Ichabod Tucker (1765 - 1846)

Born 17 Apr 1765 in Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Maria (Orne) Tucker — married 16 Sep 1798 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Esther (Cabot) Tucker — married 13 Oct 1811 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

Died 22 Oct 1846 at age 81 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Alice Glassen [send private message]

Biography

Ichabod was born on 17 Apr 1765 in Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts He was the son of Benjamin Tucker and Martha Davis. ^[1]

He was christened on the same day^[2]

He was a member of the North Church, 1771-1827 The founders of the North Church of Salem originally belonged to the First Church of that town. In 1771, Thomas Barnard, pastor of the First Church, was relieved of his duties, due to illness. There were great disagreements about who his successor would be, with the majority choosing a man named Dunbar and a large minority preferring the pastor's son, Thomas Barnard, Jr. While the majority proceeded to ordinate Mr. Dunbar, the ten men and forty-one women who were in the minority chose to secede from the church, and established the North Church under the pastor of their choice. The request to separate from the church was granted amicably, with the church stating in their vote to grant the seceders' request: "we herein join with them in the wish....that a spirit of love and Christian fellowship may continue between us notwithstanding our separation." This database contains the members of the church from its formation on July 19, 1772 to the time of publication, June 1827. The original text is kept in our rare books collection, call number RareBook F74/S1/N67/1827. ^[3]

From the Peabody Essex Museum,^[4] “ Ichabod Tucker (1765-1846) was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, the son of Benjamin and Martha (Davis) Tucker. After graduating from Harvard in 1791, he studied law with Nathan Dane and set up a law practice in Haverhill, MA. Tucker moved to Salem after 1800 and was appointed as a Justice of the Peace in 1801. In 1804 he was appointed clerk of the Judicial Courts for Essex County – a position he occupied until 1825 (excepting 1812). He also served as Overseer of the Salem Poor.

Tucker was interested in local history and was active in various historical and literary organizations. He served as vice-president of the Essex Historical Society, 1829-1834, as president of the Salem Athenaeum, 1835-1838, founded the Essex Agricultural Society, and was a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society and the American Antiquarian Society.

Ichabod Tucker married Maria Orne (1775-1806), the daughter of Dr. Joseph and Mary Leavitt Orne, in 1798. Maria's death in 1806 was attributed to the shock of learning that her brother, Joseph Orne (1778-1806), had been murdered by Arab pirates. Tucker married Esther Orne Cabot (1774-1854), the widow of Joseph Cabot, in 1811. He had no children and adopted Nancy Gay (1795-1890), who married the educator and scientist Thomas Cole (1779-1852) in 1842. Ichabod Tucker lived at 28 Chestnut Street, which he built in 1800. “

On 16 September 1798 at Location Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Ichabod married first Maria Orne, were married on 16 September 1798 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. Volume Name Haverhill - V2 Page 313^[5][6]

He married second Esther Orne Cabot on 13 October 1811 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.^[7] Esther passed away on 13 October 1811^[8]

Ichabod passed away on 22 Oct 1846 at the age of 81 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was laid to rest at the Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.^[9]

Ichobod Tucker 1846 - 1847 said he died of Palsey.

Location Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Original Text

Amended N

Volume Name 26

Page 123^[10]

From Find a Grave ,

Lawyer, Essex County clerk of courts. Graduated Harvard College in 1791. Married first in 1798 to Maria Orne, daughter of Dr. Joseph and Mary Leavitt Orne; second in 1811 to Esther Orne Paine. Son of Benjamin and Martha Davis Tucker.

Gravesite Details Slab type tombstone is severely eroded.

In his will he left 1/2 of his house, shares in his printing company at Lowell, shares of the cotton mills in Lowell as well as shares in the Oriental Insurance Company in Salem to his wife. As well as $1,000.00 that was left to her from her fathers will.

He left his brother Jacob $60.00 per? To be paid to him for the remainder of his life. To be paid to him half yearly.

To his sister Sarah Goulding, widow of Daniel Goulding, the ownership of the house and garden where she was living as well as $60.00 per? To be paid for the rest of her natural life. To be given to her half yearly.

Also to his wife 1/3 of the interest that accrued on his estate to be paid half yearly.

To his adopted daughter Nancy Davis Gay the other half of the home, land and buildings on Chestnut street in Salem where she lived with his wife, to keep for the remainder of her life. He also willed to her his silver tea pot, 2 silver pans? and the remainder of his household furniture and plate.

She also received $3,000.00 to be put into a fund in the Massachusetts Insurance Company, She was to take the interest of the money to use for books for Harvard. Also any remaining money that was left after his wife and brother passed was to go to her as well. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 June 2020), memorial page for Ichabod Tucker (17 Apr 1765–22 Oct 1846), Find a Grave Memorial no. 53923536, citing Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bob on Gallows Hill (contributor 46630279) .https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53923536
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX5-6P1 : 15 January 2020), Ichabod Tucker, 1765.
3. ↑ Salem, MA: A Catalogue of the Members of the North Church, 1771-1827. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013), (Orig. Printed by W. & S.B. Ives, Salem, MA. North Church of Salem, A catalogue of the members of the North Church in Salem: with an historical sketch of the church, 1827. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB493/rd/13244/25/235714565
4. ↑ https://pem.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/536
5. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7718/313/141303574
6. ↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCHK-7YX : 30 December 2022), Ichabod Tucker, 1798.
7. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-VKFN : Sat Mar 09 00:35:15 UTC 2024), Entry for Ichabod Tucker and Esther Orne Cabot, 13 Oct 1811.
8. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-VKFN : Sat Mar 09 00:35:15 UTC 2024), Entry for Ichabod Tucker and Esther Orne Cabot, 13 Oct 1811.
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 June 2020), memorial page for Ichabod Tucker (17 Apr 1765–22 Oct 1846), Find a Grave Memorial no. 53923536, citing Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bob on Gallows Hill (contributor 46630279) .https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53923536
10. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910. (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB191/rd/10609/123/120564103
11. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/14216/55753-co14/37958162