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He never lost his interest in business
or outdoor sports. In 1882, with General
Philip H. Sheridan, he made a trip to
the Rocky Mountains and traveled hundreds
of miles on horseback in hunts for big
game similar trips with other friends.
He always enjoyed his visits to the Restigouche
Club, and the comforts of shooting in
England and France. In 1849 he rented
an estate in Norfolk, England, and during
the shooting season entertained many from
France and the United States. His last
trip abroad was made in 1902, and he enjoyed
visits and shooting in Scotland. Returning
to New York in October, he was attacked
by heart disease in November, and after
an illness of about six weeks died Deceiver
10, 1902. He was sixty-two years old,
but young in feeling and appearance, if
not in years. His generosity, kindness
and attractive personality made for him
friends in all classes and in many countries.
He married, in 1862, Mary Cunningham,
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second daughter of James Cunningham,
who came to this country from Scotland
in 1822. After his marriage he spent several
winters in Cuba, and the summers at Irvington-on-Hudson,
new York. In 1870, he made his home at
Irvington, and lived there until the house
was burned in 1878. Children: 1. Heber
Reginald, born December 23, 1868. 2. James
Cunningham, mentioned below. 3. Frances
Cunningham, born June 20, 1872. 4. Ogden
Mills, born June 9, 1878. 5. Mary Cunningham,
born July 13, 1865. 6. Elizabeth Templeton,
born August 11, 1866; married James Low
Harriman. 7. Harriet Arnold, born October
14, 1867, married James F. D. Lanier.
8. Edith, born July 11, 1874; married
Moses Taylor.
(VI) James Cunningham Bishop, son of Heber
Reginald Bishop, was born at Irvington-on-Hudson,
New York, May 13, 1870. He was educated
at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire,
and Harvard University. His office is
at 33 Pine Street, New York city. He married,
December 14, 1891, Abigail Adams Hancock,
daughter of John Hancock, and niece of
General Winfield Scott Hancock (See Hancock).
Children 1. Mary Cunningham, born February
4, 1893. 2. Augusta Hancock, May 20, 1894.
3. Nathaniel Holmes, born March 6, 1898.
4. Muriel, born June 9, 1902, 5. Abigail
Hancock, born November 6, 1905.
(The
Hancock Line.)
(1) Richard Hancock, a seaman, of Philadelphia,
was born about 1775. It is not known that
he was related to the New England families
of the name, and it is not known where
he was born. John Hancock, the famous
governor of Massachusetts, was a descendent
of Nathaniel Hancock, who settled in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, as early as 1634. Another
John Hancock came with the Scotch-Irish
and located in Haverhill, Massachusetts,
about 1750, removing to Portsmouth, New
Hampshire and finally to Buxton, Maine.
Various branches of the family in England
bear coats-of-arms.
Richard Hancock, of Philadelphia, died
of the ship-fever. He had been, it is
said, a victim of the British policy of
searching American ships and seizing American
sailors, and was imprisoned for some time
in England after he was seized by the
British. He married (Second) Anna Maria
Nash, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Jun
e 28, 177-. After her husband died, the
widow apprenticed or "bound-out"
her children, and she died about 1822.
Children: Eliza and Ann. Children of second
wife: Benjamin F., mentioned below; Sarah,
born 1802, married H. E. Reynolds.
(II) Benjamin Franklin, son of Richard
Hancock, was born October 19, 1800. He
spent his early years in his native city
of Philadelphia, and was brought up, after
his father died, by Squire John Roberts,
of Montgomery, a pious citizen and an
excellent business man, inherited the
large farm of his father, Eldad Roberts,
near Montgomery Square, was a merchant
and justice of the peace. Mr. Hancock
was educated in the free schools. In 1814
he served a tour of duty in the war of
1812. He became a teacher in the free
school, and resided in the dwelling house
in one end of the school building which
is still standing. General Winfield Scott
Hancock and his twin sister were born
in this house. Benjamin Franklin Hancock
was ambitious, and studied law in the
office of John Freedly, of Morristown,
being admitted to the bar in 1838. He
practiced his profession all his life.
He was a man of noble presence, fair,
tall, strong, dignified, and courteous;
honorable and faithful, alike in private
and professional life. He died February
1, 1867, and both he and his wife are
buried in the Montgomery Cemetery. He
married Elizabeth Hoxworth (See Hoxworth).
He resided at Hatfield. Children: 1. General
Winfield Scott, born February 24, 1824,
died February 9, 1886; distinguished in
the civil war; Democratic nominee for
president of the United States. 2. Hilary
Baker, twin of Winfield Scott. 3. John,
mentioned below.
(III) John Hancock, son of Benjamin Franklin
Hancock, was born march 23, 1830/ His
daughter, Abigail Adams, married James
c. Bishop (See Bishop).
(The
Hoxworth Line.)
(I) Peter Hoxworth, or Hawksworth, the
immigrant, came from England to Pennsylvania
in 1730 and settled in Hatfield, Montgomery
County, then a part of Philadelphia. Tradition
says he came from Birmingham, England.
His will was dated February 26,
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1767, bequesting to wife Mary and children
Edward, John, peter, Sarah, Ann and Rachel.
His wife died before the will was proved,
march 22, 1769.
(II) John, son of peter Hoxworth, was
born in 1733, died in February, 1777.
In 1761 he owned the homestead. Tradition
says that he fought in the French and
Indian War and in the Revolution, dying
of disease contracted in the service.
He was a member of the Baptist Church
of Montgomery. He married Elizabeth, daughter
of Jenkin and Mary (Jenkins) Jenkins.
Children: Mary, Edward (mentioned Below),
John, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah, Colonel Peter.
(III) Edward, son of John Hoxworth, was
Born September 22, 1760, at Montgomery,
Pennsylvania, and died January 11, 1847.
He was a member of the Baptist church
of Montgomery. His home was in Hatfield,
on land partly inherited and partly acquired
by purchase. He enlisted at the age of
fifteen in the Revolutionary War, and
in his last years was a pensioner. He
was in Lieutenant John Jenkins' company,
in charge of Hessian prisoners taken at
the battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776.
He was small, lithe and active, and it
is said of him that he could leap over
a horse. At the age of seventy he could
still do a hard day's work in the fields.
He married Mary Hoxworth, eldest daughter
of Peter (2), granddaughter of Peter (1).
Children: Ann; Ellen, John; Israel; Mary;
Margaret; Edward; Elizabeth, born December
8, 1801, died January 25, 1870, married
Benjamin Franklin Hancock (see Hancock);
Sarah.
MORTON. There
are parishes and places in counties Derby,
Lincoln, Yorkshire, Warwick, Durham, Norfolk,
Hereford and Northampton, in England,
bearing the name of Morton. Lower says
that, in the case of the Mortons of English
origin, the name probably comes from the
appellations of these localities. Others
have found a Norman origin for the name.
The name of Morton, Moreton, or Mortaigne,
say they, is earliest found in old Dauphine,
and is still existent in France, where
it is represented by the present Comtes
and Marquises Morton de Chabrillon, and
where the family has occupied many important
positions.
In the annals of the family there is
said to be a statement frequently met
with that, as the result of a quarrel,
one of the name emigrated from Dauphine,
first to Brittany and then to Normandy,
where he joined William the Conqueror
at the time of his invasion of England.
Certain it is that among the names of
the followers of William, painted on the
chancel ceiling of one of the churches
of Dives in old Normandy, is that of Robert
Comte de Martaigne. The name also figures
on the Battle Abbey Rolls, the Domesday
book and the Norman rolls of England,
and it is conjectured that this Comte
Robert, who was also half brother of the
conqueror by his mother Charlotte, was
the father of the English family of the
name, or at least of the higher family
bearing the name. Count Robert held manors
in nearly every county in England, in
all about eight hundred. Cardinal Morton
was a privy councillor and a faithful
adherent of Henry VI. Edward IV, had made
him his lord chancellor and his executor.
Richard III, had thrown him into prison
but he had escaped in time to plan the
enterprise which proved successful at
Bosworth Field, and to him Henry VII owed
his throne. Prominent among the English
Mortons who early came to America were
Thomas Morton, the Reverent Charles Morton,
Landgrave Joseph Morton and George Morton.
(I) John Morton, the progenitor in Ireland
of the Morton family here dealt with,
was probably born in county Antrim, Ireland,
died there in the latter part of the eighteenth
century. He probably belonged to the Mortons,
who had derived their surname in the manner
described above, and his progenitors had
probably settled in Ireland at the time
of the various confiscations of property
in that country. They may have come direct
from England, or by way of Scotland. The
family was Protestant in religion. John
Morton lived at Dawson's Bridge, county
Antrim, Ireland. The names of his wife
and most of his children remain unknown.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) Morton,
of Dawson's Bridge, county Antrim, Ireland,
was probably born at Dawson's Bridge about
1729, died at Basking Ridge, New Jersey,
in the spring of 1781. He came to America
with the British Army in 1750, and
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in 1761, settled in New York City. He
is said to have been known among his army
friends as "Handsome Johnny."
Later when he joined the patriotic side
in the war on Independence he contributed
largely to that cause as the "rebel
banker." When the occupation of New
York by the British was threatened in
1774, he removed his family first to Elizabethtown
and later to Basking Ridge, New Jersey.
He married, in 1760, at New York City,
Maria Sophia Kemper, he had eight children,
one of whom was jacob, of whom further.
(III) Jacob, son of John (2), and Maria
Sophia (Kemper) Morton, was born in New
York City, in 1762, died suddenly in New
York city, in 1836. Jacob Morton was well
known in New York in his time. He was
the messenger sent to procure the Bible
on which General Washington took the oath
as president of the United States, when
he was inaugurated in New York. Afterwards
in 1778 he was in command of a corps of
artillery, and for an umber of years was
a major-general of the militia of New
York. He was a clerk in the common council
for more than twenty years, and before
holding that position held numerous other
offices. He was a faithful and capable
officer, a pleasant, polite and well-bred
gentleman of the old school, respected
and beloved by all who knew him. Always
ready with a helping hand he helped his
friends whenever they applied to him,
and had a large circle of acquaintances
of varying degrees of intimacy. He presented
a large punch bowl to the city of New
York, which is now in the Metropolitan
Museum of that city. His portrait is in
the governor's room in the City Hall,
New York.
He married, in New York, Catherine, daughter
of Carey and Hester (Lansing) Ludlow.
Children: 1. John Ludlow, married Emily
Ellison; 2. George William, married Caroline
Denning; 3. Charles Ferdinand, married
Henrietta Ellison; 4. Hester Sophia, married
Dr. Robert S. Bullus; 5. Catherine Margaretta,
died young; 6. Edmund, of whom further;
7. Washington Quincy, remained unmarried;
8. Hamilton, also remained unmarried;
and 9. Henry Jackson, married Helen MacFarlane.
(IV) Edmund, fourth son of jacob and
Catherine (Ludlow) Morton, was born in
New York City, June 1,m 1800, died in
August, 1881, at New Windsor, Orange County,
New York. Edmund Morton was sent to West
Point, but did not remain there very long.
Afterwards he entered the Phoenix Bank
of New York as cashier, and when he was
thirty years old married and settled in
New Windsor, Orange County, New York,
living with his brother in Knox's headquarters
at Vail's Gate. He lived there six years
and then purchased a house built by Dr.
Edward Bullus, of New York, on land inherited
by his wife, Eliza Ellison, from her father,
who owned large tracts of land in Orange
county and the adjacent counties. Here
he lived the simple fife of a country
gentleman. He was very fond of sailing,
and with the assistance of a ship carpenter,
built a small yacht, in which he spent
many hours sailing about the Hudson River.
He spent a great deal of time in farming
on the estate of ninety-six acres, which
he bought in 1837. While he was in the
Phoenix Bank, he was made aide to Lafayette,
when the famous general was here on his
second visit, on which occasion Lafayette
was entertained by Jacob Morton, the father
of Edmund, to whom the general presented
a handsome sword still preserved in the
Morton family. Edmund was for years a
warden and vestryman of St. Thomas' Episcopal
Church of New Windsor, Orange County,
New York.
He married, in 1830, Caroline Matilda,
daughter of Thomas Ellison, of New York.
Children: Margaret, married Aymar Van
Buren; Emily L.; Charlotte Anne, living
in New Windsor, Orange County, New York,
and Edmund Quincy.
TUCKER. The
origin of this surname is somewhat uncertain,
but it is supposed to be one of those
names derived from a trade, that of "fuller'
or "tucker." The family is ancient
in England, and has arms on record for
1079 and 1080. Motto: Nil desperaandum.
George Tucker, of Milton-Next-Gravesend,
England, was a man of note in that ancient
place. Queen Elizabeth conveyed the manor
to him in 1572., Of the twelve principal
inhabitant of Gravesend and Milton in
1572, George tucker is mentioned as the
third. Henry Tucker was mayor of Gravesend
and Milton in 1637. Soon after this
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the Tucker family disappeared and no
further trace of it is found in the records
of Gravesend and Milton, confirming the
generally accepted tradition that about
this time the younger members of the family
emigrated to America.
(I) Henry Tucker, a member of the Society
of Friends, came for England, about 1627,
probably from Kent, and settled in the
vicinity of Dartmouth, Massachusetts,
where he died April 2, 1694. Because of
the fact that Puritan authorities in New
England misjudged and ignored largely
the Quakers among them, it has been difficult
to find records concerning this family,
and but for the private records preserved
by descendants probably this line could
never have been traced. Henry Tucker was
married in January, 1653, to Martha, whose
surname is unrecorded. She died November
98, 1697. Children: 1. Abraham, born 1654.
2. John, of whom further. 3. Martha, July
14, 1659. 4. Hannah, July 25, 1662. 5.
James, March 16, 1665. 6. Margaret, August
16, 1668.
(II) John, second son of Henry and Martha
Tucker, was born August 28, 1656, in Massachusetts.
He resided in Connecticut, probably in
New London County, where he was a farmer.
He married, in 1690, Ruth, surname unknown.
Children: 1. James, of whom further. 2.
John, born October 25, 1693. 3. Joseph,
November 7, 1696.
(III) James, eldest son of John and Ruth
Tucker, was born August 27, 1691, in New
London, or Norwich, died November 29,
1776, in Deal, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
About 1718 he settled at Deal, being one
of the first settlers of the town, where
he purchased two hundred acres of land.
The next year he built a house which is
still standing and must have been a grand
mansion in its day. It is two and a half
stories in height, and entirely covered
with shingles. He married, October 3,
1717, Leah, surname unknown, who died
April 18, 1767, at Deal, at the age of
seventy, three years. Children: 1. John,
born July 26, 1718. 2. Ruth, April 16,
1722. 3. Elizabeth, July 25, 1726. 4.
James, October 30, 1727. 5. Hannah, March
10, 1731. 6. Samuel, mentioned below.
(IV) Samuel, youngest child of James
and Leah Tucker, was born October 8, 1735,
in Deal, and inherited the family homestead,
where he died November 2, 1818. In his
last yeas he was a great sufferer from
asthma. During the Revolution he suffered
great losses from the depredations of
Tories and other irresponsible marauders,
who infested that section of New Jersey.
A s a Quaker, he refused to bear arms
in defense of his home, but cheerfully
paid the large taxes necessary in supporting
the colonial acts. He was a man of medium
stature, robust body, very hospitable
and highly esteemed. He married, march
22, 1761, Elizabeth, born about 1744,
died at Deal, march 3, 1819, daughter
of Brittain and Dinah White, of Shrewsbury,
New Jersey. Children: 1. James, born December
16, 1761. 2. Brittain, October 30, 1763.
3. John, of whom further. 4. Elizabeth,
March 22, 1767. 5. Hannah, died young.
6. Samuel, died young. 7. Phebe, March
13, 1773. 8. Deborah, January 25, 1777.
9. Ebenezer Allen, May 5, 1782.
(V) John (2), third son of Samuel and
Elizabeth (White) Tucker, was born August
16, 1765, at Deal. He was reared on the
paternal farm. Much of his life was spent
on the sea, and he resided at Eatontown,
New Jersey, until 1797, when he removed
to Brooklyn, New York. Two years later
he returned to New jersey, taking up his
residence at Long Branch. About 1805 he
settled on a farm of some two hundred
acres on Shark River, where he died in
November, 1821, of palsy. He married,
in 1785, Ann, daughter of Samuel and Rachel
Talman, of Eatontown, who died July 5,
1826, at the age of fifty-seven years.
Children: 1. James, born August 18, 1786.
2. Joseph, of whom further. 3. Lydia,
July 4, 1791. 4. John, October 10, 1793.
5. Leah, March 29, 1796. 6. Curtis, September
8, 1798. 7. Rachel, September 5, 1802.
8. Martha, October 6, 1805. 9. Margaret
Ann, May 22, 1808. 10. Hannah, died in
infancy.
(VI) Joseph, second son of John (20 and
Ann (Talman) Tucker, was born April 26,
1788, at Eatontown, New Jersey. he remained
with his parents until seventeen years
old. In 1805 he went to New York City,
where he became a master mason and builder,
and was an active and well known citizen
of the eighth ward which he represented
in the board of aldermen in 1831-32 and
again in 1834-35. In 1842 he was a member
of the state assembly. He mar-
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ried (first) in New York, April 22, 1816,
Mary, born March 12, 1794, in Closter,
New Jersey, died in New York, October
8, 1831, daughter of John P. and Maria
Bogert. Me married (second), January 17,
1833, Isabella, born May 14, 1805, daughter
of John and Isabella Wiley. The only child
of the first wife was Ann Maria. those
of the second wife were: 1. Isabella,
born July 15, 1836. 2. Joseph, September
17, 1838. 3. Winfield, August 6, 1841.
4. Adeline, September 28, 1844.
(VIII) Ann Maria, eldest daughter of
Joseph tucker and only child of his first
wife, Mary (Bogert) Tucker, was born February
16, 1817, in New York, and married, November
15, 1836, George Washington Tucker, whose
ancestry is traced below.
(I) the first of this line of Tucker
of whom definite knowledge can now be
obtained was Charles Tucker, an early
settler of Elizabethtown, New Jersey,
locating there about 1665. He was one
of the original associates, or proprietors,
of that town, and is show by the records
to have been possessed of considerable
property. He is supposed to have been
a brother of John Tooker, who resided
in Southold, Long Island, as early as
1655, having come there from Boston. Charles
Tucker had a house lot of eight acres,
and twenty-one acres of Meadow on Thompson's
Creek, adjoining the Great Island at Elizabethtown.
He also had eighty-six acres of upland
and sixty-nine acres on Two Mile Brook.
He also had eighty-six acres on Peach
Garden hill. He was among the singers
of the :Oath of A Leagance and Fidelity,
taken by the inhabitants of Elizabeth
town and the Jurisdiction thereof beginning
the 19th, February, 1665." He again
appears as subscribing to the oath of
allegiance, September 11, 1673. This may
have been the date of his original signature
as it appears that the list was begun
in 1665 and nothing shows the time of
its completion. As he was a Quaker the
same difficulty is found in tracing his
family. The records show the presence
of Charles and Warren tucker, who were
no doubt his sons, in Elizabethtown.
(II) Charles (2), son of Charles (1)
Tucker, appears in 1694 as subscribing
one shilling for the support of a Presbyterian
Minstar. In 1697 he sold a negro boy Toney
to the pastor, Rev. John Harriman. No
record of his wife or children appears.
He resided in the west field of Elizabethtown,
which subsequently became the town of
Westfield, and it probable that the next
mentioned was his son, as family tradition
states that the latter came from the Middlesex
county family.
(III) James Tucker, born about 1700,
settled in New York City, where he first
appears on record on the occasion of his
marriage, July 31, 1728, in the First
Dutch Church of New York, to Mary Elizabeth,
daughter of Cornelius and Jenneke (Paers)
Woertendyke. Cornelius Woertendyke was
a son of Jacob Woertendyke from the bowery
(country), as shown by the records of
the Dutch Church, and married, March 13,
1709, Jenneke Paers from New York. James
Tucker resided on part of the Woertendyke
estate near the present Elizabeth Street
named in honor of his wife. They had sons:
James, Thomas, and Robert. The first died
unmarried, and no record is found of the
second.
(IV) Robert, son of James Tucker, graduated
at King's college (now Columbia ) in 1769,
and became a physician. He resided near
the Bowery in the vicinity of Spring Street
which led to a spring, on his estate.
Mulberry Street also received its name
from the mulberries which he cultivated.
He was very active in ministering to American
prisoners held by the English in the notorious
sugar house prison in New York City. soon
after the revolution he removed to New
Jersey, where he married and died, leaving
a good estate.
(V) Henry, son of Robert Tucker, resided
in Orange county, New York, where he was
a farmer. He was a friend of Aaron Burr,
and served as a member of the New York
legislature. He returned to New Jersey
where he died. His wife, whose name is
not preserved, was a native of that state.
They had sons, Gideon and John. The latter
died unmarried.
(VI) Gideon, son of Henry Tucker, was
born march 23, 1773, died April 23, 1845,
in new York City, where he was a prominent
business man. He served as alderman and
was a member of the state legislature
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in 1830. He was a "Tammany sachem,"
and became the possessor of a large property.
He married (first), January 7, 1797, Sarah,
born June 28, 1777, died November 8, 1802,
daughter of Charles Clark, of Westfield,
New Jersey. Children: 1. Moses, born November
6, 1799. 2. John Clark, June 27, 1801.
He married (Second), march 23, 1804, in
new York, Jemima Brevoort, born November
21, 1785, died July 5, 1866. Children:
1. Henry, of whom further. 2. William,
April 15, 1807. 3. George W., of whom
further. 4. Mary, April 12, 1811. 5. Charles,
December 16, 1813, died in third year.
6. Sarah, January 26, 1817. 7. Charles,
February 17, 1821.
(VII) Henry (2) third son of Gideon Tucker
and eldest child of his second wife, Jemima
(Brevoort) Tucker, was born august 6,
1805, died January 17, 1872, in Rockland
County, new York. His wife, Maria, was
born September, 1806, died in February,
1864. Children: 1. Jemima. 2. William.
3. Edward. 4. Richard.
(VIII) Jemima, eldest child of henry
(2) and Maria Tucker, was born in 18309,
and married John Chappell, of Rockland
County, New York. Children: 1. John. 2.
Walter. 3. Florence. 4. Gideon Tucker.
5. Estelle C.
(IX) Estelle C., youngest child of John
and Jemima (Tucker) Chappell, was born
July 8, 1859, in Rockland County, New
York, died April 26, 1903. She married,
April 16, 1884, Arthur C. Tucker, of whom
further.
(VII) George Washington, fourth son of
Gideon Tucker and third child of his second
wife, Jemima (Brevoort) Tucker, was born
January 23, 1809, in New York City, died
there June 19, 1881. For a few years in
early life he was engaged in the hardware
business in New York, but the care of
a large estate soon took him away from
other business. He was for some time a
member of the volunteer fire department.
He was a Democrat in political principle
until the issues which brought on the
civil war alienated him from this party
and he was hence forth a steadfast Republican.
He married, November 15, 1836, in new
York, Ann Maria, daughter of Joseph and
Mary (Bogert) Tucker, as previously noted.
Children: 1. Joseph, born December 23,
1837, died in Eatontown, august 3, 1838.
2. William Gideon, May 26, 1839, died
at the age of twenty-one years. 3. George
Washington, died young. 4. George Washington,
born November 15, 1842. 5. Mary Brevoort,
born February 12, 1845, died September
2, 1870, in New York City; married Francis
Marion Meyers, June 1, 1869; they had
one child, Gertrude V., born June 11,
1870, died December 23, 1871. 6. Clarence,
born February 2, 1847, resides at Mamaroneck,
New York; he was a member of the Seventh
Regiment National Guard of State of New
York from 1866 to 1874; married, October
6, 1869, Mary Elizabeth Woodworth and
has children: 1. Alice Woodworth. 2. Helen
Louise,. 7. Charles Augustus, born may
24, 1854' resides at Baltimore, Maryland,
married September 13, 1876, Annie Cunningham,
died March 4, 1897, and has daughters:
1. Bertha Cunningham, born May 15, 1878,
died July 21, 1878. 2. Winifred Cunningham,
born March 1888. 8. Arthur Currie, of
whom further.
(VIII) Arthur Currie, youngest child
of George Washington and Ann Maria (Tucker)
Tucker, was born September 25, 1859, in
New York City. he there grew up and received
his education in private schools. He was
early employed in the management of the
Tucker estate in new York and resided
in that city until 1`882, when he removed
to Upper Nyack, New York, where he built
a handsome house and has ever since maintained
his residence there. He is an Episcopalian,
and in politics supports Republican principles.
While not a seeker of political honors
he consented to serve as president of
the village of Upper Nyack, in which position
he was continued for more than fifteen
years. From 1879 to 1884, he served as
a private in Company H, Seventh Regiment
National Guard of State of New York. Mr.
Tucker married, April 6, 1884, in Nyack,
New York, Estelle C., daughter of John
and Jemima (Tucker) Chappell, a native
of Rockland County. Children: 1. Gertrude
Estelle, born May 10, 1885. 2. Margaret
Brevoort, born January 15, 1887, died
June 20, 1887. 3. Edith Frances, born
September 22, 1888. 4. Kate Marion, born
August 30, 1890. 5. Arthur Currie, born
February 19, 1893. 6. George Clarence,
born February 28, 1894.
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WORCESTER.
The Worcesters are of English descent
and were early settlers in New Hampshire.
they were civilzers and patriots, and
their name appears in the muster rolls
of French, Indian and Revolutionary Wars.
The various town records show conclusively
that citizenship and duty gave always
been synonymous terns with this family,
and that they have borne their part each
in their generation in the public affairs
of the community in which they lived.
The long list of clergymen, the graduates
of Harvard and Yale colleges, and other
institutions of learning, are evidences
of their scholarly attainments, and the
muster rolls of the army and navy from
the earliest settlement of the country
to the present time prove their patriotism
to have been of the order that counted
not the cost when their country's flag
was assailed.
(I) Rev. William Worcester, with his
wife Sarah, and four children, Samuel
William, Sarah, and Susannah, came from
England between 1638 and 1640, and became
the settled pastor of the church first
gathered in Salisbury, Massachusetts.
No production of his pen has been transmitted
to posterity to indicate the character
and extent of his intellectual attainments,
but Cotton Mather in the Magnalia enrolls
his name in the list of the "Reverend,
learned and holy divines, arriving such
from Europe to America, by whose evangelical
ministry the church in America have been
illuminated." Sarah, wife of Rev.
William Worcester, died at Salisbury,
April 23, 1650. He married (second) Mrs.
Rebecca Hall, by whom he had six children.
His children were: 1. Samuel, born in
England. 2. William, born in England.
3. Sarah, born in England. 4. Susannah,
born in England. 5. Sarah, born in Salisbury,
died young. 6. Timothy, born in Salisbury.
7. Moses, born in Salisbury. 8. Sarah,
born in Salisbury. 9. Elizabeth, born
in Salisbury, died young. 10. Elizabeth,
born in Salisbury.
(II) Samuel, eldest son of the Rev. William
and Sarah Worcester, was born in England.
He accompanied his father in his journey
to America, settling with him at Salisbury,
Massachusetts, where he was operating
a saw mill as early as 1658. At the first
recorded meeting of the Merrimack people
he was chosen overseer, and he was the
first representative of Bradford to the
general court, taking his seat January
16, 1679080. He was re-elected the ensuing
year, but died while on his way to Boston
to resume his seat. He married Elizabeth
Parrott. Children: 1. William, mentioned
below. 2. Samuel. 3. Francis. 4. Joseph.
5. Timothy. 6. Moses. 7. Elizabeth. 8.
Dorothy. 9. John. 10. Ebenezer. 11. Susannah.
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