Individual Details
Peter Lukens
(30 Jan 1696 - 7 Jul 1741)
The Lukens family of this township, as in Towamencin, has been a noted one. Peter, one of the sons of Jan Luken, the German immigrant, was born at Germantown in 1696, and how soon he settled in Horsham is not exactly known, but it was before 1734, when he is mentioned as residing on a tract
here of seventy-five acres. The following year the Horsham road is mentioned as having been laid out from his house up into the centre of Montgomery Township. He had a son, Abraham, who is represented as "a gentleman of a philosophic turn of mind," who left here numerous posterity. In the list of Horsham for 1776 we find rated William Lukens for 293 acres,
a saw-mill, and nine children in family;
Joseph Lukens, 178 acres
John Lukens, 150 acres
Abraham Lukens, 120 acres; and as single men
Jonathan, David, Peter and Seneca Lukens.
here of seventy-five acres. The following year the Horsham road is mentioned as having been laid out from his house up into the centre of Montgomery Township. He had a son, Abraham, who is represented as "a gentleman of a philosophic turn of mind," who left here numerous posterity. In the list of Horsham for 1776 we find rated William Lukens for 293 acres,
a saw-mill, and nine children in family;
Joseph Lukens, 178 acres
John Lukens, 150 acres
Abraham Lukens, 120 acres; and as single men
Jonathan, David, Peter and Seneca Lukens.
Events
| Birth | 30 Jan 1696 | Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Marriage | 28 Oct 1719 | Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA. - Gaynor Evans | |||
| Event | 1734 | Horsham Township, Montgomery County | | ||
| Event | 1735 | Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania | | ||
| Death | 7 Jul 1741 | Horsham, Montgomery, PA | | ||
| Alt name | Peter Lucken | ||||
| Alt name | Peter Luckens |
Families
| Spouse | Gaynor Evans (1696 - 1786) |
| Child | John Lukens (1720 - 1789) |
| Child | Abraham Lukens (1722 - 1800) |
| Child | Mary Lukens (1726 - 1782) |
| Child | Ann Lukens (1725 - 1807) |
| Child | Hannah Lukens (1727 - 1807) |
| Child | Joseph Lukens (1729 - 1784) |
| Child | Evan Lukens (1731 - 1825) |
| Child | Benjamin Lukens (1735 - 1818) |
| Child | Peter Lukens (1737 - 1812) |
| Child | Gaynor Lukens (1738 - ) |
| Father | Jan Lucken (1655 - 1745) |
| Mother | Mary Tyson (1660 - 1742) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Lucken (1684 - 1744) |
| Sibling | Alice Lukens (1686 - 1726) |
| Sibling | William Lukens (1688 - 1739) |
| Sibling | Sarah Lucken (1689 - 1694) |
| Sibling | John Lucken (1691 - 1744) |
| Sibling | Mary Lukens (1693 - 1772) |
| Sibling | Hannah Lucken (1698 - 1762) |
| Sibling | Matthias Lukens (1700 - 1741) |
| Sibling | Abraham Lukens (1703 - 1776) |
| Sibling | Joseph Lucken (1705 - 1779) |
Notes
Birth
Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, Volume 23 By Historical Society of PennsylvaniaLucken—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.
Event
Peter Lukens moved to Horsham Township, Montgomery County, prior to 1734. He was a landowner, and was taxed on 75 acres.Event
The Horsham road was laid out from JohnBartholomew's to Peter Lukens', near Horsham Meeting-house, in 1735.
Death
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.