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July 7, 1741- Peter Lukens dies at the age of 45 in Horsham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. He is survived by his wife, Gaynor (Evans), and ten children.
Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, Volume 23 By Historical Society of Pennsylvania:
Lucken—luken—Family Records.—Miss Annie M. Daniels, of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, contributes the following records of the Luken family, copied from the Bibles of Jan Lucken, who settled in Philadelphia County in 1683:
1696 the 30"1 of ye 1" mo. Peter Lucken was Born.
Peter Lukens was born January 30, 1696 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
On October 28, 1719, Peter married Gaynor Evans, daughter of William Evans & Elizabeth Brooke in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
By 1734, Peter and Gaynor had moved to Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where they resided on 75 acres. The Quaker couple lived on Horsham Road, near the Horsham Meeting House. Horsham Road ran up to their neighbor John Bartholomew's property.
Will Abstract:
LUCKENS, PETER. Philadelphia County. Yeoman. April 27, 1741. Februa ry 22, 1741. F.227.
Exec: Wife Gaynor and Abraham Luckens. Children: Peter, John, Abraha m, Joseph, Benjamin, Eseu (Evan), Mary, Susanna, Anne and Gaynor. Witnesse s: John Crossley, John Palmer and Robert Healon.
(Peter Lukens is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graef. Margaret Tyson is his first cousin once removed.
Margaret Tyson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graef, and Coentgen Lennsen Coenis & Anna Entgen Thones.)
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