Abt 1594 - 1679 (85 years)
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| Name |
TUCKER, Richardus |
| Nickname |
Richard |
| Birth |
Abt 1594 |
Stogumber, Somerset, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Arrival |
1630 |
NH [1] |
| _COLOR |
3 |
| Death |
Sep 1679 |
Portsmouth, NH |
| Person ID |
I6811 |
Puffers |
| Last Modified |
24 Apr 2017 |
| Father |
TUCKER, John, b. Abt 1534, Throwleigh, Devonshire, England d. Yes, date unknown |
| Mother |
KEMPE, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1530, London, London, England d. Yes, date unknown |
| Family ID |
F1664 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
RAYNELL\REYNOLD, Margaret, b. CA 1595 d. Yes, date unknown |
| Children |
| | 1. TUCKER, Richard, b. Abt 1615 d. Bef 1715 (Age < 99 years) |
| | 2. TUCKER, Nicholas, b. Abt 1619, NH d. Bef 1719 (Age < 99 years) |
| | 3. TUCKER, William, b. 1622, Isle of Shoals, NH d. 12 Jun 1666, Isle of Shoals, NH (Age 44 years) |
| | 4. TUCKER, Lewis, b. Abt 1630 d. Bef 1730 (Age < 99 years) |
| | 5. TUCKER, John, b. 1632, NH d. 1681, Boston, MA (Age 49 years) |
| | 6. TUCKER, Seaborn, b. Abt 1635 d. Bef 1735 (Age < 99 years) |
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| Family ID |
F296 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
14 Apr 2024 |
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| Notes |
- "Richard Tucker, "gentleman", came very early to the coast of Maine and New Hampshire; probably lived near Saco. He bought, about 1630, Richard Bradshaw's patent to lands at Spurwink, in Maine; in partnership with George Cleve had a patent for Gorges Jan. 27, 1627, of land in that vicinity; another deed from Alex Rigby, May 23, 1643."
He resided in Portsmouth, NH where he died in 1679 at the age of 85. Through his landed properties, however, he retained an interest in the development of Maine. He was one of the Selectmen of Portsmouth; a Commissioner of the General Court; and while at Casco was one of the Grand Jury. In 1665 he stood strongly for the jurisdiction of MA for the control of Maine and against the Royal Commissioners.
Margaret survived him for several years. She may have been a passenger on the ship "Abigail" which left London 1 Jul 1635. If so, she was born abt. 1612.
A monument in Portland erected by Payson Tucker commemorates the landing of George Cleeves and Richard Tucker. It was unveiled 4 Jul 1883 with Masonic Honors. It is located on the eastern promenade near the spot where they landed. Their landing was on the beach now covered by the "make land" of the Grand Trunk Railway, at a point a little east of the foot of Hancock Street where a small brook made its way into the bay.
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| Sources |
- [S150] The Great Migration Begins; Immigrants to New England; 1620-1633.
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