When Stephen Tucker was born on 7 April 1732, in Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Stephen Tucker, was 40 and his mother, Hannah Belcher, was 36. He married Mary Brown on 2 March 1758, in Griswold, Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 13 August 1766, in Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 34.
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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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