Moses Tucker (1744–1813) • FamilySearch

Moses Tucker

23 April 1744–12 January 1813 (Age 68)
Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

The Life of Moses

When Moses Tucker was born on 23 April 1744, in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Benjamin Tucker III, was 41 and his mother, Mary Warren, was 40. He married Sarah Temple in 1760, in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 12 January 1813, in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Moses Tucker

1744–1813

Sarah Temple

1746–

Marriage: 1760

Uphias Alphia Euphemia Tucker

1763–1842

William Tucker

1769–1861

John Tucker

1771–

Josemiah Tucker

1775–

Lavinia Tucker

1777–

John Tucker

1779–1817

Allen Tucker

1781–

Joseph Tucker

1782–

Jemimah Tucker

1783–

Moses Tucker

1784–

Spouse and Children

Moses Tucker

Male1744–1813Male

Sarah Temple

Female1746–Female

MARRIAGE
1760
Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

children

(10)

Uphias Alphia Euphemia Tucker

Female1763–1842Female

William Tucker

Male1769–1861Male

John Tucker

Male1771–Male

Josemiah Tucker

Female1775–Female

Lavinia Tucker

Female1777–Female

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Parents and Siblings

Benjamin Tucker III

Male1703–1785Male

Mary Warren

Female1703–1793Female

siblings

(9)

Elizabeth Tucker

Female1730–1814Female

Mary Tucker

Female1731–1804Female

Benjamin Tucker

Male1734–1806Male

Stephen Tucker

Male1736–1738Male

Joshua Tucker Sr.

Male1738–1822Male

+4 More Children

World Events (6)

1776

Age 32

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

Age 32

New Hampshire is 9th state.

1781 · The First Constitution

Age 37

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

Name Meaning

Tucker

Moses

1 English (chiefly southwestern England and South Wales): occupational name for a fuller, from an agent derivative of Middle English tuck(en) ‘to full cloth’ (Old English tūcian ‘to torment’). This was the term used for the process in the Middle Ages in southwestern England, and the surname is more common there than elsewhere. Compare Fuller and Walker .2 Americanized form of Jewish To(c)ker ( see Tokarz ).3 Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tuachair ‘descendant of Tuachar’, a personal name composed of the elements tuath ‘people’ + car ‘dear’, ‘beloved’.

Possible Related Names

Fuller

Walker

Tokarz

Toher

Tooker

Tuckerman

Tugwell

Sources (3)

Moses Tucker in entry for Joseph Tucker, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"
Moses Tucker in entry for Moses Tucker, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"
Moses Tucker, "New Hampshire, Death Records, 1654-1947"

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