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Descendants of Lux Progenitor 2010-453549

Fourth Generation

6. Convict contractor Lux Darby-453521 (William II , William , Progenitor 2010 ) was born in 1694/1695 in Kenton Parish Devon. He died in 1750 in Baltimore.

He emigrated in early 1720s. His own wikipedia page. See Robert J. Brugger, Maryland, A Middle Temperament, 1634-1980, as a Google Books Result. Darby Lux Senior? The IGI Internet has a Darby Lux ref: CO51251 christened 30 Jun 1696 in Kenton, Devon, England, son of William Lux and Eliz? with a possible brother, parents of same name and place, christeded 6 Jun 1704. See also email from Susan Elkins on William/James Russell qv of June 2003. He went off the sea, settled in Baltimore and went into dry goods. Exported tobacco, dealt with London merchant Jonathan and james Forward. Moved to Baltimore in 1743. Below is from a US website -
] Descendants of Margaret Peggy Lawrence
Generation No. 1
1. MARGARET PEGGY2 LAWRENCE (THOMAS1) was born 1709 in Wem, Shropshire County, England, and died Bef 1739 in Old Rappahannock (now Richmond) Co., VA. NotesMargaret "Peggy" Lawrence, presumed fourth child of Thomas and Mary Peploe Lawrence (d.1729). Margaret was christened on 10 April 1709 at the nearby Battlefield Parish Church. As a young woman, about 19-20 years old, she was banished from Wem, in the County of Shropshire, England, because she left the Church of England for the Puritan Faith. Margaret was residing in London, Middlesex County, England, when she was indicted on a felony charge of thievery on 9 July 1729. She was tried and convicted in the Hall of Justice of "Old Bailey," located in the suburbs of London, on 25 February 1730. For her sentence, she was given "his Majesty's royal mercy on condition of transportation to some parts of America for a spare of fourteen years." Her Transportation Bond was issued on 9 March 1730. Margaret became one of 106 prisoners whom Jonathan Forward contracted to transport aboard the "Patapscoe Merchant", Darby Lux, Commander, from the Newgate Prison, City of London, County of Middlesex, England to Maryland on 17 March 1730. Tobias Phillips, a second-generation tobacco planter from Old Rappahannock (now Richmond) County, VA, learned of the ship arriving in Baltimore, MD, and traveled 100 miles to meet Capt. Darby Lux and inspect the 94 surviving prisoners. Tobias purchased Margaret's Bond which entitled him to fourteen years of service, and brought her back to his tobacco plantation in VA. While at the tobacco plantation, Margaret bore Tobias two illigitimate sons; John Lawrence, born about 1731, and Thomas Lawrence, born about 1733. Lite on the plantation was hard on Margaret, as she did not live out her entire Bond of fourteen years, and she died before 1739. This is in evidence as she was not mentioned in Tobias Phillip's will dated on 10 September 1739. Children of Margaret Lawrence are: 
i. JOHN3 LAWRENCE, b. Abt 1731, Old Rappahannock (now Richmond) Co., VA.
2. ii. THOMAS LAWRENCE, b. Abt 1733, Old Rappahannock (now Richmond) Co., VA; d. Abt 1797, Wilkes Co., N.C..
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Darby married Saunders Ann-453523 daughter of Saunders Robert-453524 and Groom Rebecca-453525. Ann was born about 1699. She died in 1784.

Is she descended from the Mayflower Samsons at all?

Darby and Ann had the following children:

+	8	M	i	Convict contractor, Virginia Lt-Colonel Lux Darby-1531 was born in 1737. He died in 1795.
+	9	M	ii	Captain Baltimore merchant Lux William-1532 was born in 1730.
	10	M	iii	Lux Robert-66457 was born about 1739. He died in 1776.
				Robert married Hobbs Deborah-178726 daughter of Hobbs Progenitor-275751 and HNotknown Miss-275752.
+	11	F	iv	Lux Rebecca-453527 was born about 1745. She died about 1780.
	12	F	v	Lux Jane-453529.
	13	M	vi	Lux George-453530.
	14	F	vii	Lux Elizabeth-453531 was born in 1725. She died in 1793.
				Elizabeth married Captain Bowley Daniel-453532 son of Bowley Progenitor-453533 and BNotknown Miss-453534. Daniel was born in 1715. He died in 1744/1745. See Robert J. Brugger, Maryland, A Middle Temperament, 1634-1980, as a Google Books Result.
	15	F	viii	Lux Mary-453535 was born about 1723.
				Mary married Richardson Mr-453539 son of Richardson Progenitor-453540 and RNotknown Miss-453541.
+	16	F	ix	Lux Frances-178686 was born in 1748. She died in 1793.
	17	F	x	Lux Sarah Lane-178741 was born in 1738. She died in 1817 in Baltimore.
				Sarah married Captain Stewart Alexander-178744 son of Stewart Progenitor-178745 and SNotknown Miss-178746 in 1757. Alexander died in 1769. Said to be captain of Army of Bonnie Prince Charlie and escaped to America after battle of Culloden. He is of Furley Hall Baltimore (built by Daniel Bowley II (1745-1807) ) when his wife dies.
	18	F	xi	Lux Ann-178742 was born in 1736.
				Ann married Surveyor of Baltimore Gay Nicholas Ruxton-178743 son of Gay Progenitor-221031 and GNotknown Miss-221032. Nicholas died in 1770. No notes.

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