Mary (Dana) Tucker (1734 - 1792)

Born 24 Mar 1734 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Tucker — married 4 Jun 1754 in Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 7 Oct 1792 at age 58 in Milton, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Mary Dana, daughter of Samuel and Mary Dana, was born 24 Mar 1733/4 in Pomfret, Connecticut. ^[1]

Mary Tucker was named as one of the "beloved daughters" of Samuel Dana in his 1768 will. ^[2]

Mary Dana and Joseph Tucker, both of Milton, had been married in Milton, Massachusetts, 4 Jun 1754. Her parents, Samuel Dana and Mary Sumner were married in Milton 23 years previously, and judging from the fact that Mary was considered a resident of that town, she was probably staying with Sumner relatives who remained in Milton.^[3]

Mary and Joseph remained in Milton, where she died 7 Oct 1792 (aged 58) and was buried in the Milton Cemetery.^[3][4] Joseph predeceased her in 1789. ^[3] Milton became part of Norfolk County in 1793 a year after her death.

Tucker children born in Milton:^[3]

1. Ann 29 May 1755
2. Sarah b. 6 Nov 1756
3. Joseph, 19 Dec 1758
4. Seth b. 3 Dec 1760
5. Ann b. 27 Sep 1762
6. Elijah b. 24 Feb 1765
7. James b. 13 Jun 1767
8. Mary b. 16 Mar 1770
9. Eunice 26 May 1772
10. Samuel b. 23 Aug 1774
11. Susannah Soper b. 29 July 1778

Sources

1. ↑ Pomfret. Connecticut Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) (From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.) p. 33. Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
2. ↑ Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Probate Packets, Cutler, Asa-Diggens, A, 1752-1880. Samuel Dana Pomfret, 1770, #1395, Pomfret Prob. Dist. Accessed at Ancestry ($)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Milton records : births, marriages and deaths, 1662-1843 Boston : A. Mudge & Son, 1900. marriage p. 110; death Mary and Joseph p. 250; children births start p. 65
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 December 2020), memorial page for Mary Dana Tucker (24 Mar 1734–7 Oct 1792), Find A Grave: Memorial #29122595, citing Milton Cemetery, Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by the moo (contributor 46834101)

See Also:

• Dana, Elizabeth Ellery, b. 1846, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana, and Dana Genealogical Committee. The Dana Family In America. Cambridge, Mass., 1956. p. 61
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Pomfret, Page 56.