When Lucy Richardson was born on 7 February 1785, in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States, her father, Jesse Richardson, was 25 and her mother, Martha English, was 23. She married Benjamin Thurman on 28 February 1803, in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 19 December 1867, in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Rocklick Church, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States.