Born in North Carolina
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and Sarah (Clements) Clay
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
George Powell Tucker Sr
— married
about 1763 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
George Tucker, John Tucker, Joseph Tucker, William Tucker, Susannah Tucker, Randal Perry Tucker, Rosanna (Tucker) Little, Jacob Tucker Sr., Peter Tucker, Leonard Tilman Tucker, James Tucker, Lewis Tucker, Mary (Tucker) Presley, Catarenah (Tucker) Barbee and Margaret (Tucker) Howell
Died
at about age 70
in Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Aug 2014
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Biography
- Maria was born in September 1745 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the daughter of unknown parents.
Mecklenburg County came into existence in 1762.
- In 1763, when she was about eighteen, she married George Powell Tucker Sr at an unknown location, and bore him fourteen children, ten sons and four daughters:
- George Tucker
- John Tucker
- Joseph Tucker
- William Tucker
- Susannah Tucker
- Randal Perry Tucker
- Rosanna (Tucker) Little
- Jacob Tucker
- Peter Tucker
- Leonard Tilman Tucker
- James Tucker
- Lewis Tucker
- Catarenah (Tucker) Barbee
- Margaret (Tucker) Howell
- On 12 September 1815, near her seventieth birthday, Maria died of unknown causes in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, and is buried in the Bear Creek United Church of Christ Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County.
From Findagrave.com
- Maria Dorthea Clay Tucker
- Birth: Sep 1745 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; Death: Sep 1815 (aged 69–70) Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA; Burial: Bear Creek United Church of Christ Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA. Memorial #: 141370954.
- Bio: Married to George Powell Tucker Sr. Married in 1764 His death was 1805 in North Carolina She lived in Rocky River, North Carolina on her death.
- Family Members: Spouse: George R Tucker (1743-1804); Children: George Tucker (1765-1835), Rosannah Tucker Little (1773-1857), Lewis Tucker (1782-1843)[1]
Citations
- ↑ Judy Zarlengo (48626248), “Maria Dorthea Clay Tucker,” Findagrave.com. Record added 15 Jan 2015. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141370954. Accessed 17 April 2018.
Acknowledgments
- Debbie (Tucker) Partridge created Maria (Clay) Tucker on 15 Aug 2014.
Sources
- Judy Zarlengo (48626248), “Maria Dorthea Clay Tucker,” Findagrave.com. Record added 15 Jan 2015. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141370954. Accessed 17 April 2018.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Anonymous Gill
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H1ba, FTDNA kit #180416
-
~3.12%
~6.25%
John Taylor :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A239332 [compare], Ancestry member WOLFENSTOCK
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Julia (Bell) Lansberry :
23andMe, GEDmatch M071333 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A539725 [compare], Ancestry member julia_cybele
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T308083 [compare], FTDNA kit #347533
-
~1.56%
~1.56%
Ruth (Long) Gill :
23andMe, GEDmatch M093416 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A738926 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T160944 [compare], FTDNA kit #179624
-
~1.56%
~3.12%
Kathi (Freeman) Mesloh :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member smokikm
-
~1.56%
~3.12%
Tracie (Newkirk) McMillan :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tmcmillan1986
-
~1.56%
~3.12%
Cheryl Gallion :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T060693 [compare], FTDNA kit #N300051
+
Living DNA, GEDmatch TG6728104 [compare]
-
~0.78%
MaryLou (Velebir) Crouch :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A158163 [compare], Ancestry member mlcrouch1
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Anonymous Gill :
23andMe, GEDmatch M211426 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A016925 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Amy (Rivers) Bryant :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A542138 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Craig Rhyne :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Alvin Chaney :
23andMe, GEDmatch MK9171652 [compare]
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Betty (McCorkle) Penninger :
23andMe, GEDmatch T808876 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Robert Wallen :
23andMe, GEDmatch YR3381774 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B604691
-
~0.78%
Russell Matchett :
23andMe, GEDmatch TF3633142 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SV4467395 [compare], Ancestry member rmatchett56
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch RZ312095C1 [compare], FTDNA kit #1004911
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch JZ2273192 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Debbie (Tucker) Partridge :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A964959 [compare], Ancestry member DebbTuckerPartridge
-
~0.78%
T (Burris) Cairns :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A926074 [compare], Ancestry member cairnst1
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Heather (Mesloh) Ponsano :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A088448 [compare], Ancestry member heather_ponsano
-
~0.78%
Dona Brown :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TV1440132 [compare], yourDNAportal DON1ec3155a, Ancestry member emilynikoal
-
~0.78%
Kelly (Brown) Smith :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Tom Redding :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
Robert Funderburk :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
SC Keeton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A340637 [compare], yourDNAportal SCK940298f0, Ancestry member CCbsl9131
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Anonymous Gill :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T930580 [compare], FTDNA kit #180416
-
~0.39%
Joseph Gill :
23andMe, GEDmatch M142026 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A979865 [compare], Ancestry member gijoeinfinity
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T754262 [compare], FTDNA kit #176334
-
~0.39%
~3.12%
Kristy S :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.39%
Brooke Wallen :
23andMe
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
Jane (Long) Tousignant :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member vtousignant
-
~0.39%
~0.78%
Debi (McGee) Hoag :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TN9500362 [compare], Ancestry member debihoag
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch G293623 [compare]
+
Living DNA, GEDmatch YN4977385 [compare]
-
~0.39%
~0.78%
Sharon (Penninger) Simmons :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A264583 [compare], Ancestry member samsimm1
-
~0.39%
Kevin Black :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch QW1574279 [compare], FTDNA kit #267631
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I found this discussion online from 2018 which discusses the possibility that Maria Dorothea was not a Clay. I thought it may be of interest. I have DNA Matches whose trees lead to Clay as well as Zimmerman, so I would be interested in discovering more at some time about Maria Dorothea Tucker.
https://www.geni.com/discussions/186684
Regards, Karen