Individual Details

John Lukens

(17 Dec 1729 - 16 Apr 1813)

Events

Birth17 Dec 1729Towamencin township, Philadelphia
Marriage1753Rachel Robinson
Death16 Apr 1813Towamencin township, Philadelphia

Families

SpouseRachel Robinson (1727 - )
ChildAbraham Lukens (1754 - )
ChildJames Lukens (1756 - )
ChildJohn Lukens (1758 - )
ChildJob Lukens (1759 - )
ChildDavid Lukens (1761 - )
ChildElisha Lukens (1763 - )
ChildEdith Lukens (1765 - )
ChildGeorge Lukens (1768 - )
ChildJacob Lukens (1770 - )
FatherAbraham Lukens (1703 - 1776)
MotherMary Maurle (1699 - 1751)
SiblingMargaret Lukens (1728 - )
SiblingMatthias Lukens (1731 - 1783)
SiblingWilliam Lukens (1733 - 1784)
SiblingAbraham Lukens (1735 - 1806)
SiblingDavid Lukens (1737 - )
SiblingJoseph Lukens (1739 - 1814)
SiblingMary Lukens (1741 - 1751)
SiblingJob Lukens (1743 - 1771)
SiblingNathan Lukens ( - )

Notes

Birth

eldest son of Abraham and Mary (Maurle) Lukens

Marriage

John Lukens married about 1753, Rachel, born April 22, 1727, daughter of James and Elizabeth Robinson of Franconia township.

Death

inherited a portion of the plantation on which he was born and spent his life thereon, dying 1814. He was a surveyor, and did much work in that line in his locality, and for this reason has often been confounded with his first cousin, John Lukens, Surveyor-General of Pennsylvania, who was a son of Peter and Gainor (Evans) Lukens, before mentioned.