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Updates:
1) EARLY LACEY AND LEE DOCUMENTS
Charles Baker has sent some images of George Lacey's will ( transcribed Appendix A ) along with other short excerpts pertaining to the Lacey family in Upper Canada ( Appendix B ), which is much appreciated. Without question, the will rules out Ichabod Lacey as a son of George ( as do other developments, see section 2 below ). Three other excerpts, from the Jubilee History of Thorold, Some Graves in Lundy's Lane, and Lincoln at Bay, contain information that is to some extent in conflict. The sketch from the Jubilee History of Thorold (1897) indicates that George and Elizabeth came from New Jersey. The next two accounts, by Green (1911, 1923), mention only Maryland. In the 1911 excerpt ( the inscription from the gravestone plus a biographical sketch ) Green indicates that George Lacey was born in Maryland; in the 1923 excerpt ( from a biography that has been written in the form of a historical narrative ) Green implies that George Lacey was born in Ireland and was at first encouraged by his parents to become a priest, but decided against this and instead moved to the new American Republic; he then married Elizabeth Lee in Maryland ( who lived on an estate there, and brought water to Washington's troops on the Potomac according to the 1911 sketch ) and they eventually settled in Upper Canada. Both Charles Baker and I have wondered about the source for the latter information since no references are given in either work. I am inclined to think that Green, who was born two decades after the death of his great grandmother Elizabeth Lee and forty years after the death of his great grandfather George Lacey, probably heard the story about Washington and the Potomac from cousins who had by then settled in Maryland ( i.e. Revolutionary folklore that only developed later ), but this is hard to assess one way or the other since Green's source is not given. In any event, the parentage of Elizabeth Lee is once again in question ( cf. sections 2 and 3 below ) so it is nevertheless possible that her family resided in Maryland or in another State before they lived in New Jersey.
2) ICHABOD LACEY
I undertook a long search to sort out the "Ichabod Lacey b. 1810 Upper Canada" mystery and it turns out that not only is Ichabod Lacey not the son of George Lacey of Thorold, he isn't even Ichabod Lacey. "Ichabod Losee" resided Haldimand Twp, and presumably descends from one of the many Losee families of New York and New Jersey that settled in Canada before 1810. Three Losees are listed on the Old UEL list; a Daniel Losee married Lydia Huff 01 JUN 1812 in Haldimand Twp, where Ichabod lives, and a Jonas ( also the name of Ichabod's son ) owned land there in the 1820s. With that huge detour out of the way I no longer consider Ichabod Leigh a particularly good candidate for Elizabeth's Lee father and I now think we're looking for a different family. An updated / revised chart of descendants for George of Thorold is given in Appendix C.
3) NEW JERSEY LEES
Having recently gone through all the Leigh / Lee marriage records in the state of New Jersey previous to about 1820, which I probably should have done earlier, two records strike me as being a match among otherwise random entries. These are:
ELIZABETH LEE m. GEORGE LACEY 10 DEC 1797 in Hunterdon County – J.P. Bowlby.
JOHN SR. LEE m. ELIZABETH HUNTER 28 AUG 1803 in Hunterdon County – J.P. Bowlby.
In total there are only about 21 marriages on record as having been performed by J.P. Thomas Bowlby, who himself lived in Bethlehem NJ, and these are two Lee entries among them. George and Elizabeth Lacey's oldest son was named John Lee Lacey, so the name was sure to figure into her family somehow, but rather than being for John Leigh the son of Ichabod Leigh it now seems likely John Lacey was named for the John Lee listed here. Checking the census / tax lists for John Lees in New Jersey at about this time, there is:
LEE, JOHN JR. Bethlehem Twp, 1793
A working hypothesis is: John Jr. Lee and Elizabeth Lee are the children of John Sr. Lee who remarried to Elizabeth Hunter in 1803. John Jr. Lee was married by 1793 when he was listed as the head of the Lee house for the tax list ( unless John Jr of the census became John Sr of the marriage record after the death of his father ). To make things more difficult, absolutely nothing is known about John Jr. Lee of Bethlehem NJ or the John Sr. Lee who married Elizabeth Hunter. As far as Lees in Upper Canada go ( re: the possibility that others in Elizabeth's family might have relocated with her and George c. 1797 ), a James Lee is on record as having died in Lincoln in 1808 and a Hiram Lee served with George Lacey in the 2nd Lincoln Militia in 1814; it's unknown whether these Lees were of any relation to Elizabeth, however, as the surname is otherwise relatively common. A list of Lees whose wills are on record in New Jersey prior to 1760 ( far from exhaustive ) is included in Appendix E.
4) BENJAMIN LACEY OF VIRGINIA
I've done some satellite searching ( who lived near whom, when, where, why ) and several descendants of George Lacy Sr. of Bethlehem seem to be linked to children of a Philemon Lacy of North Carolina, born about 1732 in Virginia, whom a 1767 land transaction presents as the son of a Benjamin Lacy of Brunswick County, Virginia. This Benjamin is probably "Benjamin Lacey of Worcester" who in 1719 was sentenced to a seven-year term of indentured service in the American Colonies for "stealing bacon". After his debt to society was paid ( 1726 ) he would have been free to leave and start a family. Philemon alone is documented as a son of Benjamin but I suspect that George Lacey ( b. 1729 ) and Richard Lacey ( b. 1735 ) of New Jersey might also be sons, the latter two being linked by their residence in Hunterdon County NJ ( Richard's son Garret even resided Bethlehem Twp in 1793 ), George's children in turn being linked to Philemon's children in Christian County KY by about 1800. All three men had sons named Benjamin and William and a daughter named Martha. When indentured servants in Virginia had fulfilled their terms of service ( 7 or 14 years ) they could either re-indenture themselves for lack of other options or they could move inland to places like the Carolinas and Kentucky ( and, perhaps, to places like Hunterdon County NJ ). Early Virginia has the most poorly-preserved records after New Jersey, so this and any other Virginia-based Lacey leads will be hard to prove or disprove on the basis of extant parish records. Consequently I am again endorsing:
5) LACEY Y-DNA TESTING
It is apparent that many Laceys settled early in America and that about half of them settled in Virginia. Early Virginia records have huge gaps, if they have survived at all, so in many cases DNA may be the only way to determine which early Virginia Lacey you descend from.
In Britain the Lacey / Lacy surname occurs with greatest frequency in England and Ireland; England had 3400 Laceys in 1841 and in the Griffiths Valuation of Ireland (1848-1864) there were 565 Lacey heads of house, or about 2825 Laceys if one assumes five people per household with the surname. Scotland had only 24 Laceys in 1841 and Wales had only 23. The distribution of the name is strongest in southeastern Ireland ( Leinster ) and in the south of England, which factor supports the etymology of the name as meaning "from Lassy", a town in Normandy on the northern coast of France.
ENGLAND 1841 ( 3400 Laceys / Lacys )
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--------------------------------------------North East England ( 0.7 % )--------------------
-------------------------------------------------Yorkshire and the Humber ( 5.5 % )------
------North West England ( 4.9 % )----------------------------------------------------------
---------West Midlands ( 5.8 % )-------------East Midlands ( 18.0 % )---------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------East of England ( 10.0 % )
------------------------------------------------------------- Greater London ( 13.5 % )-------
---South West England ( 19.4 % )------South East England ( 22.1 % )------------
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IRELAND c. 1855 ( 565 Lacey / Lacy heads of house )
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-------------------------Ulster ( 0.5% )
--------Connaught ( 5.5% )--
------------------Leinster ( 71.7% )
---Munster ( 22.3% )-----
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In the 1850 U.S. census there were 279 Lac(e)ys born Ireland compared to 67 born England. In total there were only about 12 heads of household in Britain who were using the De Lacey / D'Lacy variant of the name at that time, who are said to be the line descended from the De Lacys of the Norman Conquest. Since the Lacey / Lacy name is otherwise just a toponym, given to anyone who came to Britain from Lassy between about 1100 and 1400 CE, most Lacy / Lacey lineages will be genetically unrelated. As a result, a Y-DNA match between any two Lacey / Lacy lineages is highly significant from a genealogical standpoint.
Compared to late arrivals from England and Ireland, North American Lacys who can trace their descent back before 1800 should fall into a small group of haplotypes that descend from the 10 or 15 male Laceys who settled in Virginia prior to that time, plus some auxiliary groups from other states which on the whole are better documented, e.g. the Bucks County PA line. Everyone with as yet undetermined Lacey roots ( in particular descendants of Richard, George and Philomen Lacey ) should have Y-DNA tested for a match. Laceys who were sent to America as bonded servants are listed in Appendix F below.
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APPENDIX A: Will of George Lacey of Thorold Twp ( signed 10 JAN 1835, proved 11 FEB 1840 )
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In the Name of god Amen I George Lacy of the township of Thorald in the county of Lincoln in the District of Niagra and Provence of Upper Canada yeoman calling to Mind the uncertainty of Life do make and Publish this as and for my Last will and Testament, being in good Health of Body and of sound Disposeing mind Memory and Judgment
First I give and bequeath the farm whereon I Now Live unto my well beloved wife Elizabeth Lacy During the time she Remains my widow which said farm is composed of Lot Number one hundred and seventeen in the township of thorald, with two fetherbeds and Beding, and such of my House Hold furniture as she may think she stands in need of one wagon, and Harness with a Horse that she may choose, and two cows and six sheep all of which she shall Have During the time she Remains my widow with two good Hogs that shall be fatted after my Death with twenty five Bushels of good { merichen? } table wheet of the grain on hand at my Death Delivered in the House with one third of all Redy money that may be on hand at my Death and one third of all money that may arise out of the sale of my personal Property not willed away by this will
Secondly I Have given by a Deed of Bargin two Hundred acres of Land unto my Eldest son John Lacey in the township of wainfleet Before this will was made as his Proportion of Land,
thirdly I give and Devise unto my son Isaac Lacy the East Half of Lot Number one hundred and fourteen in the township of thorald, to Have and to Hold to Him and his Heirs and assigns for Ever
fourthly I have made a Deed of Bargin and sale for fifty acres in the township of thorald Before this will was made to my son Jesse H Lacy as his Proportion of Land from me
fifthly I give unto my Daughter Abigal Mathews the Remainder of Lot Number one hundered and thirty Eight in the township of thorald to Have and to Hold to her During her Life { her Heirs and assigns for Ever } supposed to be about fifty acres Be the same more or Less my son Jesse H Lacy Having a Deed for the south Part of the said Lot the ward Hers and assigns { was? } only intend to Hold a Life Estate in the said Lot by the testation, and and [ sic ] the above Named fifty acres of Land shall Be Eaqualey Devided Between Her following Named children share and share a Like to Have and to Hold to them there Heirs and to them there Heirs [ sic ] and assigns for ever that is to say Nancy ann Hagar Zuby Hagar Aaron Mathews Jesse Mathews and Collins Mathews and provided any one of them should Die before he come of age or Have any Lawful Issue this the said Land shall Be Devided amongst the survivors share and share alike in fee simple . . . .
sixthly I give and Devise unto my Daughter Elizabeth Decow, the west Half of Lot Number thirty three in the Eleventh concession of the township of Nissuri, to Have and to Hold to her Her Heirs and assigns for Ever
seventhly I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Nancy thomas five Pounds to [ be ] Paid out of my Personal Property –
Eighthly I order and Dyrect my Executors Hereafter appointed to sell all my Personal Property not willed away by this will and the money arising out of such sale after the Payment of my Just Debts and funaral charges shall Be Devided in the following maner, one third to my wife and the Remainder shall be Devided in the following way that is to say two thirds of my Redy money and two thirds of the Proffits of Such sail one Eaqual share to my son John Lacy and one Eaqual share to Isaac Lacy and one Eaqual share to Jesse H Lacy and one Eaqual share to m[y] Daughter Abigal Mathews and one Eaqual share to my Daughter Elizabeth Decow and after the Death or marriage of my Beloved wife the farm whereon I now Live Being composed of Lot Number one hundred and seventeen in the Township of thorald shall be sold by my Executors or the survivor of them and the money arising from such sale shall be Devided in the following maner that is to say one Eaqual share to my son John Lacy and one Eaqual share to my son Isaac Lacy and one Eaqual share to my son Jesse H Lacy and one Eaqual share to my Daughter Abigal Mathews and one Eaqual share to my Daughter Elizabeth Decow
Lastly I hereby appoint Robert Hobson of the township of thorald and Jeremiah Hill of the same Place as my executors to put this my Last will and Testament in full force acording to the true meaning and intent thereof
signed sealed and acknowledged as and for my Last testament this tenth Day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty five
and I strictly charge my Executors as well as my children that if any Disputes should arise such Disputes shall be submited to arbitration to Prevent going to Law
in Presents of us
who at the Request of
the testator in Presents
of Each other Have
subscribed our names as
witnesses there of
John Hill
Robert Campbell
William Lampman
Georg Lacey [ thumbprint seal ]
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APPENDIX B: Other Excerpts
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"ELIZABETH LEE, wife of George Lacey, was born in October, 1764, and died July 15th, 1864. George and Elizabeth Lacey came to Canada from New Jersey in 1796, and settled on lot 117, Thorold township, where she continued to reside until her death at the age of 99 years and 9 months.
"ABIGAIL S. LACEY, wife of Robert W. Hagar and daughter of George and Elizabeth Lacey, was born July 28th, 1801, on lot 117, Thorold Township, and died at Salinas City, California, January 16th, 1884."
- John H. Thompson, ed. "Jubilee History of Thorold" ( Thorold: Thorold Post Printing and Publishing Company, 1897 )
"LACEY – 'George Lacey, died January 27th, 1840, aged 67 years, 3 months and 17 days.'
"He was born in Maryland and in 1796 moved to Canada, settling near the 'Black Horse Inn' in Thorold. He served in the 2nd Lincoln under Captains Kerby and Crysler and at Chippawa his neighbor, Wilkerson, fell by his side, killed by the bullet of an Indian, who was in turn despatched by Lacey. A Masonic certificate dated 1824 is preserved by Lacey's descendants. His wife, Elizabeth, was a Lee of Maryland and when a child was sent by her parents to carry food to the starving men of Washington's army. She was buried here, but no stone marks her grave."
- Ernest Green, "Some Graves in Lundy's Lane" ( Niagara Historical Bulletin No. 22, 1911 )
"Silent they [ George and Elizabeth Lacey ] stood, the man's eyes fixed on the ground and his ears strained for any sound alien to the little clearing and the surrounding forest. Forty years of varying fortunes had left their trace on him. An Irish boy, destined by his parents for the church, he had fled from the prospect of a peaceful calling ere his education was finished and had found a world more to his liking in the new Republic of America. Still restless and unsatisfied, he soon set forth on his wandering again, but this time not alone, for with George Lacey went, as his bride, sweet Bessie Lee. Sorrowfully-happy, she bade farewell to her girlhood home by the Potomac and relinquished the civilized surroundings of a Maryland estate to follow her husband to the unknown wilderness of Upper Canada. Crossing the Niagara at Queenston, in the first year of the century, they soon found land to their liking and began to hew out a new home for themselves in the beech woods near the Beaver Dams."
- Ernest Green, "Lincoln at Bay: A Sketch of 1814" ( Welland: Tribune-Telegraph Press, 1923 )
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APPENDIX C: Updated Chart for George of Thorold
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1 George Lacey b. 10 OCT 1775 Bethlehem Twp, New Jersey, d. 27 JAN 1840 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada ( s/o George Lacy & Elizabeth Heaton )
. . . + Elizabeth Lee 10 DEC 1797 Hunterdon, New Jersey ( d/o Unknown )
. . . . . . 2 Nancy Ann Lacey b. 02 MAR 1797 United States.
. . . . . . . . . + Joseph Benedict Darling 10 JUL 1817 Upper Canada ( s/o Samuel Darling & Elizabeth Benedict )
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Eliza Ann Darling b. 13 APR 1818 Upper Canada, d. 19 MAR 1907 Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Noah Davis 23 AUG 1834 Upper Canada ( s/o Hall Davis & Lucinda )
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mary Elizabeth Davis b. 06 JAN 1836 Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Lucinda Mary Davis b. 13 JUN 1838 Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Theresa Amelia Davis b. 24 JUN 1840 Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 George Darling Davis b. 18 JUL 1842 Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Jefferson Hall Davis b. 25 AUG 1844 Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Isaac Benedict Davis b. 04 FEB 1847 Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Ransom Noah Davis b. 03 JUL 1850 Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Anna Bell Davis b. 12 APR 1852 Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Nancy Davis b. 12 APR 1852 Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 John Wesley Davis b. 09 NOV 1855 Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Samuel Darling b. 1819 Upper Canada, d. 04 AUG 1826 Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Maria Darling b. 02 FEB 1821 Upper Canada, d. 18 JUN 1849 Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Robert Elliot 02 JAN 1845 Stamford Twp, Canada West, d. 18 JUN 1849 Port Robinson, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Andrew Russell Elliot b. 10 APR 1849 Canada West, d. 11 JUN 1849 Port Robinson, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 George Lacey Darling b. 24 NOV 1823 Pennsylvania, d. 29 JUL 1899 Woodhouse, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Rebecca Walker 20 OCT 1847 Simcoe, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Mary Walker 01 MAY 1855 Simcoe, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 James Leland Darling b. FEB 1857 Simcoe, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Phoebe Ann Kennedy 17 SEP 1867 Ontario ( d/o Jacob Kennedy & Martha )
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Clarence Kennedy Darling b. 09 FEB 1868 Simcoe, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Arthur Thornton Darling b. 17 MAR 1871 Simcoe, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Ernest Howard Darling b. 27 MAY 1877 Simcoe, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Victor Stanley Darling b. 18 AUG 1878 Simcoe, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Isaac Joseph Darling b. 07 AUG 1825 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada, d. 26 MAY 1909 South Norwich, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Almira Culver ( d/o Jabez Culver & Mary )
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Ella Darling b. abt 1860 Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Lena Darling b. abt 1861 Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 George Henry Darling b. abt 1867 Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mabel Almira Darling b. 21 JAN 1875 Otterville, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . + Matthew Thomas 05 SEP 1833 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Robert Gordon Thomas b. 03 JUN 1835 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mary Elizabeth Thomas b. 17 AUG 1838 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Susan Thomas b. 17 JAN 1844 Thorold Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . 2 John Lee Lacey b. abt 1799 Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . + Mary Ann Horton ( b. abt 1804 New Jersey, d. 05 JAN 1894 Moulton Twp, Ontario )
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Aaron Lacey b. 15 JUL 1831 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Emily Jane Hover ( b. 08 FEB 1846 Canada West )
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Alonzo Lacey b. abt 1863 Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Lily Lacey b. abt 1864 Smithville, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Robert Lacey b. abt 1865 Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 John Lacey b. abt 1869 Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Josephine Lacey b. abt 1871 Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Jesse Ellis Lacey b. 24 DEC 1874 Grimsby Twp, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Luella Lacey b. abt 1879 Gainsboro Twp, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Cecilia Lacey b. 04 FEB 1881 Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Aaron Lacey b. 18 DEC 1886 Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Sarah Ann Lacey b. 13 FEB 1833 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Isaac Hyatt ( s/o Joshua Hyatt & Margaret )
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Alice Hyatt b. abt 1853 Gainsboro Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Frank Hyatt b. abt 1856 Gainsboro Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Avery Hyatt b. 14 JUL 1875 Gainsboro Twp, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Alonzo Lacey b. 07 MAY 1834 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Emma Glintz abt 1885 Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Millie Lacey b. 28 JUN 1886 Grimsby, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Arthur Lacey b. 24 AUG 1888 Grimsby, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Elsie Lacey b. 11 SEP 1891 Grimsby, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Martha S. Ecker 07 OCT 1893 Dunnville Twp, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Victoria Stella Lacey b. 24 MAY 1896 Smithville, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Orval Alonzo Lacey b. 30 APR 1898 Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Hazel Jewell Lacey b. JUL 1905 Ontario, d. 04 JUL 1905 Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Roy William Lacey b. FEB 1909 Ontario, d. 26 FEB 1911 Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 John Lacey b. abt 1838 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 James Lacey b. 22 NOV 1842 Thorold Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Julia Clarke 02 MAR 1865 Canada West ( d/o Thomas Clarke & Mary Ann Allen )
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mary Lacey b. abt 1869 Moulton Twp, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 John Lacey b. abt 1873 Dunnville Twp, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Julia Lacey b. abt 1876 Dunnville Twp, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Nellie Page 19 FEB 1887 Ontario ( d/o Nelson Page & Margaret )
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Alvin Draper Lacey b. 11 JUN 1844 Gainsboro Twp, Canada West, d. 16 JAN 1930 Smithville, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Julia Theresa Dean 08 JUL 1871 Ontario ( d/o Daniel Dean & Mary )
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Landon? Lacey b. abt 1872 Grimsby, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Aggie Blanch Lacey b. 13 NOV 1875 Grimsby, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Della Mabel Lacey b. 03 FEB 1879 Grimsby, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mary Mildred Lacey b. 22 SEP 1887 Grimsby, Ontario, d. 01 JAN 1888 Grimsby, Ontario.
. . . . . . 2 Abigail S. Lacey b. 28 JUL 1801 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . + Robert Ward Hagar 21 OCT 1819 Lewiston NY.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Nancy Ann Hagar b. 07 MAY 1820 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Robert George Hagar b. 13 APR 1821 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Eva Caroline DeCew ( d/o John B. DeCew & Catherine Dochstader )
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Abigail Catherine Hagar b. 18 MAR 1842 Thorold Twp, Canada West, d. 27 JAN 1845 Thorold Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 John Wellington Hagar b. 31 MAR 1844 Thorold Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Electa Jane Hagar b. 03 FEB 1847 Thorold Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amanda Hagar b. 31 MAY 1850 Thorold Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Robert George Hagar b. 03 SEP 1853 Thorold Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Norval Bruce Hagar b. 30 APR 1856 Thorold Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Gustavus Adolphus Hagar b. 07 MAY 1860 Thorold Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Phoebe Caroline Hagar b. 11 OCT 1861 Thorold Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Horace Ward Hagar b. 03 AUG 1868 Thorold Twp, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Azubah Hagar b. 02 FEB 1823 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Cornelius Perry ( s/o Cornelius Perry )
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Cornelia M. Perry b. abt 1842 Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Margaret Perry b. abt 1845 Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Jane Perry b. abt 1848 Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Samuel H. Perry b. abt 1850 Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . + Collins Matthews
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Aaron Matthews b. Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Jesse Matthews b. Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Collins Matthews b. Upper Canada.
. . . . . . 2 Isaac Lacey b. Thorold Twp, Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . + Maria Larroway 19 OCT 1826 Upper Canada.
. . . . . . 2 Jesse H. Lacey b. Thorold Twp, Upper Canada, d. abt 1848 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . + Susan Cook 04 AUG 1831 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 George A. Lacey b. 17 JUL 1832 Upper Canada, d. 06 APR 1912 Erin Twp, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Sarah Rhoda Heatley 13 JUN 1861 Canada West ( d/o Henrietta Heatley )
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Helen Louisa Lacey b. abt 1862 Hillsburgh, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Martha E. Lacey b. 12 AUG 1864 Hillsburgh, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Jesse Holly Lacey b. 18 SEP 1866 Hillsburgh, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 George C. Lacey b. 11 AUG 1872 Erin Twp, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Sarah Rhoda Lacey b. 04 JAN 1876 Erin Twp, Ontario.
. . . . . . 2 Elizabeth Lacey b. 1812 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . + Frederick DeCew 13 OCT 1830 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada ( s/o John DeCew & Catherine Dochstader )
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Frederick DeCew b. abt 1831 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada, d. Bef 1842.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 William DeCew b. abt 1833 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Sarah Emsley
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Abigail DeCew b. abt 1835 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada, d. 21 AUG 1871 Houghton, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + William A. Emsley
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Frederick DeCew Emsley b. abt 1856 Moulton Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Bessie Emsley b. abt 1863 Thorold Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 George Emsley b. 20 APR 1877 Tillsonburg, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Catherine Jane DeCew b. abt 1837 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada, d. 10 NOV 1900 Bayfield, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + John Augustus Garden abt 1857 Canada West ( s/o John Campbell Garden & Mary Thompson )
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mary Louisa Garden b. 02 NOV 1858 Stamford Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Arthur Campbell Garden b. abt 1860 Stamford Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 John Shelton Garden b. abt 1866 Stamford Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Alice Kate Garden b. 18 DEC 1871 Stamford Twp, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Elizabeth DeCew b. 04 JUN 1839 Thorold Twp, Upper Canada, d. 21 JUN 1928 Barton Twp, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Andrew Hansell 22 SEP 1857 Thorold Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Andrew DeCew Hansell b. 17 NOV 1858 Thorold Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mary Elizabeth Hansell b. abt 1861 Thorold Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Hudson M. Summers 15 NOV 1864 Thorold Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Orinda Eleanor DeCew b. 28 SEP 1841 Thorold Twp, Canada West, d. 18 OCT 1911 Rochester NY.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Royal Carlos Knapp 18 JAN 1860 Rochester NY ( s/o Levi Philetus Knapp & Ellen Brooks )
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 John Knapp b. abt 1864 Rochester NY.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Emma Brooks Knapp b. 16 MAR 1866 Rochester NY.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Louisa Lacey Knapp b. 25 OCT 1867 Rochester NY, d. 09 JUN 1920 NY.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mary Warner Knapp b. 23 JUL 1875 Rochester NY.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Laura Dockstater Knapp b. 22 OCT 1879 Rochester NY, d. 07 JUN 1882 Rochester NY.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + William Henry Yerkes ( s/o Silas Ayres Yerkes & Susan Hill )
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Cornelia DeCew b. 1843 Thorold Twp, Canada West, d. 22 AUG 1895 Thorold Twp, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Frederick William Townsend abt 1864 Thorold Twp, Canada West ( s/o William Townsend & Ann Maria Bouk )
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Louisa Maria Townsend b. 06 MAR 1865 Thorold Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Frederick Charles Townsend b. 15 APR 1868 Thorold Twp, Ontario, d. 08 SEP 1926 Muskoka, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Florence Elizabeth Townsend b. 28 AUG 1870 Thorold Twp, Ontario, d. 15 MAR 1946 Niagara Falls, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Annie Cornelia Townsend b. 16 JAN 1873 Thorold Twp, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Emma Jane Townsend b. 14 NOV 1876 Thorold Twp, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Robert George DeCew b. 05 APR 1849 Thorold Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Alice Amelia Schafer 15 MAR 1874 Pelham Twp, Ontario ( d/o John Shafer & Amanda )
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Millie May DeCew b. 01 MAY 1876 Louth Twp, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Charles Ernest Lacey DeCew b. 17 JUL 1878 Hamilton, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Charles Frederick DeCew b. 29 JUL 1850 Thorold Twp, Canada West, d. 24 DEC 1929 Hamilton, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Charlotte Elizabeth Hoover 03 OCT 1870 Drummondville, Ontario ( d/o George Hoover & Eliza )
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Cornelia Elizabeth DeCew b. 07 DEC 1871 Houghton, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Clare Lucy DeCew b. 24 JAN 1873 Houghton, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Arabella DeCew b. 21 DEC 1875 Houghton, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Edward Lacey DeCew b. abt 1854 Thorold Twp, Canada West.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . + Jennette Haney 05 OCT 1881 Tilsonburg, Ontario ( d/o John W. Haney & Jane )
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Maud Alberta DeCew b. 22 JUN 1883 Tillsonburg, Ontario.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Cortland Roy DeCew b. 1887 Tillsonburg, Ontario, d. 11 AUG 1888 Tillsonburg, Ontario.
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APPENDIX D: Heads of Household in Bethlehem Twp ( 1793 )
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Mathias ABEL, Henry AMMERMAN, Jacob Esq. ANDERSON, James ANDREWS, William APGAR, Barnabas BANGHART, Nathaniel BARBER, Benjamin BASSET, William BASSET, George BEAVERS, Paul BEEM, John BIGLAR, John Jr. BIGLER, Nicholas BIGLER, Simon BIGLER, Sylvanus BIRD, Alexander BONNEL, Clement BONNEL, John BOWLSBY, Thomas BOWLSBY, John BROWN, William BURCH, Isaac BUTTER, Christopher CAMPBELL, Cornelius CARHART, Joseph CARPENTER, Henry CARTER, William CARTER, Peter CASE, John COLE, Tunis COLE, John COOGEL, William COOK, Jacob COSNER, William COVENHAVEN, George CRAMMER, Mathias CRAMMER, Jacob CRAVELING, John CRAWFORD, Andrew CREATCHLEY, John CREVELING, Henry Jr. CUMPTON, John CUMPTON, John DAVIS, William DAVIS, Philip DILS, Emley DRAKE, Jacob DUNHAM, Morris EDDER, Robert ELDRIDGE, John EVANS, James FARROW, Richard FARROW, Samuel FARROW, William FARROW, Jacob FITZER, William FLEMING, Thomas FOSTER, Peter FREESE, William FREESE, Peter FREEZE, William FREEZE, Henry GARABRANT, George GARRISON, James GARRISON, John GARRISON, William GARRISON, Michael GILHAM, Elijah GUILD, John HAGGERTY, David HAGGERTY, Joseph HAGGERTY, Robert HAGGERTY, John J. HAMILTON, Francis HAMMILTON, John HAPBAGH, James HARVEY, Alexander HAZLETT, David HENDERSON, Joseph HENDERSON, Christopher HILSISER, Peter HOCKENBARGER, John HOLMS, Samuel HOPE, Abraham HOUSELL, Abraham HOUSILL, Daniel HULIT, Jacob HULL, John HUNT, Roger HUNT, William HYNOR, Isaac JARRET, Joseph JARRET, Thomas JARRET, Henry JOHNSON, Joseph JOHNSON, William JOHNSON, Michael JONES, Daniel KIPHART, Christopher KLINE, Godfrey KLINE, Aaron LACEY, Garrit LACY, Joseph LAKE, John LANDER, Patrick LANDERRY, Amos LAREW, John Jr. LEE, David LEWIS, John LEWIS, Jeremiah LOTT, George MARSHALL, Abraham MARTINHISE, Leonard MARTINHISE, William MAXWELL, Richard MAYBERRY, Joseph MCCLUCKEN, Charles MCHENRY, Daniel MCSHANE, John MELICK, Philip METTLER, Peter MILLER, Richard MILLS, Jacob MOORE, Michael MOORE, William MORRELL, William NESBITT, William NIXON, John OPDIKE, Joshua OPDYCKE, Daniel OSBOURN, John H. Jr OSBOURNE, Smith OSMAN, William PARKE, Jacob PASS, David PENWELL, Joseph PENWELL, Samuel PENWELL, Ebenezer PETTY, Charles PIAT, Elijah PIAT, William PIAT, Abraham POST, Joseph POTTS, William QUICK, Jacob RAW, Abraham REEMER, Jonathan ROBINS, John Jr. ROCKHILL, Harbert RODENBAGH, Henry RODENBAGH, John RODENBAGH, Ferdinand SHROP, Nicholas SIGNE, John SKINNER, Cornelius SLACK, Amos SMITH, David SMITH, Isaac SMITH, John SMITH, Josiah SMITH, Joseph SMITH, Robert SMITH, Daniel SNYDER, William SNYDER, James SPROWL, Conrad STARKE, Baltuss STIGER, Henry STIRES, Tunis STIRES, James STOUT, John TWINING, Michael ULP, Thomas VAN HORNE, John VANDEVORT, Frederick VANEST, Thomas WARMAN, Abraham WICKOFF, Jacob WICKOFF, John WICKOFF, Daniel WILLIAMSON, Alexander WILSON, Andrew WILSON, Mathias YOUNG.
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APPENDIX E: Lees in the Calendar of New Jersey Wills (1670-1760)
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THOMAS LEE – 09 JAN 1694/5, Elizabethtown
Will of. Children – Bennone, John, Mary, Anna, Abigail. Personal property. Executors – John Litle, Aron Thomson and Nathaniel Tutill. Witnesses – John Harrick, John Erskin. Proved May 28, 1695. N.J. Archives, XXI, p. 222. 1695 May 20 – Inventory of the estate (£30.1.-, all personal); made by Leftnt. George Ross and John Hindes. 1695, July 1. Letters issued to John Litle; of the other executors named, one had died, the other refused to act. 1695 July 15. Nathaniel Tuttle of Elizabeth Town refuses "to consern himself with the estate of Thomas Lee."
( E. J. D, Lib. E, pp. 218, 219 )
BENONI LEE – 19 JUL 1705 Elizabeth Town
Tailor; will of. Divides "Worldly Estate" between sister Mary Hindes, her second son Jonathan Hindes, third son James, daughter Mary Hindes; sister Abigail Lee (under age), brother-in-law Edward Spining, brother John Lee and his son Elihue. House and lots in Elizabeth Town on the country road, adjoining Charles Tooker, 4 acres of Raway meadows, derived from father Thomas Lee, 15 acres in Elizabeth Town next to William Miller. Personal property. Brother-in-law Edward Spining sole executor. Witnesses--Samuel Whitehead, Samuel Bounell and James Hindes junior. Proved 24 Sep 1705. Executor sworn in 23 Oct 1705.
( Lib. 1, p. 122, and Essex Wills )
FRANCIS LEE – 03 SEP 1712 Eversham, Burlington County
Inventory of the personal estate of, £66.15.4, incl. bonds and debts due by John Roberts, Philipp Wallis, Godfrey Hattfield, Sam. Cole, Robert Bradack and James Bingham. The estate owes to John Inscip, John Jones, John Wright, John Brigs, Ann Budd of Philadelphia, Ann Hancock, Enoch Coore, Cha: French, John Walker senior, Joseph Baits, Tho: Eldridge, Joan Lee of Philadelphia, John Apleton, Emanuel and Mark Straton, Edmond Vermin, Jacob Hueling, Robert Heath. 07 Oct 1712 Administration on the estate granted to his widow, Anne Lee.
( Lib. 1, p. 384 )
JOHN LEE – 27 DEC 1720 Woodbridge, Middlesex County
Weaver; will of. Wife Agnas. Children – Adam, John, Mary, Agnas, Martha, Sarah; apprentice Samuel Crowel. Home farm of 60 acres, land bought of Isac Tappin, do. of Thomas Moors, do. in Papoicky Neck, part of Rawway meadows, bought of Edward Wilkison. Personal estate. Executors – the wife, Adam Hoodt, Robert Gillchrist, Edward Crowel, James Hood and Robert Hoode. Witnesses – Abraham Lee, James Bishop, Elisha Frazee, Thomas Brown. Proved 13 Jan 1725-6.
( Lib. A, p. 345 )
ABRAHAM LEE – 20 NOV 1723 Elizabethtown, Essex County
Administration of the estate of, granted to Job Pack.
( Lib. A, p. 67 )
JOHN LEE – 29 JUL 1726
About 15 years old. Letters of guardianship of, granted to Erasmus Allen of Essex Co.
( Lib. A, p. 354 )
JOSEPH LEIGH – 12 JUN 1740 Perth Amboy, Middlesex County
Butcher. Int. Bond of Philip Kearny, Esq, as administrator. John Doe, fellow bondsman.
( Lib. C, p. 346 )
ADAM LEE – 11 OCT 1742 Woodbridge, Middlesex County
Int. Inventory of personal estate, £125.19; made by Ezekiel Bloomfield, Esq., and William Brown. 1742, Oct. 12. Bond of John Lee, the brother, and William Spencer and Agnes his wife, the mother of said deceased, as administrators on the estate. William Britton, fellow bondsman.
( Lib. D, p. 10 )
JOSHUA LEE – 06 SEP 1743 New Windsor, Middlesex County
Bond of Hannah Lee, his widow, and Samuel Dove, of Freehold, yeoman, as administrators. Stephen Warne, fellow bondsman. 1743, Sept. 9. Inventory of personal estate (£105.12.6), includes bonds and bills due from Isaac FitzRandolph, Jonathan Gibben, Samuel Throp, Robert Fary, John Mount, Daniel Hankeson, John Throp, and his father. Made by Benjamin Sutton, John Morford and John Row.
( Lib. D, p. 83 )
ELIHU LEE – 29 DEC 1753 Great Egg Harbour, Gloucester County
Int. Inventory, £99.15, by Gideon Scull and Abel Scull. 1754, Apr. 25. Bond of Elezabeth Lee, of Great Egg Harbour, as Adm'x. 1756, June 7. Account by said Administratrix, who reports estate her debtor for £29.8.5.
( Lib. 7, p. 463 )
DAVID LEE – 01 JUL 1758 Perth Amboy, Middlesex County
Ward, being son of Joshua Lee, deceased, and an orphan of about 18 yrs of age. Guardian – Andrew Smyth. Bondsman – John Smyth. Witness – Thomas Bartow.
( Lib. F, p. 530 )
JOHN LEE – 06 MAR 1759 Woodbridge, Middlesex County
will of. Wife [not named]. Sons – John and Daniel, Daughters – Mary, Sary, Agness and Hannah. All children under age. Bequest to brother, Abraham Lee. Real and personal estate. Executors--David and William Edgar. Witnesses – Benjamin Pack, Samuel Freeman, Jonathan Freeman, Jr. Proved Nov. 12, 1759.
( Lib. G, p. 110 )
ABRAHAM LEE SR. – 04 OCT 1759 the Burrough of Elizabeth, Essex County
Will of. Wife, Rachel. Children – William, Abraham, Mary and James, all under age. Home farm; part of Rahway meadows. Personal estate. Executors – brother Deacon (?) John Lee and William Edgar, of Woodbridge. Witnesses – Richard Skiner (Skinner), Henry Baker, Jr., David Edgar. Proved Oct. 29, 1759.
( Lib. G, p. 106 )
HEZEKIAH LEE – 26 JAN 1760 Egg Harbour, Gloucester County
Int. Inventory, £223.14.10 1/2, incl. a piece of cedar swamp, shingles and swamp tools, £103.2.6; book debts, £36.2.4 1/2; made by Nicholas Stillwill and John Bassett.
1760, Feb. 2. Bond of Margaret Lee and Nicholas Stillwell as Adm'rs.
( Lib. 9, p. 408 )
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APPENDIX F: Laceys Who Came to America as Bonded Passengers Before 1800
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JOSEPH LACEY, a rebel transported to America in 1685.
PHILIP LACEY, a rebel transported to America in 1685.
WILLIAM LACEY, a rebel transported to America in 1685.
BENJAMIN LACEY of Worcester, sentenced to be transported to the American colonies for a period of seven years Lent 1719.
JOHN LACEY of Devon, sentenced to be transported to the American colonies for a period of seven years MAR 1720.
ROBERT LACY THE ELDER of Devon, sentenced to be transported to the American colonies for a period of seven years MAR 1722.
WILLIAM LACEY of Hampshire, sentenced to be transported to the American colonies for a period of seven years MAR 1740.
WILLIAM LACEY of Hampshire, sentenced to be transported to the American colonies for a period of seven years JUL 1743.
JAMES LACEY of Suffolk, sentenced to be transported to the American colonies for a period of seven years Summer 1758.
ROBERT LACEY of Devon, reprieve on condition of transportation to the American colonies for 14 years JUL 1758, transportation bond to VA 1759.
RICHARD LACEY of Wiltshire, sentenced to be transported to the American colonies for a period of seven years AUG 1767.
WILLIAM LACEY of Wiltshire, reprieve on condition of transportation to the American colonies for 14 years MAR 1771.
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