Lucas Genealogy
- Descendants of Thomas Lucas
- Surnames - list of surnames connected to the Lucas family
- Names - list of all names connected to the Lucas family
- Sources - list of all sources used
Cherry Ripe
The earliest Lucas, Thomas Lucas, was married to Phebe Wood, daughter of Moses Wood and Phebe Marsh. Phebe (Wood) is the great-granddaughter of Ralphe Wood, a colonel in King James' army. He was killed at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. It is said that he was known as "Cherry Ripe"!Wood-Wedgewood Connection
Phebe Wood's uncle, Ralph Wood (grandson of Cherry Ripe), married Mary Wedgwood, 3rd cousin of the famous Josiah Wedgwood. Mary is allegedly a direct descendant of Henry I and William the Conquerer. The history of the Wedgwood family is well documented, Josiah founded the famous Wedgwood pottery business and was the forebear of some famous descendants (Charles Darwin and Elizabeth Gaskell amongst them).Ralph Wood (III)
Mary Wedgewood's husband (also called Ralph Wood) was quite famous in his own right. He invented the Toby jug and set up a factory with his cousin Enoch (pictured in the 1840s).
The Prize for the Largest Family goes to...
Equal first: Thomas Lucas & Ellen Gantliff. If my records are correct they produced 17 children between 1861 and 1882. Their names were:
Frank,
Thomas,
Arthur,
Eleanor,
Jane,
Mary,
William Walter,
Jessie,
Eliza,
Ellen,
May (my great-grandmother),
Albert,
Henry,
Fanny,
Harriet,
Albert Gantliff,
Letitia.
James Thomas,
Alice,
William Walter,
Elsie Victoria,
Thomas Lucas,
David,
George,
Elizabeth,
Jesse,
Arthur,
Edward,
Mary,
Harold,
Norman,
John,
Samuel,
Ronald Loos.