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Thomas Lucas [1759-1815] Freemason, Marine, Glazier, Farmer 1st Fleet to Sydney Cove 1788, later of Norfolk Island & Tasmania Part III Settling in the Colony Index Relationship with Ann Howard [1758-1832][Convict] About Ann Howard Ann Howard scan of original Document & Transcription relating to the further Deposition annexed to her Trial [London Metropolitan Archives [LMA]] - Appended Page. These are large readable images - Please wait for images to download when accessing the Page. Child 1: Thomas Lucas [birth] The Move to Norfolk Island Children 2 & 3: Richard Lucas [by inference] & John Lucas Child 4: Nathaniel Lucas Establishing a Freemason Lodge without Warrant More Information regarding Thomas's invovement in Freemasons [London] - Appended Page Marriage: Thomas Lucas to Ann Howard - the original document with signatures and witnesses Thomas also witnessed two marriages whilst on Norfolk Island. Life at Norfolk Rumours of impending Evacuation - Preparations to Leave the Island Letter to Lieutenant John Piper 1807 [Original Image Enlarged] - Appended page These are large readable images - Please wait for images to download when accessing the Page. Evacuation of Norfolk Island Settling in Van Diemen's Land Neighbours - O'Brien & Fawkner Families Death of Thomas Lucas Burial of Thomas Lucas - Excerpt from Rev. Robert Knopwood's Diary. Tombstone of Thomas Lucas Will of Thomas Lucas - Appended Page These are large readable images - Please wait for images to download when accessing the Page. Epilogue Widow: Ann Lucas [1758-1832] Thomas Lucas[the younger] [1791-1846] Richard Lucas[1794-1862] John Lucas[1797-1883] Nathaniel Lucas[1799-1875] Further Reading Thomas Lucas Part 1 - England - Appended Page Thomas Lucas Part 2 - Voyage - Appended Page Marines of the First Fleet - Appended Page Thomas Lucas & Nathaniel Lucas - Were they Related? - Appended Page |
1790: 1791: Ann Howard: 1791: Child 1: Thomas 1794: The Move to Norfolk Island; 1794: Child 2: Richard 1797: Child 3: John: Lodge without Warrant: More Information re Thomas & Freemason's in England 1799: Child 4: Nathaniel 1801:Thomas and Ann Marriage Life at Norfolk; Rumours of Evacuation: 1807: The Parting Letter to Captain John Piper; 1808: Evacuation of Norfolk Island; 1808: Brown's River Van Diemen's Land Neighbours; The Fawkners: The O'Briens: Death of Thomas Lucas Burial Tombstone The Will of Thomas Lucas |
The arrival of the 'Lady Juliana' on the 3rd June 1790 brought with her Ann Howard, a convict and formerly a nurse of London. Within eight months of arrival, in the March of 1791, Ann Howard conceived the first of four sons born to Thomas Lucas. Ann Howard was convicted at the Old Bailey, London indicted for Simple Grand Larceny, indicted for stealing a quantity of clothing from her employer John Rieder, printer of London. The Trial was brief: The Trial of Ann Howard [Old Bailey London Online]. Transcription; Date: 12th December 1787. Ann Howard was indicted for stealing, on the 8th day of December, one corded dimity petticoat, value 3 s. two muslin aprons, value 4 s. a child’s laced cap, value 10d. the property of John Reader. The Prisoner went to nurse the prosecutor’s wife, and carried away the things the next day, and the petticoat was on her; she was taken directly. Guilty - Transported for seven years.
During this time the Marines were given the opportunity to take up a Land Grant in the Colony or Return England consistent with the Admiralty's Offer subject to their volunteering their Services for this maiden Voyage. Although twenty-nine marines previously mentioned in John Easty's Journal in entry for Monday 24th October, 1791 accepted offers of Land Grants to settle at Norfolk Island, Thomas Lucas re-enlisted in the Corps, signing up for a further three years, promoted to Corporeal. Over this period Thomas, with some of the Officers in the Settlement who had allegiance to the ‘Order of Freemasons’ applied to Governor Arthur Phillip hoping to establish a Lodge with in the compound. Phillip refused. Ann Howard's pregnancy came to term with a son Thomas Lucas recorded born on the 29th December 1791. Six months later the infant was baptized at Sydney Cove on the 29th June 1792. Philip resigned his Governorship due to ill health, returning to England at the end of 1792 and the discipline in the Settlement ultimately fell into the hands of the relieving Military of the second Fleet, which came to be known as the NSW Corps or better know historically as the 'Rum Corps'. Thomas remained at the Cove for a further two years with Ann and their young son Thomas. His service terminating in 1794 he accepted an offer of a Grant of 60 acres at Norfolk Island. Ann and her young son Thomas left for the Island in the 4th October 1794 aboard the ‘Daelalus’, Thomas joined her a week later on the 13th October 1794. Settling at the farming colony, Thomas was provided with a large two storey house shingled and boarded [24’ x 12’] built by convict labour very likely under the supervision of Nathaniel Lucas, a Convict & Master Carpenter also of the 1st Fleet - per Scarborough, considered by some descendants be close kin of Thomas Lucas. Nathaniel was sent to Norfolk Island during the earliest days of the fledgling settlement and had constructed many of the houses on the small Island. Ann's second pregnancy has been said to have come to term on the 20th December 1794 although no evidence has been found to date to substantiate this claim. However their second son Richard has been firmly proven by inference. Thomas and Ann had now been on the Island for three years when on the 25th June 1797 their third son John Lucas was born. Thomas also continued his involvement in the Masonic Order and although on the 6th July 1797 a minute of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, meeting in Dublin, records a petition for a warrant to hold a Lodge in the New South Wales Corps (102nd Regiment) the decision was deferred by the Grand Lodge and nothing was ever heard. Three years later a small group of the brotherhood at Norfolk Island decided to take matters into their own hands, assuming that there would be no objection to the request and that the affirmation was probably still on its way. A small parcel of one ½ acre of land on Norfolk was noted to be purchased by Thomas Crowder and the Masonic Lodge of St.John, No.1. on the 27th April 1800. This Lodge was holding meetings there without a Warrant until 1807. Thomas 'Past Master' was a member. http://www.freemasonrysaust.org.au/historyearly.html There is more information relating to Thomas Lucas and his initiation into the Freemason 'Lodge of Temperance' London with a photo of his Masonic Apron how held and displayed by the Masonic Lodge at Hobart and other research regarding his life in England. Follow Link to appended page Thomas Lucas Part 1 - England. On the 19th October 1799 Ann gave birth to their fourth child Nathaniel Lucas, baptized at Norfolk Island on the 2nd August 1801 with his brother John. Ann aged forty-one, this would be her last birth. Thomas and Ann had been together for ten years. Thomas Lucas displays a persona of a conservative nature, the reluctance of Thomas to marry Ann prior to this time would possibly imply that one or both of them may have been previously married in England, more likely Ann. During Rev. Fulton visit to Norfolk Island, Thomas Lucas and Ann Howard were married on the 17th August 1801 the fourth marriage on the Island recorded by Rev. Fulton. Thomas signed the register and Ann made her mark. The witnesses were John Barnes and Martha Edwards [their marks]. Original Entry Film No. 6002 A month later the same two witnesses, John Barnes and Martha Edwards were married on the Island 7th September Thomas again signing the Parish Book as a witness. Original Entry Film No. 6002. The Lucas Family was a Colonial Success Story prospering for another four years. In 1805 Thomas was recorded as a 1st class settler with wife and four children. He was noted having a house, a large floored barn and six outhouses. He had cultivated 31 of his 60 acres, with 20 still waste and owned 26 sheep and 31 swine. Thomas was also recroded working as a glazier.' Excerpt from The Founder's of Australia by Mollie Gillen. For two years now rumors were rife and objections raised regarding the Governor’s decision to disband the farming settlement at Norfolk. It was argued that shipping was treacherous and although the Island’s farmers had supplied a large proportion of food to the mainland Colony during the early days, that now the farming settlement at Parramatta was now sufficiently accommodating the needs of the Settlement. The settlers were reluctant to leave and the government offered them huge parcels of lands at the new settlement at Hobart Town by compensation, but it was not until 1805 that the residents began to slowly migrate to Van Diemen's Land. Thomas began to run down his stocks. 'On New Years Eve of the 30th December 1806 he was paid 37 pounds and 13 shillings for 25 full-grown sheep and one hog. By 1807 he had only twelve of his 60 acres in grain the rest was left to pasture and still held 200 bushels of maize in hand 44 sheep and 60 hogs. Both the elder boys Thomas nearly 17 and Richard 14 were recorded as being ‘off stores’ and the two younger still dependant.' Excerpts from The Founder's of Australia by Mollie Gillen. At the end of the year Thomas was still tying up his affairs on the Island and on the 18th December 1807 Captain John Piper, Relieving Commandant of the Island was recipient of a letter signed by Thomas and some of his brethren regarding their gratitude for his permission to establish their Masonic Lodge. NSW State Archives; LETTER TO LIEUTENANT JOHN PIPER: Enlarged Scans of the Original Document & Transcription - Appended Page These are large readable images: PLEASE WAIT FOR THE IMAGES TO DOWNLOAD when accessing the Page On the 3rd September 1808, together with the last remaining settlers on the Island Thomas, Ann and their four sons left the Island aboard the ‘City of Edinburgh’ bound for the new settlement at Hobart Town. Two weeks after arrival Thomas was granted a total of 530 acres, at Brown’s River in the District of Queenborough, about eight miles from the embryo township of Hobart. It was here that Thomas and Ann settled. 'This time without the help of convict labour, a crude hut was built and Thomas and his sons quickly cleared four acres to sow wheat and barley'. Excerpt: http://www.kingborough.tas.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=134 One of the earliest settlers of Brown's River was John Fawkner, a convict and his wife Hannah 'a free woman' who with their two young children had accompanied John as a 'Free Settler' on the convict ship 'Calcutta' [2nd voyage], eventually establishing the virgin settlement at Hobart Town in 1804. Now emancipated, John was given a grant of 50 acres of land near Brown’s River, and although a novice at farming his enthusiasm made up for his lack of farming knowledge. He had two children John & Elizabeth. Although Elizabeth married at the age of fourteen she was widowed within four years. Thomas's second son Richard and Elizabeth nee Fawkner would marry shortly after Thomas died in 1715. Also see Epilogue. Another newer settler at Brown's River also evacuated from Norfolk Island was Thomas O'Brien, a former Marine of the 1st Fleet. Thomas O'Brien married Susannah Mortimer a former convict of the 'Lady Juliana' the same ship that conveyed Ann Howard. In the web of events to come ultimately Susannah Mortimore's granddaughter Sarah Porter would marry the grandson of Thomas Lucas by his son Richard. See: John Richard Lucas & Sarah Porter Thomas Lucas published his Will on the 4th August 1813 [transcription below]. Thomas died two years later in late winter, on the 29th August, 1815 at the recorded age of 56. Rev. Robert Knopwood was the Officiating Minister who entered the following details in his diary for that day; '1815-1[st] September. At 3.00pm I buried Mr. Lucas from Browns River. He has been a marine that came out when the settlement at Port Jackson was formed, then became a settler and went to Norfolk Island. There he remained till the island was evacuated; most of the settlers came to this colony. He was a Mason, and buried by the Brothers in masonic form.' http://www.freemasonrysaust.org.au/historyearly.html Thomas was survived by his widow Ann and his four sons; Thomas aged 24, Richard aged 21, John aged 18 and Nathaniel aged 16. He was Interred at St.David’s Park Church in Hobart. Tombstone inscription now reads; THOMAS LUCAS a marine settler who came from England with his Ex-Excellency, Governor Phillip, at the first forming of the Territory of New South Wales, who died 29th August, 1815 [aged 56 years] ANN LUCAS wife of the above who died 10th June, 1832 aged 74 years [Source: Inscription in Stone - St. David's Burial Ground 1804-1872. Compiled by R. Lord] WILL OF THOMAS LUCAS Both Pages of the Original Will are displayed on an Appended Page Courtesy of the NSW State Library [Fiche 3261; 4/433 No. 84 pp. 107-8 Colonial Secretary's Papers]. These images are enlarged and readable - please wait for images to upload - when accessing the Page. Transcription; In the Name of God Amen, I Thomas Lucas Yeoman of Brown’s River in the District of Queenborough
Van Diemen’s Land of sound disposing Memory and understanding thanks be to God the same Do
make this my last Will and Testament in the manner following.
[Viz] I do nominate constitute and appoint my beloved Wife Ann Lucas, to wit Executrix with my well
respected Friends Richard Pitt of Pitt Farm and Robert Littlejohn of Montrose Estate both of the District
of Buckingham Van Diemen’s Land, Executors and Trustees to act as General Trustees and Executors
in the perfect management of all the concerns herein after named.
Firstly I give and bequeath with love and affection to my beloved Wife and Executrix Ann Lucas all my freehold
Estate of one hundred and eight-two acres of land known by the name of Lucas’s Farm which I now possess
together with all my horned cattle, sheep, hogs and goats and all my household goods and furniture during her
natural life, then and immediately after the decease of my said wife Ann Lucas
I give devise and bequeath the aforesaid Free Holding Estate of one hundred and eight-two acres at Browns River
and District aforesaid to my two natural sons John and Nathaniel Lucas to them, their heirs and assigns for ever
to be equally divided between them by my aforesaid Executors Richard Pitt and Robert Littlejohn aforesaid.
Also I give devise and bequeath to my natural son Richard Lucas all that my Freehold Estate known by the name
of Nash’s Farm at Brown’s River aforesaid of One Hundred acres of Land to him, his Heirs and Assigns for ever.
Also I give and bequeath all the horned cattle, sheep, hogs and goats & household furniture after the decease of
my Wife aforesaid to my four natural sons Thomas, Richard, John and Nathaniel Lucas to be equally divided
amongst them share and share alike by my Executors aforesaid Provided and always that if any of my above
natural sons should happen to die under the age of twenty one years his Estate to be divided amongst the Survivor
or Survivors share and share alike, and that my Debts, Mortgages be contracted by them that shall effect the
Estates under the age of twenty one years.
Also my meaning and will is that my just debts and funeral expenses be paid out of my freehold Estates commonly
known by the names Lucas’s Farm and Nash’s Farm aforesaid
and I do hereby revoke and make Nil and Void all former Will and Wills by me at any time here to fore made and
do declare this to be my last Will and Testament in witness whereof I have subscribed my name and set my hand
and seal this Fourth Day of August Eighteen Hundred and Thirteen. Thomas Lucas [Signed]
Signed, sealed, declared and published by the above [?] Thomas Lucas the testator as his Last Will and Testament
in presence of us at his request and in his presence have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.
James Lord. Robert Nash. [both signed] |
Epilogue |
Tribute
My gratitude goes to Miss Dulcie Lucas [deceased] whose family tree diagram
[noted compiled by herself, over years of research], which provided some of the
BDM dates and some residences of the children and grandchildren of Thomas
and Ann Lucas noted herewith. Dulcie was a renown and respected Lucas
Family Historian and her contributions in the Research of the Early Lucas
Family in Tasmania has been an invaluable asset to all Descendants of this
Lineage. |
Ann Lucas [aka or nee Howard] [c.1758-1832]: widow of Thomas Lucas; Ann was fifty-four when Thomas died and she continued living in the family home at Queenborough, still caring for her two younger sons John and Nathaniel who also helped maintain the farm. Ann survived Thomas by a further seventeen years. Ann Lucas was buried on the 10th June, 1832 at the recorded age of 74 and was buried at St.David’s Park Church in Hobart interred beside her beloved husband Thomas. She was survived by her four sons; Thomas 41; Richard 38; John 35; and Nathaniel 33 [unmarried] and fourteen grandchildren. |
Thomas Lucas [the younger] [1791-1846] - son of Thomas Lucas and Ann [aka or nee Howard]; Four months after his father’s death Thomas married Elizabeth Blinkworth [b.1798] on the 14th December,1815 at Hobart Town. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Blinkworth [1758-1846] and Elizabeth nee Cummings [1772-1832]. Thomas established a whaling station at Adventure Bay on Bruny Island in 1825 and four years later formed at partnership with Captain James Kelly. The two men had other stations including those at Slopen Island and Maria Island. Thomas also had interests in several Hotels in the Hobart region, a well-respected Publican. Details of Land Grants can be found in the Colonial Secretary’s Papers Index Online;LSD 1/87/287-96; In May 1829 he made an Application for additional grant without purchase. 60 acre Grant – 200 acre Purchase. Had erected dwelling house, weatherboard £100; barn £180; outhouses £20; ½ m fences. House: Hotel £500; Schooner £800; 5 whale boats £250. Statement of Thomas [Larcelles?]; “I have known this Applicant Mr. Thomas Lucas ever since I came to the Colony and I am sure I could not recommend a more deserving Individual”. Thomas states he is native of Colony – May 1829 with wife and 5 children. Had impressed his [Pitt Water?] farm which cost c. 1,000 pounds. Whale fishing extensively for last three years. Schooner and boats £1,400. House about £500. Dated: 10th July 1829; [CSO1/400/9017?] NSW State Library; Thomas became a licensee of the “City of London Arms” Hotel in Campbell Street, Hobart in October 1823 and lived there until his death in 1846. He also had land on the corner of Collins and Campbell St. Hobart, a grant of land at Kingsborough and 200 acres at Pittwater. He also owned land at Ross, and it was reported that his whaling interests had earned him £9,000 [Family file:Tasmanian Archives]. He was also a shipbuilder and in 1840 when his new vessel was completed, he was unable to buy an anchor for it. He applied to the Governor but was told that there were none to spare [CS05/233/5925]. Thomas' wife Elizabeth Lucas [nee Blinkworth] died on the 12th October 1830 at the age of thirty-two. Her children’s ages at her death were; Elizabeth 14yrs, Susannah 12yrs, Sarah 9yrs, Thomas John 7yrs, Mary Ann 5yrs. Thomas does not appear to have remarried. He was recorded on the 1842 and 1843 Census held in Tasmania. Thomas survived his wife Elizabeth by sixteen years and died suddenly on the 5th February 1846 at the age of 55yrs. Notice of his death was published the following Day; SUDDEN DEATH:- Our Obituary of to-day reads the death, after a short illness, of Mr. Thomas Lucas of the London Arms, in the Old Market-place, - affording another example of sudden dissolution, of which we have lately witnessed so many instances. Mr. Lucas’s funeral takes place tomorrow, and no doubt a numerous [?] of mourners will follow his remains to their last resting place. Mr. Lucas was much esteemed by a large circle of friends, who appreciated his [?], as a man of strict habits and sterling integrity. Thomas appears to have died Testate: Two entries at the Tasmania Archives recording Wills are; Lucas, Thomas – 1846 – AD960/2 – 287. Lucas, Thomas – 1846 – AD961/2 – 645–192. Issue: Thomas and Elizabeth recorded six children; Elizabeth Lucas: born 16th Nov.1816. Elizabeth married Michael Connor on 16th Nov. 1835 St. David’s Hobart. Susannah Lucas: born 20th Nov. 1818. Susannah Lucas married William Nichols [4/6/1817–12/7/1880] on the 30th July 1838 Clarence Plains. Susannah died on the 28th Sept 1894 at the age of seventy-six. Sarah Lucas: born 1st May 1821. Sarah Lucas married William Field [b.1816] on the 6th April 1839 at Holy Trinity Hobart. Sarah died on the 18th Nov. 1861 at the age of forty. Thomas John Lucas: born 21st September 1823. Thomas John Lucas married Emily Jane Sims [17/5/1826-2/8/1888] at St. David’s Hobart on the 13th April 1847. Thomas like his father was a shipbuilder. Thomas died on the 19th April 1866 at the age of forty-three. His widow Emily remarried seven months later to William Short at St.Georges Sorell on the 12th November 1866. Mary Ann Lucas: born 8th December 1825. Mary Ann married John Ritchie [b.1822] at Christs Church Longford. Issue: Eliza Ritchie born in 1828 who died in infancy on the 24th July 1828. Louisa Ritchie born17th May 1829. Louisa died two months after her mother on the 30th December 1830 aged 7 months. Further reading: http://members.trump.net.au/ahvem/Family/Harrison/Sophie's_sisters.html Further Newspaper Articles: National Library Australia: http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/search?adv=y |
Richard Lucas [1794-1862] - second son of Thomas Lucas and Ann [aka or nee Howard]; Synopsis; After his father's death in 1815 Richard worked as a Constable in Hobart. Richard Lucas married the young widow Elizabeth Green [nee Fawkner] in 1816. Richard and Elizabeth nee Fawkner had nine children. Richard was killed in a cart accident in 1862 at the age of sixty-eight. For the Full Story of Richard's marriage to Elizabeth nee Fawkner and their children and their respective outcomes; See linked page The Story of Richard Lucas and Elizabeth nee Fawkner. |
John Lucas [1797-1883] - third son of Thomas Lucas and Ann [aka or nee Howard]; John was nineteen years old when he was beneficiary in his father’s Will in 1815.
An Estate of 180 acres was to be shared by John and his brother Nathaniel after their mother’s death.
Both John and Nathaniel lived on the Estate working the farm till their mother's death in 1832.
John Lucas married Sophia Sherburd [b.1807 Norfolk Is.] on the 21st July 1824 at St. Davids Hobart Town. Sophia was the daughter of William Sherburd [1770 Middlesex Eng. – 1826 Hobart] and Esther nee Thornton [1758 Middlesex, Eng. – 1822 Hobart]. Prior and after his mother’s death John became successful at farming. Details of Land Grants can be found at the Colonial Secretary’s Papers Online - NSW State Records. John Lucas was found on the 1851 Census in Tasmania; He was recorded as the Head of the Household. His house was of wood & 18 persons resided in the house of various ages. There were two Catholics a male and female, the remainder in the house were C of E. Recorded was one Farmer, seven Gardeners, Stockment & Farm Servants. Also, In: 'All other Persons not included in the foregoing Classes 1 married - 8 single males and one married - 4 unmarried females. According to the estimated count, only one of John's younger daughters does not appear to be in the house that night. The document is dated 3rd March 1851 at Browns River. John like his brother Thomas was also engaged in Shipbuilding later at Battery Point. One of his vessels was the “The Star of Tasmania”[Courier 2 May 1859]. John Lucas died on the 11th June 1883 at Kingston Tasmania at the age of eighty-six. His Obituary was recorded as follows; ‘THE LATE MR. JOHN LUCAS. – A very old and respected resident of Kingston, Mr. John Lucas, sen.,
died at 3 o’clock yesterday morning, greatly respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.
Mr. John Lucas, sen., was born at Norfolk Island on the 25th June 1797, and arrived at the ‘settlement’,
Hobart, with his parents and three brothers, in the ship ‘City of Edinburgh’, about the month of October,
1808. The deceased with his parents, shortly after their arrival and in the year 1809, went to reside at
Brown’s River, near where the new bridge is now being erected, his father having secured a grant of land
along the banks of that stream, including the site on which the village of Kingston now stands. Upon the
death of his father in 1815, the deceased and his younger brother Nathaniel carried on farming operations
until the death of their mother, when they entered into a partnership which existed for some years, during
which additional properties in the neighborhood and at North West Bay were obtained by the partners.
Upon dissolution of the partnership and the division of the properties of the firm, the deceased became the
owner of the property on the southern side of Brown’s River, on which he resided until his death, and his
brother that on the north side. The deceased took an active interest in local politics from the inauguration
of responsible government, and also in all public matters connected with the district of Kingborough and
the colony generally, until incapacitated by age and bodily infirmities; and until within a short time of his
death kept up that interest, although confined to his room. [From p.19: House. The History of Kingston].
John may have died Testate and it is advised that interested persons could visit the Tasmanian Archives Online
under Index to Wills.
John's widow Sophia survived him a further 16 years and died on the 28th Nov. 1899, buried
at St.Clements Kingston at the age of ninety-two.
Issue;
William Lucas born 13th March 1825. William died 15th May 1826 aged 14 months.
John Lucas born 11th June 1826.
John married Sophia Strang [b. 1829] at St.Davids Hobart on the 9th March 1848.
He became a Master Mariner, Captain and Ship Builder.
Sophia died on the 23rd June 1881 aged fifty-two.
John died on the 27th April 1908 aged eighty-two.
Nathaniel Lucas born 14th July 1828.
Nathaniel married Julia Abel [b.1831] marriage date unknown.
Julia was the daughter of William ‘the younger’ and Julianne Abel [nee Hibbins].
Nathaniel died on the 7th February 1889 at the age of sixty-one.
Sophia Lucas born 3rd Nov. 1830.
Sophia married Henry William Hopwood [b.1/5/1824] the son of George and Ann Hopwood
[nee Sherburd] at Kingston on the 10th March 1853.
Sophia died on the 11th June 1909 at the age of seventy-nine.
Thomas Lucas born 25th March 1833. Thomas married Elizabeth Agnus McCann [b.1834]
at St. Josephs Roman Catholic Church at Hobart on the 29th March 1853,
nineteen days after his sister Sophia's marriage.
Thomas died on the 1st September 1872 at the age of thirty-nine.
William Robert Lucas born 6th Sept 1835.
Robert became a Solicitor.
He married 1) Annie Baker [12/5/1834-12/10/1880] at Kingston on the 10th Sept. 1856.
After Annie’s death in 1882 Robert married Elizabeth Cooper Kay [10/1/1860-16/5/1899]
being 25 years her senior.
They were married at Holy Trinity Hobart on the 25th April 1882.
William Robert Lucas died on the 14th July 1896 at the age of sixty-one.
Richard James Lucas born 1st Nov. 1837.
Richard James married Elizabeth Fisher at St.John Baptist Hobart on the
12th June 1867. Elizabeth died on the 23rd Jan 1913.
Richard died three years later on the 17th July 1916 at the age of seventy-nine.
Sarah Esther Lucas born 7th March 1840.
Aged 21yrs Sarah Esther Lucas married William Richard Coventry on the
25thDecember 1861.
Mary Ann Lucas: born 7th March 1840.
Mary Anne never married, she was fondly known as ‘Aunt Annie’ by her niece,
Dulcie Lucas,the renowned Lucas Family Historian [now deceased – by 2006]
mentioned above.
Mary Ann Lucas died without issue on the 5th Sept. 1923 aged eighty-one.
Charlotte Jane Lucas: born 25th July 1844.
Charlotte Jane married Richard John Fisher [30/5/1839-28/10/1883] the son of Joseph
& Mary Fisher of Brown’s River.
Charlotte and John were married at Kingston on the 1st April 1865.
Charlotte Jane died a widow on the 30th Nov. 1907 at the age of sixty-three.
Susan Elizabeth Lucas: born 17th January 1847.
Susan Elizabeth married Mowbray Tapfield [b.1841] at Brown’s River on the
4th December 1872.
Susan Elizabeth died on the 4th Sept. 1921 at the age of seventy-four.
Ellen Amelia Lucas: born 1st June 1849. Ellen Amelia Lucas married William John Fisher [25/10/1843-2/6/1930]
at Holy Trinity Hobart on the 8th December 1883. William was the son of Joseph & Rosannah
Fisher nee Stanfield of Oatlands.
Ellen Amelia died on the 22nd December 1943 aged ninety-four.
Further Reading
Newspaper Articles: The National Library Australia: http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/search?adv=y |
Nathaniel Lucas [1799-1875] - Youngest son of Thomas Lucas and Ann [aka or nee Howard]; Nathaniel was eighteen years old when he was beneficiary in his father’s Will in 1815. An Estate of 180 acres was to be shared by Nathaniel and his brother John after their mother’s death. Both John and Nathaniel lived on the Estate working the farm till their mother's death in 1832. Nathaniel and John formed a partnership after the death of their mother and ran the farm as a joint venture acquiring other neighbouring properties [See newspaper obituary for his brother John [above].] Two years after his mother’s death, Nathaniel Lucas married Elizabeth Fisher [born 24/12/1810 VDL] at Hobart Town on the 16th April 1834. Nathaniel like his father and brothers was a Colonial Success Story. He was recorded on the 1842, 1848 & 1852 Census for Tasmania. After some years the partnership was dissolved between Nathaniel and his brother John and Nathaniel took possession of the Estate to the North, his brother John took the half to the south. Nathaniel then built an outstanding two-storey house, now a local Icon, still known today as the ‘Red House’. [a photo is available online at Kingston Council Web site]. Nathaniel [the elder] died at his home in Kingston on the 24th March 1875 aged seventy-six. He may have died Testate and it is advised that interested persons could visit the Tasmanian Archives Online under Index to Wills: Lucas, Nathaniel – 1875 – AD960/11 – 77 – 1787. His widow Elizabeth [nee Fisher] survived him by a further twenty-six years. Elizabeth died on the 26th June 1901 at the ‘Red House’ and was buried at St. Clements Kingston at the age of ninety-one. The ‘Red House’ is now in the possession of the Kingston Golf Club and is still in use as their Clubrooms to this day. Nathaniel and Elizabeth [nee Fisher] had the following children; Nathaniel Edward Lucas: born 31st Jan. 1835. Nathaniel Edward died on the 26th June 1835 aged 5 months. Mary Ann Lucas: born 20th April 1836. Mary Ann died two days before Christmas on the 23rd December 1860 aged 24 yrs. Mary Ann does not appear to have married. Thomas William Lucas: born 11th August 1838. Thomas William Lucas married 1) Susan Bellett [11/5/1833-1/3/1868] at Sorell Tas. 6th October 1858. Susan died ten years later in 1868. Three months after Susan’s death Thomas William Lucas married2; Matilda Jane Worsley [10/8/1845-31/1/1873] at St. Clements Kingston on the 5th January 1869. Matilda died four years later in 1873. Eighteen months after Matilda’s death Thomas William Lucas married3 Rosannah Fisher [b.4/10/1848] at Church of St. Peter Oatlands. Thomas William Lucas died on the 10th August 1914 at the age of seventy-six. John Joseph Lucas: born 28th Dec. 1840. John Joseph married 1) Joanna Keen [22/2/1848-16/12/1881] at Hobart on the 5th Oct. 1868. Joanna died 13 years later in 1881. Four months after Joanna’s death John Joseph Lucas married2 Elizabeth Prentice Chittern [1860 – 23/10/1926] at St.Clements Kingston on the 12th April 1882. John Joseph Lucas died on the 19th May 1902 at the age of sixty-two. Susannah Elizabeth Lucas: born: 22nd Dec. 1842. Susannah Elizabeth Lucas died on the 22nd June 1849 aged 6 ½ years. Emily Sophia Lucas: born 16th April 1846. Emily never married and appears to have lived with her two sisters Susannah Elizabeth [2] and Alice Sarah. All three died at the same address, without having been married. Emily Sophia Lucas was the first of the three spinster sisters to die. She died at ‘Cleavedon’ at 26 Tindale Road Artarmon NSW on the 2nd March 1928 at the age of eighty-two. Edward Lucas: 'Red Ted': born 16th June 1848. Edward Lucas died unmarried & without issue on the 19th April 1916 aged sixty-eight. Susannah Elizabeth Lucas [2]: born 31st March 1851. Susannah lived with her two unmarried sisters Emily Sophia and Alice Sarah. All three died at the same address, without having been married. Susannah Elizabeth Lucas [2] was the second of the three spinster sisters to die. She died at ‘Cleavedon’ at 26 Tindale Road Artarmon NSW on the 5th March 1931 aged eighty. Alice Sarah Lucas: born 18th September 1853. Alice lived with her two unmarried sisters Emily Sophia and Susannah Elizabeth [2]. All three died at the same address, without having been married. Alice Sarah Lucas was the youngest of the three spinster sisters and the last to die. She died at ‘Cleavedon’ at 26 Tindale Road Artarmon NSW on the 12th June 1939 aged eighty-six. Further Reading; Several Newspaper Articles: http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/search?adv=y |
Richard Pitt- Joint Executor - Respected Friend;
It is not known exactly when, but Thomas developed a strong friendship with two of the settlers nearby.
One was Richard Pitt who had arrived at the Colony as a Marine aboard the ‘Oceanic’ in 1803,the same
tiny two ship Fleet that the Fawkner family traveled aboard who were of the first settlers in VDL.
After sometime in the service of the Police Force in Hobart Town Richard Pitt was granted a hundred acres of
land at Buckingham about 2 ½ miles northwest of Hobart. |
Robert Littlejohn [1756-1818] - Joint Executor - Respected Friend; Robert Littlejohn [1756-1818], also voyaged on the 1st Fleet to Van Diemen's Land per the Oceanic. An Artist, teacher & Botanist, he held 120 acres also at Buckingham in the district known as 'Montrose Estate' with his servant Thomas Littlefield. The Estate was possibly named after the Scottish Township where he may have been born. Further reading: http://www.daao.org.au/main/read/4012 + others - See Google Books. |
Name |
THOMAS |
Spouse; Elizabeth Blinkworth |
RICHARD |
Spouse; Elizabeth Fawkner |
JOHN |
Spouse; Sophia [Sherburd] |
NATHANIEL |
Spouse Elizabeth Fischer |
Comments |
PARENTS |
PARENTS | PARENTS | PARENTS | PARENTS | PARENTS | PARENTS | PARENTS | ||
Thomas Lucas |
John Blinkworth |
Thomas Lucas |
John Fawkner |
Thomas Lucas |
William Sherburd |
Thomas Lucas |
Edward Fischer |
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Ann [Howard] |
Elizabeth [Cummings] |
Ann [Howard] |
Hannah [Pascoe] |
Ann [Howard] |
Elizabeth [Thornton] |
Ann [Howard] |
Elizabeth [Gregory] |
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| SIBLINGS | SIBLINGS | SIBLINGS | SIBLINGS | SIBLINGS | SIBLINGS | SIBLINGS | SIBLINGS | ||
Richard |
John Edward Blinkworth |
Thomas Lucas |
John Pascoe Fawkner |
Richard Lucas |
John Sherburd |
Richard Lucas |
Edward Fischer |
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John |
Robert Blinkworth |
John Lucas |
John Lucas |
Elizabeth Sherburd |
John Lucas |
William Fischer |
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Nathaniel |
Nathaniel Lucas |
Nathaniel Lucas |
William Sherburd |
Nathaniel Lucas |
Joseph Fischer |
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ISSUE |
ISSUE |
ISSUE |
ISSUE |
ISSUE |
ISSUE |
ISSUE |
ISSUE |
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Alfred |
Alfred Anguish |
Alfred - Unknown |
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Alice |
Alice Sarah [9] |
Alice - Unknown |
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Amelia |
Amelia Sophia
Child [3] |
Ellen Amelia Child [12] |
Emily [Amelia?] Sophia [6] |
Amelia - Unknown but significant. |
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Ann |
Mary Ann Child [5] |
Ann Child [1] |
Mary Ann Child [9] |
Mary Ann Child [2] |
Ann - namesake of mother Ann nee Howard Mary Ann - combination could be significant. |
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Anguish |
Alfred Anguish Child [8] |
Anguish - said to be named such after a difficult birth. |
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Charles |
Walter Charles Child [9] |
Charles - unknown |
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Charlotte |
Charlotte Child [10] |
Charlotte - unknown |
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Edward |
Edward Child [7] |
Edward - maternal grandfather |
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Elizabeth |
Elizabeth Child [2] |
Susannah Elizabeth [5] Susannah Elizabeth [8] |
Namesakes of respective mothers. |
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Ellen |
Ellen Amelia Child [12] |
Ellen - Unknown |
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Emily |
Emily Sophia Child [6] |
Likely 'Amelia' - Unknown |
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Esther |
Sarah Esther Child [8] |
Esther - Unknown |
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James |
James L Child [8] |
Richard James [7] |
James - Unknown |
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John |
Thomas John [4] |
John Richard Child [2] |
John Child [2] |
John Joseph [4] |
John - John Lucas - paternal Uncle |
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Joseph |
John Joseph [4] |
Joseph - Joseph Fischer - maternal Uncle |
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L. |
James L [8] |
L - Unknown |
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Mary |
Mary Ann Child [5] |
Mary Louise Child [4] |
Mary Ann Child [9] |
Mary Ann Child [2] |
Mary- a significant LUCAS Family Name. |
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Louisa |
Louisa Child [6] |
Mary Louise Child [4] |
Louise - Unknown |
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Nathaniel |
Nathaniel Child [6] |
Nathaniel Child [3] |
Nathaniel Edward Child [1] |
Nathaniel - Nathaniel Lucas |
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Pascoe |
William Pascoe Child [5] |
Pascoe - Hannah Fawkner [nee Pascoe' Maternal Grandmother. |
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Richard |
John Richard Child [2] |
Richard James Child [7] |
Richard - Richard Lucas |
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Robert |
William Robert Child [6] |
Robert - perhaps Robert Blinkworth, brother-in-law of father. |
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Sarah |
Sarah[3] |
Sarah Esther Child [8] |
Alice Sarah [9] |
Sarah - unknown |
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Sophia |
Amelia Sophia Child [3] |
Sophia Child [4] |
Emily Sophia Child [4] |
Sophia - Sophia Lucas nee Sherburd, wife of John Lucas. |
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Susan/ Susannah |
Susannah Child [1] |
Susan Elizabeth Child [11] |
Susannah Elizabeth [5] Susannah Elizabeth [8] |
Susannah - a significant LUCAS name. |
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Thomas |
Thomas John Child [4] |
Thomas Child [5] |
Thomas William Child [3] |
Thomas - Thomas Lucas [snr.] |
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Walter |
Walter Charles Child [9] |
Walter - Unknown |
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William |
William Pascoe Child [5] |
William Child [1] William Robert Child [6] |
Thomas William Child [3] |
William - Possibly William Sherburd. William - alternatively unknown. |
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