Andrew Tucker 4th (1717 - 1775)

Born 21 Dec 1717 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Bartlett) Tucker — married 28 Jun 1737 in Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

Andrew Tucker was born on Date 21 Dec 1717 in Birthplace Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts. he was the son of Andrew Tucker and Martha.^{[1] [2]} In Genealogy of the Tucker family: fraom Various Authentic Sources, it notes COMMODORE SAMUEL TUCKER was the 3rd child of Andrew and Mary Belcher.

It has been said that his father, Andrew Tucker, was one of three brothers, who emigrated to America from Dundee, in Scotland, when young men. It was said one of these brothers settled in South Carolina, one in Virginia, and one, Andrew, in Marblehead . Should the writer, however, be enabled to procure an accurate genealogy, it will be inserted in the Appendix ; for there was an Andrew Tucker at Marblehead in 1663.^[3] I don’t believe that it was his father who came from Scotland but have been one of the grandfathers who did.

He was a fisherman and followed the sea, and was much respected as an upright, skilful shipmaster. Before the Revolution he was in affluent circumstances, and lived in much style. The house which he built more than a hundred years ago on Rowland Hill, near the bay, is still standing, though its gable ends have been changed into a more modern fashion. On this building he laid out much cost. His rooms were decorated with rich paper-hangings, for which he sent to France; the paper was thick as cloth, and figured with vermilion and black stripes, as appears by fragments still preserved. I was surprised at the specimens of tasteful workmanship and durable material shown by the tenant, who occupies this substantial, pleasant mansion, which, in its day, was one of the first and best structures in the country.

Andrew Tucker married Mary Bartlett Ewell Tucker of Marblehead.^[4] Together they had the following children,^[5]

Mary born 8 Mar 1739 Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony^[6]

Andrew born 3 Dec 1740 Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts ^[7]

Nathaniel christened 2 Jan 1742 Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts^[8]

William Christened 27 Jan 1744 Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts^[9]

Samuel born 1 Nov 1747 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts ^[10]

Elizabeth twin christened 26 Aug 1750 Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts ^[11]

Benjamin twin christened 26 Aug 1750 Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts^[12]

Sarah christening 21 Aug 1757 Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts^[13]

“ Andrew Tucker of Marblehead was presented for excessive drinking in his house in the night, making great disturbance, throwing fire brands, etc.”” Mary Tucker, the wife of this fisherman, ap- pears in the court records on various occasions; and from the charges and testimony concerning her, one may reconstruct a picture of a buxom, broad-armed, red-faced fish-wife. This lady was fined, on one occasion, “ for abusing Leonard Bell- ringer. . . .” “ Bellringer, according to one witness, came into Tucker's house about two months ago, when Tucker was away, and demanded of his wife half a pint of liquor. She told him that he did not need it for he had had drink enough already. Upon this Bellringer uttered a great many scurrilous words so that she ordered him out of the house.” When he refused to go, Mary struck him with such emphasis that he had to be “ carried . . . out of doors.” Goody Tucker dashed out “ and took him by the hair of his head and pulled him to the ground upon the stones that paved the yard, beating his head upon the stones . . .” until Thomas Henley dragged him to safety. In defending himself, Bellringer “tore off a piece of the lace of Mary Tucker's cap,” and Mary Searle, hearing the fray, and seeing Mary Tucker pulling out Bell- ringer’s hair, “ told her she was not acting like a Christian to pull a man’s hair off, whereupon she flung the hair away.” ^[14]

Research Notes

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Andrew TUCKER Record 1668 Location Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Original Text Andrew; a brother Nicholas, deceased; mentioned June, 1668. Vol. 13, p. 74. Volume Name Marblehead - V3 Page 42 May be a brother ^[15]

Andrew TUCKER 1688 Location Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts TUCKER, Andrew (-1691?) & Mary ____; by 1688; Marblehead ^[16] May be his parents his father was a Andrew as well

Andrew TUCKER Record 1733 - 1990 Location Massachusetts, United States Original Text Place of Last Residence Portland, ME Lodge Ancient Landmark #17, Portland, ME Occupation Shipmaster Volume Name Thr-Tzo Surnames Page 4744^[17]

• Page 160
 His forebears had already lived there for almost a century. Some say they came originally from Dundee, Scotland, but the claim for an ancestral home in one of the southwestern English counties is more plausible. In either case, they must have used the sea for many years before their settlement in Marblehead because otherwise they would not have come. They certainly used it for generations afterwards. We know for a fact, all the same, that Samuel Tucker’s great-great-grandfather Andrew, and

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When Samuel Tucker was born in 1747 his father had not yet inherited Bartlett property. His family then consisted of Mary and four children

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Page 163
Local tradition places Samuel Tucker’s birthplace in the three-story, pitched-roof house on Rowland Hill at the southwest entrance of Pros¬ pect Street. For years it has been so sanctified by a bronze plaque; still, the truth of the tradition is highly suspect. Andrew did not own the property at the time or even live on Rowland Hill before the late 1750s. What’s more, the house seems not to have been built by 1747 anyway. Picking through the mare’s nest of confusing evidence, a few threads can be unraveled with some confidence.^

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 Years later, in 1768, Andrew acquired another piece of adjoining land. The house which stood on this addition could now be mistaken for the so-called birthplace unless it is understood that Andrew Tucker is known to have been resident elsewhere on Rowland Hill at the time. It must be assumed, therefore, that he caused a new mansion house to be erected after his father-in-law’s death in 1749 and before 1760 when meetings of the newly formed Masonic Lodge began to be held “in a Chamber of our Brother Tukers House which is at the Entrance of the Town the Largest and Best Situated upon all Accounts we have among

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Page 163
 The “birthplace,” then, must have been the old family mansion house on the southwesterly side of what is now Elm Street about a hundred and fifty yards west of the Mugford Street junction, on “the back side of town.” This building Andrew Tucker purchased from the family in 1751 for £90.^°

• Estate of Andrew Tucker House. Mr. Lattimer conveyed this part of his lot to Andrew Tucker of Marble-head, fisherman, March 28, 1672. He died, possessed of the house and lot, before Dec. 6, 1692, when administration was granted upon his estate. The house and land descended to his only surviving son Philip Tucker of Marblehead, fisherman, upon assignment in 1730. The lot "with an old house thereon," was then valued at twenty-five pounds. The house was probably gone before June 10, 1732, when he sold the land to Joshua Coombs of Marblehead, fisherman.

§Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 135. Essex Registry of Deeds, book 60, leaf 219. This may be Andrew 1st

Tucker street was early in use. It was called ye broad highway going into town in 1715; the street or lane, 1721; the main street, 1751; lane leading to Nixis cove, 1780; the southeasterly highway leading over training field hill, 1787; and Tucker street in 1825.

• Nicholas Tucker was most likely an uncle to Andrew.

Nicholas Tucker House. The trustees for the commoners of Marblehead conveyed this lot to Nicholas Tucker Marblehead, fisherman, Jan. 23, 1695-6.‡ Upon the land he built a house in which he lived. He died Feb. 3, 1716-7, having devised his house and land under and around it to his wife for her life, and, after her decease, his sons George and Nicholas. The widow probably died before 1753, when the house and lot were divided. The house was then called the "old mansion house," and it had a stack of chimneys. How much longer it stood is not known. ‡Marblehead town records.^[18]

In Genealogy of the Tucker family: fraom Various Authentic Sources, it notes COMMODORE SAMUEL TUCKER was the 3rd child of Andrew and Mary Belcher. They had 8 children: Andrew, Mary, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, Elizabeth and Benjamin (twins), and Sarah.^[19]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ8Q-NVW : 15 January 2020), Andrew Tucker, 1717.
2. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7742/522/141071010
3. ↑ https://archive.org/details/lifeofsamueltuck00shepiala/page/20/mode/2up?q=Samuel+Tucker
4. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7742/521/141070773
5. ↑ ↑ https://archive.org/details/lifeofsamueltuck00shepiala/page/18/mode/2up?q=Samuel+Tucker
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZ24-6RPZ : 20 May 2022), Andrew Sr Tucker in entry for Mary Tucker, 8 Mar 1739; citing Birth, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009556.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZ26-836Z : 20 May 2022), Andrew Tucker in entry for Andrew Tucker, 3 Dec 1740; citing Birth, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009556.
8. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZ26-836Z : 20 May 2022), Andrew Tucker in entry for Andrew Tucker, 3 Dec 1740; citing Birth, Marblehead, Essex, Mas
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ8Q-L3V : 15 January 2020), Andrew Tucker in entry for William Tucker, 1744.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ87-TXM : 15 January 2020), Andrew Tucker in entry for Samuel Tucker, 1747.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ8M-8YZ : 15 January 2020), Andrew Tuker in entry for Elizabeth Tuker, 1750.
12. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ87-HLV : 15 January 2020), Andrew Tuker in entry for Benjamin Tuker, 1750.
13. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ8S-NQR : 15 January 2020), Andrew
14. ↑ https://archive.org/details/sim_new-england-quarterly_1935-09_8_3/page/342/mode/2up?q=Andrew+Tucker+of+Marblehead
15. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/rd/7744/42/141095026
16. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/rd/21176/1548/426907566
17. ↑ Massachusetts: Grand Lodge of Masons Membership Cards, 1733-1990. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010. (From records held by the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Massachusetts.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB410/rd/12630/4744/143585958
18. ↑ From MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700 by Sidney Perley A collection of Nine Articles from Historical Collections of the Essex Institute https://www.marbleheadmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Perley-Final-1.pdf
19. ↑ Tucker, Ephraim.Genealogy of the Tucker Family : from various authentic sources. Worcester, Mass : Press of F. S. Blancard & Co., 1895. Page 329.

Essex Institute Historical Collections, Volume 58 [1]

Vital Records of Marblehead, MA - Marriages [2]

Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910 [3]

See also

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lougene/p22.htm#i1397

http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0300503