[Tucker excerpts possibly relating to Robert Tucker who was granted land in 1669 VA
for transport Rich. Murffee]
[excerpted by Mark Murphy, 9 Nov 2006]


[William and Mary Quarterly, p. 144, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1896.]
Genealogy of the Tucker Family: From Various Authentic Sources. by Ephraim Tucker, 
Member Worcester Society of Antiquity. Worcester, Mass. 1895.
New England branch of the Tucker family, deducing from Robert Tucker (1604-1682), of
Milton in Kent, England, and Weymouth and Milton, Massachusetts,...


[William and Mary Quarterly, p. 205-206, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1902. ]
Robert Tucker, of Norfolk, formerly of Barbadoes...  The will of Robert Tucker was
dated December 21, 1722.  It names sons Robert and John, daughters Courtney and Sarah,
and sister Sarah Cooke.

Capt. William Tucker was commander of Elizabeth City county in 1625....It is probable 
he left many male descendants, as the name Tucker is very numerous in Elizabeth City
and Norfolk county.  It is possible that John Tucker, of Cople Parish, Westmoreland
county, was a son.  In 1669 he received a deed for land from Baldwin Sheppard, of 
Elizabeth City county, and Elizabeth his wife.  He died in 1671, leaving four children,
John, Gerard, Sarah and Rose....  In 1642, "Mr. William Tucker" patented 250 acres in 
Upper Norfolk county (Nansemond).  "Mr. Robert Tucker" in 1680 patented land on the 
north side of the Blackwater, and names among his headrights John Tucker.  Before the
Revolution there was very close connection between Hampton, Norfolk and Barbadoes.


[William and Mary Quarterly, p. 2, Vol. 16, No. 1, 1905.]

Notes from Albermarle Parish Register, Sussex County, VA.
Robert, son of Robert Tucker and Dinah his wife, born August 22, 1727.


[William and Mary Quarterly, p. 187,189, Vol. 20, No. 3, 1912. ]
Southside Families.
The region of Virginia south of James River is called the "South-side."  It was settled 
largely by families from Bristol, England, and was strongly Puritanic during the turmoil 
in England between Roundhead and Cavalier.  This Puritanic tendency is shown in the 
records by the remarkable prevalence of Biblical names...

[William and Mary Quarterly, p. 286, Vol. 26, No. 4, 1918.]
Deed of Robert Tucker, of Norfolk and John Tucker, of Barbadoes: "Whereas by will of
my deceased father, Robert Tucker, and mother Francis Nelson &c. 1742.  Witness
W. Nelson, Jr. Sarah Burwell". (Ludwell MSS.; Va. Hist. Society.)  The widow,
Frances Tucker, (nee' Courtenay) married Thomas Nelson, of Yorktown.