William Lucas was born January 18, 1742, in Frederick County, Virginia, the son of Edward Lucas (1710 - 1777) and Mary (Darke) Lucas (1709 - 1743) William served in the French and Indian War, under William Darke (later General), and in 1776 became a First Lieutenant in Captain William Morgan's company of volunteers that reinforced General George Washington in New Jersey. [1]
William married Susannah Barnes, sister-in-law to James Rumsey, whose steamship experiments took place on the Potomic River, at Shepherdstown in Virginia (present-day West Virginia.) William built a large a large stone, L-shaped, 2-story house near Shepherdstown, known as "Linden Spring." The house is on the National Register of Historic Places and is significant as the childhood home of Robert Lucas (1781-1853), Governor of Ohio and first territorial governor of Iowa. [2]
Joseph Lucas, born October 21, 1771, in Frederick County, Virginia, died August 12, 1808, in Scioto County, Ohio, married Hannah Humphreys
Susannah Lucas (twin) born November 29, 1773, died August 10, 1833, married Robert Buckles
General William Lucas, (twin) born November 29, 1773, died September 10, 1805, married Elizabeth Weyncoup
Major Samuel Lucas, born September 5, 1775, died February, 1813, served with the Second Ohio Militia in the War of 1812
Governor Robert Edward Lucas, born April 1, 1781, in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Virginia (became WV in 1863) died February 7, 1853, in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, served in the Ohio Militia during the War of 1812, became Governor of Ohio and Iowa Territorial Governor, married 1) Elizabeth Brown and 2) Friendly Ashley Sumner
Lavisa Lucas Steenbergen, born August 17, 1783, died March 16, 1865, in Iowa, married Charles Steenbergen
Captain John Lucas, born June 6, 1787, died July 31, 1825, in Lucasville, Ohio, the town which he founded, served in the War of 1812, married his cousin, Mary Lucas, daughter of Robert Lucas and Sarah (Rion) Lucas
Abigail Lucas, born January 9, 1791, died May 20, 1842, in Scioto County, Ohio, married 1) John Clark and 2) Henry Cramer
William's wife, Susannah, died May 4, 1809, in Scioto County, Ohio and was buried in the Lucasville cemetery in the town founded by her son, John Lucas. William died July 2, 1814, in Lucasville, and was buried with her.
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