LUCAS-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > LUCAS-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 70 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [LUCAS-L] Kemp's book concerning G [JDHLEH@aol.com] > #2 [LUCAS-L] Mrs. Kemp's book [JDHLEH@aol.com] > #3 [LUCAS-L] Lucas of Giles Co, VA an [Varnivarni@aol.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from LUCAS-D, send a message to > > LUCAS-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [LUCAS-L] Kemp's book concerning Giles > Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 13:20:18 EDT > From: JDHLEH@aol.com > To: LUCAS-L@rootsweb.com > > I believe several people (including myself) looking for information on the > Lucas's of Giles Co. have been interested in Mrs. Kemp's book. I have yet > located the book to check it out for myself but here is a short paragraph from > The Lucas Family Genealogy by F.F. Lucas in 1973 mentioning Mrs. Kemp's book. > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [LUCAS-L] Mrs. Kemp's book > Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 13:33:50 EDT > From: JDHLEH@aol.com > To: LUCAS-L@rootsweb.com > > I believe several people (including myself) have been looking for mentions of > Lucas in Giles Co. in Mrs. Kemp's book. I have yet to find a copy to look for > myself but would like to share with you a short paragraph from The Lucas > Family Genealogy by F.F. Lucas in 1973 concerning Mrs. Kemp's book. > > "What started out to be a complete history of the Lucas family was greatly > shortened and simplified by the discovery that Mrs. Annabelle Kemp of > Hollywood California had in 1964 compiled and published a book entitled "Lucas > Genealogy". We found however that she had omitted from her book coverage of > the many members of the Lucas family who lived along New River in Virginia. > Mainly in what is now Giles County. We found that Mrs. Kemp spent several > months in this area doing research work on the Lucas family. But were unable > to locate her notes. Mrs. Kemp died in Hollywood California December 27, > 1968". > > That paragraph suggests that the Lucas of Giles may be connected to the Lucas > in her book but for an unknown reason was left out. Perhaps her notes were > lost or the book was getting to big. Who knows. The other book I mentioned > above is my family and begins with Madison Haines Lucas who was the son of > Susanna Lucas. He moved his family to Hamlin, Lincoln Co., WV in 1870. If > anyone would like information on that family, I'll be happy to share. > > Happy hunting. > Lora > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [LUCAS-L] Lucas of Giles Co, VA and Ms. Kemp's Book > Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 14:35:05 EDT > From: Varnivarni@aol.com > To: LUCAS-L@rootsweb.com > > To Lora, Leigh, and Phyllis: > > After reading Lora's note regarding Kemp's book omitting the Giles Co, VA line > of Lucas's I thought I'd let everyone know how the book is organized. Kemp's > book is 495 pages, so I can see her stopping at some point. But, on the other > hand she does mention a couple of other Lucas branches that she does NOT > connect to the main Lucas family of which the book is devoted to. Chapter 1 > devotes a considerable amount of time to the England Lucas's of Little Saxham, > Suffolk Co trying to connect Thomas Lucas, planter, b ca 1650 of Prince George > Co, Md. There is a strong indication that this is the correct England family > but there is no proof of any kind, just speculation. She has five pages on > Various Lucas Families of America (CH 2). She has three pages on Lucas Family > of Dallas and Tarrant Counties, Texas (CH 3). She has two pages on a Lucas > line from Germany (CH 4) that she calls the Lucas Family of Cass County, > Illinois. And the remaining chapters are on the descendants of Thomas first > mentioned. > > I'm not sure why Ms. Kemp would leave out ANY of her research, no matter how > big the book got. > > One suggestion is to find someone who knows her children or grandchildren, and > ask them if Ms. Kemp handed down all of her research to any family members. > Sometimes family donates the material to a Library. Just a shot in the dark. > > I'll keep all the Giles Co, VA e-mail just in case I run across a comment > regarding Giles Co in the book. > > Eric A. Johnson > Anaheim, CA > varnivarni@aol.com Hello everyone, One thing that bothered me about Annabelle Kemp's book was that I think my William, first in America, was son of thomas, but she doesn't really prove it. My line of descent in America is:(1)William, b. Abt 1640, probably Colchester, Essex, ENG, m. Hester (CORNWELL) CLARK; (2) Thomas LUCAS, b. 1676, Middletown, CT, m. Sarah LEEK; (3) Moses LUCAS, Sr., b. 17 JUL 1719, Middletown, CT m. Asenath COOKE, (4) Moses LUCAS, Jr., b. 16 DEC 1753, Long Hill, Middletown, CT m. Abiah BARNEWS; (5) Eber LUCAS, b. 1782, Long Hill, Middletown, CT, m. Eunice WOOLWORTH; (6) Laura LUCAS, 28 JUN 1810, Pinkney, Lewis Co., NY m. Abel russell BLOOD in Hanover, Shelby, IN. they then move on first to Boone Co., IL, and finally to Charles City, Floyd, IA. Distant cousins had traced William to Charles LUCAS, general of horse in the war with the Stuarts, who was hanged at Colchester. However, I soon learned that Charles had NO childre,. Kemp mentions our line, saying they always claimed to go back to Colchester. Also, the Wm. she has as son of thomas in ENG could be our Wm. But, no proof. Does anyone know for sure? Betty Sullivan