When Rebecca Tucker was born on 12 March 1756, in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, William Tucker, was 31 and her mother, Mary Kendall, was 27. She married Benjamin Houghton on 27 February 1779, in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. She died on 12 November 1830, in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Old Burying Ground, Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
English (southwestern): occupational name from Middle English tuker(e), toker(e) ‘tucker, fuller’, a derivative of tuken ‘to torment, beat’ (Old English tūcian), for someone who fulled and finished cloth. This name for the occupation was characteristic of the West Country. Compare Fuller and Walker and see also Tuckerman .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tuachair ‘descendant of Tuachar’, a personal name composed of the elements tuath ‘people’ + car ‘dear, beloved’.
Americanized form of Jewish Tocker or Toker (see Tokarz ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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