Lucas Ray[e]

Lucas Ray[e] was a Cambridge plumber and glazier who became a deacon at St. Andrew’s Street in December 1790, a position he maintained until his death in 1816.  His father, John Ray of Royston, was also a member of the church.   In July 1796, one of Lucas Ray’s servants, a Miss Ann Jones, was tried at the Crown Bar for theft of a five Guinea note found in her possession belonging to Robert Hall.  She was convicted and sentenced to six months in prison.  Apparently, Hall, who was not married at the time, may have been renting rooms in Ray’s home, or living in a house owned by Ray.  Both John and Lucas Ray subscribed to Habakkuk Crabb’s Sermons in 1796. See Cambrige Intelligencer, 12 July 1794, 19 July 1796;Church Book: St. Andrew’s Street Baptist Church, Cambridge 1720-1832 (London: Baptist Historical Society, 1991), 76, 89.