The Will of John Lucas [Snr] [bef.1664-1738] of Leatherhead |
In the Name of God Amen I John Lucas of the Parish of Leatherhead in the County of Surrey Wheelwright of Health of body and of perfect
mind and memory thanks be to God for it so make this my last Will and Testament in manner following
First I commend my soul to God and my Body I submit to the Earth to be Devoutly buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named.
I give to my Grandson John Lucas all the my Stock in my Shop and Yard and all the Working Tools belonging to the said Shop and Yard
paying to my Loving Wife Sarah Lucas the sum of four shillings per week during the Term of her Natural life if he doth not care for to
provide for her in his own house or she be pleased for to live elsewhere.
I give to my said wife Sarah all my household goods during the Term of her Natural life and after her decease to my said Grandson
John Lucas.
I give to my son James Lucas the sum of Thirty Shillings and all the money that shall be owing on Book from him.
I give to my sons Henry Lucas, William Lucas and my granddaughter Carlo Varne [Carol Varney] the sum of four pounds apiece of good
and Lawful money [of Great Britain [added on side]].
I give to my Daughter Ann Woodruff the sum of Twenty five Shillings.
I Give to my granddaughter Patience Lucas the Sum of Thirty Shillings.
I give to my grandchildren John, James, Thomas, Mary and Frances Lucas children of my son James the sum of Ten Shillings apiece.
I give to my grandchildren Edward and Ann Lucas, Son and Daughter of my son Henry Lucas the sum of Ten Shillings apiece.
I give to my grandchildren Ann and Joseph Woodruff the sum of Ten Shillings apiece.
Lastly I Make and Ordain my loving wife Sarah and my grandson John Lucas Sole Executrix and Executor of this my last Will and
Testament revoking all former Wills by me heretofore made [?] to this my last Will and Testament Set my hand and Seal this fourth day
of April One Thousand Seven hundred and Thirty Eight. The mark of John ‡ ‡ [small seal] Sealed Published and Declared by the said
John Lucas as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us - John Toye [signed] John Rogers [signed] NB The Words I give my son
James Lucas the Sume of Thirty Shillings and all the money that shall be owing in my book from him was in book before the Sealing
hereof.
This Will was proved on the Fifth Day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Thirty Eight before the
Reverend Robert Johnson Clerk a Surrogate by Sarah Lucas Widow the Relict and John Lucas the Grandson the Executors named in the
said Will To whom Administration was granted being first Sworn Duly to Administer - Examined.
Transcribed from a Copy of the Original by Site Author Judy Adams.
Transcriber's Notes:
- The Bulk of the Testator's Estate was likely in the Stock and tools etc. within his shop.
- He does not mention a cottage or residence.
- His cash assets were around £18, and the subsequent profit from the running of his shop to provide the 4s per week to his Widow.
- The dating of the Will i.e. 4th April 1738 and the Administration granted on the 5th February 1738 is impossible.
The anomaly was undoubtedly an error in the Year Date during the usual process in Court of making Copy of the Will
when it was originally Published.
The date of signing would more likely have been the 4th April 1737. The Administration date would be correct in that it is
consistent with the burial of John Lucas at St. Nicholas, Leatherhead recorded 'Buried 4th February 1738 John Lucas Snr'.
See Extract of the Will relating to Administration [Click to enlarge image]
Witnesses: - John Toye - assumed bapt. at Leatherhead 1696 son of Edward. Was Literate, possibly a Churchwarden or Citizen.
- John Rogers - possibly bapt. at Leatherhead 1686 or 1691. Was Literate, possibly a Churchwarden or Citizen.
Administration: - Reverend Robert Johnson [c.1668-1752]- Surrogate on behalf of Archdeaconry Court
- Held the living at St. Nicholas, Leatherhead since 1686 baptising and burying all the Lucas Family.
- He retired in 1749 at the estimated age of eighty-four.
- Reverend Robert Johnson was buried three years later on the 14th April 1752.
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Widow of John Lucas Snr. |
SARAH LUCAS - Maiden name and marriage details unknown.
- Joint Executrix - Beneficiary - Widow.
- She may not have been the only spouse of John Lucas.
- She was not favoured in the naming patterns of John snr's children, however was hinted in his great grandchildren.
- Sarah survived John Snr. by a further four years, buried at Leatherhead on the 30th November 1741, recorded 'widow'. |
Children of John Lucas [snr]. |
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CHILD 1: ROBERT LUCAS
[1686-1762/64]
Spouse: Mary Bartlett
Issue listed - follow link below |
Robert Lucas was baptised at St. Nicholas, Leatherhead on the 18th February 1686, recorded 'son of John'
Robert married Mary Bartlett, 2nd November 1713 at the same venue, the third daughter of Edward Bartlet of Leatherhead,
by whom he had issue.
Although living in 1738, he nor his children were not mentioned in the Will of John Lucas 'snr'.
However the great nephew of his wife 'Thomas Bartlett' was a beneficiary in the Will of John 'Snr's' grandson John Lucas [aka Lucass] in 1797.
Several possible reasons for this omission are presented.
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CHILD 2: SARAH LUCAS
[1689-pre 1738] |
Sarah was baptised 8th Jan 1689 at St. Nicholas, Leatherhead, recorded 'daughter of John'.
Not mentioned in the Will of 1738, she is assumed to have predeceased her father.
She was likely buried 23rd June 1796 [est. aged seven] or 15th February 1700 [est. aged eleven]. |
CHILD 3: JOHN LUCAS
[1690-1731/4]
Spouse: Patience Punter
Issue: John Lucas [aka Lucass]
Patience Lucas |
John Lucas was baptised at St. Nicholas, Leatherhead on the 21st May 1690 recorded 'son of John'.
At the age of twenty-two he married Patience Punter on the 8th January, 1712 at Little Bookham, Surrey [3 miles W of Leatherhead].
assumed the daughter of William Punter [baptised 17th Feb. 1686 Kingston upon Thames]
Little is known of him except either he or his father was mentioned in the Document [above] relating to Buck Page dated 1726.
John is not mentioned in the Will of his father John Lucas 'snr' in 1738, however both his surviving children John and Patience were legatees.
John is assumed to have been buried at Leatherhead on either 10th August 1731 [aged forty-one] or 11th Sept. 1734 [aged thirty-four].
His spouse or daughter may be the same buried at Leatherhead 'Patience Lukis' 16th June 1761 [mother aged 75yrs - daughter aged 27-49].
Issue;
Child: John Lucas [1714-1797] aka John Lucass, baptised at Leatherhead, 24th August 1714, recorded 'son of John'.
At the age of twenty-four [unmarried], John was a Major Beneficiary and co-executor in his paternal grandfather's Will 1738.
Later recorded a Wheelwright he appears to have learnt his Trade from his paternal grandfather also a wheelwright
At the age of forty-four he married the widow Mary Francis at Leatherhead by licence in 1758.
He died Testate, a widower, without Issue in 1797, buried at Leatherhead 24th May 1797 recorded aged eighty-three.
His Estate at his death was estimated at £5,000 and was distributed amongst the surviving descendants of his paternal
grandfather with several other minor beneficiaries and the Will was challenged by some of the Legatees in 1806.
He was remarkable in Leatherhead History for his bequeathal to the Leatherhead School, which was still applying his Estate
as recently as 1989.
Extended Information, a copy of his Will and the distribution of his Estate is provided in the following link;
Child: Patience Lucas born [unknown] - a legatee in her paternal grandfather's Will 1738.
No marriage found.
Patience or her mother buried at Leatherhead 'Patience Lukis' 16th June 1761 [mother aged 75yrs - Patience aged *27-49].
* this estimation is based on the marriage of her parents and latest estimated death of her father]
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CHILD 4: THOMAS LUCAS
[1691-1708/32] |
Thomas Lucas was baptised at St. Nicholas, Leatherhead on the 10th March 1691, recorded 'son of John'
He was not mentioned in his father's Will in 1738.
He is assumed buried at Leatherhead 17th May 1708 [est. aged seventeen] or 8th June 1732 [est. aged forty-one years].
No Issue was implied in his father's Will. |
CHILD 5: JAMES LUCAS - Legatee in 1738
[1694-1772]
Spouse: Frances Parker
Issue: John [1724] - Legatee in 1738
James [1727] - Legatee in 1738
Thomas [1729] - Legatee in 1738
Mary [1732]- Legatee in 1738
Fanny [1736]- Legatee in 1738
Elizabeth [1737/8]
Sarah [1739] |
James Lucas was baptised on the 6th Sept 1694 at Leatherhead, recorded 'son of John'.
At the time of the death of his father James was aged forty-four years & married with several Issue.
At the age of twenty-nine he married Frances Parker at Leatherhead 30th September 1723 at Leatherhead recording three sons at this venue
between 1724-1729.
The couple then moved to Chessingham, where several parish entries were recorded for 'Parker', considered Frances had family there.
During their period of residence at Chessingham between 1732-1736, two daughters were born.
During this time James recorded a debt on his father's books, which was forgiven in 1737 [Father's Will].
The couple then settled at Effingham [8m S of Leatherhead] where two more daughters were born in 1738 & 1739.
James was a legatee in his father's Will in 1738 in addition to his debt being erased.
His first five children were also legatees in their paternal grandfather's Will i.e. John, James, Thomas, Mary & Frances.
James Lucas was buried at Effingham 31st March 1761 estimated aged sixty-seven.
His widow Frances survived him a further eleven years, buried at Effingham on the 21st April 1772.
Note: By 1797 only two of their children had survived i.e. their eldest son John and daughter Fanny.
They and their children were well favoured, with several other surviving Family Members in the Will of their 1st cousin John Lucas
[aka Lucass], the nephew of their father James Lucas by his elder brother John.
Issue;
Child 1: John Lucas baptised 22nd Sept. 1724 Leatherhead - aged fourteen when Legatee in the Will of his paternal grandfather in 1738.
- Married Mary Bradford in 1724 by whom he had Issue. He was Legatee, with his children and several other family members
including his sister Frances, in the Will of his 1st Cousin John Lucass in 1797. He challenged the said Will with several other
beneficiaries in 1806. He died Testate 1808 at Southwark, Surrey.
Child 2: James Lucas baptised 23rd June 1727 Leatherhead - aged eleven when Legatee in the Will of his paternal grandfather in 1738.
- Died unmarried and without issue estimated aged nineteen, buried at Effingham on the 2nd June 1746.
Child 3: Thomas Lucas baptised 21st Nov. 1729 Leatherhead - aged nine when Legatee in the Will of his paternal grandfather in 1738.
- There is a burial entry at Effingham 22nd March 1748 est aged nineteen, however this entry was recorded 'child'.
He was certainly deceased by 1797 and no Issue was recorded in any family documents at that time.
Child 4: Mary Lucas baptised 7th December 1732 Chessingham - aged six when Legatee in the Will of her paternal grandfather in 1738.
- Mary was buried at Effingham on the 3rd April 1745 estimated aged thirteen years.
Child 5: Fanny Lucas baptised 5th Feb. 1736 Chessington - aged two years when Legatee in the Will of her paternal grandfather in 1738.
- Fanny married Thomas Boxall at Thames Ditton in 1766 by whom she had issue.
She was Legatee, with her children and several other family members including his brother John, in the Will of her 1st Cousin
John Lucass in 1797. She was mentioned in the Challenge of the said Will in 1806. Fanny died 1808 at Mortlake, Surrey.
Child 6: Elizabeth Lucas baptised 10th Feb. 1738 at Effingham.
- There was an 'Elizabeth Lucas' recorded 'infant' buried at Effingham 15th February 1737.
[could be a transcription error in baptism or burial year?] - she was not mentioned in the Will of her grandfather 1738.
Child 7: Sarah Lucas baptised 26th March 1739 at Effingham.
Sarah was deceased by 1797.
Note: There was a Will of Thomas Skeet, Yeoman, of Effingham dated 6th October 1727, Proved 18th December 1727
He mentions land at Leatherhead and also James Lucas and his children 'Miss Ann Lucas, James Lucas jnr;
John Lucas and 'Miss Mary Lucas'. Also his kinsman Richard Skeet.
The names of the Lucas beneficiaries are consistent with the family of James [above] father John Lucas snr [c.1664-1739]
of Leatherhead and his children. It may also explain the reason for John's son James Lucas' move to Effingham if the
Lucas Family may have had maternal family there.
LMA Ref: dw/oa/5/1727/105
Excerpts in the Will were kindly provided by Trevor Howard at his online Site:
SURREY WILLS - URL http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/index.shtml Ref SRY 2388
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CHILD 6: HENRY LUCAS - Legatee in 1738
[1697-post 1738]
Issue: Edward - Legatee in 1738
Ann - Legatee in 1738 |
Henry Lucas baptised at Leatherhead 4th July 1697, recorded 'son of John'.
He was aged forty-one, married and had two children at the death of his father in 1738.
[Tenuous] He be the same who married Elizabeth Risbridger at Banstead 24th July 1720.
He was a legatee, with his children, in the Will of his father in 1738.
Issue;
Child: Edward - was a legatee in the Will of his grandfather in 1738.
?There was one baptism for Edward Lucas 7th April 1721 recorded 'son of Henry' at nearby Dorking.
By 1797 there was no mention of Edward or any likely issue in any family documents at that time.
Several Burials at Dorking may apply.
Child: Ann - was a legatee in the Will of his grandfather in 1738.
Ann was not personally mentioned in any subsequent family documents. No marriage found. |
CHILD 7: ELIZABETH LUCAS
[1701-bef. 1738]
Possible Spouse: Varney
Possible Issue: Carol Varney - Legatee in 1738 |
Elizabeth was baptised at St. Nicholas, Leatherhead 22nd April 1701, recorded 'daughter of John'
Based on her age and other contingencies she seems to be the only candidate for the mother of Carol Varne, the said granddaughter
and legatee in the Will of John Lucas 'Snr' of Leatherhead in 1738.
Elizabeth was deceased by this time - not mentioned in her father's Will.
Carol would then be her only surviving child.
Proposed Issue;
Child: Carol Varney [aka Carlo Varne] - granddaughter and legatee in the Will of John Lucas 'snr' of Leatherhead.
- Baptism not found - assumed the daughter of Elizabeth Lucas the daughter of John Lucas Snr of Leatherhead.
- Carol is calculated born between 1732-1737. [based on the birth of her youngest child and other contingencies]
- Caroline Varney married John Chapman on the 30th June 1761 at Ashtead Surrey [1m of Leatherhead].
- Caroline Chapman [nee Varney] was buried at Ashtead 14th April 1769 recorded 'w'.
- Issue;
Child 1: John Chapman baptized 19th Sept. 1762 at Ashtead
John is not mentioned in any subsequent family documents and no issue is implied.
Child 2: Sarah Chapman baptized 9th August 1767 at Ashtead
Sarah was a legatee with several other family members in the Will of John Lucass in 1797,
recipient of the interest of £400 per annum for her life with the improviso that if she does not have Issue
then upon her decease her legacy would fall to other named surviving family members.
At this point Sarah would have been aged thirty-five. No marriage or burial found to date. |
CHILD 8: WILLIAM LUCAS- Legatee in 1738
[1703-1785]
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William Lucas baptised at St. Nicholas, Leatherhead 14th March 1703, recorded 'son of John'
He was aged thirty-five at the death of his father - Appears unmarried no Issue mentioned in his father's Will [1738].
Appears to be buried at Leatherhead 12th October 1785 recorded aged 81yrs, assumed unmarried & without issue.
There is some confusion relating to another 'William Lucas' related to this family who does not appear in the
Testator's Will but who died in 1760. His Estate seized by the Testator's grandson John Lucas aka Lucass. |
CHILD 9: ANN LUCAS - Legatee in 1738
[1707-1780]
Spouse: Joseph Woodruff [1700-1741]
Issue: Joseph [1730] - died in infancy
Ann [1734] - Legatee in 1738
Joseph [1737] - Legatee in 1738
John [1739]
Sarah [1741] - died in infancy |
Ann Lucas was baptised at St. Nicholas, Leatherhead 4th June 1707, recorded 'daughter of John'.
She was aged thirty-one years, married and had several children by the time of her father's death [1738].
At the age of twenty-two Ann married Joseph Woodruff [the 2nd] [- aka Woodroffe, aged twenty-nine] at Leatherhead 11th Dec. 1729.
Joseph Woodruff [2nd] was baptised 17th Oct 1700 at Fetcham [1m S of Leatherhead],
the son of Joseph Woodroffe [1st] and his wife Hannah.
Joseph [the elder] was buried at Leatherhead 22nd December 1748.
Joseph Woodruff [2nd] predeceased his father by seven years.
He was buried at Leatherhead 18th April 1741 estimated aged 41yrs.
He was survived by his widow Ann Woodroffe [nee Lucas] of twelve years marriage [est. aged 34yrs] and 'known' surviving children;
Ann aged seven years; Joseph [3rd] aged four; John aged two years and Sarah an infant.
Ann Woodruff [nee Lucas] survived her spouse by a further thirty-nine years, buried at Leatherhead 27th June 1780 at Leatherhead,
estimated aged 73yrs.
Her grandson Joseph Woodruff [4th] was beneficiary, with several other Lucas Family Members in the Will of Ann's nephew
John Lucass in 1797.
Children and Descendants of Ann Woodruff [nee Lucas] |
Child 1: Joseph Woodroffe baptised 19th February 1730. Buried 31st Oct. 1731 est. aged c. 20 months. |
Child 2: Ann Woodroffe baptised 22nd October, 1734.
Ann was aged four years when she was a beneficiary with her mother and younger brother Joseph
and several family members in the Will of her maternal grandfather John Lucas [c.1664-1738].
Ann was aged seven years when her father died in 1741.
She was recorded buried at St. Nicholas Leatherhead recorded as 'Ann Lucas 'jnr' Woodruf '
5th October 1749. Estimated aged 15 years. |
Child 3: Joseph Woodroffe [3rd] baptised 9th February 1737.
1738: Joseph was aged one year when he was a beneficiary with his mother and sister Ann and
several family members in the Will of his maternal grandfather John Lucas [c.1664-1738].
1741: Joseph was aged four when his father died in 1741.
1749: He was aged twelve when his only sibling Ann died in 1749, aged fifteen.
1768: At the age of thirty-three Joseph Woodroffe [3rd] married Jane Deeton at Leatherhead
in 29th May 1768.
He was later recorded [Will] as a Wheelwright and had amassed a vast Estate at his death.
1770: The couple recorded only one son, Joseph Woodruffe [4th] baptised at Leatherhead on the
27th July 1770.
1780: He was aged forty-three when his mother died, buried at Leatherhead 27th June 1780 est. aged 73yrs.
His only child Joseph [4th] was aged ten years.
1788: Joseph Woodruff [3rd] died Testate, buried 4th December 1788 est. aged 51yrs.
He was survived by his widow of twenty years marriage and his only son, Joseph Woodruff [4th].
His Will was proved on the 8th August 1789, the principal Legatees were his widow and only son
aged nineteen.
1790: His widow Jane Lucas [nee Deeton] died 17 months later, also buried at Leatherhead 8th April 1790.
She was survived by her only child Joseph Woodroffe [4th] then aged 20 years.
1791: The following year at the age of twenty-one, Joseph Woodroffe [4th] married Amelia Stevens
at Leatherhead on the 1st May 1791 by whom he had several Issue;
Child 1: Joseph Woodroffe bapt. 23rd May 1791 - Buried 27th May 1791 recorded '3 days'.
Child 2: Joseph Woodroffe bapt. 29th August 1792 - Did not survive.
Child 3: John Woodroffe bapt. 29th June 1794 - No further information.
Child 4: William Woodroffe bapt. 5th Aug. 1796 - Married and had Issue.
1797: Already wealthy in his own right by his father's Estate, Joseph Woodroffe [4th] was also a
Legatee in the Will of John Lucass [1797], the nephew of his grandmother Ann Woodroffe [nee Lucas].
Joseph was mentioned 'posthumous' in the Challenge to the same Will in 1806.
1799: Joseph Woodroffe [4th] died Testate, buried at Leatherhead on the 5th December 1799 recorded ' 29yrs',
leaving a widow and three young children.
1804: His widow Amelia Woodroffe [nee Stevens] remarried on the 9th Feb. 1804 to Thomas Gadd at Leatherhead.
1841: Amelia was recorded as Amelia Gadd on the 1841 Census living at Fairfield at Leatherhead noted aged 71yrs,
with her 2nd husband Thomas recorded aged 79 and occupation 'independent'.
1841: Amelia's son William Woodroffe age 41yrs was living 3 doors from his mother with his wife and young family,
recorded as a tailor, age 41 yrs with his wife and young family living at Fairfield, Leatherhead.
1849: Amelia Gadd [formerly Woodroffe nee Stevens] was buried at Leatherhead in 1849,
recorded aged 79yrs.
1852: Her son by William Woodroffe by Joseph Woodruff [4th] was buried at Leatherhead in 1852,
recorded aged ' 55yrs'. |
Child 4: John Woodroffe [child of Joseph Woodroffe [2nd] and his wife Ann [nee Lucas]]
Baptised at Leatherhead on the 21st August 1739.
No further information. |
Child 5: Sarah Woodroffe [child of Joseph Woodroffe [2nd] and his wife Ann [nee Lucas]]
Baptised at Leatherhead on the 31st March 1741.
Buried at Leatherhead on the 28th May 1741 aged c. 2 months. |
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Early Lucas Families of Leatherhead
Later of Kingston Upon Thames, Thames Ditton and Southwark Surrey.
