Lucas (Y-DNA)

Status summary

Completed as of April 20, 2021:

• Recruiting patrilineal (all male-line) descendants of Samuel Lucas for NGS/WGS testing. Any male who believes they qualify should Read me First

IMPORTANT: Read me First

Biography

For more information see Wakefield, Robert S., Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Volume 18 Part III Richard Warren, 5th Generation of Abigail, Nathaniel and Joseph 2001, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA.

First Generation

Samuel Lucas was born Plymouth 15 Sep 1661, son of Thomas Lucas. Samuel died there 17 Jan 1715/6. He married Plymouth 16 Dec 1686 Patience Warren and they had four children (born Plymouth): John (1687/8-1696/7), Joseph (1689), William (1692) and Patience (1696).

Second Generation

Joseph Lucas was born Plymouth 26 Oct 1689 and died Plympton 4 Sep 1742. He married twice, first Plympton 10 Mar 1714/5 Persis Shaw and second Bridgewater 9 Nov 1727 Malathiah Carey. By his first wife he had five children (born Plympton): John (1715), Hannah (1717), Samuel (1719), Barnabas (1721-1726) and Patience (1723/4). By his second wife he had one more child (born Plympton): Barnabas (1729).

William Lucas was born Plymouth 19 Oct 1692 and died there late 1769. He married (int Plymouth 4 May 1722) Mehitable Doty and they had eight children (born Plymouth): William (1723-1734), Phebe (1725), Priscilla (1727), Joseph (1729), Benjamin (1731), Isaac (1733-1743/4), William (1734 prob. dy) and Mehitable (1737/8).

Third Generation

John Lucas was born Plympton 14 Dec 1715 and died Carver 20 Feb 1764. He married Plympton 10 Jun 1739 Lydia Doten/Doty and they had eight children (Plympton): Persis (1741/2), Joseph (1742), John (1744), David (1746), Lydia (1748), Hannah (1750), Susanna (1752) and William (1755).

Samuel Lucas was born Plymouth 19 Dec 1719 and died Carver 3 Jan 1792. He married Plympton 9 Nov 1749 Abigail Shaw and they had twelve children (Plympton): Isaac (1750-1753), Samuel (1752), Abigail (1756-1756), Isaac (1757), Abijah (1759), Josiah (1761-1761), Abigail (1762), Solomon (1764-1764), Patience (1766), Elizabeth (1768) Bazaleel (1771) and Zilpha (1773).

Barnabas Lucas was born Plympton 30 Aug 1729 and died bef 3 Aug 1778. He married Pembroke 28 Jun 1753 Joanna/Anna Pierce and they had twelve children: Melatiah, Nehemiah, Elijah, Barnabas, Ephraim, Consider, Joanna, Mary "Molly", Elizabeth, Hannah, Seth and Caleb.

Joseph Lucas was born Plymouth 12 Jun 1729 and died aft 7 Jun 1810. He married Kingston 8 Mar 1753 Mary Rickard and they had seven children: Benjamin (1755), Phebe (1757), Lovisa (1759), Elnathan (1762), Ansel (1764), Mollie (1766) and Lazarus.

Benjamin Lucas was born Plymouth 21 Jun 1731 and died aft 15 Mar 1792. He married Plympton 3 APr 1755 Lydia Crocker and they had seven children (Plymouth): Bela (1757), Isaac (1759), Abigail (1761), Ezra (1763), Lucy (1765), Lydia (1767) and Naomi (1770).

DNA results I2a2a-CTS6433

Previous Y-DNA testing

The Lucas surname DNA Project Group Thomas Lucas-MA has one individual, who has not done any Y-SNP testing, but has tested 67 Y-STRs. FTDNA has predicted his haplogroup as I-M223. Plugging in his STR values into the NevGen Haplogroup Predictor Tools gives a prediction of various subclades under: I2a2a-M223>Z161>L801>CTS6433 with a 35% probability of falling under an unsupported clade.

Further needed testing

We need additional direct male-line descendants of Thomas Lucas (and preferably of his son Samuel) to WGS/NGS test to confirm/refute this prediction and further refine the haplogroup/clade for the family.

References & External Links

• Wakefield, Robert S., Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Volume 18 Part III Richard Warren, 5th Generation of Abigail, Nathaniel and Joseph 2001, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA.
• Massachusetts and More Genealogy: Thomas Lucas