Lawrence Lucas was the youngest son of Rudd Lucas and Sarah Lawrence. He was born in 1785 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire but eventually ended up farming in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire and died there in 1857. He was a nephew of Joseph Lucas the Whaler, and inherited Chester House, in Irchester, near Irthlingborough in 1807. [Check this info again from the will.] His other brothers also inherited from Joseph Lucas the Whaler. When his father Rudd died in 1810 he left his entire estate to the to daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah, explaining that his son had been provided for amply during his lifetime and by the terms of his uncles will.

It is so hard to tell all these years later but it does look like Lawrence was the youngest and least well off of the brothers, and then his sisters ended up well taken care of through their father’s will.

Lawrence Lucas married Sarah Prime November 28, 1807, a few months after the death of Joseph Lucas the Whaler who provided for him in his will.   The marriage was in Much Wymondley, Hertfordshire, and Sarah Prime is “of this parish”.  Still don’t know much about her though.

Their first child, Sarah Lawrence Lucas, was born in 1808 in Knebworth, Hertfordshire. She was followed by Elizabeth in 1810 and John in 1811.

Children of Lawrence and Sarah (Prime) Lucas

Lawrence and Sarah Lucas had three children. All were baptised in the parish church in Knebworth, Hertfordshire between 1808 and 1811.

Sarah Lucas

Sarah Lawrence Lucas married Edmond Foster of Cambridge and had a family.

Elizabeth Lucas

According to the Lucas Book Elizabeth Lucas was born in 2 July 1810. , however there is no further information about her so it is assumed that she died young.

John Lucas

John Lucas married Jane Freestone, of Irthlingborough, in 1835, and remained in the area farming. John and Jane had a large family including some sons who emigrated to the United States, and it is this family that has provided the few remaining male descendants who still carry the surname of Lucas.