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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
342.
Origin is Unknown [implies parents also not established]; Arrival 1639 Weymouth, Gloucester and Milton arriving 1639 are: MBCR 1:296; Granberry p 335; Weymouth Hist 4:700-1; Parker Ruggles 361-66; NEHGR 76:232-40
- ↑ Rufus Stickney Tucker, Ph.D., Tucker-Darell, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
76:232-40.
link The author discusses the will related to the family of George Tucker referred to in the visitations.."These wills are also of value to the descendants of New England Tuckers, because they disprove the English ancestry assigned to the "Genealogy of the Tucker Family" to John Tucker of Watertown and Hingham and to Robert Tucker of Weymouth and Milton, Mass."
- Linzee, John William. The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and Their Ancestors and Descendants. (Boston, Mass.: Samuel Usher, 1913)
361-66.
- Chamberlain, George Walter. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. (Weymouth, Massachusetts: Weymouth Historical Society, under direction of the town, 1923)
4:700-1.
- Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman. The Granberry Family and Allied Families: including the ancestry of Helen (Woodward) Granberry. (Hartford, Conn.: E.F. Waterman, 1945)
335.
link will 7 Mar 1681/2 proved 30 Mar 1682
- Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. (Nathaniel Bradstreet). Records of the governor and company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England: printed by order of the legislature. (Boston, Massachusetts: W. White, 1853-1854)
1:296.
link Robert Tucker, for upbraiding James Brittain, calling him a lyar, & saying hee could pue him so, being a witnes, was fined..." 2 Jun 1640
- Masson, David. The Life of John Milton and History of his Time. (Oxford: E. Pickard Hall and J.H. Stacy)
225-226.
Robert was the first Tucker to settle in Milton. He lived on Brush Hill in 1663. At the time of the publishing of The History of Milton, his house could "still be seen at the rear of 676 Brush Hill Road <see drawing> [The History of Milton, p. 261].
Per the Suffolk County Probate records (9-81), Robert was a prominent citizen of Milton. He served as a selectman for 10 years. Economically, he was well above the average. There were about 68 resident taxpayers in the town in his time; 9 paid more tax than he did while 58 paid less. He lived on Brush Hill Road near the end of Robbins street. His house still stands although not on its original site. His total estate would be worth about $50,000 today.
He was evidently one of the more prosperous farmers with a well furnished house and considerable provisions in stock. There is a surprisingly large sum allotted to the value of his books, about £2 (which in those days was the equivalent value of one cow!).
His estate does not lists a farm cart or other agricultural implements. His inventory shows that two of his sons were farming some of his land. It seems inferred that he had already passed these tools to them by the time of his death.
He was about 77 years old when he died.
Inventory of his estate:
° House, orchard, garden £80-0-0
° 41 acres arable land,1 ½ acres mowing and pasture
6 acres meadow, unimproved land (unknown acreage)
all land together valued at ........................... £236-15-0
° 2 oxen, 6 cows £24-0-0
° 2 two year olds, 2 yearlings £5-10-0
° 1 mare, 9 swine £6-0-0
° 40 bushels Indian cord, 47 bushels of oats £11-14-0
° 21 bushels barley, 2 of rye, 1 of beans £4-17-0
° 5 loads of hay £6-0-0
° Apparel £16-0-0
° 1 bed, bolsters, pillows, curtains & bedding £9-0-0
° Another feather bed with other beds & bedding £8-0-0
° Table linen & other linen £10-0-0
° 20 yds homespun, 1 yd Kersey £3-11-0
° Books £2-0-0
° Pewter, brass & tin ware £6-0-0
° Iron pots, kettles, etc. £7-0-0
° Barrel of pork & other provisions £3-12-0
° Table, bedsteads, chests, barrels, chairs, wooden
ware & small things £5-8-0
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£445-7-0 Total
- ↑ Milton, in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Milton Records, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1662-1843: alphabetically and chronologically arranged. (Boston)
1:249.
link Tucker: Robert, March 9 (1682)
- Robert Tucker of Milton 1682, in Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers
Case 1223.
original will
recorded copy Sworn to 30 Mar 1682 by witnesses
Inventory dated 23 Mar 1681/2, sworn to 30 Mar 1682 by Elizabeth Tucker and Ephraim Tuckers, executors.
Robert Tucker Milton-Suffolk County, MA Probate 
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