Lucy Munday was probably born after 6 December 1748, when her grandmother Mary Munday made out a will listing several grandchildren but not Lucy. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 8, pages 126–127.]

On 15 February 1768, John Boughan was appointed guardian to Lucy and Elizabeth Munday, two of the orphans of James Munday deceased. [Essex County, Virginia, Order Book 27, pages 45–46.]

On 19 March 1770, in the case of Thomas Shelton and Catharine his wife, Complainants, against John Boughan & Ursula his wife, James Croxton & Mary his wife, Lucy Munday Widow, Lucy Munday & Eliza. Munday Infants, Defendants, In Chancery, The former Order for James Booker, John Edmondson the elder, Thomas Wood John Edmondson Junr. and James Banks or any three of them to settle and divide the Estate of James Munday deceased is Continued, and it is further ordered and Decreed that the same Gentlemen or any three of them as aforesaid do Divide the Estate which was the Widow’s property in right of Dower of the said James Munday deceased’s Estate (who is lately dead) among the several Claimants and allot to each of them their proportions thereof according to Law, and that if necessary they make sale of all or any Negroes belonging to the said Estate in order to compleat the Division, returning and account of their proceedings therein to the Court. [Essex County, Virginia, Order Book 27, page 313.]

“Major Boughan and Lucy his wife who was Lucy Monday was married the 4th March 1774” [Boughan family Bible at the Virginia State Archives, Acc. 24166]

On 19 June 1775, Major Boughan and Lucy his wife of Essex County sold to Matthew Mackhan of Essex County for £40, 58 acres of land in Essex County. This land bordered that of Nathaniel Dunn, John Boughan, Thomas Wood, and Elizabeth Munday. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 31, pages 244–245.]