By Muriel Bristol | October 13, 2024
John Lucas was born in St. Albans, ME, circa 1824, son of Daniel and Hannah (Lyford) Lucas. (The birth of a John Lucas, possibly the same one, was recorded in Dexter, ME, February 23, 1825, son of George Lucas. He was a second child).
Daniel Lucas headed a St. Albans, ME, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Hannah (Lyford) Lucas], one male aged 20-29 years [Henry Lucas], three females aged 20-29 years [Sarah L. Lucas, Mary J. Lucas, and Hannah Lucas], two males aged 20-29 years [Lewis L. Lucas and John Lucas], and one male aged 10-14 years [Stephen Lucas].
James B. Lewis, a farmer, aged thirty years (b. ME), headed a St. Albans, ME, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Mary J. [(Lucas)] Lewis, aged thirty-two years (b. ME), John Lewis, aged one year (b. ME), and John Lucas, a farmer, aged twenty-six years (b. NH). James B. Lewis had real estate valued at $900.
Mother Hannah (Lyford) Lucas died June 30, 1851, aged sixty-six years.
Thomas M. Wentworth of Lebanon, ME, foreclosed on a mortgage given by Charles H. Ricker on a West Lebanon, ME, lot, January 26, 1860. The land description mentioned John Lucas as an abutter.
Notice of Foreclosure. THE undersigned hereby gives public notice that Elisabeth J. Wentworth, of Lebanon, in the county of York and State of Maine, married woman, by her deed of Mortgage dated Feb. 14th, 1859, recorded Feb. 14th, 1859, in Book 260, pages 341-2 of York County Records, conveyed to Caroline E. Wentworth, of the same Lebanon, married woman, a certain tract or parcel of land situate in said Lebanon, and bounded and described as follows, to wit:- North-Easterly by the road leading from West Lebanon to Three Ponds Village, in Milton, North-westerly by land of Daniel P. Warren, South-Westerly by land of John Lucas, and land of Orrin Merrow, and South-Easterly by land formerly owned by the Congregational Parish In Lebanon. The aforesaid Caroline E. Wentworth, sold and assigned and made over the aforesaid mortgage on the 5th of September, A.D. 1859,. to one Charles H. Ricker, duly recorded, as will appear by the York County Records, Book 262, pages 391-3, and the aforesaid Charles H. Ricker sold, assigned and made over the aforesaid Mortgage to Thomas M. Wentworth, of Lebanon aforesaid, the undersigned, who is now the holder and owner thereof, on the 19th of September, A.D. 1859, as will appear by York County Records, Book 262, pages 391-3. The condition in said deed has been broken, and by reason whereof the undersigned claims to foreclose the right of redemption of said mortgaged tract of land. THOMAS M. WENTWORTH. Dated at Lebanon the twenty-sixth day of January. A.D. 1860. 3w9 (Union & Journal (Biddeford, ME), March 9, 1860).
John Lucas, aged thirty-six years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Sarah A. Lucas, aged thirty-one years (b. NH). John Lucas had real estate valued at $1,500 and personal estate valued at $500. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Aaron Palmer, a farmer, aged sixty-seven years (b. NH), and D.E. Palmer, a physician, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH).
Father Daniel Lucas died in St. Albans, ME, December 4, 1861, aged seventy-six years, eight months.
John Lucas of Milton registered for the Class II military draft in Milton, in June 1863. He was a carpenter, aged thirty-eight years (b. ME).
John Lucas married in Wakefield, NH, June 11, 1865, Sarah E. Trask, he of Milton and she of Brookfield, NH. He was aged forty-six years and she was aged twenty-eight years. Nathaniel Barker performed the ceremony. She was born in Brookfield, NH, November 7, 1836, daughter of Edward and Eliza (Cottle) Trask.
(The children of John and Sarah E. (Trask) Lucas were: Ellen M. Lucas (1866–1955), Edward Daniel Lucas (1869–1890), Edith Augusta Lucas (1871–1954), Nettie Eliza Lucas (1874–1964), and Sarah A. Lucas (1878–1953)).
Daughter Ellen M. Lucas was born in Milton, July 21, 1866. Her father was a carpenter. She was the first child.
The NH General Court authorized incorporation of the Milton Classical Institute in July 1867. John Lucus was one of the original incorporators.
Section 1. That Luther Hayes, Charles Jones, George W. Peavy, Joseph Sayward, William P. Tuttle, George W. Tasker, John S. Hersey, Hiram V. Wentworth, George Lyman, and John Lucus, all of Milton, and their successors, be, and they hereby are, created and made a body politic by the name of the Milton Classical Institute, and by that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend to final judgment and execution, and shall have and enjoy all the privileges, and be subject to all the liabilities incident to corporations of a similar nature.
Son Edward D. Lucas was born in Milton, circa May 1869.
John Lucas, a carpenter, aged forty-six years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Sarah E. Lucas, keeping house, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), Ellen M. Lucas, aged three years (b. NH), and Daniel E. Lucas, aged one year (b. NH). John Lucas had real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate valued at $250. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of George L. Hersom, works for shoe factory, aged thirty-our years (b. NH), and George W. Tasker, a shoe cutter, aged forty years (b. NH).
The Milton Selectmen of 1871 were Geo. Lyman, John Lucas, and G.H. Plumer.
Daughter Edith Augusta Lucas was born in Milton, April 28, 1871.
John Lucas and family moved from Milton to Limington, ME, sometime between 1874 and 1878.
Daughter Nettie Eliza Lucas was born in Limington, ME, March 22, 1874. Daughter Sarah A. Lucas was born in Limington, ME, May 24, 1878.
John Lucas, a farmer, aged fifty-six years (b. ME), headed a Limington, ME, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Sarah E. Lucas, keeping house, aged forty-four years (b. NH), and his children, Ellen M. Lucas, at school, at school, aged thirteen years (b. NH), Edward Lucas, at school, aged ten years (b. NH), Edith A. Lucas, at school, aged nine years (b. NH), Nettie E. Lucas, at school, aged six years (b. ME), and Sarah A. Lucas, aged two years (b. ME).
John Lucas and family moved from Limington, ME, to Wakefield, NH, sometime between 1880 and 1890.
Son Edward D. Lucas died of paralysis of the brain in Wakefield, NH, April 21, 1890, aged twenty years, eleven months, and twenty-nine years. He was a telegraph operator. Samuel W. Roberts, M.D., signed the death certificate.
ST. ALBANS. John Lucas of New Hampshire is visiting his brothers, Levi L. and Henry Lucas (Lewiston Evening Journal (Lewiston, ME), April 1, 1892).
Daughter Edith A. Lucas was baptized at Wakefield Corner, in Wakefield, NH, August 6, 1892.
John Lucas died in an accident in Wakefield, NH, November 23, 1893, aged sixty-nine years, nine months and four days. W.D. Davis, M.D., signed the death certificate.
New England Briefs. John Lucas, a well-known citizen of Wakefield, N.H., lost his life as the result of a fall from his house while making some repairs. He was 69 years old (Fall River Daily Evening News (Fall River, MA), November 27, 1893).
Sarah E. (Trask) Lucas and family moved from Wakefield, NH, to Wolfeboro, NH, sometime between 1893 and 1899.
PIPE FOR A GRADUATE. The Sishya Club of Somerville, composed of college graduates and undergraduates, on Thursday evening assembled at the home of Sanford S. Lewis on Beacon terrace and presented Herschel Wilder Lewis with a meerschaum pipe. (Mr. Lewis was graduated from Harvard this week, and the presentation was made in honor of this event (Boston Post, June 27, 1896).
Daughter Nettie E. Lucas married in Wolfeboro, NH, January 3, 1899, Herschel W. Lewis, she of Wolfeboro, NH, and he of Worcester, MA. He was a teacher, aged twenty-five years, and she was a teacher, aged twenty-four years. Rev. Andrew Hahn performed the ceremony. Lewis was born in Somerville, MA, November 4, 1873, son of James C. and Vandelia (Drisco) Lewis.
Son-in-law Herschel W. Lewis appeared in the Somerville, MA, directory of 1900, as a teacher, boarding at 78 Cameron Avenue, in West Somerville.
Sarah E. [(Trask)] Lucas, a widow, aged sixty-three years (b. NH), headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. Her household included her children, Ellen M. Lucas, a teacher, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), Edith A. Lucas, a teacher, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), and Sarah A. Lucas, a teacher, aged twenty-two years (b. ME). Sarah E. Lucas rented their house.
Hannah M. [(Andrews)] Burnham, aged fifty-five years (b. MA), headed an Essex, MA, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. Her household included her daughter, Josephine L. Burnham, a school teacher, aged twenty-six years (b. MA), and her boarders, H.W. Lewis, a school teacher, aged twenty-six years (b. MA), Nettie E. [(Lucas)] Lewis, aged twenty-six years (b. ME), and Ralph Whitehorn, a station agent, aged twenty-two years (b. ME). Hannah M. Burnham owned their house, free-and-clear. She was the mother of two children. of whom one was still living.
NEW IPSWICH, N.H. The 118th year of New Ipswich Appleton academy opened Sept. 10, with an unusual attendance. Principal Hershel W. Lewis is a Harvard man, and is striving to increase the number of students. Miss Mary Frances Wilber, the new assistant, comes well recommended and prepared for her duties (Fitchburg Sentinel (Fitchburg, MA), September 13, 1906).
Edith A. Lucas, a school teacher (public school), aged thirty-six years (b. NH), was a lodger in the Everett, MA, household of Joseph W. Armington, a lawyer (office), aged seventy-five years (b. VT) at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. Susan E. Drury, school principal (high school), aged fifty-six years (b. MA), lodged also in the same household. Joseph W. Armington owned their house at 15 Hampshire Street.
Daughter Edith Augusta Lucas married in Lynn. MA, July 2, 1910, John Pemberton, she of 15 Hampshire Court, Everett, MA, and he of 54 Park Street. Lynn, MA. He was a foreman, aged forty-eight years, and she was a teacher, aged thirty-nine years. Assistant Rector James S. Neill performed the ceremony. Pemberton was born in Bury, Lancashire, England, July 7, 1861, son of Joseph and Ellen (Terry) Pemberton.
Pemberton-Lucas. John Pemberton and Miss Edith Augusta Lucus, daughter of Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Lucas, of Wolfboro, N.H., were united in marriage this morning at the residence of Mrs. George H. Lewis, 54 Park street. The ceremony took place at 10 o’clock, and was performed by Rev. James Stewart Neill, curate of St. Stephen’s church, and was the first marriage ceremony performed by the new curate. The bride’s gown was white silk, trimmed with lace, and she carried a shower bouquet of bride roses: She was attended her sister, Miss Sarah Lucus, of Wareham. The best man was William G. Abbott of Philadelphia, Pa., and Witton, N.H. Miss Elizabeth Lewis, daughter of Mrs. George H. Lewis, was flower girl. Miss Helen Lewis played Mendelsshon’s wedding march. as the bridal party -entered the room, and at the close of the ceremony rendered the bridal chorus from Lohengrin. Immediately after the ceremony a lunch was served and the couple left for a wedding trip. The honeymoon will be spent In Buffalo, Niagara Falls, the Thousand. islands and Montreal. There were many valuable presents. Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton will reside at 54 Park street (Lynn Item (Lynn, MA), July 2, 1910).
Sarah E. [(Trask)] Lucas, a widow, aged seventy-three years (b. NH), headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. Her household included her daughters, Ellen M. Lucas, aged forty-three years (b. NH), and Sarah A. Lucas, a teacher (day school), aged thirty-one years (b. ME). Sarah E. Lucas rented their portion of a two-family house on South Main Street in Wolfeboro Village.
Herschel W. Lewis, a teacher (prin. academy). aged thirty-six years (b. MA), headed a New Ipswich, NH, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of eleven years), Nettie E. [(Lucas)] Lewis, aged thirty-six years (b. ME), and his children, Richard J. Lewis, aged seven years (b. MA), and Howard A. Lewis, aged four years (b. MA). Herschel W. Lewis rented their house in New Ipswich Village. Nettie E. Lewis was the mother of two children, of whom two were still living.
Son-in-law Herschel Wilder Lewis of New Ipswich, NH, registered for the WW I military draft in Milford, NH, September 12, 1918. He was forty-four years of age (b. November 4, 1873) and was employed at the New Ipswich Appleton Academy. He was described as being short and stout, with brown eyes and gray-brown hair. His next of kin was Nettie E. Lewis of New Ipswich, NH.
John Pemberton, a general foreman (electrical mfg. co.), aged fifty-eight years (b. England), headed a Lynn, MA, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Edith A. [(Lucas)] Pemberton, aged forty-eight years (b. ME). John Pemberton rented their house on Ocean Street.
Sarah E. [(Trask)] Lucas, a widow, aged eighty-three years (b. NH), headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. Her household included her daughters, Ellen M. Lucas, a nurse (practical), aged fifty-three years (b. NH), and Sara A. Lucas, a teacher (graded school), aged forty-one years (b. ME), and her boarder, Lorette M. Abbott, a widow, aged seventy-nine years (b. NH). Sarah E. Lucas rented their portion of a three-family house.
Herschel W. Lewis, a teacher (high school), aged forty-six years (b. MA), headed a New Ipswich, NH, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of eleven years), Nettie E. [(Lucas)] Lewis, aged forty-five years (b. ME), and his children, Richard J. Lewis, aged seventeen years (b. MA), and Howard A. Lewis, aged fourteen years (b. MA). Herschel W. Lewis rented their house.
Sarah E. (Trask) Lucas died of arterio-sclerosis in Wolfeboro, NH, September 15, 1920, aged eighty-three years, ten months, and eight days. She was a widowed retiree. She had resided in Wolfeboro, NH, for twenty-six years, i.e., since just after the death of her husband in 1893, with her previous residence in Wakefield, NH. F.E. Clow reported her death.
Son-in-law John Pemberton and daughter Nettie E. (Lucas) Pemberton, of 135 Ocean Street, Lynn, MA, obtained a joint passport in order to sail from Boston, MA, to Europe on the S.S. Pittsburgh, July 29, 1922. They intended to visit the British Isles, France, Belgium, and Switzerland. John Pemberton was described as being sixty years of age, 5′ 6″ tall, with an oval face, high forehead, average nose, medium mouth, and a pointed chin. He had a fair complexion, hazel eyes, and brown hair.
Ellen M. Lucas, a librarian (town library), aged sixty-three years (b. NH), headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. Her household included her sister, Sara A. Lucas, a teacher (grade school), aged sixty-one years (b. NH). Ellen M. Lucas owned her house on Lake Street, which was valued at $2,000. They had a radio set.
John Pemberton, aged sixty-eight years (B. England), headed a Margate, NJ, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-one years), Edith A. [(Lucas)] Pemberton, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH). John Pemberton rented their house at 10 S. Franklin Avenue, for $65 per month. They had a radio set. John Pemberton was a naturalized citizen, having immigrated in 1889.
Hershall W. Lewis, school headmaster, aged fifty-six years (b. MA), was a resident officer at the Florida Military Academy in Duval, FL, at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. Nettie [(Lucas)] Lewis, aged fifty-six years (b. ME) was enumerated also as a roomer at the same institution. Homer E. Moyer, president, aged thirty-four years (b. SC), headed both the page and the institution.
Daughter Edith Augusta (Lucas) Pemberton was confirmed in the Church of the Epiphany, in Ventnor, NJ, March 26, 1933.
Son-in-law Herschel W. Lewis of Jacksonville, FL, died of arterio-sclerotic heart disease on Lake Street in Wolfeboro, NH, October 5, 1938, aged sixty-four years, eleven months, and one day. He was a married educator. James E. Bovaird, M.D., signed the death certificate.
New Ipswich. Herschel W. Lewis, who died in Wolfeboro, Oct. 5, was principal of Appleton academy for 23 years. In recent years he has been head of mathematics department at Bolles school, Jacksonville, Fla (Fitchburg Sentinel (Fitchburg, MA), October 12, 1938).
Emma M. Lucas appeared in the Wolfeboro, NH, directory of 1940, as assistant librarian at the Brewster Library, with her house (owner) at 7 Lake street ([Tel.] 412), Wolfeboro P.O. Sara A. Lucas appeared also, as a teacher at the Carpenter School, with her house at 7 Lake street ([Tel.] 412), Wolfeboro P.O.
Ellen M. Lucas, an assistant librarian, aged seventy-three years (b. NH), headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. Her household included her sister, Sara A. Lucas, a teacher (public school), aged sixty-seven years (b. ME). Ellen M. Lucas owned her house on Lake Street, which was valued at $3,000. They had resided in the same house in 1935.
John Pemberton, retired, aged seventy-eight years (b. England), headed a Ventnor, NJ, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Edith A. [(Lucas)] Pemberton, aged sixty-eight years (b. NH). John Pemberton owned their house at 7225 N. Washington Street, which was valued at $6,000. They had resided in the same house in 1935.
Richard Lewis, a traveling salesman (insulation firm), aged thirty-seven years (b. MA), headed a Rutland, VT, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his mother, Nettie [(Lucas)] Lewis, aged sixty-five years (b. ME). Richard Lewis rented their house, for $40 per month. He had resided in Boston, MA, in 1935, while his mother had resided in Jacksonville, FL, in 1935.
Ellen M. Lucas, aged eighty-three years (b. NH), headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. His household included her sister, Sara A. Lucas, aged seventy-one years (b. ME). They resided on Lake Street.
John Pemberton, aged eighty-eight years (b. England), headed a Ventnor, NJ, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. his household included his wife, Edith A. [(Lucas)] Pemberton, aged seventy-eight years (b. NH). They resided on [N.] Washington Street.
Richard J. Lewis, a salesman (private home insulation), aged forty-seven years (b. MA), headed a Melrose, MA, household at the time of the Seventeenth (1950) Federal Census. His household included his mother, Nettie E. [(Lucas)] Lewis, a widow, aged seventy-six years (b. ME). They resided at 33 Beach Street.
Daughter Sarah A. Lucas died of bronchial pneumonia at the NH State Hospital in Concord, NH, November 23, 1953, aged seventy-five years. S. George Brown, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Daughter Edith A. (Lucas) Pemberton died in Ventnor, NJ, August 8, 1954, aged eight-four years.
OBITUARIES. Mrs. Edith Pemberton, Ventnor Resident. Mrs. Edith A. Pemberton of 9 N. Washington Ave., Ventnor, died Sunday in the Mayfair Nursing Home, Somers Point. She was 84. A resident of the resort for a number of years, Mrs. Pemberton came here from Milton. Mass., where she had been a school teacher. Surviving are her husband, John; a son, John, Jr., of Chestnut Hill, Pa.; and four grandchildren. The Rev. Kenneth A. Hafer, pastor of the Church of the Epiphany, will officiate at services tomorrow morning. Burial will be in Laurel Memorial Park, Pomona (Press of Atlantic City (Atlantic City, NJ), August 10, 1954).
Son-in-law John Pemberton died in Ventnor, NJ, July 28, 1955, aged ninety-four years.
OBITUARIES. John Pemberton, 94, Retired Executive. John Pemberton, of 9 N. Washinton Ave., Ventnor, died yesterday afternoon at the Mayfair Nursing Home, Somers Point, after a lengthy illness. He was 94. Born in Lancashire, England, he was a resident of Ventnor 22 years. Mr. Pemberton was general manager of the Pennsylvania Iron Works in Philadelphia until 1905. He then became associated with the General Electric Co., in Lynn, Mass., of which firm he later was appointed superintendent. He retired in 1928. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Lynn, and the Ancient Order of Foresters of America, of Montreal, Canada. Surviving are his son, John, of Philadelphia; four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services will be private (Press of Atlantic City (Atlantic City, NJ), July 29, 1955).
Daughter Ellen M. Lucas died of generalized arteriosclerosis at Huggins hospital in Wolfeboro, NH, December 25, 1955, aged eighty-nine years. She was a retired librarian. James E. Bovaird, M.D., signed the death certificate.
Sloan Estate Accounting Is Approved. … The Court likewise approved the first and final accounting of the Estate of John Pemberton which listed a balance of $46,198.58 on hand for distribution. Commissions of $2,814.41 were allowed John Pemberton, Jr., of Philadelphia, a son of the deceased, as executor, while a counsel fee of $2,000 went to the law firm of Glenn and Glenn (Press of Atlantic City (Atlantic City, NJ), May 11, 1956).
Daughter Nettie E. (Lucas) Lewis died in Melrose, MA, January 21, 1964.
DEATHS. LEWIS. In Melrose, Jan. 21, Nettie E. (Lucas) of 33 Aaron St., widow of Herschel W. Lewis and mother of Richard J. Lewis. Private service Robinson Chapel, 809 Main St., Friday at 11 a. Interment at Wakefield, N.H. (Boston Globe, January 22, 1964).
References:
Find a Grave. (2015, May 8). Nettie Eliza Lucas Lewis. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/146232338/nettie-eliza-lewis
Find a Grave. (2011). Daniel Lucas. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/67787100/daniel-lucas
Find a Grave. 20215, May 8). Edward Lucas. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/146231736/edward_lucas
Find a Grave. (2015, May 8). Ellen M. Lucas. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/146232121/ellen_m_lucas
Find a Grave. (2015, May 8). John Lucas. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/146231260/john-lucas
Find a Grave. (2015, May 8). Sarah A. Lucas. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/146232029/sarah_a_lucas
Find a Grave. (2014, October 26). Edith A. Pemberton. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/137811693/edith-a-pemberton
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