LACEY- William Lacey, founder of the Lacey family, came from the Isle of Wight, it is said, with William Penn. In 1718, his son John m. Rachel Heston. The will of General John Lacey is recorded in Mount Holley. It was dated at New Hanover in 1811, and proved March 14, 1814. It bequeathed to w. Antis estate after debts paid. To dau. Eliza, wife of William Smith, one thousand dollars and also release of what she has already had. Dau. Kitty, wife of William Darling, (Darlington?) one thousand dollars. Dau. Jane C. Lacey, two thousand dollars. The will says: "Whereas Ferrago Furnace, in county of Monmouth was built in partnership with my son Thomas R. Lacey and the title is with me, if my son Thomas pays one-half expenses in procuring said lands and building forge then my executors to deed to him one half," etc. Refers to partnership of Cooke and Lacey in New Mill Forge, then closed, and his son given teams and other things from that forge worth about seventeen hundred dollars. Requests his w. Antis to care for his aged mother. Executors, Caleb Newbold and William Irick. The will of Antis Lacey, widow of General John Lacey was dated 1815, and proved Feb. 1816, of New Mills, now Pemberton. She gave to her son Thomas R. Lacey all her estate at New Mills, dwelling house, barns, mills, etc. The remainder of her property to her three daus. Eliza Smith, Catharine Darlington and Jane C. Hough.

LAFETRA- Edmund Lafetra was among the original purchasers of the land in Monmouth of the Indians 1667. In the settlement of the bills he is named as a "townshipper." He had from proprietors in 1675 a warrant for 180 acres of land; in 1679 another for 170 acres and the same year another for 150 acres, by lands of Robert West and others. In 1681 he had another warrant. In 1676 he was a juror. In court records are notices of several suits between 1670 and 1677 with Francis Lee Maistre or "Masters," as the name was sometimes given; in first suits Lafetra was plaintiff; in the last suit, Aug. 28, 1677, Le Maistre sues him for the sum of £4 for one year's lodging, waiting and looking after cattle. The sum sued for was so small that it may have been only for a balance claimed between them. The item in the bill for lodging indicates that he was not then married; he was m. twice, and his second marriage to Frances West, widow of Robert, must have occurred shortly after.

LAMBERT- Edward Lambert of Freehold, in will dated December, 1714, names brother Josiah, cousins John Lambert, son of brother John, and Joseph, son of Joseph, and Elizabeth Lain. Henry Marsh, in his will dated 1716, names dau. Isabella Lambert.

MARK LUCAR was a member of the Baptist Church at Newport, R.I.; in 1648 was freeman; in 1655 and April 20, 1676, he had a legacy of fifty shillings a year, payable in provisions from Rev. John Clark. He d. Dec. 26, 1676, leaving no descendants as far as known. In 1672 he sold his share of land to William Deuell of Newport, who gave it to his son, Benjamin Deuell. Lucar was an ancient name in London. In "Herald's Visitations," 1568, mention is made of Emanuel Lucar, of London, who had children Ciprian, Mark, Martha and Emanuel. The name Mark suggests the probability of the Newport Mark being of that family.

JAMES LEONARD was of Taunton, Mass., ancestor of Leonards of that State and elsewhere, and noted as one of the first to set up iron works in this country. His brother, Henry Leonard, came to Monmouth and aided in establishing the iron works at Tinton Falls. James Leonard sold his share to Sarah Reape in 1674 and in 1675 she took up 240 acres in his right.