John Lucas

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1810

Biography

Will of John Lucas of St Marylebone [and also of the island of Dominica] [made 08/05/1806] proved 17/08/1810. Under the will he left his wife Mary Ann Lucas an annuity of £300 p.a., an annuity of £50 p.a. to his father and mother Thomas and Elizabeth Lucas, and £200 each to his brothers and sisters Thomas, Sebastian, Edward, Charles, Elizabeth Wall [?] and Mary Lucas. His residuary heir was his brother Thomas Lucas. In a codicil of 1810 he increased his wife's annuity to £500 p.a. and left her the £1174 6s 11d face value in consols he had recently bought for £800, and made several further monetary legacies to family members. In a grant of administration in 1820, he was described as of the island of Dominica, afterwards of Montague Street in St Marylebone, and late of Margaret street Cavendish Square but at Cheltenham.

Sources

PROB 11/1514/244

Further Information

Absentee?

Transatlantic

Spouse

Mary Ann or Marianne McConnell

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

- 1810 [LA] → Joint owner

Macoucherie [ Dominica ]

Deed of 1811 between Tho. Lucas (of Castle St, Leicster Sq., London), J. Laing (formerly of Dominica but now of Streatham, Surrey) and Robert Reid (of Dominica). John Lucas (deceased) had owned 1/3rd of Maccoucherie in the parish of St Joseph 'formerly the property of John Mair Esq.', and left an annuity of £300 (increased in 1810 to £500) to his wife Mary Ann Lucas, with the residue going to Tho. Lucas, his brother. J. Laing and Robert Reid owned the other 2/3rds. J. Laing and Robert Reid bought 1/3rd for £8400, with a mortgage to Tho. Lucas at 5%, and with £200 p.a. of interest to go to the annuity of Mrs Lucas.