Individual Details

Marriage

After their marriage they lived in Charles County, MD on the plantation named "Spekes" located near the Potomac River until 1783.

Event

Charles County Land Record Book O#3, 1765-1770; Page 4. Aug 2, 1765 from Jesse Doyne and Mary Ann Doyne and Sarah Howard of CC, planters, to Raphael Lancaster of CC, planter, for 210 £ sterling and for divers other good causes, part of a tract of land called Jenkins Purchase, lying in CC on the north side of Potomack River and on the east side of Raphaels Creek, and bounded by a bite of sd Creek called Lop Bite, Cobb Path, the land formerly called Turners Land, Saint Raphaels or Neales Creek, containing and laid out for about 150 acres_ Signed - Jesse Doyne, Mary Ann Doyne, Sarah Howard. Wit - Basil Smith, Roger Smith, Allen Davies*, Thomas Stone*. Mary Ann, wife of sd Jesse Doyne, released her dower- Recorded Oct 21, 1765,

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Charles County Land Record Book O#3, 1765-1770; Page 44. Oct 30, 1765 from Raphael Lancaster of CC, planter, to Thomas Smoot Youngest of CC, planter, for 236 £ and for divers other good causes, a tract of land in CC called Tomkins Purchase, lying on the north side of Potomack River and on the east side of St. Raphaels or Neals Cr, and bounded by a bite of sd Creek called hopes bite, Cobb Path, the land formerly called Turners land now in possession of Richard Edline, containing about 150 acres. Also, part of a tract of land called Tomkins Purchase in CC on the north side of Potomack River & on the east side of St Raphaels or Heals Cr, bounded by Cuckold Cr, containing about 46 acres. Signed - Raphael Lancaster. Wit - J Hawkins*, Thos Contee*. Eleanor, the wife of sd Raphael, relinquished her right of dower. Recorded Oct 31, 1765.

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Charles County Land Record Book O#3, 1765-1770; Page 247. Aug 11, 1767 from Raphael Lancaster of CC, planter, to Hezekiah Reeves of CC, planter, for 237 £, all that tract of land in CC which was conveyed by Bowling Speaks by deed dated Mar 13, 1743 to John Lancaster of CC, being part of a greater tract called the Mistake. The land hereby to be sold is bounded by Pyes Hardship, Hardship, containing about 250 acres. Signed - Raphael Lancaster. Wit - Dan Jenifer*, John Dent*. Eleanor, wife of the afd Raphael Lancaster, relinquished her right of dower. Recorded Aug 13, 1767.

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Charles County Land Record Book O#3, 1765-1770; Page 402. Bill of Sale, 1, Raphael Lancaster of CC, for 70 £, have sold to Messrs John Barnes and Thomas How Redgate, a Negro boy called Jeremiah. Signed Apr 27, 1768 - Raphael Lancaster. Wit - Edwd Boarman, John Bryan. Recorded May 16, 1768.

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Raphael Lancaster signed the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity to Maryland during the Revolution in St. Mary's County, Maryland 1778.

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In early 1783, Raphael Lancaster Sr. began the Catholic exodus to Kentucky from Maryland with his wife and Six children, two boys: John and Raphael, Jr. and four girls, Elizabeth, Ann, Catherine and Mary. They made their way overland across Maryland through the southwest corner of Pennsylvania to the Ohio River. There, they made a raft of logs and by pushing with a pole and floating, they went downstream to Limestone (Maysville), Kentucky.

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Raphael reached the Bardstown area in 1788. From there overland by way of Lexington to Bardstown. Upon arriving in Bardstown, it is recorded Raphael Lancaster, Sr. was improvident and as a consequence, his family suffered for his remissness. He and his family as all early pioneers used what nature provided for housing and in this situation, for several months, it was a cave. He had a cow, a good one, and good Mrs. Lancaster being unable to procure other vessels for dairy use, was in the habit of keeping her milk in sugar troughs inside the cave. Eventually their cabin was constructed. In time, Mr. Lancaster bought a farm about eight miles north of Bardstown , not far from what is now known as Samuel's Depot, upon which he lived and died. John, Raphael Sr.'s brother, served as a guide for many Maryland families moving to Kentucky.

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The Kentucky Genealogist: Petitions from Kentuckians (Oct-Dec 1975-Vol. 1 1, Number 14): 1789, Oct 24 - Petition of inhabitants of Nelson County pe titioning
for a warehouse near Stewart's Creek. Raphael Lancaster on the list.

Death

Raphael Lancaster Sr. is buried on his farm north of Bardstown , Kentucky. Raphael Lancaster, Sr. was a slave owner in Kentucky as per his will. Both Raphael Sr. and Eleanor resided in the Bardstown area until their deaths in 1802. All of their children married and resided nearby. Burial: farm, 8 miles N. of Bardstown, Kentucky