David, Just in case you would like to correspond with this descendant, Elise Pinckney, here is her info. I graduate from Carolina and so am able to find her through the alumni association. I don't find an email for her, but she graduated in 1947, which would put her around 84 now. She may know who (else) has the cache of family history, and if I were you, I would be quick to send a letter. The address I have was current as of this past February. If you would like to send me the letter in Microsoft Word, I am happy to post it from Raleigh, NC, for you, which would be perhaps even quicker. The US Postal Service finds her: 1224 Village Creek Ln Apt H4 Mount Pleasant, South Carolina But enough of all that. Cheers, Laura On Jul 5, 2010, at 9:14 AM, David Daniell wrote: Laura, Thank you. Those are kind offers. You too may have noticed the Colchester Lucas family sometimes had trouble getting married before the children arrived. This Thomas Lucas might be a child of Robert Lucas, governor of The Tower of London who died in January 1705 aged about 56 and unmarried . . . and then again maybe not. What I have found though is that his origins were considered a mystery to some soon after he died and so I am going to have to get a copy of whatever this A2A reference is for: —————————————————————————————— Letter reporting findings resulting from his enquiries into the origins of the Lucas family. A62/6/271 1 Feb. 1797 These documents are held at Lewisham Local Studies and Archives Contents: J. Waldron of Trowbridge to Joseph Paice —————————————————————————————— Joseph Paice was residuary legatee of the estate of Elizabeth Payne, the last wife of the Thomas Lucas in question who died in what is now part of Lewisham. I must get into gear and see what I can learn. I'll do that first and then if its no good will come back to you. Yes I have been tantalised by the cover of that Letter Book wondering if it might tell me anything. Many thanks - I shall report David Because it is fun, here is a bit about that particular Joseph Paice, 'best mate' of banker Baring who bought Lucas's house <http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/34778/> On 30/06/2010, at 3:10 AM, LALDERSON@nc.rr.com wrote: > David, > There is a good bit on Google Books about Sir John Lucas and > Colchester in the mid-seventeenth century, though I am willing to bet > you have all that already. > > Of some interest to the list in general might be the 1819 tome, The > History, Civil and Commercial, of the British West Indies. There are > some pages in French regarding a Jacques Lucas. > > Of interest also might be the letterbook of Eliza Pinckney, in limited > preview on Google Books and a for purchase. It is copyright The South > Carolina Historical Society, and I would check there for more on > Eliza's ancestry. Sometimes the local history societies do it best. > The introduction to the letterbook was written by Elise Pinckney, who > received her masters from Carolina, and if you are interested, I will > look up her current contact info for you in the alumni listings. > > Cheers, > Laura *************************** The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Didn't mean to post this to the entire list. Sorry! On Jul 5, 2010, at 11:11 AM, lwa101@comcast.net wrote: David, Just in case you would like to correspond with this descendant, Elise Pinckney, here is her info. I graduate from Carolina and so am able to find her through the alumni association. I don't find an email for h