♂ Thomas Lackey Sr.

1728 - 1801

Thomas Lackey Sr.
Spouse
Agnes Leech
Agnes Leech
1730 - 1814
Children
Margaret Lackey
Margaret Lackey
1767 - 1854

Thomas Lackey was a skillful craftsmen in woodworking, being a cabinet maker and a wheelright by trade.  A descendent who remembered having seen some of his wheels said they were each fine workmanship, having his initials carved in the wood.  He was remembered as having been six feet tall, resembling George Washington.  He was well educated, serving as a scrivener that did writings for many fellow settlers.  He also served as a scout in the American Revolution.

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1737


Age: 9y
Lackey Family Book Excerpt

immigration


Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓
Immigrated from Ireland possibly with two brothers, and the Leech family, among whom Agnes and John were the only survivors of the trip.
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1737 • An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 9.3 occurs off the shore of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. Tsunamis up to 60m (200 ft) high followed in the Pacific ocean.[http://www.fathom.com/feature/122490/ Tsunami: Where they Happen and Why]- Fathom

1754


Age: 26y

1767


Age: 39y
1767 Pitcairn Island in the Pacific Ocean is sighted from HMS Swallow by 15-year-old Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on a British Royal Navy expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret, the first definite European sighting.

1768


Age: 40y

residence


Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓
Thomas Lackey and Agnes Leech, along with her brother John and his wife Martha, moved to Shenandoah Valley, settling two miles west the Natural Bridge in what is now Rockbridge County. The large outside chimney of the old home still stands.
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1768 • The Steller's sea cow, discovered on Bering Island in 1741, is driven to extinction.

1801


Sep 1
Age: 73y
1801 Toussaint Louverture promulgates a reforming constitution for Santo Domingo, declaring himself emperor for life of the entire island of Hispaniola and nominally abolishing slavery.
after

1801


Sep 1
1801 Portugal and Spain sign the Treaty of Badajoz; Portugal loses the city of Olivenza.

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