When Moses Tucker Sr. was born on 23 April 1744, in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Benjamin Tucker III, was 41 and his mother, Mary Warren, was 40. He married Sarah Temple before 1782, in Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He registered for military service in 1758. In 1785, at the age of 41, his occupation is listed as taverner in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. 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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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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