Benjamin Tucker 4th (1762)

Born 4 Jan 1762 in Leicester, Massachusetts

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Biography

Private Benjamin Tucker 4th served with 12th Massachusetts Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Benjamin was born in 1762 in the town of Leicester, Massachusetts. He is the son of Benjamin Tucker and Martha Davis. ^[1] He was christened the same day ^[2]

He was collecting a pension from serving in the Revolutionary War. He was living in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts^[3]

In a 1840 census he was living in Massachusetts, he put his occupation as a Veteran, he was 78.^[4]

He had fought in the Revolutionary War, he was collecting a pension on 1 Jun 1840 he was living in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts at the time.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/20501038?h=4e450e
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX5-DP2 : 15 January 2020), Benjamin Tucker, 1762.
3. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGT5-CJVZ : 22 August 2019), Benjamin Tucker, 1 Jun 1840; citing Military Service, Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140737.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTX-HDC : 19 May 2020), Benjamin Tucker, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 87, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/20514287?h=87e166

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSFF-L964-R?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-R9N%3A1597372301 : 29 August 2019), Connecticut-Virginia, Historical register of officers of the Continental Army > image 549 of 690; citing various published state rosters, United States.