Notes for Gideon TUCKER

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Notes for Gideon TUCKER

See biography of Moses Tucker in "History of Union and Middlesex Counties"
p. 343 for information about the Tucker family. Gideon moved to New York City
at the age of 15 and spent his life there.
Birthdate needs to be checked, as it conflicts with that of sister Phebe.
He left a will (NYC Surrogate's Office, Book 91, p. 312) in which he mentioned
all of his children. Check probate of will!
He apparently was quite a wealthy man.
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A snug little farm was the old Brevoort
Where cabbages grew of the choicest sort;
Full-headed, and generous, ample and fat,
In a queenly way on their stems they sat,
And there was boast of their genuine breed,
For from old Utrecht had come their seed.
--_Gideon Tucker, "The Old Brevoort Farm."_
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Metropolitan Museum in NYC apparently has portraits of Mr. Tucker and his second wife:
Artist:
Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868, painter.
Title:
Gideon Tucker (1774-1845), (painting).
Dates:
1830.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
34 1/8 x 27 in. (86.7 x 68.6 cm).
Inscription:
(On back, visible before lining: WMS. MOUNT / 1830 signed
Description:
Seated portrait of Gideon Tucker with his left arm resting on the arm of his chair and his right hand inserted in the front of his jacket.
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http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/historical/southernnewyork/s_ny_5.htm [02/08}:
From "GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY
OF
SOUTHERN NEW YORK
AND THE
HUDSON RIVER VALLEY.
A RECORD of the ACHIEVEMENTS of
HER PEOPLE in the MAKING
of a COMMONWEALTH and the
BUILDING OF A NATION"
NEW YORK LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING CO. 1913
[Caution. The genealogy cited below may or may not be correct, especially for the early lines.]
(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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