Edward Lucas1

M, #2753, b. circa 1669, d. 4 May 1740
  • Birth*: circa 1669; Birth year calculated from age at death
  • Marriage*: 3 September 1700; Burlington Co., New Jersey; <7 mo 3 1700>
    Married at house of Thomas Lambert; Spouse:Bridget Scott2
  • Death*: 4 May 1740; <3 mo 4 1740>
    Aged 70 yrs 10 mo3
Last Edited: 2 Sep 2011
Charts:
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Parents:

Father: Robert Lucas1
Mother: Elizabeth (?)1 d. a Sep 1712

Family:

Bridget Scott d. 21 Aug 1748

Children:

Mercy Lucas+ 9 b. 4 Mar 1702, d. a 1761
John Lucas10 b. 21 Jan 1703/4, d. 9 Aug 1748
Mary Lucas10 b. 1 Mar 1705/6
Margaret Lucas11 b. 16 Jun 1708
Edward Lucas12 b. 24 Dec 1710, d. 3 Oct 1777
Ann Lucas13 b. 3 May 1713, d. 13 Feb 1763
Elizabeth Lucas+14 b. 23 Sep 1716, d. 14 Aug 1748
Robert Lucas15 b. 22 Feb 1719/20
Benjamin Lucas16 b. 19 Oct 1724, d. 4 May 1726

Notes

  • Note*: Bucks co. tax assessment: 7th month 1693 Edward Lucas of Falls Township, value of estate real & personal £674
  • Note: "3 Edward Lucas, Jacob Janney, Thomas Janney, Joseph Milnor, Edmand Louet and Wm. Darke make acknowledgement 6th of 1st month 1698, for assenting to casting lots to decide a verdict of the jury on which they served."
    [Earliest mention found in minutes was 11th mo 1698.]5
  • Note: Falls Monthly Meeting Minutes 5th of 4th mo 1700: "Edward Lucas laid his intention of marriage with Bridget Scot of Notingham in West Jersey...".6
  • Note: Marriage certificate abstract: Edward Lucas of co. of Bucks in province of Penn., yeoman, & Bridget Scott of province of N.N., spinster, at house of Thomas Lambert in West Jersey, 3rd day 7th mo 1700. First five witnesses: Elizabeth Lucas, Giles Lucas, Robert Lucas, John Scott, Martin Scott. 53 witnesses total, a very large number for that era; no other Lucas or Scott.2
  • Note: Per his death notice Edward was appointed an elder in the Falls MM in 1726, and continued till his death in 1740.3
  • Note: "Edward was supervisor of Falls in 1730."7
  • Note: Will of Edward Lucas of Falls Township in co Bucks Penn. yeoman
    Will written 23rd 11th mo 1737, codicil 6th 12th mo 1739/40, proven June 2 1740.
    Names: wife Bridget, sons John, Robert & Edward, daughters Ann & Elizabeth and daughters Mercy Mary & Margaret, sister Rebecca Lucas, brother Giles, and son Thomas Bayley.
    Property: To son John the tract of land where I now live, with son-in-law Thomas Bayley given strip at back. To son Robert the tract between William Paxsons and the widow Darks that was formerly my brother Johns. Sons John & Robert to repay his debt to sister Rebecca.
    Executors: wife and my son John.
    Will witnessed by Samuel Harker, Joseph Atkinson, William Atkinson. Codicil by Mark Watson, Joseph White, William Atkinson.
    (FHL #172,899. Bucks Co, Penn. wills, vol. 2, p. 5-6. Abstracted by compiler.)8
  • Note: This list of Edward Lucas' children includes the eight found in Falls Monthly Meeting birth records, plus Edward who is identified in two wills.

    The Historical Society of Pennsylvania will abstract (as found on RootsWeb) for Edward Lucas, 1737/1740, erroneously lists a son Samuel, not supported by examination of the recorded will.

    Betty Porter Hall's book adds Samuel and another Mary; and it flips the birth dates of Mercy and Mary.

Citations

  1. [S337] "A Partial List of the Families Who Arrived at Philadelphia between 1682 and 1687", The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 8, No. 3 (Oct., 1884), pp. 328-340: p. 228.   PMHB--08-328--Arrivals-Phila-20084664.pdf
  2. [S445] Society of Friends, Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington Co., N.J. Filmed at Swarthmore. FHL microfilm 16,513. Item 2 Marriages 1684-1724, p. 54.
  3. [S477] Society of Friends. Falls Monthly Meeting. Filmed at Hist. Soc. of Penn., 1300 Locust St. Phila. FHL microfilm 387,860. p. 57.
  4. [S284] McNealy, Terry A. and and Frances Wise Waite, Bucks County Tax Records, 1693 - 1778 (Doylestown, Pa.: Bucks County Genealogical Society, 1982), p. 1.   McNealy--Bucks-Tax.pdf
  5. [S478] Society of Friends. Falls Monthly Meeting. Filmed at Hist. Soc. of Penn., 1300 Locust St. Phila. FHL microfilm 387860. Item 1. A List of Miscellaneous Papers at Falls Monthly Meeting, Bucks Co. 1696-1877 by Gilbert Cope. Item 2 An Index to Falls Monthly Meeting Births & Deaths, [presumably by Gilbert Cope]. Iten 1.
  6. [S479] Society of Friends. Falls Monthly Meeting. Men's Minutes, Vol. 3-4, 1683-1767. Filmed at Hist. Soc. of Penn., 1300 Locust St. Phila. FHL Microfilm 387,861. Vol. 3, p. 104-5.
  7. [S20] Battle, J.H., History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania (1985 Spartanburg S.C., originally publ. 1887. [Viewed on Google books], ), p. 369.   Battle--Bucks-Co.pdf
  8. [S37] Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. Register of Wills. filmed at courthouse, Doylestown. FHL microfilm series titled 'Wills, 1713-1906 ; General index to wills, 1682-1939'.
  9. [S477] Falls MM - Misc, BMD, Item 3. Marriage certificates & record of births and burials. p. 3.
  10. [S477] Falls MM - Misc, BMD, Item 3. Marriage certificates & record of births and burials. p. 5.
  11. [S477] Falls MM - Misc, BMD, Item 3. Marriage certificates & record of births and burials. p. 9.
  12. [S37] Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. Register of Wills. filmed at courthouse, Doylestown. FHL microfilm series titled 'Wills, 1713-1906 ; General index to wills, 1682-1939'., Will of Edward Lucas of Falls Township, written 11th mo 23 1737, proven June 2 1740, names son Edward Lucas. (Bucks Co. Wills, 2:5) Will of John Lucas, of Falls Township, written 6th mo 9 1748, proven 25 August 1748, names brother Edward Lucas. (Bucks Co. Wills, 2:115).
  13. [S477] Falls MM - Misc, BMD, Item 3. Marriage certificates & record of births and burials. p. 13.
  14. [S477] Falls MM - Misc, BMD, Item 3. Marriage certificates & record of births and burials. p. 19.
  15. [S477] Falls MM - Misc, BMD, Item 3. Marriage certificates & record of births and burials. p. 23.
  16. [S477] Falls MM - Misc, BMD, Item 3. Marriage certificates & record of births and burials. p. 29.