Tucker5
Tucker Family of Anne Arundel County, Maryland
NAME EVENT DETAIL
****T - Tucker, Sele - Note - for the names of Sele's children, I have, so far, only his will to go by. The daughters names are written like this:
"Elizabeth Mary, Ann, Rebecca and Margaret".
The commas make it clear that there were daughters Ann and Rebecca. The and indicates there was also a daughter, Margaret. Whether there was an Elizabeth Mary or an Elizabeth and a Mary is unclear. There is no comma, but there is an extra space. Because of the extra space and because middle names were uncommon at this time, I am tentatively saying that there was an Elizabeth and a Mary.

This family is not mentioned in the St. James Parish Register.
****T - Tucker, Sele 1729 - born Source: More Maryland Deponents by Peden.

Sele Tucker, son of Thomas, age 37 in 1766. Said to be in Anne Arundel County Land Commissions, 1724-1766 (MdHR4745) p. 680.
****T - Tucker, Sele 1747, 6 - witness for Thomas Lingan Anne Arundel County Judgments IB #6 pp. 460-461. June Court 1747.

Seally Tucker makes oath to 3 days' attendance as a witness for Thomas Tucker at suit Thomas Lingan.
****T - Tucker, Sele 1747, 8 - bondsman for Thomas Tucker Anne Arundel County Judgments IB #6 p. 551. August Court 1747

Benjamin Sallyer swears the peace against Thomas Tucker, and thereupon bench warrant is issued against said Thomas Tucker, returnable immediately. Thomas Tucker appears and is ordered to enter into recognizance with 2 securities for his appearance at next court. Seelah Tucker and Lewis Jones were his securities.
****T - Tucker, Sele 1751 - constable for West River
****T - Tucker, Sele 1753 - appointed Constable for the Swamp
****T - Tucker, Sele 1753 - assigned an apprentice Anne Arundel County Judgments ISB #2 pp. 719-720. Nov Court 1753

The Court binds Thomas Shores (who was previously bound to Thomas Phips) unto Sele Tucker until he arrives to the age of 21 years, in consideration whereof, the said Tucker obliges himself to find the said Thomas, during the said term, sufficient meat, drink, lodging, and clothing, and teach him to read and write and arithmetic and also learn him the art and trade of a sawyer, and also to mow grasse'r.
****T - Tucker, Sele 1753 - grand juror
****T - Tucker, Sele 1753 - stray horse Source: The Maryland Gazette, 1727-1761, by KM Green, p. 114.

There's a stray horse at the plantation of Sele Tucker, living in the Swamp in Anne Arundel County.
****T - Tucker, Sele 1754 - overseer for the Swamp
****T - Tucker, Sele 1754 - stray horse Source: The Maryland Gazette, 1727-1761, by KM Green, p. 141.

Sele Tucker has a stray horse at his plantation at the Swamp, near West River.
****T - Tucker, Sele 1754-1774 - Debt Book listings Owned 100 acres called "By partite" , and 50 acres called "Selby's or Seley's Enlargement".
In 1753, these 2 tracts are listed as being in the possession of Seaborn Tucker. After reading Seaborn's will and "checking various land records", a Maryland Archivist could not determine how Sele Tucker came into possession of these tracts.
****T - Tucker, Sele 1755 - overseer for the Swamp
****T - Tucker, Sele 1756 - overseer for the Swamp
****T - Tucker, Sele 1757 - Stephen West vs Sele Tucker Anne Arundel County Judgments ISB #4 p. 27. March Court 1757

Sele is charged with trespass upon the case. Sele was represented by Edward Dorsey, his attorney, who answers that he cannot deny West's charge, but that Sele owes West 8 lbs 15 shillings current money.
****T - Tucker, Sele 1758 - witness for Benjamin Hewitt vs William Roberts
****T - Tucker, Sele 1762 - letter from Sele Tucker MSA SC 339-1-73 in the William F. Kelly Collection of the Maryland State Archives.
Found reference on MD Archives web site. Letter not yet obtained.
****T - Tucker, Sele 1764 - grand juror
****T - Tucker, Sele 1765 - owed the estate of Kensey Johns, Esq, of Anne Arundel Seen in Abstracts of the Administration Accounts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1764-1768 by VL Skinner, Jr, p. 42.
****T - Tucker, Sele 1766 - deponent Source: More Maryland Deponents by Peden.

Sele Tucker, son of Thomas, age 37 in 1766. Said to be in Anne Arundel County Land Commissions, 1724-1766 (MdHR4745) p. 680.
****T - Tucker, Sele 1767 - allowed 900 pounds tobacco Anne Arundel County Judgments IMB #2 pp. 1-2. August Court 1767

Agreeable to Act of Assembly for the Encouragement of the Manufacturers of Linen, Sele Tucker allowed 900 pounds tobacco for the best piece of brown linen.
****T - Tucker, Sele 1767 - juror
****T - Tucker, Sele 1768 - juror
****T - Tucker, Sele 1769 - Chancery Court Deposition Chancery Court (Record) 11 [MdHR 17,724 1-35-1-3] pp. 280-281. October Court, 1769.

In the case Thomas Sprigg vs John Traverse. Samuel Jacob and Selah Tucker, both of Anne Arundel County, being of full age, make oath that at the request of Thomas Sprigg, they went on Barren Island in the Bay in Dorchester County on about last Feb 22, and that they then saw on said island and counted 93 oak stumps, which were to be cut for staves. They also saw pine tree stumps and plank. Tucker said that John Traverse acknowledged to him that he had cut all the said trees and planks, Sworn on March 11, 1767.
****T - Tucker, Sele 1770 - juror
****T - Tucker, Sele 1776 census - St. James Parish
****T - Tucker, Sele 1778 - bill of lading Maryland State Papers (Red Book) 20, item 86 (82).

Received March 14, 1778 of John Bolton, 3 barrels full & 1 half full old pork
1 - 60 gallon cask full of beef
2 50 gallon ditto
1 40 gallon ditto
20 barrels ditto
1733 pounds bacon
All which I promise to deliver to his Excellency, Thomas Johnson, Esq, or his Order, at Annapolis, danger of the enemy, winds, weather excepted, having signed 2 receipts of the same tenor and date, one of which being accomplished, the other to be void. Signed - Sele Tucker
****T - Tucker, Sele 1778 - provisions delivered to Commissary Maryland State Papers (Series A) Box 11, item 36C

Selah Tucker's Account
Journal folio 8
16 April 1778
lbs 30
Transportation
quirie(?)
Provisions delivered to
John Crisall Comm'y
State Debt

March 16, 1778. To freight of 28 barrels of beef & pork & 1733 pounds of bacon from Chester Town.

April 16th. To another trip to Chester Town to freight 34 barrels of pork and beef and 1 reel(?) of _ _ _ -- 30 lbs

Errors excepted per me, Sele Tucker.
****T - Tucker, Sele 1783 - death - will probated Will of Sele Tucker, Anne Arundel County Wills, TG #1, pp. 117-118.

I, Sele Tucker of the Swamp in Ann Arundel County, Planter, sick and weak,
To my wife Rebecca Tucker, during her widowhood, the whole of my lands and tenements, for her own use, and afterwards, to my son, Thomas Tucker, forever. Also to wife Rebecca, during her widowhood, the whole of my personal estate, for her own use, and afterwards to be equally divided among my younger children, viz, unto my sons James, Sele, John, William, and Richard, and unto my daughters, Elizabeth Mary, Ann, Rebecca and Margaret, for their own use, forever, excluding my son Thomas from any part of my personal estate.
If my son Thomas wants to dispose of my land and tenements in order to purchase another settlement during the widowhood of his mother, with her consent, he may so act, allowing her the same liberty, uninterrupted, as she is priviledged by me.
Executrix - my wife, Rebecca Tucker.
Signed January 21, 1782 - Sele Tucker.
Witnesses - J Hamelton, Richard Bryant R his mark, Thomas Tucker, Matthew Beard.
June 4, 1783. Then came Richard Bryant and Matthew Beard, two of the witnesses to this will, and made oath that they saw the Testator sign this will and that he was of sound mind when signing the will.

No additional probate records are found in the Probate Records Index 1778-1865.
****T(w) - Tucker, Rebecca - see Sele's will.
****Ta - Tucker, Thomas - see Sele's will.
****Ta - Tucker, Thomas 1782 - mentioned in Sele's will
****Ta - Tucker, Thomas 1787 - married Frances Cockey Source: Meshack Turner book.
****Ta - Tucker, Thomas 1810 - Northumberland Co, VA Source: Pat Tanner [email protected]

Thomas sold his land in Maryland in 1810 and moved to Northumberland County, VA.
****Tb - Tucker, James - see Sele's will.
****Tc - Tucker, Sele - see Sele's will.
****Tc - Tucker, Sele 1783 - mentioned in his father's will
****Tc - Tucker, Sele 1796 - married Anne Cockey in Anne Arundel Co Oct 29, 1796.
****Tc - Tucker, Sele 1808 - died Source: Marriages and Deaths from the Maryland Gazette

Capt. Seely Tucker died Thursday last [Dec 8], (Dec 15, 1808)
****Tc - Tucker, Sele 1845 - died Queen Anne Co, MD Source: Meshack Turner book
****Td - Tucker, John - see Sele's will.
****Te - Tucker, William - see Sele's will.
****Tf - Tucker, Richard - see Sele's will.
****Tg - Tucker, Elizabeth - see Sele's will.
****Th - Tucker, Mary - see Sele's will.
****Ti - Tucker, Ann - see Sele's will.
****Tj - Tucker, Rebecca - see Sele's will.
****Tk - Tucker, Margaret - see Sele's will.
****Tk - Tucker, Margaret 1783 - mentioned in her father's will
****Tk - Tucker, Margaret 1797 - married William Coale in Anne Arundel Co Source: Meshack Turner book.
***T - Tucker, Mary -
***T - Tucker, Mary 1776 census There are 2 females listed, who, presumably, are the widow Mary and daughter Sarah. (Sarah m. 1782). No room for Rebecca! Rebecca therefore NOT daughter of Mary.

All Hallows Parish p. 4

2 white males, 2 white females, 2 taxables. Source: 1776 Census of Maryland by Bettie Stirling Carothers.
The 2 white females are, as above.
The 2 white males, both of taxable age, would be her sons, Zachariah and Richard.
***T - Tucker, Mary 1783 tax list Mary Tucker. Road River Hundred. Page 3.
Richard Tucker (single man). Road River Hundred. Page 3.
Thomas Tucker. Road River Hundred. Page 3.

The above are the only Tuckers in Road River Hundred.
None of the Tuckers owned any land!

Mary had 0 white males, 1 white females (herself, presumably), 0 white males 16-50.
***T - Tucker, Mary 1788/89 - will Mary Tucker Will. Written Sept 29, 1788. Probated June 8, 1789. Names sons Thomas, Zachariah, and Richard Tucker and daughter Sarah Cradle. Witnesses were Thomas Talbott and Thomas Linthicum.
Ref: I read the will at the Maryland Archives.
It is also abstracted in Meshack Turner III - His Wife - Sarah Robey Tucker, by Lucille R. Maddox, Gateway Press, 1976, where it is said to be in Anne Arundel Wills, Vol. JC #1, f. 76-77.

Hodge's Marriage Index: Thomas Talbot m 1788 Elizabeth Green, dau Elijah Green. Source - Anne Arundel Co Chancery Papers No. 1927
***Ta - Tucker, Thomas - Since he is the only Mary Tucker child listed on his own in the 1776 census, he is probably the oldest child of Mary. He could be the father of Rebecca Tucker Linthicum.
***Ta - Tucker, Thomas 1776 tax list All Hallows Parish p. 4 Source: ms at MD Archives.

1 white male, 1 white female, 1 white child, 1 taxable. Source: 1776 Census of Maryland by Bettie Stirling Carothers.
But this suggests that, assuming the white child was Rebecca Tucker, that Rebecca was a very young bride. Or that she was a child of a 1st marriage. But since his 2 younger brothers are, presumably, the 2 males living with his mother, it is probably the former situation.

***Ta - Tucker, Thomas 1783 tax list Mary Tucker. Road River Hundred. Page 3.
Richard Tucker (single man). Road River Hundred. Page 3.
Thomas Tucker. Road River Hundred. Page 3.

The above are the only Tuckers in Road River Hundred.

Thomas had 1 white males, 6 white females, 1 white male 16-50.
***Ta - Tucker, Thomas 1788/89 - summons for appearance of defendant Thos Tucker Anne Arundel Judgment Record, August 1788-August 1789 [MdHR 900 1-1-9-12] pp. 480-482.
March 11, 1788. Daniel Bowley, surviving obligee of Lux and Bowley vs Thomas Tucker and John Pownell. We command that the Sheriff take the Defendants, farmers, if found, and keep them, so you can have them before the Justices of our County Court, to answer a plea that they render to Daniel Bowley, 16 lbs, which to him they owe. Issued Apr 16, 1788. The Defendants, at court, are ordered to give special bail, whereupon John Phelps of Anne Arundel County becomes special bail for the Defendants. The Defendants, by John G. Hamilton, their attorney, asked leave to imparle until the next Court, which is granted. At the next Court, namely, Nov 1788, and the Defendants ask further time to imparle, which is granted. At next Court, being March, 1789 Court, the Defendants ask further time to imparle, which is granted. And at August, 1789 Court, the Defendants say that they cannot deny the action of the Plaintiff.

Note - I have no evidence that this is the right Thomas Tucker. All I have, so far, is the right name, place, and time.
***Ta - Tucker, Thomas 1800 - died? "Thomas seems to have died in 1800 and Zachariah, his brother, was surety for the estate".
Ref - Meshack Turner - His Wife - Sarah Robey Tucker, p. 347.
***Tb - Tucker, Zachariah -
***Tb - Tucker, Zachariah 1783 tax list Mary Tucker. Road River Hundred. Page 3.
Richard Tucker (single man). Road River Hundred. Page 3.
Thomas Tucker. Road River Hundred. Page 3.

The above are the only Tuckers in Road River Hundred.
***Tb - Tucker, Zachariah 1800 - surety for brother Thomas "Thomas seems to have died in 1800 and Zachariah, his brother, was surety for the estate".
Ref - Meshack Turner - His Wife - Sarah Robey Tucker, p. 347.
***Tb - Tucker, Zachariah 1823 - will Anne Arundel Court Wills, No. 39 JG 1780-1828, pp. 214-215.

To my daughter Nancy Callis - half a bay mare.
To my son Zachariah and my daughter Nancy Callis - the rest of my estate.
Signed March 19, 1723 by Zachariah Tucker X his mark. Witnesses - John Hall, William Grimes X his mark. For probate see page 221.

Note - I have no proof that this is the right Zachariah.
***Tb(w) - Lusby, Hellender d/o John Lusby - See Anne Arundel County (Distributions) JG #1, pp. 66a-66b, estate of John Lusby, Mr. Robert Lusby, administrator, Sept 30, 1796 [MSA C63, MdHR 4844. 1/4/6/15]

1796. Thomas Linthicum was surety for Robert Lusby, who was administrator of John Lusby.
***Tc - Tucker, Sarah -
***Tc - Tucker, Sarah 1782 - married
***Tc(h) - Cadle, Benjamin -
***Td - Tucker, Richard -
***Td - Tucker, Richard 1783 tax list Mary Tucker. Road River Hundred. Page 3.
Richard Tucker (single man). Road River Hundred. Page 3.
Thomas Tucker. Road River Hundred. Page 3.

The above are the only Tuckers in Road River Hundred.
Richard had 1 white male, 1 white female, 1 white male 16-50.

The (single man) notation is Bob's interpretation. From my copy of Page 3, I do not see a single man notation.
**T - Tucker, Richard -
**T - Tucker, Richard died about 1716 Ref: Will of Richard Tucker, Anne Arundel Co Land Records Book IB#2 p. 268.
Mentions wife Mary, son John (the residuary legatee), daughter Mary Tucker, youngest son Thomas Tucker, James Tucker son of John Tucker (also referred to as John Sr and this John's relationship to the testator not stated). Witnesses were William Roberts and Daniel Orban.
**T(w) - Tucker, Mary - Proven wife of Richard Tucker, as per will of Richard Tucker, Anne Arundel Co Land Records Book IB#2 p. 268.
**Ta - Tucker, John - Proven son of Richard Tucker, as per will of Richard Tucker, Anne Arundel Co Land Records Book IB#2 p. 268.
**Tb - Tucker, Mary - Proven daughter of Richard Tucker, as per will of Richard Tucker, Anne Arundel Co Land Records Book IB#2 p. 268.
**Tc - Tucker, Thomas - Proven son of Richard Tucker, as per will of Richard Tucker, Anne Arundel Co Land Records Book IB#2 p. 268.
**U - Tucker, John Sr - As per will of Richard Tucker, Anne Arundel Co Land Records Book IB#2 p. 268. probably closely related to Richard Tucker. Perhaps a brother or a cousin.
**Ua - Tucker, James - Proven son of James Tucker, as per will of Richard Tucker, Anne Arundel Co Land Records Book IB#2 p. 268.
Tucker, John -
Tucker, John 1702/3 - witness to a power of attorney
Tucker, John 1708 - witness
Tucker, Rebecca -
Tucker, Rebecca 1808 - married Francis Bird, Anne Arundel Co
Tucker, Richard -
Tucker, Richard 1703 - land juror = **T?
Tucker, Richard 1704 - land juror
Tucker, Richard 1712 - creditor of Hezekiah Linthicum
Tucker, Seaborn -
Tucker, Seaborn 1703 - land juror
Tucker, Seaborn 1704 - bill of exchange
Tucker, Seaborn 1704 - land juror
Tucker, Seaborn 1705 - land juror