is evidence that Henry Lucas was in Old Rappahannock County much earlier
than 1678, but in this paper, I will not go back beyond that year.) The birth
of Henry, son of Henry and Jane Lucas, took place March 23, 1677/8, and that of
Francis, son of Henry and Jane Lucas, on September 1, 1680. Henry Lucas, Jr.
has not been traced, and since he does not appear in the records of Richmond
County, it is possible that he died before reaching adulthood or that he moved
away from the area while still a very young man.
Henry Lucas, Sr.'s first appearance
north of the Rappahannock River, in what was to become Richmond County, is found in
a Northern Neck land grant of 1690. The published abstract of this grant reads:
"Henry Lucas & Jane, his
wife, 310 acs. on the N. side of Rappahannock River in North Farnham Parish,
near Peacocke Quarter. Said Lucas by nation being a Duchman but naturalized
here in Va. as by an instrument under the hand of Francis, Lord Howard, and the
seal of the Colony dated Apr. 27, 1687.'"[4]
Although he seems earlier to have
lived south of the Rappahannock, Henry must have moved onto the land he
received in the grant, for his will was presented in Court in Richmond County
(north of the river) on August 4, 1697. [5] Unfortunately, the Richmond County
will book covering this period has been lost, so I do not know the provisions
of the will, or even the names of the legatees, which makes the Farnham Parish
birth record of Francis extremely important, since it is the only known proof
that Francis was the son of Henry and Jane Lucas.
Francis Lucas was married to his
first wife, Ann, before April 13, 1705, on which date Francis Lucas and Ann his
wife of Farnham Parish, Richmond County, sold to Sal. ----ford, for 1200 pounds
of tobacco, 80 acres in Richmond County beginning at John Batten's corner tree
by the Rappahannock River, part of a greater divident belonging to Francis
Lucas. Witnesses were Richd (R A) Appleby and James Suggett, who also acted as
Ann's attorney to relinquish her dower right.[6]
Ann, the first wife of Francis Lucas,
Sr. was probably the daughter of John Batten, who in his will dated May 3, 1712
and proved in Court in Richmond County on September 3, 1712, mentioned his
granddaughter Phyllis Lucas, and bequeathed to his daughter Elizabeth Dobyns,
land "upon the riverside joining my son-in-law Francis Lucas. . ."[7]
John Batten did not state the name of his daughter who was the wife of Francis
Lucas and the mother of Phyllis, probably because she was already dead, but
since I do know that as early as 1705 Francis Lucas had a wife named Ann, it
seems probable that she was Ann Batten.
Strictly speaking, Francis Lucas was
no longer John Batten's son-in-law in 1712 when Batten made his will, for he,
Francis, had married Ann Smith in May 1711.[1] Beginning in 1713, and
continuing through 1720, there is a series of four births recorded in the North
Farnham Register for sons of Francis and Ann Lucas,[3] and from this point on,
one must look at every bit of evidence very carefully in order to distinguish
between the two Anns who were the second and third wives of Francis Lucas, Sr.
Only one of those sons whose births were registered was the child of Ann
(Smith) Lucas, and the other three were sons of Ann (--------) Lucas, the third
wife.
Stephen Lucas, son of Francis and Ann
Lucas, was born July 27, 1713. The next Lucas entry in the Register is for the
death of Ann Lucas on December 9, 1715. [There is no proof that this was Ann
(Smith) Lucas, but I believe that it was.] The next birth is that of John
Lucas, son of Francis and Ann Lucas, on September 27, 1717, followed by the
birth of Thomas Lucas, son of Francis and Ann Lucas, on June 19, 1719, and that
of Henry Lucas, son of Francis and Ann Lucas, on November 14, 1720.[3] That
Francis Lucas, was the father of at least two other sons will be shown below.
They were Francis Lucas, Jr., who was the son of Ann (Smith) Lucas, and William
Lucas, who was not the son of Ann (Smith) Lucas, but whose mother could have
been either Ann Batten or Ann ________, the third wife of Francis Lucas, Sr.
Francis Lucas' inventory was returned
to Court on May 1, 1723,[8] and less than a year later William Smith, father of
Ann (Smith) Lucas, was also dead, his will being proved in Court on March 4,
1723/4. William Smith's will mentions his wife Ann, his daughters Elizabeth
Clark, Mary Williams, and Catherine Smith; his sons John (underage) and Robert;
grandsons Francis Lucas and Stephen Lucas; and "the son and daughter of my
son Robert."[9]
Undoubtedly the reason William Smith
did not directly mention his daughter who was the mother of his grandsons
Francis and Stephen Lucas was that she was already dead. A chain of evidence to
be given below will prove that when he died in 1723, Francis Lucas, Sr. was
married to another Ann, and that she was the mother of the sons John, Thomas,
and Henry, mentioned above.
Briefly summarizing the above:
Francis Lucas, Sr. married first, before April 13, 1705, Ann, probably Ann
Batten, daughter of John Batten, and had one known child, Phyllis Lucas.
Francis Lucas, Sr.'s son, William Lucas, might also have been the child of Ann
(?)Batten. Francis Lucas, Sr. married second, in May 1711, Ann Smith, daughter
of William Smith, and had sons Stephen Lucas (born July 27, 1713) and Francis
Lucas, Jr., whose birth is not found in the North Farnham Parish Register, but
who is mentioned in the will of his grandfather, William Smith. Ann (Smith)
Lucas died December 9, 1715, and sometime between that date and early 1717,
Francis Lucas, Sr. married for the third, and final, time to Ann ________. [By
his last wife, Francis Lucas, Sr. had children: John Lucas, Thomas Lucas, Henry
Lucas, Zillah (various spellings) Lucas.]
On April 2, 1724, Roger Williams and
Edmond Northern executed a bond in the amount of £50 sterling, promising
"to well and truly pay unto Stephen Lucas. . .all the estate or estates
belonging to the said Stephen Lucas as soon as the said Stephen Lucas shall
attain to Lawfull age. . ." [10] On July 7, 1724, a similar bond, but in
the amount of £150 sterling, was executed by (?)Howman Brockenbrough and Daniel
Hornby, they being the guardians of the estate of William Lucas until "he
shall attain lawfull age".[11] On November 3, 1725, John Smith, John
Clark, and Robert Smith made a similar bond in the amount of 100 pounds
sterling, the minor being Francis Lucas.[12] No such bonds were executed
regarding the children of Francis Lucas by his last, and surviving, wife, Ann
_______. Possibly the Court allowed her to act without bond as guardian of the
estates of her own children, but thought it best to appoint others to safeguard
the estates of her stepsons. Proof will be presented later to show that Ann
(Smith) was not the mother of William Lucas, and if this speculation regarding
the guardianships is correct, then Ann, the surviving third wife, was also not
his mother, leaving the probability that he was the son of Ann (Batten). From
the standpoint of the genealogist, the matter of which Ann was William's mother
is of little importance, for he died in his minority and without issue.
It is time to look again at George
King's statements regarding Francis and Ann Lucas of Prince William County and to
examine closely the evidence which will allow us to state positively that
it was not Francis Lucas, Sr., husband of Ann Smith, who died there in 1737.
Given in chronological order, the
first item will have no obvious significance for the Lucas researcher, but the
connection will soon be apparent. I go once more to the North Farnham Parish
Register and find that a son, Beriah, was born September 10, 1724, to Ephraim and
Ann Vernon.[3] This Ann Vernon was Ann, formerly wife, then widow, of Francis
Lucas, Sr., as is proven by an indenture dated January 5, 1725/6, in Richmond
County, by which Ephraim Vernon and Ann his wife of Richmond County sold to
Thomas Nash of the same county, all their "right title and interest in one
third part of what lands and tenements Francis Lucas was possest with at his
decease it being Right of Dower of the aforesaid Ann Vernon formerly widow and
relict of the said Francis Lucas."[13] This is not absolute proof that
this Ann was the widow of Francis Lucas, Sr., or that she was not the former
Ann Smith. More evidence is necessary.
Joyce, wife of Barnabas Wells of Richmond County,
was the only surviving child of Thomas Smith, (?)eldest son of William
Smith.[14] In 1741, after removing to Amelia County, Virginia, Joyce and
Barnabas Wells sold to Edgecombe Suggitt of North Farnham parish, Richmond
County, land in Richmond County. . .100 acres formerly belonging to Francis
Lucas. . .[15] Some three years later, in 1744, perhaps for the purpose of
making Suggitt's title more secure, Anne Lucas of Hambleton Parish in Prince
William County, sold "all her right, title interest claim or dem'd of in
or to one certain tract of land in Richmond County at the mouth of Richardsons
Creek. . .100 acres. . .which she may or can claim as dower by virtue of her
intermarriage with Francis Lucas late of Hambleton parish deceased to whom the
said land descended from Stephen Lucas late of Richmond County, dec'd. . .[16]
From these records, it is clear that
there were two men named Francis Lucas, each with a wife/widow named Ann:
1. The widow Ann who married Ephraim Vernon by
early 1724, and who must, therefore, have been the widow of the man whose
inventory was returned to Richmond County Court on May 1, 1723. It will be
shown below that this Ann and Francis Lucas, Sr. were the parents of John,
Thomas, and Henry Lucas mentioned above. It will be further shown that her
marriage to Ephraim Vernon was her final marriage, and that she could not
possibly have been the woman who, in 1744, styled herself "Anne
Lucas", widow of Francis Lucas of Prince William County.
It should not be overlooked that in
1724 and 1725, the Court appointed Roger Williams, Edmond Northern, (?)Howman
Brockenbrough, Daniel Hornby, John Smith, John Clark and Robert Smith to be
guardians of William, Francis, and Stephen Lucas, which is not likely to have
been done had their father been alive at the time; he could have served as
guardian of his children's estates if it were necessary to appoint one. In
fact, there is no evidence that the son, William, would even have had any
estate to safeguard had it not been an inheritance from his father, the only
other known source of estate for Stephen and Francis being their Grandfather
Smith, who was not William's grandfather.
2. Ann, the widow of Francis Lucas
who died in Prince William County, said that she was conveying her interest in
land which descended to her deceased husband from Stephen Lucas. Stephen Lucas
was alive in Richmond County in 1734 when he sold land to Thomas Suggitt[17]
and was dead in the same county by April 4, 1737, when his inventory was
returned to Court.[18] Since Francis Lucas, Sr. had died some 14 years earlier,
it isn't possible that any land descended to him upon Stephen's death, and so
it must be the case that the Francis Lucas who died in Prince William County,
to whom land descended upon the death of Stephen Lucas, was alive when Stephen
died, that he was Stephen's brother, and that they were the two grandsons
mentioned in William Smith's will.
I will shortly be switching my
attention to North Carolina to follow Ann (______) (Lucas) Vernon and her Lucas
offspring, but before I do so, there is one additional important Virginia item to be
mentioned. It will be remembered that in January 1725/6, Ephraim Vernon
and Ann, his wife, former widow of Francis Lucas sold her dower interest in
Francis Lucas' lands to Thomas Nash.[13] On July 3, 1728,[19] Thomas Nash was
made guardian of Stephen Lucas, and nine days later, on July 12, 1728, Nash
received an escheat grant on Stephen's behalf to lands that had belonged to
Francis Lucas:
"William Lucas a minor of
Richmond County dyed seized of 150 acres in Farnham Parish in said County. No
heirs. Inquisition 17 May 1727 by. . .G. Eskridge Gent., Deputy Escheater, and
12 freeholders. . .Verdict: Land granted Henry Lucas and Jane his wife December
13, 1680. William made no disposition. Fra's Lucas widow possessed 1/3 of said
land as her dower and disposed of her right to Tho's Nash who is in possession
and on behalf of Stephen Lucas brother of half blood of William, asks grant to Stephen
with a reservation of his right to widow's dower during her natural life.
Escheat grant to Stephen Lucas. July 12, 1728.[20]
This item provides several important
pieces of information: (1) that Francis Lucas had a son named William, and that
William's mother was not Ann Smith, since she is proven to have been the mother
of Stephen Lucas, and this grant states that Stephen and William were
half-brothers; (2) that the said William Lucas died in his minority, leaving no
issue; (3) that the Francis Lucas who had been owner of this land was descended
from Henry and Jane. Those three things can be known from this grant; although
it is not explicitly stated, it can justifiably be inferred that the Francis
Lucas who is mentioned as the former owner of the land was the father of
William and Stephen Lucas. It follows, therefore, that Ann Vernon, who was
stated to have been the widow of one Francis Lucas, and who sold her dower
interest in Lucas' land to Thomas Nash, was, in fact, married to the same Francis
Lucas who was the father of Stephen and William Lucas. I can, then, state with
confidence that the same Francis Lucas who married Ann Smith also married Ann
(________) who remarried to Ephraim Vernon, since it was as Ann Vernon that she
sold her interest in the land.
I will now shift my attention to North Carolina. On
January 15, 1750/1, in New Hanover County, North Carolina, Ephraim
Vernon entered into an agreement with his wife Ann, and with Hugh Blaning,
William Bartram, John Lucas and James Lyon acting as her trustees, in which he
deeded to the trustees, for the use of his wife Ann Vernon, certain lands,
slaves, stock, and household items. The agreement reads in part, ". .
.Whereas certain doubts controversies quarrels & disputes have arisen between
the afsd Ephraim Vernon & the sd Ann Vernon his wife & that each of
them may for the future. . .live peaceably & quietly the afsd Ephraim
Vernon & Ann Vernon have mutually agreed to separate (peaceably &
quietly as afsd) and live apart from each other. . ."[21] No evidence of a
divorce has been found, but Elizabeth McKay, in Early New Hanover Records,
states, "The author found records showing that in 1754 the Rector of St.
Phillips baptised Nancy Vernon, adult daughter of John and Hester Gott. . .and
also Ephraim Vernon, son of Nancy, at the same time and place - and he baptised
William Vernon, son of Nancy at Port Vernon 25 Mar 1757 and Lucy Vernon,
daughter of Nancy at Port Vernon in November 1757. . ." Ms. McKay then
mentions Ephraim Vernon’s will. I have not seen Ms. McKay’s article, nor
Ephraim Vernon’s will, but have been told by a correspondent that she gives the
date of the will as 1760. However, in North Carolina Taxpayers, 1701-1786 by
Clarence R. Ratcliff, I found:
VERNON,
Ephraim
New Hanover 1742
Ephraim's
Estate
New Hanover 1755
Ephraim's
Estate
New Hanover 1762
Estate 11 m 11 f
slaves
Brunswick 1769
Estate
Brunswick 1772
So it appears that Ephraim Vernon of New Hanover County died between 1742 and
1755.
Ann Vernon of Bladen County, North Carolina, made her will on September 23,
1760, and bequeathed to her son Thomas Lucas £50 proclamation money, the same
to her son Henry Lucas, to her son John Lucas certain lands with reversion to
the children of her son Thomas Lucas if John died without lawfully begotten
heirs, and to her daughter Lillah [This name sometimes seen as Zillah.]
Johnston, all her wearing apparel and the rest of her real and personal
estate.[22] It was only after Ann Vernon's death that the separation agreement
mentioned above was registered, and probably it was done then in order to
confirm title to the land which had been deeded to Ann by her husband Ephraim
Vernon.
It will be noted that the three sons
whom Ann mentioned in her will were the three sons of Francis and Ann Lucas
whose births were registered in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, in 1717, 1719 and 1720.
Since the purpose of this research
was to establish the descent of Thomas Lucas who died in Fairfax County,
Virginia, ca 1795 from Francis Lucas and his wife last wife, Ann ______, it now
remains to be shown that Thomas of Fairfax was the same Thomas whose birth was
registered in North Farnham Parish and who was the son named in the Bladen
County, North Carolina, will of Ann Vernon. This is easily done. There is a
deed in Bladen County dated December 15, 1775, in which the grantors are Thomas
Robeson and wife and Thomas Brown and wife, heirs at law of Col. William
Bartram, dec'd., and the grantee is Thomas Lucas of Fairfax County, Virginia, heir
at law of John Lucas, dec'd., of Bladen County.[23] It is clear that by
December of 1775, John Lucas, son of Francis and Ann (________) Lucas was dead
without issue, and that his brother, Thomas, living in Fairfax County,
Virginia, was his heir at law.
After the death of John Lucas without
"heirs lawfully begotten," the children of his brother Thomas became
the reversionary legatees of their grandmother, Ann Vernon, under the terms of
her will. On January 12, 1775, William Simpson and Eleanor his wife, John
Marshall and Sarah his wife, William Powell and Zilla his wife, and Mary Lucas,
all of Fairfax County, Virginia, appointed "our loving brother Francis
Lucas of Bladen County, North Carolina to be our true and lawful attorney. .
."[24] The purpose of this power of attorney is not stated therein, but
there can be but little doubt that it was for the purpose of claiming their
inheritance for them.
Fifteen years later, on May 29, 1790,
articles of agreement were made between Thomas Cockerell and Million his wife
and John Mackintosh and Alcey his wife, all of Fairfax County of the first part
and Elizabeth Lucas widow of Bladen County, North Carolina, of the other. Anne
Vernon widow late of Bladen County aforesaid deceased by her last will and testament
devised the plantation and tract of land containing 320 acres whereon the said
Elizabeth Lucas now lives and known heretofore by the name of Placenta situate
in Bladen County aforesaid (to) her son John Lucas for his life and after his
death to the children of her son Thomas Lucas of Fairfax County and their
heirs. . .and whereas the said John Lucas is since dead. . .the said Million
and Alcey children of the said Thomas Lucas and devisees under the said will. .
.have sold their respective rights. . .unto Elizabeth Lucas widow. . .now for
securing and protecting title to said Elizabeth. . .etc."[25]
A summary of the children of Francis Lucas, Sr.:
Children of Francis Lucas and Anne (?Batten) were:
1. Phyllis Lucas
2. Possibly also, William Lucas, who died while still a minor, without
issue and probably unmarried.
Children of Francis Lucas and Ann Smith were:
3. Stephen
Lucas, born July 27, 1713, in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia;
died about 1737 in Richmond County, without issue, and probably unmarried.
4. Francis
Lucas, Jr., died ca 1739 in Prince William County, Virginia; administratrix'
bond posted February 26, 1738/39. He married Anne --------, who survived him.
Children of Francis
Lucas and Anne -------- were:
5. Zillah
Lucas, died about 1789 in Bladen County, North Carolina. She married (1) James
Lyon, who died in 1752 in Bladen County, North Carolina; will dated April 27,
1752, proved June 1752. She married (2) probably in Bladen County, Robert(?) Johnston.
6. John
Lucas, born September 27, 1717 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County,
Virginia; died without issue before December 1775 in Bladen County, North
Carolina.
7. Thomas
Lucas, Sr., born June 19, 1719, in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County,
Virginia; died about 1795 in Fairfax County, Virginia; will dated August 21,
1790, proved September 21, 1795. He married, about 1740, probably in Richmond
County, Virginia, Eleanor ________, who survived him.
8. Henry Lucas, born November 24,
1720, in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia; perhaps died in
Bladen County, North Carolina.
Thomas Lucas [No. 7 above, son of
Francis Lucas, Sr. and his last wife] made his will in Fairfax County, Virginia,
on August 21, 1791, and it was proved in Court on September 21, 1795. He devised
to his son Thomas Lucas two tracts of land containing 550 acres, "lying on
the northeast side of the North west Branch of the Cape Fear River in the
County of Bladen and state of North Carolina, both which Tracts descended to me
as Heir at Law to my Brother John Lucas deceased. . .upon this express
Condition that he. . .convey in fee simple to my grandson Henry Lucas (son of
Francis Lucas) a Tract of Land which I made my said son Thomas a Deed for lying
on Donahoe's Creek in Bladen County. . .on the South side of the North West
Branch of Cape Fear River. . ." He bequeathed some personal items, etc. to
his grandson Thomas Garrett, and "All the Rest & residue of my Estate,
real and personal, after payment of my just Debts, I give to my wife Elener
Lucas during her widowhood and at her marriage or Death all to be equally
divided in fee simple among all my Children which shall be living at that time
(?)Sillah Powell's part or proportion of the same shall be held by her for the
term of her life and after her Death shall be equally divided between her two
Sons Francis & Thomas Powell & their Heirs." He nominated his wife
to be executrix and his son Thomas to be executor. Thomas Lucas presented the
will in Court and it was proved by the oaths of Richard Ratcliff and Francis
Coffer, two of the witnesses, and admitted to record.[26] The record is
strangely silent, however, on the matter of Thomas or anyone else qualifying as
executor. At some point, Richard Simpson became administrator of this estate,
but his appointment as such has so far not been found in the Fairfax County records.
Richard Simpson seems to have kept
detailed records of transactions connected with the Thomas Lucas estate, but
was less than diligent about filing annual returns with the Fairfax County
Court. Richard, himself, died intestate in Fairfax County about 1819, and on
February 21, 1820, at the request of his administrators, James Sangster and
Benjamin Burke, the Court ordered "John Arundell, Robert Ratcliffe,
Francis Coffer and Thomas Coffer or any three of them be and they are hereby
appointed to settle the estate account of the said Thomas Lucas deceased with
the admors. of the said Richard Simpson and make report to the Court." On
March 21, 1820, Robert Ratcliffe, Thomas Coffer and Francis Coffer filed their
report.[27] It shows equal distribution to:
1. To the 1/7 part of the nett proceeds of the decedents estate due the Admor.
in Right of his Wife
2. Paid J. McIntosh in right of his Wife
3. Ditto Thomas Cockrell ditto ditto
4. Ditto Wm. Powell & Wife
5. Ditto John Marshall & Wife
6. Ditto Moses Simpson Ditto
7. Amt. purchased by Wm. Simpson in right of his wife
With the information from the 1775
power of attorney, the 1790 agreement, Thomas Lucas' will, and this
distribution, it is now possible to give the names of the children of Thomas
Lucas and his wife, Eleanor _______:
1. Eleanor
Lucas married William Simpson before January 12, 1775
2. Sarah Lucas
married John Marshall before January 12, 1775
3. Million
Lucas married John Cockerell before May 29, 17909
4. Alcey
Lucas married John McIntosh before May 29, 1790
5. Francis
Lucas. Other records show that he married Elizabeth Lyon, his cousin, daughter
of Lillah/Zillah Lucas and her first husband, James Lyon, and that Francis
was dead when his father, Thomas Lucas, made his will. In fact, it was
Elizabeth (Lyon) Lucas to whom the Cockerells and McIntoshes made the deed in
1790.
6. Zillah
Lucas who married William Powell
7. A
daughter who married Moses Simpson. From other records it is known that
this was Mary Lucas, whose first husband had been William Garrett. She
was the mother of the grandson mentioned in Thomas Lucas' will.
8. Thomas
Lucas, Jr.
9. A daughter who married Richard
Simpson, who was administrator of the Thomas Lucas estate. This
daughter's name is not given in any of the Lucas records, but there are many
records in Fairfax County which show that Richard Simpson's wife's name was
Ann.
Armed with the names of Thomas Lucas'
children, and the name of his wife, I will return briefly to North Farnham
Parish and its Register. I find the births of four of these nine children
registered there:[3]
Francis, son of Thomas and Eleanor
Lucas, November 2, 1743
Ann, daughter of Thomas and Eleanor
Lucas, April 25, 1745
Eleanor, daughter of Thomas and
Eleanor Lucas, April 3, 1748
Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Eleanor
Lucas, October 31, 1749.
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1. Marriages
of Richmond County, Virginia, 1668-1853. George Harrison Sanford King
2. The Handy
Book for Genealogists
3. The Registers
of North Farnham Parish, 1663-1814, and Lunenburg Parish, 1783-1800, Richmond
County, Virginia. George Harrison Sanford King
4. Cavaliers
and Pioneers. Supplement, Northern Neck Grants No. 1 (1690-1692). Nell Marion
Nugent
5. Richmond County, Virginia, Order Book 1, p. 247, abstract in Wills of Richmond County,
Virginia, 1699-1800. Robert K. Headley, Jr.
6. Richmond County, Virginia, Deed Book 4, p. 5
7. Richmond
County, Virginia, Wills & Inventories, 1709-1717, p. 103, in Wills of
Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800. Robert K. Headley, Jr.
8. Richmond
County, Virginia, Will Book, 1717-1725, p. 218, in Wills of Richmond County,
Virginia, 1699-1800. Robert K. Headley, Jr.
9. Richmond
County, Virginia, Will Book 1717-1725, p. 231, in Wills of Richmond County,
Virginia, 1699-1800. Robert K. Headley, Jr.
10. Richmond County, Virginia, Deed
Book 8, p. 240
11. Richmond County, Virginia, Deed Book 8, p. 287
12. Richmond County, Virginia, Deed Book 8, p. 299
13. Richmond County, Virginia, Deed Book 8, p. 312
14. Richmond County, Virginia, Deed Book 8, p. 570
15. Richmond County, Virginia, Deed Book 10, p. 28
16. Richmond County, Virginia, Deed Book 10, p. 265-266
17. Richmond County, Virginia, Deed Book 9, p. 88
18. Richmond County, Virginia, Will Book 1725-1753, p. 306 in Wills of Richmond County, Virginia, 1699-1800. Robert K. Headley, Jr.
19. Richmond County, Virginia, Deed Book 8, p. 457
20. Northern Neck
Grants Book B, p. 133, in Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1694-1742.
Gertrude E. Gray
21. New Hanover County, North Carolina, Book B, p. 471
22. Bladen County, North Carolina, Will Book 1, p. 597
23. Bladen County, North Carolina, Deed Book 9, p. 94
24. Bladen County, North Carolina, Deed Book 37, p. 148
25. Fairfax County, Virginia, Deed Book T, p. 329 or U, p. 329
26. Fairfax County, Virginia, Will Book G, pp. 106-107
27. Fairfax County, Virginia, Will Book M, pp. 13-15
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RICHARD SIMPSON
Fact 1: April 12, 1796, He, Edward FORD, and Francis COFFER, as commissioners,
signed off on a survey of the widow's dower of Nessy (Agnes) VIOLETT, widow of
Whaley Violett, of Fairfax Co., VA.
Fact 2: July 16, 1795, He, Charles THRIFT and Francis COFFER were commissioners
who signed off on an appraisal of the estate of Whaley VIOLETT of Fairfax Co.
Agnes Violett, admx. Estate paid among others: Wm GILPIN, James SPILLMAN,
Andrew TAYLOR, Mary STONE, Lun(?) WASHINGTON.
Fact 3: John SKINNER, John COFFER, Michael THORN, John FOWLER, James ATHY(?),
and GEORGE MASON.