Martha (Shaw) Tucker (abt. 1630 - 1697)

Born about 1630 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 9 Nov 1697 at about age 67 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Martha was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

Circa 1619 -- Henry Tucker was born at East Grimstead, Wiltshire, England. Henry was a son of Robert Tucker (born circa 1595) and Susan Barlow (born circa 1596).

1620 -- Robert and Susan Barlow Tucker with one year old Henry emigrated from England to Plymouth Colony.

Circa 1630 -- Martha Shaw was born at England.

June 9, 1651 -- Henry Tucker and Martha Shaw married.

Martha Shaw Tucker was born circa 1630, and died on November 9, 1697.

Henry and Martha Shaw Tucker had seven children:

1. Abraham Tucker. Born on October 13, 1653 at Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island Colony, d. 26 Sep 1725.
2. John Tucker. Born on August 28, 1656 at Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, Province of East Jersey (now New Jersey).
3. Martha Tucker. Born on July 14, 1659 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts).
4. Hannah Tucker. Born on July 25, 1662 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Plymouth Colony.
5. James Tucker. Born on March 16, 1665 at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts).
6. Mary Tucker. Born on August 16, 1668 at Sandwich, Barnstable County, Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts).
7. Sarah Tucker. Born on September 20, 1674 at Portsmouth, Rhode Island Province

April 21, 1694 -- Henry Tucker died at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Province.

9d 9m 1697 [November 9, 1697] -- Martha Shaw Tucker died at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay Province. ^[1]

According to "Newport - Births and Deaths, Martha was the daughter of John Shaw, who was the son of Thomas and Martha. There were no other Martha Shaws in this document^[2]

According to North American Family Histories, Martha married Henry Tucker on 9 January 1651. She died on 9 November 1697.

Disambiguation

The Martha Shaw, daughter of Abraham Shaw and Bridget Best, was baptized January 6, 1632, in Northowram, Yorkshire, England, at the tail end of a number of siblings. She moved to America around 1636 and is reported to have married Thomas Vinson of Weymouth.^[3]

The Martha Shaw of this profile and on the website cited below must be for a different Martha Shaw. Note that the website below does NOT give parents for this Martha Shaw.

Sources

1. ↑ Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 712.
2. ↑ Book Title: Genealogy of the Tucker Family from various authentic sources Source Information Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
3. ↑ Chamberlain Page 611.

• Edward Mayes. Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet Completed. Circa 1935. Privately published. Clark T. Thornton, editor. Reprinted 2009. Page 43.

• geni.com

• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2462.htm#i73971

• Chamberlain, George Walter. 'History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. Volume 4, Weymouth Historical Society, Weymouth, Massachusetts. Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston, Massachusetts. 1923. Available at On Hathitrust.org

• "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F83F-VQ6 : accessed 15 February 2016), Martha in entry for Abraham Tucker, 13 Oct 1653; citing SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, NEWPORT, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, reference 2:1781HJC; FHL microfilm 22,488.

• "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8Q4-G1M : accessed 15 February 2016), Martha in entry for John Tucker, 18 Aug 1656; citing NEWPORT, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 22,488.

• "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8Q4-GRQ : accessed 15 February 2016), Martha in entry for Martha Tucker, 14 Jul 1659; citing SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, NEWPORT, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 22,488.

• "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8Q4-LLC : accessed 15 February 2016), Martha in entry for Hannah Tucker, 05 Jul 1662; citing SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, NEWPORT, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 22,488.

• "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8Q4-GRZ : accessed 15 February 2016), Martha in entry for Mary Tucker, 16 Aug 1668; citing SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, NEWPORT, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 22,488.

• "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8Q4-GRN : accessed 15 February 2016), Martha in entry for Sarah Tucker, 20 Sep 1674; citing SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, NEWPORT, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 22,488.

• "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VK1N-JZQ : accessed 15 February 2016), Martha in entry for John Tucker and Ruth Wooley, 1688; citing Society Of Friends,Newport,Newport,Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 22,488.

• "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F82M-7C2 : accessed 15 February 2016), Martha in entry for Samuel Perry and Mary Tucker, 09 May 1690; citing Society Of Friends,Newport,Newport,Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 22,488.