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February 1741
Matthias Lukens dies at the age of 40 in
Pennsylvania.
In August of
1700, Mathias Lukens was born in
Germantown to Jan Lucken & Mary Tyson.
Jan Lucken had settled in
Philadelphia County in
1683. Jan had an old
Bible, published in
1595 by Peter Sebastian. In this Bible, he wrote :
"1700 the 13th of ye 8a mo. Mathias Lucken was Born."
On
February 24, 1721, when he was 20, Matthias married Ann Johnson, daughter of Richard Johnson & Margaret Millan. Ann survived him.
His Will, dated 18 Sep 1741, grants property of two grist mills and 108 acres to son John.
Will Abstract:
LUCKEN, MATHIAS. Philadelphia County. Yeoman.
9 mo. 18, 1741. February 19, 1741. F.280.
Exec: Wife Anne and brother-in-law John Johnson (cooper). Children: Dirk, John, Daniel, Mary, Hannah and Ann. Witnesses: John Rush and John and Samuel Rose. Codicil dated
11 mo. 21, 1741. Same witnesses.
February 17, 1741
A son, Dennis, is born to Dennis Conrad and wife, Ann Knight, in
Horsham Township,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The child does not survive, dying in
1742.
February 19, 1741
Ann Roberts is born to Thomas Roberts & Rachel Livezey in Bristol Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(Mathias Lukens is my first cousin 9 times removed. Dennis Conard is his grand nephew. Their common ancestors are Mathias Dohrs & Agnes Neesgen Op den Graeff.
Dennis Conard is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thone Kunders &
Elin Magadelen Tyson.
Ann Roberts is my third cousin 6 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Potts & Elizabeth Baset. )
