Nathaniel Lucas

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iain Frazier on 7th October 2024

Amends to above are: My contribution above indicates that Edward (Field born 1797) had a second relationship with Esther (Lees). The Edward (Lees) here is the father, born 1767. The son had 1marriage. Other findings are: William John (Lucas) was a carpenter in 1812. The James (Wilson mentioned here was a gardener when he married Ann (???/Richards COROMANDEL 1802) on 23 4 1811 at St Phillips CofE Sydney, and [Noted this (Ann (???/Richards) arrived in NSW on the same ship as Edward (Warr convict) & may have been a relative of his] .. Noted therefore: CONVICTdone Edward (Warr) was tried at Buckinghamshire Quarter Sessions, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 14 8 1802 after a voyage of 7.5months on COROMANDEL. [Some details taken from this Website] Details of Ann (???/(Richards perhaps previously Ann (Warr))s family are given in entry for Margaret (Darnell PRINCE OF WALES 1788) on this Website. Edward (Field) was living at Hawkesbury in 1805. Edward (Field), born 1797, is restated: 2.Edward (Field) was born on 16 9 1797 & baptised on 24 12 1797 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was Protestant & married Maria (Collitts/Strickland her second marriage) on 16 10 1817 at Christ Church Castlereagh. He was recorded in 1828 with his family on 150acres at Evan. On 23 6 1852 he employed convict James (Wilcox BARING 1819) at Nepean.

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iain Frazier on 18th June 2024

Family connections for Nathaniel (Lucas) are: LUCAS Nathaniel (Lucas), maybe son of John (Lucas) & Mary (??? maybe Bradford) of Thames Ditton Surrey & maybe brother Thomas (Lucas) [see under], was born about 1764 & became a carpenter/joiner boatbuilder millwright. He was tried for stealing an apron etc (possibly unjustly) while employed in London at probably Old Bailey, sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 22 1 1788 after a voyage of 12months on First Fleet ship SCARBOROUGH (the same ship as marine Thomas (Lucas); he was a teetotaller. He was quickly sent to Norfolk Island as a first settler on SUPPLY, arriving on 6 3 1788. He associated firstly with Olivia (Gascoigne) & married her in November 1791 in group ceremony on Norfolk Island. On 2 2 1792 or August 1792 he accidentally caused the felling of a tree onto his wife & 3of his children. He is recorded as going to Port Jackson in June 1795.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] .. [Noted that a John (Lucas) married Mary (Bradford) in 1748 at Titsey parish near Thames Ditton] [Noted also a Thomas (Lucas of maybe French or Danish descent) is maybe son of Antone (Lucas) & Louise (???) of London] [There ia a possibilty, nevertheless. that Nathaniel & Thomas are related] [Noted that another Thomas (Lucas marine/NSW Corps) from London also arrived on SCARBOROUGH, married Ann (Howard LADY JULIANA 1790) & lived on Norfolk Island.] .. Olive/Olivia/Holiffe (Gascoigne/yne/Gaskins/Harlow) daughter of maybe John (Gascoigne) & Sarah (Partridge) may have been born at Severn Stoke Malvern Hills Worcestershire on 17 2 1763 or maybe Droitwich in 1760 or in Radsley-now Harlows Way- Derbyshire. Her name was changed from Olive to Olivia at age3 when her sister was born. She was living at Kempsey where a cousin ran a General Store & worked at Severn Stoke Malvern Hills Worcestershire when tried for stealing with force of arms, on 10 8 1784, gold coin etc of Edward (Griffith) at Worcester Lent Assizes on 5 3 1785, sentenced to be hanged reduced to 7/14years, held at Gloucester Newgate Prison & arrived in NSW as a convict on 22 1 1788 after a voyage of 12months on First Fleet ship SCARBOROUGH also. She also was quickly sent to Norfolk Island as a first settler on SUPPLY, arriving on 6 3 1788. [The ship of arrival in NSW, or arrival on Norfolk Island, may have been LADY PENRHYN, as recorded ambiguously in Ref:'People...'] On 2 2 1792 or August 1792 she was badly injured by a falling tree. On 28 2 1805 she travelled to Sydney with her family on INVESTIGATOR, captained by Matthew (Flinders). She ran the Trafalgar Inn next to St. Phillips Church. In April 1816 she was maybe a subscriber to 'Relief of the Sufferers of the Battle of Waterloo'. After her husbands death in 1818 she took her youngest children to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) & sometimes moved between her adult children in NSW & Tasmania. She collaborated with Brewer James (Squire) in his hops plantations and beer brewing. In 1817 2(Harlow) cousins visited her in Launceston. In 1824 she was granted land on south bank of Tamar River near her daughter Ann. She died on 10 6 1830 age67 at Launceston & was buried at St Johns CofE Launceston-she has descendants in the (Goodin) family.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] Nathaniel (Lucas) & Olivia (Gascoigne) produced 13children: 1.Ann/e (Lucas) was born on 2 3 1789 on Norfolk Island. She was taken to Sydney by her parents on 28 2 1805 on INVESTIGATOR. She was one of the siblings who moved to Tasmania. She was granted land on south bank of the Tamar River. 2.Sarah (Lucas) was born on 17 8 1790 on Norfolk Island & died on 2 2 1792 age17m killed (maybe in August 1792 age about2) by a falling tree. 3.Mary (Lucas) was also born on 12/17 8 1790 on Norfolk Island & died on 2 2 1792 age17m killed (maybe in August 1792 age about2) by a falling tree. 4.William John (Lucas) was born on 7 1 1792 on Norfolk Island; in that year he was injured by a falling tree. He was taken to Sydney by his parents on 28 2 1805 on INVESTIGATOR. He & brother James built a boat, which they named OLIVIA, to facilitate trade of their produce between NSW & Tasmania. He was a carpenter when he married Sarah (Squires her first marriage) on 1 5 1812 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He died suspiciously in July 1828 age about36 when he fell or was pushed off boat in Sydney harbour. He was recorded, posthumously, in 1832 as a shopkeeper. ..Sarah (Squires) was born on 7 8 1795 & baptised on 9 3 1796 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She received 100pounds from her fathers Will in 1822. She married secondly Charles (Turtle) on 21 11 1829 at Scots Kirk Sydney. She died on 25 5 1877 age81 mother of 11children. ..Details of Sarah (Squires)s family are given in entry for James (Squire CHARLOTTE 1788) on this Website. ..William John (Lucas) & Sarah (Squires) produced 6children: ..1.George (Lucas) was born on on 4 3 1813 & baptised on 4 4 1813 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He received 30pounds from his grandfathers Will in 1822. ..2.Sarah (Lucas) was born on 1 8 1815 & baptised on 27 8 1815 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. ..3.James Bradford (Lucas) was born on 11 3 1820 & baptised on 10 4 1820 at St Johns CofE Launceston. ..4.Martha (Lucas) was born in 1822 & baptised on 15 7 1822 at St Johns CofE Launceston. ..5.John (Lucas) was born on 18 9 1826 & baptised on 27 4 1828 age19m at St Lukes CofE Liverpool. ..6.Nathaniel (Lucas) was born on 15 9 1827 at Liverpool & baptised on 12 8 1832 age4 at St Annes CofE Kissing Point. .. 5.Nathaniel (Lucas) was born on 1 8 1793 on Norfolk Island. He was taken to Sydney by his parents on 28 2 1805 on INVESTIGATOR. It may have been he who, with John (Lucas), Joseph (Field), William (Nicholls) & 2others requested a pound/prison be established at Browns River in September 1828; & is recorded as living at Brown River Tasmania in 1828 & was involved in a land access dispute in 1830s. He later became afflicted with hereditary Haemacromatosis. .. ..At this time Nathaniel (Lucas senior) & Eleanor (Wainwright Free by Servitude) produced 1child: see Mary Ann (Field) in entry for Eleanor (Wainwright PRINCE OF WALES 1788) on this Website. .. 6.Olivia (Lucas) was born on 18 4 1795 on Norfolk Island. She was taken to Sydney by her parents on 28 2 1805 on INVESTIGATOR. 7.John (Lucas) was born on 21 12 1796 on Norfolk Island. He was taken to Sydney by his parents on 28 2 1805 on INVESTIGATOR. 8.James (Lucas) was born on 23 10 1798 on Norfolk Island. He was taken to Sydney by his parents on 28 2 1805 on INVESTIGATOR. He & brother William built a boat, which they named OLIVIA, to facilitate trade of their produce between NSW & Tasmania. 9.George (Lucas) was born on 8 5 1800 on Norfolk Island. He was taken to Sydney by his parents on 28 2 1805 on INVESTIGATOR. 10.Charles (Lucas) was born on 18 12 1801 on Norfolk Island. He was taken to Sydney by his parents on 28 2 1805 on INVESTIGATOR. 11.Sarah (Lucas) was born on 7 12 1803 on Norfolk Island. She was taken to Sydney by her parents on 28 2 1805 on INVESTIGATOR. She may have been taken to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) with her mother after 1818. 12.Mary Ann (Lucas) was born in 1805 at The Rocks Sydney. She was probably taken to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) with her mother after 1818. 13.Thomas (Lucas) was born in 1807 at The Rocks Sydney. He was probably taken to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania with his mother after 1818. .. >>>Nathaniel (Lucas) seems to have had a second relationship with Eleanor (Wainwright her third (3of4) relationship). He built many houses on Norfolk Island, became constable & had a water supply contract; he had 15acres (he is recorded with plot no.52 of 60acres in the centre of the island) on Norfolk Island in 1796. He was suspended on 5 9 1800 for impertinence. On 28 2 1805 he travelled to Sydney with his family on INVESTIGATOR. He became a patroller of Greenville Vale in 1806 to maintain order & afterwards building a windmill at Church Hill Sydney Cove; later becoming Superintendent of carpentry; they lived at The Rocks. In 1810 he moved to a land grant farm at Liverpool. Some of the family moved to Port Dalrymple Derwent Tasmania, facilitating trade of their produce between states. In 1815-17 he built St Lukes CofE Liverpool. He was recorded as off stores in Hobart Town on 2 10 1818 & was instrumental in establishing, with others, Tasmanian Hop & Barley Industry in Launceston. In 1817 he may have become estranged from his wife. He died on 5 5 1818 age54 a respectable builder father of 14children, found dead near Moore Bridge George River Liverpool; considering his affliction of painful hereditary Haemacromatosis/cancer of the face/neuralgia, treatment by alcoholic drink despite his abstinence, his marriage separation & differences of opinion with & accusations by the architect of his last project, his death could have been by his own hand or by design-some unfortunate circumstances in the life of an apparantly skillful & resourceful man.] Eleanor (Wainwright) daughter of ??? (Mainwright sic) & ??? (Eccles) was born in 1769. She was tried for stealing clothes at Preston Lancashire Assizes, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 22 1 1788 after a voyage of 9months on First Fleet ship PRINCE OF WALES. She associated firstly (1of4) with James (Wilson his first relationship & produced 1child.>>>] >>>Eleanor (Wainwright) arrived on Norfolk Island on 13 3 1790 with her daughter Mary Anne-see Mary Ann (Field) above. She associated secondly (2of4) with an unknown & produced a child.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] Nathaniel (Lucas) & Eleanor (Wainwright) produced 1child: 1.Mary Ann/Mariane (Wainwright) was born on 14 1 1795 on Norfolk Island. She, as Ann (Wainwright/Guy), travelled with her mother to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) on 3 9 1808 as part of the first evacuation on CITY OF EDINBURGH arriving on 5 10 1808. She married firstly at age16 Dennis (McCarty of New Norfolk) on 8 12 1811 at New Norfolk-recorded at St Davids CofE Hobart & produced 1child.>>> ..Dennis (McCarty/Mccarty/McCarthy) became a police constable farmer roadmaker. He was tried as a political rebel at Wexford Ireland & arrived in NSW on 16 2 1800 after a voyage of 6months on FRIENDSHIP. His Conditional Pardon was issued by 1800. He became Superintendent Government stock Hobart & was appointed as such for Derwent Tasmania on 10 10 1810; Provost Marshall Hobart & landholder at New Norfolk. He was recorded as off stores at Hobart Town on 2 10 1818. In 1818 he organised a party which captured bushranger Michael (Howe) & later reported to Lt Governor & inquest. He died on 25 3 1820 drowned at Tamar Van Diemens Land (Tasmania).] .[Some information taken from this Website] .. >>>Mary Ann (Wainwright) married secondly Thomas Allan (Lascelles) on 25 7 1820 at St Davids CofE Hobart & produced 1child. She died on 1 2 1865 age70 mother of 2children. ..Thomas Allan (Lascelles) was born about 1884. He arrived at Port Jackson NSW as an officer after 19 10 1812 after a voyage of 6months on MINSTREL accompanying INDEFATIGIBLE. [Noted that a Thomas (Lucas convict) from London also arrived on SCARBOROUGH & lived on Norfolk Island.] References: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony. Family History Group of Bathurst Inc.'Bathurst Pioneers-Register of Pioneer Families Of Bathurst NSW And District <1900' Irene Schaffer & Thelma McKay 'Exiled Three Times Over! Profiles of Norfolk Islanders Exiled in Van Diemens Land 1807-1813' James Hugh Donohoe 'Norfolk Island 1788-1813-The People and Their Families' Reg Wright 'Forgotten Generation of Norfolk Island & Van Diemens Land' Pamela Statham 'A Colonial Regiment-New Sources Relating to the New South Wales Corps-1789-1810'

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Tony Beale on 16th June 2021

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Sat 9 May 1818 Page 3 Sydney. On Tuesday last the dead body of Mr. Nathaniel Lucas, for many years known in this Colony and at Norfolk Island as a respectable builder, was found, left by the tide, at twenty yards distance from Moore Bridge, Liverpool ; which unhappy catastrophe appeared to have proceeded from his own act, owing to a mental derangement. He had been six days absent from his family at Liverpool, on a pretext of going to Parramatta ; but his long absence, connected with other circumstances that gave rise to apprehension, naturally induced his sons to go in quest of him ; the result of which was, that he was by one of his own sons found The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Sat 29 Aug 1818 Page 2 Classified Advertising TO be SOLD by PUBLIC AUCTION, by Order of the Administrator, on the Premises at Liverpool, on Wednesday the 9th of September, at Twelve o'Clock, a Newly-erected WINDMILL, in the Centre of Liverpool, with easy Access from all the surrounding Farms, and commanding equal Conveniency to all the neighbouring Districts, erected by the late Mr. Nathaniel Lucas. ; occupying a site of 100 Feet square. Condition of Sale; half the Purchase Money at the Time of Sale, and the other money at six Months, on good Security.

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D Wong on 27th September 2012

Nathaniel Lucas was indited at the age of 20. He was a skilled carpenter, boat builder and millwright. Employed by a builder in London, he was living at a public house in Holborn. He was not a drinker, which irritated the publican's wife. She had demanded payment of his rent earlier than had been agreed, he refused, and the next morning was woken by a police constable, who on searching his room found an apron, a towel, a shawl and six muslin caps belonging to the neighbours daughter stuffed under the mattress. He was accused of the theft of items to the value of £2 and sentenced to 7 years transportation. He was sent to Norfolk Island which was being settled at the time and married Olivia Gascoigne, who also went to Norfolk Island on the same ship. They had 13 children - 2 of which died in a freak accident, when a tree fell onto the house and they were killed. Nathaniel was responsible for building many of the settler's homes and other buildings. He was also a constable and had the water supply contract. In 1804, Nathaniel was invited to Sydney Cove to erect a windmill for the Government on a site on Church Hill. He then became the Colony's Superintendent of Carpenters and the Mint Building and the parsonages at Parramatta and Liverpool were amongst his work. Between 1815 and 1817 Nathaniel had the Government contract for the construction of St Luke's Church at Liverpool. The architect for the project was Francis Greenway, they clashed violently and frequently. A few weeks after a quarrel Nathaniel's body was discovered in the mud beside the Georges River by his son wdo had been searching for him after he had left for Parramatta six days before and never arrived. Francis Greenway accused Nathaniel of being an alcoholic. Nathaniel had previously been a teetotaller but was suffering from a disease of the mouth and enduring severe and intolerable pain. Some say he had cancer of the face or a severe form of neuralgia. His son Nathaniel Jnr., also had cancer of the face. Apparently the family has a hereditary blood disorder, Haemacromatosis, that recurs in Lucas descendants to this day. Perhaps Nathaniel was using rum as an analgesic. 5/5/1818: Nathaniel's body was found.

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Glenda on 27th September 2012

Sent to Norfolk Island 2 weeks after landing in Botany Bay.