Show IF f r 4 W I 1 1 M A corner in in ancestors by ELEANOR LEXINGTON lucas family copyright ajr or Hy adlOe ll 11 Is an open question from front what luc lucas la Is derived various theories nave been advanced the name P ip p peara pears in classic records lucas Is the latin name for a grove or wood beut bated to a god a temple a cloister in a wood lucaa lucas Is easily derived from lucas aleo also luke and st I 1 latin name waa was lucas then there ie Is the latin word lux light and ita its varl atton or genitive lucis it la in possible ble by the exercise of a little imagination to evolve lucas from lux and what la Is life worth without a little tion to lighten dark places the name lucasta ie to directly from lux casta chaste light one last word though about this the name may be from the old tu can town lucca also spelled luca the family of lucaa lucas began early to make history to go no further back than the thirteenth century when lucas of tuy lived a spanish chron icier lucas of leyden two centuries 24 wk tv aritas 1 are P ater waa was an artist who at 12 years it of age painted the legend of st hubert for which he received as many florins aa an he lie numbered years ilia ills grandson was painter to henry IV of france we are forgetting sir lucan sometimes called sir lucas on of the knights of king arthure arthurs round table for centuries the luca family faintly baa has been one of prominence in great britain where they have estates at berwick on TV eed in norfolk essex durham cambridge aind cornwall boone dohun is bald said to be responsible fol the name boone Is dohun bohun we ask the name of some old norman or sax on town there are those on the other hand who say that boone Is a name first given as a surname to a gay and merry chap a I 1 boon corn com panion in 1690 solomon boone from devonshire von shire made a home in bristol pa and george boone was also a settler settle in the same state at exeter berks county george wa was born at exeter devonshire england 1666 and came over with his wife mary and children in 1717 george has al ways been a favorite name tn in the boone family of the pennsylvania line and longevity and good health are char one forefather had to his credit at his death eight children 62 grandchildren and ten great grand children child 70 la in all or an as many as the house of jacob that th went down into egypt it Is furtner recorded that he never had an aching bone or a decayed tooth one of the officers of the revolution was capt hawking boone of this line a boy of 76 john jamer judah and joshua are names of brothers sons eons of one patri arch boone flail christ church parish south carolina Is to one of the historic of the mouth and it was one of the handsome homes of at the colony it was the home of joseph boone who came ca me from england in 1703 it ie Is supposed that he as born barn in kent coun ty where homes of the boones are located boone doone hall S 8 C being bang thus named after an ancestral seat joseph was a prominent agent in two peaceful revolutions as they are called one 1706 the other 1719 1 the boonee of this line are nearly related to the alliotts Ell Elli lotts otts Barn wells and walkers also southern families than daniel boone there Is not in j n all our annals a more r re freshing freebing personality some one has truly ald said born dorn in pennsylvania 1735 when be was about 13 years old his family moved to north carolina where he started out upon bis his famous exploring expedition into the wilds of kentucky for months boone remain ed alone tn in the forests tasting nel neither therl salt falt nor bread nor looking imon a human face it was the supreme test of endurance of manly fortitude of moral and physical courage and boone won he ile held on until be he founded a commonwealth and paved tho the way for that commonwealths admission into the olite sisterhood of states there Is romance all long along the line in daniels history for it was while hunting in his early home north carolina 1 that he nearly bh t rebecca I 1 the family of derbyshire date back to thonas thomas lucas who purchased property there about 1700 Lowee Lowen toK tolt suffolk ie Is now the eat sent of one brinch of the family gules one of the colore colors of the lucas coat coltof arati Is appropriate for the family enrolls many a hero the first recipient of the victoria cross was rear admiral charles lucas who erred served la in the baltic col thomas lucas baa has the queens medal with a clasp the kings medal with two clasps and the khedives star and two clasps maj alaj frederick george lucas was decorated tor for bravery frederick lucas was one of na po leons soldiers after tha the battle of waterloo be he settled in maryland officers of the american resolution gives the names of the following members of the lucas family capt thomas of new york thomas of val vat ta ia killed at germantown james of delaware capt darton barton of maryland en sign nathaniel and capt james ot 0 virginia and capt cadt john of georgia the family were doubtless represented in the indian war for they came over to new jersey about 1682 oue family came from normandy and another from la rochelle Ko chelle the family has also been represented la fin new york since early days in new england the family has lived since the beginning of history there samuel lucas was member of the plymouth colony 1697 and a mr air lucas had an estate of pounds in new haven the pilgrim father of th 9 lucas family faintly of south carolina was jona joria than who settled at charleston 1785 the coat reproduced ta to blaz boned in durkes burkes I 1 peerage argent a teas be six annulets annu lets gules crest out of a ducal coronet or a deml griffin wings expanded rules motto veritas vincit truth conquers regarding garding Ite the symbolism sybolt sybol ism sm of this coat cont armour the fesse Is a military belt or girdle of honor boner annulets annu lets or rings symbolize fidelity the romans wore ringa rings as an a sign of knighthood and one Is always used at coronation ceremonies the griff gri ln flin popular both in heraldry and romance Is in an embi emblem em of vigilance the griffin of story and fable lived in Bac bacteria tria and guarded the gold it wax was in defense of this that he be through the wilderness pursued the wings expanded mean protection As to the colors argent silver denotes sincerity and peace gules red military fortitude courage bravery and magnanimity or gold generosity genc rosity and elevation eleva Uon of mind family bryan the little god cupid in revenge sent a swit tarrow arrow straight to the young nimrod a heart and figuratively perhaps literally for th those were dae das of romance daniel tell fell at fair Rebecca 8 feet and there he evet i after remained but not literally let this be made quite clear it was an off day po to speak when adventures were not plentiful in the doone boone household their daughter jomima and two of her bar young friend friends were carried away by indians but rescued by daniel and his companions jemima should have married one of her rescuers and without doubt this could would have happened as it should it she had been arabella say may or claris sa as but jemima Is a name not easily associated with adventures it was wa one of her young friends who bec became am the bride of her res and daniel as justice of the peace tied the knot the first marriage in kentucky daniel of course kept on exploring all hia his life and bis his wanderings were many not long ago a sycamore tree was standing in east tennessee upon which wae was carved the legend daniel boone billed A BAR on this tree 1760 the coat of arms illustrated Is that given to or borne home by the immigrant ancestor solomon boone of bristol pa it Is blazoned asure azure on a bend argent coti sed or between two lions rampant of the second 1 I a second color argent three escallops or shells abells gules crest a band hand holding a sheaf of arrows points 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