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Daniel Tucker, son of George Tucker, was born in 1575 in Milton, Kent, England.[1] He was baptized in Milton on 10 Apr 1575.[2][3] He became an investor in the Virginia Company and chose for himself a seagoing life of adventure.[1]
Daniel Tucker came to Jamestown on the second fleet of ships to reach the settlement in 1608, bringing supplies to the colonists.[4][5]
Tucker had arrived in Jamestown as the colony reached the "starving times." He recognized one way he could use his experience and built "a large boat with his own hands," to use for fishing and other occasions. George Percy, in his writings, reports that the boat was "some help and a little relief unto us, and did keep us from killing one of another."[6]
In 1610, Lord De la Warr arrived, bringing much-needed supplies to Jamestown and became the new governor. He appointed Daniel Tucker as Cape Merchant, or "clerk in the store." for the colony.[1] During his five years in Jamestown, Tucker also served as councilor, provant maister, vice admiral, and truck master.[7][8] He would later receive a grant of 18 shares of "Old Adventure" in the Virginia Company, three of which he paid for himself and 15 given him for his good service by an order of a Quarter Court.[9]
Tucker stayed in Jamestown until 1613, when he returned to England. He was appointed as the second governor of Bermuda and arrived there in May of 1616 on the ship George. [10] He served in that position until 1619. During his time as governor, Tucker ruled "with an iron fist," enforcing harsh penalties and cruel punishments.[10] He was not a popular governor. He focused his attention on the fundamentals of reliable food and water supplies, causing his critics to say that he was "fitter to be a gardener than a governor."[11]
By 1619, Tucker had returned to England, leaving Miles Kendall as deputy governor. He would not return to Bermuda as governor, but was successful obtaining a Virginia land grant for the service he had provided there.[9] Some time before 1623, he returned to his property in Bermuda, called "The Grange", at the Overplus in Southampton.[10] (Other sources refer to the house as "The Grove.")[12] He lived there until his death, and was buried 10 Feb 1625 in Bermuda.[1]
He had married Elizabeth Mansfield in 1597 in Milton, Kent, England. Their first four children were born in Milton: William in 1598, Henry in 1600, Daniel in 1602, and Alice in 1606. The place of birth for Arthur, born in 1608, could be either England or America. Alice is listed as coming to America with Capt. Arthur Allen, who would become her husband.
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Please provide some documented sources for a double name. Thank You, Mary
http://tangledrootsandtrees.blogspot.com/2014/02/fitter-to-be-gardener-than-governor.html
Mags
I am the leader of the Bermuda Project. Nice profile!
Since this is a governor of Bermuda, I would like to project protect it and add the project template to it. Might even get round to adding more sources and information.
Mags