LACEY Family of Delaware from 1703: John Lacey (~1728 - 1777)

 LACEY Family of Delaware from 1703  

Family Sketches: John Lacey (~1728 - 1777)

John³ (Robert², John¹) LACEY

 

 

John³ Lacey, son of Robert² Lacey (probably the eldest) was born probably around 1728 or earlier. He died before 18 October 1777 when his wife, Ann, and George Frame posted a £500 bond to administer the estate. [1] John³ married Ann [probably Parker?] likely about 1750. [2] Many online Lacey genealogies refer to the C.H.B. Turner Collection, which states, without any sources, that John³ Lacey married Ann Parker. [3]

John³ Lacey inherited the land called “Strife” from his father, Robert² Lacey, as stipulated in his will: “….I give an bequeath to my well beloved son John Lacey…..all and Singular the Land Called Strife being one Hundred & Ninety acres more or Less Lying on the west side of the Old Indian River Road…” [4] John³ Lacey later sold this land to Gabriel West, Sr. on 4 Feb 1756 (Deed Book I-9, p. 114. [5]

Earlier, John³ Lacey had bought 190 acres of land in Indian River Hundred from Mary Smith (widow) on 17 Nov 1753 (Deed Book L-11, pp. 390-391. [6] This parcel, called  "Newport", was conveyed by John³ Lacey through a Bond of Conveyance for “two hundred and thirty pounds Common Money” containing “One Hundred and Fifty Acres” on the west side of John Williams Land to Benjamin Bunston,  in 1774. [7]

This bond was witnessed  by Robert Lacey Sr. and Robert Lacey, Jr.  Robert Lacey, Sr. is likely the son of Robert² Lacey, the Elder and also brother to John Lacey. Robert Lacey, Jr. is likely the son of John³ Lacey.

At an Orphans Court for 3 March 1761, Bridget Lacey and John Lacey receive payments from the estate of Ann Carey by Thomas Carey. [8] On 4 June 1773, John Lacey and Eunice (Unicey) Carey, widow, put up bond of £300 for  estate of John Carey. John Lacey and William Johnson, on 18 June 1773, take inventory of the estate of John Carey in the amount of £211-10-3 including unnamed Negro woman and unnamed Negro boy. The inventory was recorded 26 Nov 1774. Eunice Carey, widow, is admin of estate. Payments are made to relatives of the Lacey family including Abraham Harris and Levin Ennis. [9]

John³ Lacey apparently bought part of the tract called “Crooked Tract,” which was in possession of his brother William Baggs³ Lacey when he died in 1773. The land was surveyed on 19 Match 1776. Betty Lacey, the widow of William Baggs³ Lacey, petitioned the Court to sell Crooked Tract to pay his debts and for the maintenance of herself and crippled daughter. There is no deed or Orphan’s Court record to validate the sale of the land, but Betty Lacey (now wife of Stephen Mitchell in 1783) claims that the land was sold. From the survey, it appears that John Lacey did purchase at least 100 acres of the land. [10] See the sketch for William Baggs³ Lacey.

An inventory of John³ Lacey’s estate was taken on 22 October 1777 by Robert Prettyman and Abel Nottingham and posted 13 October 1778. It was valued at over 489 pounds and included 6 named slaves. [11] The estate of John³ Lacey is taxed in the 1782 and 1785 Tax Assessment for Indian River Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware. [12]

Apparently, John³ Lacey died before the land transaction was completed as his wife Ann Lacey petitioned the court to convey the land to Benjamin Bunston on 6 August 1789. [13]

The children of John and Ann are said to be (birth order uncertain): [14]                 

     i.           John⁴ (born about 1750, died about 1787) married Naomi ____. Had son Anderson,                             baptized 2 April 1769

ii.               Spencer⁴ (born about 1752, died about 29 June 1823). Married (1) Jinny Mills, (2) Molly Brittingham Ennis, (3) Elizabeth Lewis.

iii.             Robert⁴ (born about 1752, died about 13 Nov 1826), Married Sukey Stephenson.

iv.            William⁴  (born about 1764, died 17 May 1828 in Ohio. Married (1) Elizabeth Stincen, (2) Mary Jones (widow). Relocated to Ohio before 1810.

 

The source of the information about the birth of Spencer⁴ and William⁴ to John³ and Ann Lacey likely originated with the C.H.B. Turner Collection source as many DAR family application records quote the same information, without verification. There are no public records through deeds, probate, court, or church records as to the children of John³ and Ann Lacey, but these are the likely children as shown in their individual sketches. The Turner Collection also names a John S. Lacey and a Parker Lacey as sons of John³ and Ann. As shown in their sketches, there is no evidence at all that these individuals were children of John³ and Ann. John S. Lacey is named as a son of Robert⁵ Lacey and Parker Lacey is named as a son of Robert² Lacey. 

 

References 

[1] Delaware, Sussex County, probate records : estate case files, 1680-1925, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2778558 : accessed 7 July 2021), Folder RG4840.009, John Lacey, (dec’d) 1777; Delaware, Sussex County, probate records; Case files, Kunsman, John M. - Lank, Levin, RG4545.009, roll 140, 1680-1925; Delaware. Orphans Court, Sussex County, Delaware Public Archives. [Original]; DGS: 104373237; images 74-77. Ann Lacey is administratrix along with George Frame. See also petition of wife Ann Lacey Sussex County, Delaware Deed Book O#14, pp. 82-83. Petition of Ann Lacey on 6 Aug 1789, administratrix of estate of John Lacey to convey unto Benjamin Bunston a tract of land. John Lacey had given bond on 30 March 1774. She asks the court if she can convey the bond since John Lacey is deceased and had not conveyed land. Sussex Co. Deed Book O #14 p. 82-83. Recorded 12 Feb. 1789. See Deed Book B-2 (Deed records of Sussex County, Delaware, 1693-1886; general index, 1682-1949; https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/296734 > Deeds, book A1-B2, 1693-1698 >  image 482) for bond of conveyance to Benjamin Bunston for 230 pounds from John Lacey (Planter). Tract of land is called "New port".

[2] John’s wife, Ann may have been a Parker. More research is needed. Evidence comes from a will of John Parker, Sr. of Accomack County, Virginia, dated 25 August 1754 and proved 1 January 1755 where he mentions a daughter Ann Lacey and another daughter Rachel Bogs (or Bags). [Accomack Wills 1752-1757, p. 261]

[3] C.H.B. Turner, Genealogical notes, Manuscript, Sussex County and Kent County, Delaware, Somerset County and Worcester County, Maryland: Surnames Lacey, familysearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2686366: accessed 15 April 2021), Lacey Family, John Lacey m. Ann Parker.

[4]  Sussex County Delaware Register of Wills, Liber B, folios 59-61. Will of Robert Lacey. 

[5] Sussex County, Delaware Deed records, 1693-1886, browsable images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/296734 : accessed 1 August 2021) John Lacey to Gabriel West, Jr., 6 February 1756, Deed Book I, #9, pp. 114-115; image 473-474.

[6] Sussex County, Delaware Deed records, 1693-1886; general index, 1682-1949; https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/296734 > Deeds, Book L, #5, pp. 390-391, Deed of Mary Smith to John Lacey, 17 Nov 1753.

[7] Sussex County, Delaware Deed records, 1693-1886; general index, 1682-1949; https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/296734 > Deeds, book A1-B2, 1693-1698 >  image 482. Bond of Conveyance from John Lacey to Benjamin Bunston, Jr., 30 March 1774. Benjamin Bunston, “the heir” and Ann Burton, “his wife” assigns over all rights to “Benjamin Burton, the younger” on January 30, 1789.  Signed by Benjamin Burton and Ann Burton, witnessed by William Bucher, Senr and William Harris. In 1789, Robert Lacey, Jnr appears before the Court of Common Pleas and made an oath validating the John Lacey’s instrument: “..at a Court of Common Pleas held at Lewes for the County of the dec[?] Execution of the written Bond was proved in Open Court in due form of Law by the Oath of Robert Lacey, Junr One of the Subscribing witnesses thereto in Testimonial hereof I have set my hand and Seal of Office at Sussex 12t^h Day of February in the year 1789.”

[8] Skinner, V.L. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Orphans' Court of Sussex County, Delaware, Libers 1,2,3,4,A; 1708-1709; 1728-1777, Willow Bend Books, Westminster, MD, 2000., p.103. Original: Liber 4, folio 5.

[9] Delaware, Sussex County, probate records : estate case files, 1680-1925, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2778558 : accessed 6 January 2022), John Carey 1773-1774; Delaware, Sussex County, probate records; Case files, Carey, Cornelius P. - Carey, John H., RG4545.009, roll 39, 1680-1925; Delaware. Orphans Court, Sussex County, Delaware Public Archives. [Original]; DGS: 104348219; images 765-771.

[10] Land warrants and surveys of Sussex County, Delaware, books A1-W6, browsable images (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/50154 : accessed 4 August 2021), Survey of John Lacey Land, 19 March 1776, Book L1-32, p.517-518. Survey of John Lacey, 100 acres on the south side of the head of Indian River between Morris’s Mill and  the old Cow Bridge including improvements.

John Lukens, Surveyor-General, Sussex Co. Signed by John Penn.

This land was re-surveyed 20 March 1776 at the request of John Lacey because of an error in the survey of 19 March 1776: Warrants Book C, p. 515-517. Land is called “Crooked Tract,” which is the same name as the land bequeathed to William Baggs Lacey (his brother) by Robert Lacey by his will 1753. John Lacey, brother of William Baggs Lacey, may have ended up with some of Crooked Tract land after William Baggs Lacey died in 1774 and his wife Betty wanted to sell lands. 

[11] Administration of the estate of John Lacey by Ann Lacey, widow and George Frame, yeoman. Dated 18 Oct 1777, Ann Lacey and George Frame, administers to estate of John Lacey. Delaware Public Archives Probate File RG 4545.009. The six named slaves are: Negro woman called Fine, Negro boy called Larey, Negro girl called Rose, Negro boy called Mose, Negro boy called Shadrock, Negro boy called Jack. It is perhaps coincidence that the boy called Shadrock is the same name as the slave given to Ann Lacey in the will of John Parker, Sr. of Accomack County, Virginia.

[12] Ralph D. Nelson, Jr., et al., eds. Delaware - 1782 Tax Assessment and Census List, 2nd ed., Delaware Genealogical Society, 2002.; Sussex Co., Indian River & Angola Hundred; assed £1; J. Thomas Scharf, “History of Delaware, 1609-1888, (Philadelphia, L.J. Richards and Co: 1888), Volume 2, Tax List of 1785, Indian River Hundred, Sussex County, p. 1271.

[13] Sussex County, Delaware Deed records, 1693-1886; general index, 1682-1949; https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/296734 > Deeds, book O#14, Petition of wife Ann Lacey (administrix), 6 Aug 1789, pp. 82-83.  

[14]  C.H.B. Turner, Genealogical notes, Manuscript, Sussex County and Kent County, Delaware, Somerset County and Worcester County, Maryland: Surnames Lacey, familysearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2686366: accessed 15 April 2021), Lacey Family. Turner only names sons Spencer and William without sources. Robert⁴ Lacey and John⁴ Lacey are likely also sons of John³ Lacey and Ann Parker. There were probably other children not named.

[15] Records of the United Presbyterian Churches of Lewes, Indian River and Cool Spring, Delaware, 1756-1855, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/257966 : accessed 25 August 2021), Baptism of Anderson Lacey, 1769; Film 441441, image 258); Citing Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1905, p. 355).(accessible only at FHL).

 

LACEY Family of Delaware from 1703: Robert Lacey (~1706 - 1753)

 LACEY Family of Delaware from 1703  

Family Sketches: Robert Lacey (~1706 - 1753)

Robert² (John¹) Lacey

 Robert was probably born about 1706, possibly in Sussex County, Delaware, and died between 13 March 1753 and 15 June 1753. He is first mentioned in the will of Robert Prettyman along with his sister Elizabeth and mother Sarah (Burton) (Lacey) (Prettyman). [1] [1A]  Robert married Bridget Ayliff [?] probably around 1725 based on the number of children born. [2]  Some online genealogies claim that Bridget, the wife of Robert Lacey, is Bridget Parker from the Parker family of Accomack County, Virginia.  Some online genealogies claim that Bridget, the wife of Robert Lacey, is Bridget Parker from the Parker family of Accomack County, Virginia.  Although there are many families from Accomack County, Virginia, including Parker, settling in Sussex County in the late 17^th century, there is no documentation that supports that Bridget is of this family. [3]

In the Sussex County, Delaware Orphans’ Court, Robert petitions the court, along with his sister Elizabeth, to receive their share of their father’s (Jno LACEY) estate from their mother Sarah Prittteman [sic]. [4]

Robert Lacey had many land dealings in Sussex County, Delaware before his death in 1753:

- Robert Lacey purchased land called "Strife" from Thomas Walker on 6 Feb 1727 (Sussex County, Delaware Deed Book F #6, pp. 272-273). [5]  This land was eventually passed to his son John Lacey in his will of 1753.

- Robert Lacey ("son of John Lacey") sold 150 acres of his father's 200 acres of land (the same land that John Lacey purchased from Richard Ward) to William Burton of Sussex Co. Delaware on 9 Feb 1726. (Sussex County, DE Deed Book F #6, pp 177-179).  Robert Lacey is called "yeoman." [6]

- Robert Lacey sold the remainder of the 200 acres of his father's original land (50 acres) to William Prettyman, Jr. (son of Robert Prettyman, dec'd) on 5 Dec 1729 (Sussex County Delaware Deed Book F #6, pp. 339. [7]

- On 6 February 1732, Robert Lacey witnesses the deed of Amindab Oakey, deceased, of Sussex County, administered by Jacob Philips, to Samuel Handzor, for 124 acres of land. (Deed Book G, #7, as cited in “Land records of Sussex County, DE 1732-1743, Deed Book G, #7”, Johnita P. Malone, Family Line, 1999, p. 5. [8]

- On 9 Dec 1737, 133 acres of land (called "Mount Joy") belonging to Robert Lacey was surveyed by Benjamin Eastburn, Surveyor General, Philadelphia, PA. Robert Lacey bought this land of Samuel Johnson (Warrants and Surveys L2 #9, pp. 626-628). Part of this land was pass onto his son Parker Lacey in his will of 1753. [9]

 

 

- On 22 May 1741, 100 acres of land were surveyed adjoining "his own land called ‘Lacey's Fortune’” (Sussex County, DE Shankland's Survey #1-2). This land was passed onto his son Robert Lacey in his will of 1753. [10]

Robert Lacey appears in several Orphans’ Court proceedings (Skinner, V.L., Jr. 2000. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Orphans’ Court of Sussex County, Delaware: Libers 1,2,3,4,A 1708-1709, 1728-1777), Willow Bend Books: Westminster, MD. [11]

- 3 March 1740, received payment from account of John Prettyjohn, Sr., administrator of Richard Horsmon (folio 130, Liber 1 1728-1743).

- 12 March 1749 received payment from account of William Waples (folio 65a, Liber 2 1743-1751).

- 11 September 1750 received payment from Elizabeth Hopkins, administratrix of Archibald Hopkins (folio 76a, Liber 2 1743-1751).

- 11 September 1750 received payment from Thomas Cary (of Angola) administrator of Joshua Stockley (folio 76a , Liber 2 1743-1751).

- 25 May 1751 received payment from Robert Burton, one of the executors of Joseph Houston (folio 85a, , Liber 2 1743-1751).

- September 1751 received payment from Robert Carruthers, administrator of Smith Only (folio 88b , Liber 2 1743-1751).

- 10 March 1752 received payment from Cornelius Turner, who married Mary executrix of Woodman Stockley, Esq. (folio 7, Liber 3 1751-1760).

- 10 March 1752 received payment from Thomas, Robert, and Isaac Prityman executors of William Prittyman the elder (folio Liber 3 1751-1760).

- 19 September 1752 received payment from John West executor of Elisabeth West (folio 21 Liber 3 1751-1760).

- 13 March 1753 received payment from William Worrington, Jr. administrator of Tinly Little (widow) (folio 33 Liber 3 1751-1760).

 

Robert Lacey's will was made 13 March 1753 and probated 15 June 1753. His occupation was given as "Farmer" and his son John Lacey and wife Bridget were made executors of his estate. He names sons John, Parker, Robert, and William Baggs Lacey; daughters Amey, Ann, Sarah, Bridget and Jemima, and Betty Morris. Witnesses were Henry Draper, Thomas and Rachel Sirmane [Surman or Sherman]. [12]

 

In the Orphans’ Court record for 12 March 1754 (folio 51 Liber 3 1751-1760), the inventory for Robert Lacey was 66.19.4 and payments were given to Samuel L. Finney, Ann Plasket, Burton Waples, Henry Draper, Henry Blackwood, Burton Waples & Ander. Parker, Esq., Peter Waples, David Drew, John Cowes, Thomas Cary, Jacob Kollock, Alexander Larmouth, Robert Prittyman, William Bagg Lacey on present from his Uncle Bagg (itialcs mine). Legacies to Robert Lacey, Betty Lacey. Bridget Lacey and John Lacey, executors. [13]

It seems evident from this record that William Bagg[s] uncle was a Bagg[s] and provides some evidence of a possible connection between Robert Lacey and the Parker family of Accomack County, Virginia, which mention several Bagg/Baggs/Bogg relatives. 

The children of Robert and Bridget are (birth order uncertain, but likely that John was eldest son, since he was named executrix of Robert Lacey’s estate along with his mother Bridget):

i John³, b. about 1728, d. before October 1777. He married Ann [Parker?].

ii Elizabeth³ (or Betty), b. about 1730, married William Morris. Their son, John Morris appears as a guardian to some of the children of Robert³ Lacey. 

iii Jemima³, born between 1740-1750. She died 24 Mar 1779 as recorded in the Lewes and Coolspring Presbyterian Church: "Jemima Lacey at Bob Lacey Junr" [from the Lewes and Coolspring Presbyterian Church, Lewes, DE, in Wright, F.E. Vital Records of Kent and Sussex Counties, Delaware. [14] 

On 28 Mar 1779, Richard Morgan, Robert Lacey, Junr and Spencer Lacey were administrators of her estate, posting bond of 600 pounds. [15] In the probate document, she is referred to as “Mimey.” The administration was signed by Robert Lacey, Jnr and Spencer Lacey. The inventory was recorded by George Hill. On 25 August 1767, George Hill was the administrator of Absal. Hudson and he had married Sophia, wife of Absal. In that inventory, Jemima Lacey was named as one of the recipients of payments (Liber 4, folio 163, Orphans Court of Sussex Co. [16]

iv Bridget³, b. between 1740 and 1750. No further records

v Amey³, b. between 1740 and 1750. No further records

vi Ann³. b. between 1740 and 1750. No further records

vii  Sarah³, b. between 1740 and 1750. No further records

viii Robert³, b. about 1740, d. about 1780.

            ix Parker³, b. about 1740.  The flawed genealogy of the Lacey Family (1981), names this son as             Anderson Parker Lacey, however there is no person in the Delaware records called Anderson             Parker Lacey at this time.[17]

x William Baggs³, b. about 1740,  d. before 27 Feb 1773.

 

Each of the sons received a portion of Robert Lacey’s land as per his will:

- To son John Lacey, “,,,all land Singular the Land Called Strife being One Hundred & Ninety Acres more or Less Lying on the west side of the Old Indian River Road…”

[Note: this is the same land Robert bought of Thomas Walker in 1727].

- To “my Son Parker Lacey a Cetrain parcell of Land Called Mount Joy Divided from the above said John Laceys Land by the before cited Old Indian Road….If he should Dye without male Heir, the Land to return to my Son Robert Lacey.”

[Note: evidently Parker is either not married or does not have a son. This is part of the same land Robert bought of Samuel Johnson in 1737].

- “….unto my Son Robert Lacey a Certain parcell of Land running from the before cited Indian Road till Intersects with Samuel Carys Line and being a piece of Land Lying between the above cited Land and said Carys Land and part of the same Tract of Mount Joy and Also I desire that he may be Bound Out to Anderson Parker to Learn his Trade….”. This land was later referred to as “Lacey’s Fortune.”

[Note: Robert may not have been of age as he is being “Bound Out” to learn a trade. Anderson Parker appears in many legal documents and was a lawyer or judge. Anderson Parker may have been of the same Parker family of Accomack County, Virginia and may be the same Anderson Parker that married Sarah Burton Lacey Prettyman. This is another part of the same land Robert bought of Samuel Johnson in 1737.]

- “…unto my Son William Baggs Lacey a Certain parcel of Land beginning at the Corner of Thomas Surmans and Called ‘Cruked Tract’ being Two Hundred Acres More or less…”

Robert Lacey’s will further mention his six daughters, but only Elizabeth is married: “…unto my Daughter Betty Morres [sic] one Five Shillings….”

References

[1] Sussex County, Delaware Register of Wills Liber A, folios 154-155. Will of Robert Prettyman made 13 July 1720/1, probated 1 Aug 1721. Mentions son-in-law Robert Lassey [sic] and daughter-in-law Elizabeth Lassey [sic]. Robert Prettyman married Sarah Burton Lacey after John Lacey died.

[1A]  Hatcher, Patricia, Law. Were the Daughters of Robert Burton of Sussex County, Delaware, Really the Daughters of Comfort (Bagwell) Leatherbury? TAG, October 2000, pp250-266.

[2] Gene R. Major. “Bridget Ayliff, A Possible Wife of Robert Lacey (c1706-1753) of Indian River Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware.” Ongoing research to be published.

 

[3] In the late 1600s a number of families migrated from Accomack and Northhampton counties in Virginia, as well as from Somerset and Worcester counties in Maryland, to the newly-formed Sussex County in Delaware. The King of England granted Pennsylvania and Delaware to William Penn, who then opened lands for settlement. Many of the families associated with the Lacey family came from Virginia, among them were Prettyman, Burton, Carey, and others. Some of these families also settled in nearby Maryland before moving into Sussex County.

 

[4]  Orphans’s Court Records, Liber 1 1728-1743, folio 7. 

 

[5] Sussex County, Delaware, Deeds, 1693-1886, browsable images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/296734 : accessed 1 August 2021) Robert Lacey to William Burton, 6 February 1727, Deed Book F, #6, pp. 272-273; image 147-148.

 

[6] Sussex County, Delaware, Deeds, 1693-1886, Robert Lacey to William Burton, 7 February 1726, Deed Book F, #6, pp. 177-179.

 

[7]  Sussex County, Delaware, Deeds, 1693-1886, Robert Lacey to William Prittyman, Jr., 5 November 1729, Sussex County Deed Book F, #6, p. 339.

 

[8] Deed Book G, #7, as cited in “Land records of Sussex County, DE 1732-1743, Deed Book G, #7”, Johnita P. Malone, Family Line, 1999, p. 5.

 

[9] Land warrants and surveys of Sussex County, Delaware, books A1-W6, browsable images (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/50154 : accessed 4 August 2021), Survey of Robert Lacey Land, 8 June 1737, Book L2, No. 9, p.626.

 

[10] Land warrants and surveys of Sussex County, Delaware, books A1-W6, browsable images (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/50154 : accessed 4 August 2021), Survey of Robert Lacey Land, 21 May 1741, Book L1-13, p.454. This land was re-surveyed in 2 May 1777 by Mead Shankland

In Shankland Survey #1-2, p. 270.

 

[11]  Skinner, V.L., Jr. 2000. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Orphans’ Court of Sussex County, Delaware: Libers 1,2,3,4,A 1708-1709, 1728-1777), Willow Bend Books: Westminster, MD).

 

[12] Sussex County, Delaware, Register of Wills. Will of Robert Lacey, 1753, Sussex County, Delaware, Liber B, folios 59-61.

 

[13] Skinner, V.L. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Orphans' Court of Sussex County, Delaware, Libers 1,2,3,4,A; 1708-1709; 1728-1777, Willow Bend Books, Westminster, MD, 2000., p.75, Citing: Sussex County, Delaware Orphans Court, Liber 3, folio 51, 12 March 1754. Note Liber 3 is not digitized or online. Anderson Parker, John Clowes, Jacob Phillips, & Benjamin Stockly Justices. Jacob Kollock Registrar.

Bridget Lacey & John Lacey executors of Robert Lacey. Legacies to Robert Lacey.

 

[14] F. Edward Wright, Vital Records of Kent and Sussex Counties Delaware, 1686-1800. Lewes and Coolspring Presbyterian Church, Lewes, Delaware. (Silver Spring, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1986), 116. Original record not available.

 

[15] Sussex County Probate, RG4545.009, Jemima Lacey 1779.

[16] Sussex County, Delaware, Orphans Court, Liber 4, folio 163. [Note: Robert Lacey, Jnr is probably Robert³ Lacey, above, sister to Jemima. Spencer Lacey is a son of John Lacey, brother to Jemima and Robert Lacey, Jnr, however he died prior to 1779, and apparently his son is taking his place as co-administrator.  Jemima Lacey never married and was in the possession of a number of gowns in her inventory as she may have been a dress maker].

 

[17] W. C. Lacey (1980), The Lacey Family of Delaware, Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, 21, No. 4, pp. 116-117; Vol 22, No. 2, p. 47 (1981).