William Lucas
William Lucas was born in 1551, child of James DeLucas and Rebecca Thornton. William died in 1621, aged about 70.
This summary is assembled from the family record. If you know more about William Lucas — stories, photographs, corrections — the family would be glad to hear from you.
Parents: James DeLucas · Rebecca Thornton
Brothers & sisters: John De Lucas · Samuel Lucas · Orator William De Lucas · James De Lucas · Mary Lucas
Parents: Rebecca Thornton · James DeLucas
Grandparents: Daniel A Delucas · Thornton · Mary Abell
Great-grandparents: John DeLucas · Lady Bridgit Orator
2× great-grandparents: Mark DeLucas
3× great-grandparents: Nobe DeLucas
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William Lucas, Doctor of the Cholera Camps
No physician within a hundred miles — so the William & Mary man nursed the cholera camps of Sacramento, and set the coast's bones ever after.
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The Great Journey to Pacific Valley
July 1869: ox teams over Pacheco Pass, Indian trails over the coast range, and a valley at the end of it.
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Crossing the Delaware with Washington - Christmas 1776
Ice on the Delaware, the Revolution on the line — and a Plaskett in Washington's boats, two generations before the family reached the Pacific.
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Pacific Valley Gold Claims Still Producing
A dozen mining claims on Plaskett Ridge — including the arrastra her husband's grandfather built — and the gold still waiting in the family's hills.
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R.A. Plaskett First White Child Born in Cherokee
The miners of Cherokee camp celebrated their first native son: Reason Alpha Plaskett, born December 1852.
- — William Lucas Plaskett → Homestead Claim · 2000 acres · Homestead claim
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