Luckett, Wickliffe, & Oates ancestors . .

Thomas Luckett (1720-1797)
Shawnee Chief Tecumseh was born 1768
married: Mary Griffin
father: Samuel Luckett, Jr. (1685-1724)
mother: Ann Smoot (1689-1750)

Samuel Luckett, Jr. (about 1685-1724)
married: Ann Smoot
born: about 1685 in Kent, England
died: about 1724 in Maryland
father: Samuel Luckett, Sr. (1650-1705)
mother: Elizabeth Hussey (1667-1747)

William Luckett (1711-1783) son of Samuel Luckett, Jr. William Luckett, son of Samuel and Anne Luckett, was born about the year 1711, probably at Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland. About 1725, then an orphan, he was placed under the care of James Middleton, by court orders to learn a profitable trade. Although Middleton was censured in 1728 for neglecting to teach William Luckett to read and write, William nevertheless became very proficient in letters, as is ascertained by many documents written and signed by him that are preserved in the Court House of Frederick County.
William's father-in-law deeded him 195 acres in Prince George County, 1740. William & his wife Charity had ten children. They settled in the new county of Frederick on the western slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. William became a force in the community and one of the most outstanding subject of the Lord Proprietor. Before his death he had attained high military and civil honors and was the first of the Lucketts to gain any significant colonial importance.
William was a vestryman at All Saints' Parish, the mother church of Frederick County and was closely identified with its growth. He commanded a company of militia from Frederick County in the French and Indian War (one account showing his company in continuous and active service for 30 or more days). His eldest sons served in their father's company as well. In addition to William's military campaigns, he was one of the magistrates of Frederick County and was known as one of the "Twelve Immortal Justices" who repudiated the Stamp Act of November 23, 1765. He was most active in the Patriot cause leading up to the American Revolution. In 1775, William held the rank of Lieutenant colonel and fought in the Battle of Germantown. William Luckett died in 1783.

The Lucketts of Portobacco by Harry Wright Newman (a genealogical history of Samuel Luckett, Gentry of Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland) can be found on ancestry.com/card catolog

The Wickliffes

Sarah Catherine Wickliffe (Luckett) (1841-1911)

Sarah's children: H.H., Rankin, John III, Nelle, Tilden, and Belle
grandchildren: Mary Catherine Southard, Nell Southard, & John B. Southard Sr.
great grandchildren: John B. Southard Jr. and Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Southard
father: John D. Wickliffe mustered out at Gettysburg (Confederate Soldier's marker, "Cemeteries"- Muhlenberg, Co., Vol 4) (1799-1870)

married: February 6, 1831

mother: Rachel Oates (1805-1897)

Sarah's paternal family
John D. Wickliffe mustered out at Gettysburg (Confederate Soldier's marker, "Cemeteries"- Muhlenberg, Co., Vol 4)

father: Arrington Wickliffe (1750, Prince William County, VA-1820, Muhlenberg County, KY)
(1st cousin to Kentucky Governor Charles A. Wickliffe)

married: 1798

mother: Catherine Davis (1768-1836) Catherine's father was also a ARW veteran (he was Arrington's commanding officer). Captain Jesse Davis commanded the 8th regiment at Caltimore. They wintered at Valley Forge, crossed the Delaware, and were in the Battles of Long Island, Fort Washington, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. Virginia Archives of Fairfax County, Virginia and The Messenger Central City, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Thursday, July 1, 1954.

Sarah Catherine's paternal greatparents

Arrington Wickliffe (Arrington fought in the American Revolution (1775-1783) at Brandyville & Germantown with the 8th Regiment, Valley Forge. reference: "Historical Artifacts": compiled by Agnes S. Harrolson, Muhlenberg County,KY, Filson Historical Society Arrington Wickliffe and his two brothers (Moses and Benjamin) enlisted for three years to fight under Captain Jesse Davis. They marched from Dumphries in Prince William County and joined the 8th Regiment at Caltimore. They wintered at Valley Forge (crossed the Delaware) and were in the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. Arrington also fought at Yorktown under Layafette. (Moses & Benjamin died before land grants were awarded in 1833 without marriage or issue.) Virginia Archives of Fairfax County, Virginia and The Messenger Central City, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Thursday, July 1, 1954.

father: John Wickliffe (1720-1790) moved from Virginia to Kentucky with his parents.

mother: Margaret Barnett (1735-1809)

1767 - Daniel Boone began to explore Kentucky.

John Wickliffe

father: Robert Wickliffe (1680-1759) Virginia Colony

mother: Elizabeth Arrington (1701-1791)

Robert Wickliffe

father: David Wickliffe (1624-1690) Virginia Colony

mother: Mary Sisson (1658-1676)

David Wickliffe

father: David Wicklif (1600-1643) England

mother: Jane Evers (1600-1644)

The Wickliffes are traced back to John Wycliffe (1330-December 31, 1384, England). John Wycliffe was in conflict with the Roman Catholic Church for translating a Bible into English. Today, there is a Wycliffe Society whose mission is to translate the Bible into every spoken language. Reference:"History of the Throckmorton and Allied Families" by C. Wickliffe Throckmorton, 1930. #929.2T 531T, Filson Historical Society.

Sarah's maternal family

The Oates

Sarah Catherine Wickliffe (Luckett)

father: John D. Wickliffe (1799-before 1870)

mother: Rachel Oates (1805-1897)

Sarah's maternal greatparents

Rachel Oates

father: Major Jesse Oates (1756-1831) reference: pages 91-94, "History of Muhlenberg County"-Major Jesse Oates fought with Lieutenant Colonel Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, in South Carolina during the American Revolution (1775-1783). Page 94, "Historical Artifact, Muhlenberg County", at Filson Historical Society)

mother: Zilpah Mason (1756-1849)

1778 - General George Rogers Clark took 150 men + families down the Ohio River by flatboats.

Major Jesse Oates Jr

Major Oates served under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, in South Carolina. He fought along side Marion at King's Mountain, Cowpen's Battlefield, and Camden Battlefield
married: Major Jesse Oates & Zilpha Mason united on April 13, 1798
father: Jesse "Jethro" Oates Sr (1732-80, N. Carolina land owner)

mother: Artesha King (1736-1807)

Jesse "Jethro" Oates Sr
Established the first printing press in North Carolina,1749. reference: Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume XXXIII, Washington, DC, July 1908, page 1031.

father: Joseph Oates (1697-1757, North Carolina)

mother: Elizabeth Perry Wyatt (1702-1798)

Joseph Oates

father: James Oates (1647-1703) Joseph Oates served as a lieutenant in the Colonial Army during the French & Indian War (1754 -1763).

mother: Elizabeth Eivens (1662-1705)

James Oates (1647-1703) was a prominent planter and attorney for colonial Virginia and North Carolina. As a highly educated gentleman, he was called Esquire or Master. He was of such importance that he did not have to sign his name like ordinary people, for he was not what they considered an ordinary person.

A study of old wills leads one to understand the significance of various things we pay no attention to today. When one was important enough to have a coat of arms and a signet ring, it identified him. All of James Oates important letters, deeds, etc. have this signet ring seal on them. There still exists some family silver with this signet (Coat of Arms) on it.

James Oates lived in Warwick County, Virginia. He was a friend of many outstanding men in Virginia, including Nathaniel Bacon. When Governor Berkeley resumed the governorship in 1660, he was determined to destroy every democratic process in the colony. The governor drastically limited suffrage, obtained the election of an entirely subservient assembly and had it sit 14 years without re-election. By these and other measures, Virginia became an oligarchy and the ordinary man became more and more dissatisfied. Their growing discontent came to a head in 1676 when the governor declined to protect the frontier from Indian attacks (Susquehannock tribe). The Indians had been attacking the settlers relentlessly.

Men of Virginia wilderness and Jamestown Colony had tried in vain to get aid from King Charles. (What they didn't know at the time: King Charles was sending money & supplies to help fight the Indians. Governor Berkeley was pocketing the money and kept or sold the supplies.)

An overseer for Nathaniel Bacon Jr's plantation was murdered by the Indians. After this death, Bacon lead an attack on the Indians with a volunteer force. For this Governor Berkeley pronouced Bacon a traitor. In the uprising that followed, Bacon captured Jamestown Colony and burned it down, driving Berkeley across the Chespeake Bay. This became known as Bacon's Rebellion. (Jamestown never recovered from Bacon's Rebellion. The community moved inland and established Williamsburg.)

Bacon's Rebellion came to an end with the sudden death of Nathaniel Bacon, October 1676, from a fever. Governor Berkeley lost no time. His reprisals were brutal hangings (over 217) and confiscation of property. All this left an indelible stain upon Berkeley's memory.

James Oates and his friends fled Warwick County, Virginia to save their necks. They had to lie low, which meant going to another part of Virginia. James went to Halifax County, Virginia. When Halifax County got a governor, James Oates moved to Albemarle County, Virginia (now part of North Carolina). His first day in Albemarle County, he represented the governor at court. Within six weeks, all court sessions were held at James Oates' home. As word spread, various friends that had fled Jamestown 12-15 years earlier, started coming back and reunited with Esquire James Oates. The first General Assembly of North Carolina Colony was held in his house from 1696 - his death in 1703.

source: Oates-Earle and Related Families by William Lloyd Winebarger 929.2 011 W Filson Historical Society Library and Muhlenberg County Free Public Library

The Oates family is also identified with the early colonial period of North Carolina history in Inglis Fletcher's novels.