William Lucas & Mary Ann Hall, of Billericay

William Lucas was the third son of William Lucas of Stapleton Hall, and the brother of Joseph Lucas of Stapleton House, Upper Tooting, from whom we are descended. He was born in 1818 at Stapleton Hall, Stroud Green, Hornsey, and married Mary Ann Hall of Essex. He is listed in the Lucas Book as a farmer and corn merchant.

It ended as a bit of a lonely life.  They had nine children, and from them there were 22 grandchildren, 16 in South Africa and 6 in the United States.  The eldest, William (Cloudsley) Lucas, went to South Africa and as far as I can tell, married and raised a family there and never came back to England.