- ROBERT TUCKER was born about 1600 in, England however, nothing more is known about his early life, however from later events in his life it is evident that he was well educated .
It has been noted that a Richard Tucker was the agent for the Sir Ferdinando Georges in the area which now makes up northern Massachusetts, Main and New Hampshire. Some think it possible that Robert Tucker was related in some way, possibly a brother, to this Richard Tucker. Richard Tucker was christened, 22 Jan. 1590 (4?) At Stogumber, Somerset, England. A review of the Stogumber parish register has revealed an entry for what appears to be Robert Tucker, christened 9 May 1588. This would make him older than seems likely, but not impossible.
It appears possible, if not likely, that Robert Tucker was a member of the Robert Georges Company when they settled in the Dorchester area in 1623. This is pure speculation as there are no records to back this up. However his marriage to Elizabeth Allen, daughter of John Allen, who also appears to have been a member of the Georges company, his being included on the list of “Old Planters” who followed the Rev. Newman and his subsequent employment as town clerk in Gloucester, Massachusetts are strong indicators that he may have been in New England as early as 1623.
He was in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony as early as 1635. He married Elizabeth Allen the daughter of John Allen, of Dorchester, 3 Oct 1637. Their daughter, Sarah Tucker, was born in Weymouth, 17 Mar. 1639/1640. And, as a matter of history, Robert Tucker was fined 20 shillings by the General Court held at Boston, 2 Jun. 1640, for “upbraiding James Britian as a witness, calling him a liar and saying he could prove him so.” He was also enjoined to acknowledge the wrong he had done Britian. [However, what he said may have been the truth for Brittan does not appear to have been any better than he should be. In March 1639, he was publicly whipped for some misdemeanor and was hanged in March of 1644, for adultery.]
The “History of Weymouth” lists Robert Tucker as being among the 60 heads of families which removed from Weymouth to Rehoboth with the Rev. Samuel Newman. This article calls Robert Tucker a Baptist. The reason for leaving was primarily religious differences, however the Rev. Newman was Church of England and he and his followers were greatly outnumbered by the Puritans. Charles Francis Adams in his Old Planter about Boston Harbor demonstrates that when the Puritans arrived in 1630, many of the Robert Georges Company and others, who came later, still worked the land and ran the “Plantation” founded by Robert Georges. These “Old Planters” considered their claims to the land, etc. as having priority. However, they were soon out-numbered thousands to one and were subject to the Puritan courts and officials. The Puritans simply confiscated anything they wanted. There was a great deal of bitterness and squabbling over property and religion. The removal of the 60 families from the Weymouth/Dorchester area with the Rev. Newman seems to have represented the capitulation of the “Old Planters.”
The fact that Robert Tucker’s name appears on the Rev. Newman list suggests that he was one of the “Old Planters” disenfranchised by the Puritan regime. However, there is no evidence that he went to Rehoboth with that group. He later removed from Weymouth to Gloucester, where he held the office of town recorder in 1651, was representative in 1652, town clerk until 1656 and where it is probable that some of his children were born.
[Savage believed that the Weymouth and Gloucester Robert Tuckers were different individuals. Other historians disagree with Savage. I agree with the other historians primarily because Ephraim Tucker, the g.g.grandfather of the Ephraim Tucker who published the Genealogy of the Tucker Family was born at Gloucester. (Tom Hunt)]
It is his employment as town clerk in Gloucester (1651-1656) that makes one think that there could be a connection between Robert Tucker and Richard Tucker as well as some connection between Robert Tucker and the Georges family. It seems strange that a town in northern Massachusetts would hire a recorder from Weymouth, in southern Massachusetts unless they had some prior knowledge of him and his qualifications. The Georges influence in that area was great and people associated with the Georges would have been well known in the area. He went back to Weymouth and again held several important offices in that town. Further than this, his career there is somewhat obscure, but he was identified with that class which seemed raised up by Providence to meet the exigencies of the times in which he lived.
He returned to Weymouth about 1657 and there became a man of affairs. He removed to Milton, Massachusetts, about the time that town was incorporated, in fact, the answer of the General Court to the petition for incorporation, bearing the date of, 7 May 1662, is signed “Robert Tucker, Recorder,” and the first records of the town are in his handwriting, which shows that he was the first town recorder. He purchased several adjoining lots on Bush Hill, of Widow Farnsworth, Elder Henry Withington and Mrs. Fenno, containing in all about 117 acres, and bordering on lands that his son, James Tucker, had purchased some time previous. The Withington purchase was fifty acres, for which he paid £100. This hill has retained its original name down to the present time (1885).
He represented the town several years in the Legislature. He was active in the church, a member of the church committee, and seems to have been always on the most intimate terms with his pastor, Rev. Peter Thatcher.
He served as a selectman for the town of Milton in 1677.
Robert Tucker died, 11 Mar. 1681/1682, and was buried on the 13th. His Will, dated 7 March, and probated, 30 Mar. 1683, bequeathed to sons James, Joseph, Manasseh, Ephraim, Benjamin; daus. Rebecca Fenno, Elizabeth Clapp, Mary Jones and wife Elizabeth; and mentions his brother in law Dea. Henry Allen, of Boston.
His widow, Elizabeth Allen Tucker survived him but, the exact date of her passing is not known. [Thomas D. Hunt, 1921-2014]
Children of Robert Tucker and Elizabeth Allen:
1.SARAH TUCKER, born, 17 Mar. 1639, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony; married, 1 Aug. 1660, Peter Warren and she died 1679, at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. (age 39 years)
2.JAMES TUCKER, b. 1643, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony; md. Rebecca Tolman; d. 5 Mar. 1718, Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony. (age 75 years)
3.REBECCA TUCKER, b. 1641, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony; married about 1661, John Fenno, son of the widow Rebecca ( __) Fenno; she died, 12 Jun 1690, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. (age 50 years)
4.JOSEPH TUCKER, b. 1643, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony; married, Rebecca Tolman, of Dorchester, Norfolk, Massachusetts and died after 1682.
5.ELIZABETH TUCKER, b. 1644, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony; married Ebenezer Clapp and she died, 20 Dec 1710, at Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. (age 57 years)
6.BENJAMIN TUCKER, b. 8 Mar 1646, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony; ; married Ann Payson, daughter of Edward Payson; he died 27 Feb. 1701/2, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. (age 66 years)
7.EXPERIENCE TUCKER, b. 23 Jul 1652, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony; d. 19 Nov. 1652, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. (age 0 years)
8.EBENEZER TUCKER, b. 23 JUL 1652, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony; d. 20 Jan 1652/3, Gllucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Golony. (age 0 years)
9.EPHRAIM TUCKER, b. 27 Aug 1653, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony; married, 27 Sep. 1688, Hannah Gulliver; in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts and died, 1 Oct 1736, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. (age 83 years)
10.MANASSAH Tucker, b. 1654, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony; married at Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, 29 Dec. 1676, Waitstill Sumner. He died, 9 Apr. 1743, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. (age 89 years)
11.KATHERINE TUCKER, b. 1656, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony; d. 12 Jun 1690, Milton, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, (age 34 years)
12.MARY TUCKER, b. 15 Jul 1657, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony; married, 25 Jul 1681, Samuel Jones and died, 6 Jan 1738, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. (age 80 years)
References:
Ephraim Tucker, “Genealogy of the Tucker Family,” 1895, pp. 19-27.
Rufus Stickney Tucker, Ph.D, “Tucker-Darell,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 72, Jul. 1922, p. 232-240.
History of Weymouth - US/CAN 974.47/W1 H2w, Vol. 1, p.82,
English Origins of New England Families, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 1, pp 724 732.
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