Individual Details
Major Thomas Hussey Luckett
(Abt, 1750 - December, 1786)
"Thomas Hussey Luckett, son of William and Charity (Middleton) Luckett, was born about 1750 in the Lower District of Frederick County, Maryland. His wife was Elizabeth (???).
"Children of Thomas Hussey and Elizabeth Luckett:
1. Otho H. W. Luckett married Elizabeth Graham.
2. Valentine Peyton Luckett; commissioned ensign 14U. S. Inf., Mar. 12, 1812, 2d Lieut. 1st U. S. Inf. Light Dragoons, Oct. 9, 1812.
3. Lawson Luckett.
4. Thomas Hussey Luckett.
"Thomas Hussey Luckett at the beginning of the Revolutionary War was a commissioned officer of the Frederick County militia, having been in service as early as 1775. On January 1, 1777, he was commissioned a captain of the Seventh Maryland-Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Rawlings. He was taken prisoner by the British and after having been detained in a prison camp, he was exchanged on October 28, 1780. He later rose to the rank of major and was in service as late as January 1, 1782. In 1781 he was listed as one of the Maryland supernumerary of the Rawlings' Rifle Regiment.
"He was elected a charter member of the distinguished Society of the Cincinnati, but an untimely death prevented his taking an active part in the organization.
"At the tax list for Montgomery County, Maryland, of 1783, Thomas Hussey Luckett was seized of 225 acres of "Beall's Goodwill" in Lingamore Hundred.
"The will of Thomas Hussey Luckett was dated December 27, 1786, and proved on February 12, 1787, by Ans Campbell, Levin Luckett, Isaac Fouch, Jr., and Daniel Williams. His widow was named executrix with his friend Reason Davis, of Washington County, Maryland. She was devised the entire estate during widowhood. After her decease, his oldest son, Otho, was to receive the land bought of William Hough, of Montgomery County, Maryland, while his son, Valentine, was to receive the land bought from his brother John Luckett. Lawson was to inherit all the land purchased from the Commissioner of Confiscated British Property in Montgomery County, and a portion of "Concord". All of his sons were minors and he mentioned a fourth unbaptized son. At the probation John Luckett and Thomas Noland were bondsmen for the executors.
"His widow in Frederick County, Maryland, on May 8, 1805, conveyed to her son Otho H. W. Luckett, of Loudon County, Virginia, the tract called "Resurvey on Discord", and to her son Val P. Luckett, of Baltimore Town, she deeded "Georgia", both tracts lying in Montgomery County.
"On May 11, 1812, Thomas Hussey Luckett, of Natchez, Mississippi, Lawson Luckett, of Washington County, Maryland, Elizabeth Luckett, Otho H. W. Luckett, and Val P. Luckett, the latter three of Frederick County, Maryland, conveyed to Abraham Jones "Resurvey on Beall's Good Will", which had been surveyed for Thomas Hussey Luckett, deceased. The wife of Otho H. W. Luckett waived her third.
"After his death his son, Thomas Hussey Luckett, applied for bounty land in right of his father's services as major of the Maryland Line. At that time Samuel Clephane and William Nowland certified that he was "one of the legal representatives of Thomas Hussey Luckett, deceased, late officer in the Revolutionary Army". On April 8, 1816, the Government issued Bounty Land Warrant number 653 consisting of 400 acres to Thomas H. Luckett and other unnamed heirs.
"His widow after residing in Frederick County, Maryland, joined her son in Jefferson County, Kentucky, where she died. Her will, dated February 20, 1817, was admitted to probate on May 12, 1817. She named her granddaughters--Elizabeth, Jane, Love, and Sarah Luckett; her sons Lawson and Thomas H. Luckett; and her "sister" Molly Ann Luckett.
"On January 6, 1838, the State of Virginia granted his heirs 5,500 acres of land for his services in the American Revolution.
"Thomas Hussey Luckett, their son, spent most of his youth in Loudon County, Virginia. In 1812 one finds him at Natchez, Mississippi, but in 1825 he was back in Virginia and a resident of Fauquier County. From the latter place, declaring himself as the youngest son of Thomas Hussey Luckett and a minor at the latter's death, instituted action in the Maryland court of chancery against his brothers, Valentine and Otho, and Samuel Clapham and Daniel Trundle.
"He declared that his father died seized of land in Montgomery County, Maryland,--the tract "Georgia" of 36 acres purchased from John Luckett; "Gleaming" of 104 acres; and "Resurvey on Discord" of 170 acres purchased from William Hough. Furthermore, he declared that his mother, Elizabeth Luckett, and the executrix of his father's estate lived in Frederick County and died about 1817. In 1805 she permitted her two sons, Valentine and Otho, to sell the lands to Samuel Clapham and Daniel Trundle, and consequently he being a minor at that time, his rights in his father's estate were violated.
"At the time of the lawsuit, Samuel Clapham had died leaving a widow Elizabeth, of Virginia, but no children. Daniel Trundle had likewise died but left two daughters Mary Elizabeth the wife of Benjamin Shrive, Jr., and Anne the wife of Stephen White, of Montgomery County, Maryland.
"The case was lengthy and was unsettled at his death on May 12, 1841. Letters of administration on his estate were granted in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, to Richard W. Gill on March 6, 1843. No heirs of his body were mentioned among the papers." (The Lucketts of Portobacco, by Harry Wright Newman, 1938.)
"Children of Thomas Hussey and Elizabeth Luckett:
1. Otho H. W. Luckett married Elizabeth Graham.
2. Valentine Peyton Luckett; commissioned ensign 14U. S. Inf., Mar. 12, 1812, 2d Lieut. 1st U. S. Inf. Light Dragoons, Oct. 9, 1812.
3. Lawson Luckett.
4. Thomas Hussey Luckett.
"Thomas Hussey Luckett at the beginning of the Revolutionary War was a commissioned officer of the Frederick County militia, having been in service as early as 1775. On January 1, 1777, he was commissioned a captain of the Seventh Maryland-Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Rawlings. He was taken prisoner by the British and after having been detained in a prison camp, he was exchanged on October 28, 1780. He later rose to the rank of major and was in service as late as January 1, 1782. In 1781 he was listed as one of the Maryland supernumerary of the Rawlings' Rifle Regiment.
"He was elected a charter member of the distinguished Society of the Cincinnati, but an untimely death prevented his taking an active part in the organization.
"At the tax list for Montgomery County, Maryland, of 1783, Thomas Hussey Luckett was seized of 225 acres of "Beall's Goodwill" in Lingamore Hundred.
"The will of Thomas Hussey Luckett was dated December 27, 1786, and proved on February 12, 1787, by Ans Campbell, Levin Luckett, Isaac Fouch, Jr., and Daniel Williams. His widow was named executrix with his friend Reason Davis, of Washington County, Maryland. She was devised the entire estate during widowhood. After her decease, his oldest son, Otho, was to receive the land bought of William Hough, of Montgomery County, Maryland, while his son, Valentine, was to receive the land bought from his brother John Luckett. Lawson was to inherit all the land purchased from the Commissioner of Confiscated British Property in Montgomery County, and a portion of "Concord". All of his sons were minors and he mentioned a fourth unbaptized son. At the probation John Luckett and Thomas Noland were bondsmen for the executors.
"His widow in Frederick County, Maryland, on May 8, 1805, conveyed to her son Otho H. W. Luckett, of Loudon County, Virginia, the tract called "Resurvey on Discord", and to her son Val P. Luckett, of Baltimore Town, she deeded "Georgia", both tracts lying in Montgomery County.
"On May 11, 1812, Thomas Hussey Luckett, of Natchez, Mississippi, Lawson Luckett, of Washington County, Maryland, Elizabeth Luckett, Otho H. W. Luckett, and Val P. Luckett, the latter three of Frederick County, Maryland, conveyed to Abraham Jones "Resurvey on Beall's Good Will", which had been surveyed for Thomas Hussey Luckett, deceased. The wife of Otho H. W. Luckett waived her third.
"After his death his son, Thomas Hussey Luckett, applied for bounty land in right of his father's services as major of the Maryland Line. At that time Samuel Clephane and William Nowland certified that he was "one of the legal representatives of Thomas Hussey Luckett, deceased, late officer in the Revolutionary Army". On April 8, 1816, the Government issued Bounty Land Warrant number 653 consisting of 400 acres to Thomas H. Luckett and other unnamed heirs.
"His widow after residing in Frederick County, Maryland, joined her son in Jefferson County, Kentucky, where she died. Her will, dated February 20, 1817, was admitted to probate on May 12, 1817. She named her granddaughters--Elizabeth, Jane, Love, and Sarah Luckett; her sons Lawson and Thomas H. Luckett; and her "sister" Molly Ann Luckett.
"On January 6, 1838, the State of Virginia granted his heirs 5,500 acres of land for his services in the American Revolution.
"Thomas Hussey Luckett, their son, spent most of his youth in Loudon County, Virginia. In 1812 one finds him at Natchez, Mississippi, but in 1825 he was back in Virginia and a resident of Fauquier County. From the latter place, declaring himself as the youngest son of Thomas Hussey Luckett and a minor at the latter's death, instituted action in the Maryland court of chancery against his brothers, Valentine and Otho, and Samuel Clapham and Daniel Trundle.
"He declared that his father died seized of land in Montgomery County, Maryland,--the tract "Georgia" of 36 acres purchased from John Luckett; "Gleaming" of 104 acres; and "Resurvey on Discord" of 170 acres purchased from William Hough. Furthermore, he declared that his mother, Elizabeth Luckett, and the executrix of his father's estate lived in Frederick County and died about 1817. In 1805 she permitted her two sons, Valentine and Otho, to sell the lands to Samuel Clapham and Daniel Trundle, and consequently he being a minor at that time, his rights in his father's estate were violated.
"At the time of the lawsuit, Samuel Clapham had died leaving a widow Elizabeth, of Virginia, but no children. Daniel Trundle had likewise died but left two daughters Mary Elizabeth the wife of Benjamin Shrive, Jr., and Anne the wife of Stephen White, of Montgomery County, Maryland.
"The case was lengthy and was unsettled at his death on May 12, 1841. Letters of administration on his estate were granted in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, to Richard W. Gill on March 6, 1843. No heirs of his body were mentioned among the papers." (The Lucketts of Portobacco, by Harry Wright Newman, 1938.)
Events
| Birth | Abt, 1750 | Frederick County, Maryland | |||
| Death | December, 1786 | Loudoun County, Virginia | |||
| Marriage | Elizabeth Noland |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Noland (1751 - 1817) |
| Child | Otho Holland Willliam Luckett ( - ) |
| Child | Valentine Peyton Luckett ( - ) |
| Child | Lawson Luckett ( - ) |
| Child | Thomas Hussey Luckett ( - ) |
| Father | William Luckett (1711 - 1783) |
| Mother | Charity Middleton (1717 - ) |
| Sibling | Anne Luckett (1737 - ) |
| Sibling | Samuel Luckett (1737 - 1777) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Luckett (1738 - 1832) |
| Sibling | Mary Eleanor Luckett (1740 - 1834) |
| Sibling | Susannah Luckett (1742 - 1839) |
| Sibling | William Luckett (1743 - 1820) |
| Sibling | Verlinda Luckett (1747 - 1799) |
| Sibling | John Luckett (1751 - 1793) |
| Sibling | Levin Luckett (1762 - 1829) |