John Lancaster, Sr.

Not to be confused with a John Lancaster,Yeoman of Amesbury born July 24, 1671 and died 06 May 1742- people have confused these two men online, their birth dates don't match or death dates.

Researching Profile, he was providing ammunition to Patriots. found this Letter dated 1778, since he died in 1770, was his grandson, John Lancaster (married to Drucilla Legrand) to his Merchant friend, John Parker, originally from Virginia[https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000113008673844&] All of the Lancaster's were providing arms through their Merchant business and working with John Parker.

Not a Patriot of the Revolution, another John Lancaster was listed, not our John Lancaster, but he did provide ammunition to the soldiers and regiments. This is the case, he couldn't be in two places at the same time. The birth dates and birth area just didn't match, plus our family had records of what our John Lancaster did during the Revolutionary War.

Biography

John Lancaster, II was born circa January 1, 1693, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, he migrated to Virginia was a Planter and a Merchant. His parents were Joseph Lancaster and Elizabeth Lancaster (Hoyt). He was a Merchant, Farmer, and provided ammunition to the Patriots during the Revolutionary War.

John married Frances Mary Lancaster (Allen) in 1722 in Richmond, Henrico, Virginia. Together they had the following children:

• Mary Lancaster;
• John Lancaster, III;
• Nathaniel Lancaster, I;
• William Allen Lancaster;
• Richard Lancaster;
• Robert Lancaster;
• Ann "Polly" Williams.

He died on January 1, 1770, in Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States.

• "Lancaster from Virginia to Texas" by Mary Nixon Rogers published 1987 -

We're missing daughter, Elizabeth Lancaster mentioned in Deed in 1757 she was listed with other children, John Lancaster, Nathaniel Lancaster, William Allen Lancaster.

• 1 Henrico County Deeds Wills and Deeds, 1750-1757, pg 32 Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, page 437 Richmond, Virginia. Valentine Museum - Frances Mary Lancaster (Allen) *is not mentioned nor listed so we assume she is dead by 1757 when Will is probated.
• 2 Henrico County Wills and Deeds, 1750-67, pg 38
• 3 J. Staunton Moore, History of St. John's P.E. Church, pg 60 L.W. Burton Annuals of Henrico Parish, Richmond, VA 1904
• 4 The Virginia Gazette, May 16, 1756 -0 pg 2, col 2
• 5 Henrico County Deeds and Wills 1750-1767, part 2, pg 515
• 6 Henrico County deeds and Wills 1767-74, part 1
• Henrico County Wills and Deeds, 1720-1767, 32; Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, pg 437 Valentine Museum.

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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Richmond,_Virginia] The 1750s-1790s 1750

   Old Stone House built (approximate date).

   Archibald Cary opens up the Chesterfield Forge near his family plantation at Falling Creek circa 1750, Wm Byrd III builds a "small but elegant" house called Belvedere on a parcel of land that is known today as Oregon Hill.[34]

1751 – After Beverley Randolph dies, his brother Peter Randoph carries through plans to sell lots and create the town of Westham, Virginia. Westham provides merchants with an upriver storage alternative to Byrd III's warehouse at the falls.[35] 1752

 *   The county seat of Henrico County moves from Varina to the falls of the James.[34][36[https://henrico.us/assets/HistoryHighlights.pdf]

• The Old Families of SALISBURY and AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, by David W. Hoyt, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1982. p 231, #8. Notes: IV. John Lancaster, b. 24 Jul 1671[A Nk S]; liv. 1718. A John Lancaster of A. d. 6 May 1742 [A]; adm. est. 25 Jul 1742.
• The Old Families of SALISBURY and AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, by David W. Hoyt, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1982. pp 231, #16; p 209, #67. Notes: III. John Lancaster, b. 22 Aug 1691[A]; m. 20 Dec 1716[A], (67)Mary Hoyt. DIED-CHIL: p 761, #16. See Hist. Gilmanton.

John Lanckester

Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
Name:
John Lanckester
Event Type:
Birth
Event Date:
22 Aug 1691
Event Place:
Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Event Place (Original):
Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Sex:
Male
Father's Name:
Joseph Lanckester
Mother's Name:
Elezabath
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVF-QMN : 5 January 2021), John Lanckester, 1691.

Name: John Lanckester Event Type: Birth Birth Date: 22 Aug 1691 Birth Place: Amesbury, Massachusetts Father Name: Joseph Lanckester Mother Name: Elezabath Lanckester

Sources

• Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1913
• Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts: With Some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton, and of York County, Maine, Reprint: Genealogical Publishing Co., , Baltimore, Maryland, 2013, p. 231
• Lancaster, Daniel. The History of Gilmanton: Embracing the Proprietary, Civil, Literary, Ecclesiastical, Biographical, Genealogical, and Miscellaneous History, from the First Settlement to the Present Time; Including what is Now Gilford, to the Time it was Disannexed, A. Prescott, 1845, p. 275
• Hoyt, David W. Hoyt Family: A Genealogical History of John Hoyt of Salisbury, and David Hoyt of Deerfield, (Massachusetts,) and Their Descendants: with Some Account of the Earlier Connecticut Hoyts, and an Appendix, Containing the Family Record of William Barnes of Salisbury, a List of the First Settlers of Salisbury and Amesbury, etc . C.B. Richardson, 1857, p. 27: 35
• Case 16272:p. 1-27: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lanckester-2