Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
Birth PlaceHalifax County, Virginia
Death DateOct 1781 Age: 49
Death PlaceHalifax County, Virginia
Burial PlaceHalifax County, Virginia
OccupationCounty Election Official
Religion1764 was Vestryman of Antrim Parish
FatherBennett Munford TUCK , 336 (1710-1781)
MotherHannah CARY , 337 (1711-1790)
Spouses
1Mary Ellen POWELL 
431,105, 169
431,105, 169Birth Date12 Aug 1733
Birth PlacePrince George’s County, Virginia
Death Datebef 1780 Age: 46
Death PlaceHalifax County, Virginia
Birth Date12 Aug 1733
Birth PlaceBristol Parish, Prince George County, Virginia
Death Date23 May 1828 Age: 94
Death PlaceHalifax County, Virginia
FatherEdward POWELL , 338 (?-1766)
MotherElizabeth _____ , 339 (?-)
Family ID964
Marr Datebet 1755
Marr PlaceVirginia
Notes for Edward TUCK Sr.
From: Descendants of Woodham Tuck on Ancestry from SoonerNuke.
Generation No. 2
2. BENNET3 TUCK (WOODHAM2, UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1710 in Kent County England, and died in Halifax County, Virginia. He married HANNAH CARY.
Children of BENNET TUCK and HANNAH CARY are:
3. i. THOMAS LACY4 TUCK, SR., b. Bet. 1738 - 1741, Caroline County, Virginia; d. 22 Sep 1788, Halifax County, Virginia.
4. ii. JOHN TUCK, SR., b. 1730, England, or Halifax County, Virginia; d. 07 Jan 1801, Halifax County, Virginia.
5. iii. EDWARD TUCK, b. Abt. 1732, England, or Virginia; d. Abt. 1790, Halifax County, VA.
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Birthplace also listed as coastal county of VA and birthdate listed as c1739. By 1761 he was a resident of Halifax, VA.
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His death probably occurred probably early in 1781, as his will was recorded in May of 1781. A copy of his will is in book.
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He left children at the time of his death: Cary, Sarah, Vashti, Tabitha, Susannah.
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Tuck history beginning in 10th century England.432
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Private Virginia Militia Revolutionary War (no records found)21
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Edward Tuck (Bennett? Tuck) as has been said, was born either in a costal county of Virginia or in England. It is believed that his birth was in the early 1730's. By 1761 he was a resident of Halifax County since he is recorded in that year as selling a parcel of land to Solomon Owens and as buying 860 acres on Bannister River. In 1764 he was a Vestryman of Antrim Parish and, with his brother John, served as county election official. In February he received from the Commonwealth of Virginia a grant of "334 acres of land on the draughts of Buffalo Creek, adjoining Johnson, Templeton, etc."
The name of his wife, who predeceased him, is unknown. His death occurred probably early in 1781, as his will was recorded in May of that year. The following is a copy of this will, as it appears in Halifax County Court House:
WILL OF EDWARD TUCK
Dated August 14th, 1780
Recorded May 17, 1781
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I Edward Tuck of Halifax County, being in a very low state of health and in body but of good and sound memory thanks to the Almighty God for it, calling to remembrance the uncertain estate of this transitory life and that all flesh must yield to death when it shall please God to call, do make, constitute, ordain and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following. Revoking and annulling by these presents all and every testament and testaments, will and Wills hereto-fore by me made and declared either by word or writing and this is to be taken only for my last will and and testament and none other. And first being patient and sorry from the bottom of my heart for my past sins, most humbly desire forgiveness for the same. I give and commit my soul unto Almighty God, my savior and Redeemer in whom and by the merits of Jesus Christ I trust and believe assuredly to be saved and to have full remission and forgiveness of all my sins and that my soul with my body at a general Day of the Resurrection shall rise again with Joy; and through the merits of Christ's death and passion possess and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, prepared for his elect and chosen, and my body to be buried in such a place where it shall please my executors hereafter mentioned or named to appoint. And now for the setting of my temporal estate and such goods and chattels as it has pleased God far above my deserts to bestow upon me; do order, give and dispose the same in manner and form following; that is to say first, I Will that all those debts and dues as I owe in right or conscience to any manner of person or persons whatsoever shall be well and truly contented and paid, or ordained to be paid within convenient time after my decease by my executors hereafter named:
ITEM. I leave to my daughter MARY one feather bed called hers and also one womans saddle and bridle,
ITEM. I leave my track lying upon Buffalo Creek containing my estimation three Hundred and Thirty four acres, to be equally divided between my two sons MOSES and JOSIAH.
ITEM. I give my house and plantation where I now live to my son EDWARD with one hundred twenty five acres beginning at a large pine at THOMAS LACY'S line at the _____ near the path that leads from my house to said LACY'S, from thence to run a course to conclude on SIMON WATT'S line to contain the afore mentioned quantity.
ITEM. I give the remainder of the said track of land I now live upon containing one hundred and eighty five acres to my son CARY.
ITEM. I leave all my household goods and moveables whatsoever to be equally divided between my daughters SARAH and VASHTI, TABITHA and SUSANNAH.
ITEM. I leave my house and plantation to PATTY ASHLOCK to live on and raise her children until my son EDWARD arrives to lawful age to take possession if she continue single. It is my desire therefore if my aforesaid sons do not follow a good and lawful course of living for the them either or all of them to be bound out at the discretion of my executors hereafter mentioned.
I leave my Brother JOHN TUCK and THOMAS LACY executors to manage my temporal estate as they think proper; and In Witness hereunto I have set my hand and Fixed my seal in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and eighty, this fourteenth day of August.
Signed sealed in the presence of:
John Pound
George Anderson
Molley Anderson EDWARD TUCK (SEAL)
Halifax County Virginia Court House
at Houston. Recorded in Will Book
No. I, Page 351.399
This last will and testament of Edward Tuck was exhibited and proved by the oaths of two of the subscribing witnesses and ordered to be recorded.
(Canington)
Teste George Carrington CLK
At a Court held for Halifax County the 18th day
of October 1781
On the motion of John Tuck one of the executors herein named certificate was granted him for obtaining Probate trust in due form (he having made oath thereunto according to Law), he giving security whereupon he together with David Powell and Thomas Tuck his securities entered into and acknowledged Bond for the same according to law and Thomas Lacy the other executor refused to take upon him the burden of the executor hereof.
Teste Geo. Canington, Clk
(Carrington ?)
John Tuck became sole Executor of this will with David Powell and Thomas Tuck as securities; as Thomas Lacy refused to take upon himself the burden.
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From Halifax Co, VA records:
Halifax Co. C.H., INDENTURE, dated November 18, 1762, between
Houston, Va. Co. EDWARD TUCK, party of the first part, and Thomas
Clerk's Office, Lacy, party of the second part. The party of the
Deed Book 4, page first part transfers a parcel of land in Halifax
105 County to the party of the second part.
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Possible early Tuck ancestors & relationships:
George 1595
GGGF? Warram (Woodam?) 1615 (Jamestown colony)
GGF? 1640
GF? 1665
#336 F? Bennett 1695
#168 Edward abt 1739
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Edward Tuck 1739-1781, son of Bennet Tuck of Kent, England and Hannah Cary.
Notes taken from https://reigelridge.com/roots/tuck.htm
Edward Tuck was born in 1732. He left a will dated 14 Aug 1780, in which he named his brother John and friend Thomas Lacy as his executors. He left his daughter Mary a feather bed and a woman's saddle and bridle, his sons Moses and Josiah each half of a 334-acre tract on "Bufelow Creek," and his house and plantation with 125 acres to his son Edward. He left the balance of his land, 185 acres, to his son Cary, and his "household goods and moveables" were to be divided equally between his daughters Sarah, Vashti, Tabitha and Susannah. He left his house and plantation to Patty Ashlock to raise her children so long as she remained single, or until Edward reached lawful age. If any of his sons did not "follow a good and lawful course of living" his executors were to have them bound out.
Edward died between 14 Aug 1780 and 17 May 1781 in Halifax Co., Virginia.
On 1 Feb 1781 Edward was granted a patent for 344 acres "on the draughts of Buffaloe creek" in Halifax Co., having paid the Commonwealth of Virginia 35s. This seems to be the same land he had six months before included in his will. The patent was signed by Governor Thomas Jefferson.
His will was probated on 17 May 1781 in Halifax Co., Virginia.1 His brother John posted bond as executor on 18 Oct 1781 with David Powel and Thomas Tuck his securities. The other named executor, Thomas Lacy, declined to serve.
An inventory of his personal property was made on 20 Oct 1781 but was not filed with the Halifax Co. Court until the Jan 1790 term. It listed slaves, livestock, furniture and tools with total value of £82 12s 6d. The most significant items were "one Negro fellow" valued at £9, a horse at £5, 32 hogs at £15, a yoke of oxen at £10. six cattle at £16, a pair of cotton cards at £8, and two feather beds at £7 and £2 respectively.
His personal property was sold on 1 Nov 1781 for substantially more than the appraised value. Some entries are unclear, but they totaled over £437. Several items sold for much higher than their appraised values, including the Negro man appraised at £9 and sold for £47, the yoke of oxen appraised at £10 sold for £30, the cotton cards appraised at £8 sold for $550, recorded as £165, and a loom, not listed on the inventory, sold for $201, recorded as £60.
Posted to Ancestry by Teresa Gray.
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Tuck resources, posted on Ancestry by Susanoppat58.
• [Tuck] The Tuck Family of England and America. Typescript. Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 15, Tuc. Copy: FHL Film 29889 Item 1.
• [Tuck] Tuck, Ann B. Tuck Family Genealogy: Report No. 1 of a Research in Virginia. Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 15, Tuc. Copy: FHL Film 29889 Item 1.
• [Tuck] Tuck Genealogy #3. Typescript, Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 15, Tuc. Copy: FHL Film 29889 Item 1.
• [Tuck] Porter, James S. Letter, 11 Feb. 1915, Rich Hill, Mo. [to] Alfred H. Tuck, Morgantown, Ky. Typescript, Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 15, Tuc. Copy: FHL Film 29889 Item 1.
• [Tuck] "Captain William Munford Tuck," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul. 1964):51. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
• [Tuck] Macon, Alethea Jane. John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, Virginia and Some of Their Descendants. Macon, Ga.: Southern Press, 1964. FHL Book 929.273 T791m
• [Tuck] Tuck Family Marriages in Halifax County, Virginia, ca. 1780-1888. Typescript. FHL Film 29889 Item 1
• [Tuck] Wilkins, James Richard. Pioneers and Patriots: A History of the John Wilkins and Some Related Families of Virginia: Tuck, Hite, Wall, Winn and Others. Winchester, Va.: J.R. Wilkins, 1980. Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free; FHL Book 929.273 W656w.
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Generation No. 2
2. BENNET3 TUCK (WOODHAM2, UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1710 in Kent County England, and died in Halifax County, Virginia. He married HANNAH CARY.
Children of BENNET TUCK and HANNAH CARY are:
3. i. THOMAS LACY4 TUCK, SR., b. Bet. 1738 - 1741, Caroline County, Virginia; d. 22 Sep 1788, Halifax County, Virginia.
4. ii. JOHN TUCK, SR., b. 1730, England, or Halifax County, Virginia; d. 07 Jan 1801, Halifax County, Virginia.
5. iii. EDWARD TUCK, b. Abt. 1732, England, or Virginia; d. Abt. 1790, Halifax County, VA.
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Birthplace also listed as coastal county of VA and birthdate listed as c1739. By 1761 he was a resident of Halifax, VA.
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His death probably occurred probably early in 1781, as his will was recorded in May of 1781. A copy of his will is in book.
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He left children at the time of his death: Cary, Sarah, Vashti, Tabitha, Susannah.
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Tuck history beginning in 10th century England.432
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Private Virginia Militia Revolutionary War (no records found)21
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Edward Tuck (Bennett? Tuck) as has been said, was born either in a costal county of Virginia or in England. It is believed that his birth was in the early 1730's. By 1761 he was a resident of Halifax County since he is recorded in that year as selling a parcel of land to Solomon Owens and as buying 860 acres on Bannister River. In 1764 he was a Vestryman of Antrim Parish and, with his brother John, served as county election official. In February he received from the Commonwealth of Virginia a grant of "334 acres of land on the draughts of Buffalo Creek, adjoining Johnson, Templeton, etc."
The name of his wife, who predeceased him, is unknown. His death occurred probably early in 1781, as his will was recorded in May of that year. The following is a copy of this will, as it appears in Halifax County Court House:
WILL OF EDWARD TUCK
Dated August 14th, 1780
Recorded May 17, 1781
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I Edward Tuck of Halifax County, being in a very low state of health and in body but of good and sound memory thanks to the Almighty God for it, calling to remembrance the uncertain estate of this transitory life and that all flesh must yield to death when it shall please God to call, do make, constitute, ordain and declare this my last will and testament in manner and form following. Revoking and annulling by these presents all and every testament and testaments, will and Wills hereto-fore by me made and declared either by word or writing and this is to be taken only for my last will and and testament and none other. And first being patient and sorry from the bottom of my heart for my past sins, most humbly desire forgiveness for the same. I give and commit my soul unto Almighty God, my savior and Redeemer in whom and by the merits of Jesus Christ I trust and believe assuredly to be saved and to have full remission and forgiveness of all my sins and that my soul with my body at a general Day of the Resurrection shall rise again with Joy; and through the merits of Christ's death and passion possess and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, prepared for his elect and chosen, and my body to be buried in such a place where it shall please my executors hereafter mentioned or named to appoint. And now for the setting of my temporal estate and such goods and chattels as it has pleased God far above my deserts to bestow upon me; do order, give and dispose the same in manner and form following; that is to say first, I Will that all those debts and dues as I owe in right or conscience to any manner of person or persons whatsoever shall be well and truly contented and paid, or ordained to be paid within convenient time after my decease by my executors hereafter named:
ITEM. I leave to my daughter MARY one feather bed called hers and also one womans saddle and bridle,
ITEM. I leave my track lying upon Buffalo Creek containing my estimation three Hundred and Thirty four acres, to be equally divided between my two sons MOSES and JOSIAH.
ITEM. I give my house and plantation where I now live to my son EDWARD with one hundred twenty five acres beginning at a large pine at THOMAS LACY'S line at the _____ near the path that leads from my house to said LACY'S, from thence to run a course to conclude on SIMON WATT'S line to contain the afore mentioned quantity.
ITEM. I give the remainder of the said track of land I now live upon containing one hundred and eighty five acres to my son CARY.
ITEM. I leave all my household goods and moveables whatsoever to be equally divided between my daughters SARAH and VASHTI, TABITHA and SUSANNAH.
ITEM. I leave my house and plantation to PATTY ASHLOCK to live on and raise her children until my son EDWARD arrives to lawful age to take possession if she continue single. It is my desire therefore if my aforesaid sons do not follow a good and lawful course of living for the them either or all of them to be bound out at the discretion of my executors hereafter mentioned.
I leave my Brother JOHN TUCK and THOMAS LACY executors to manage my temporal estate as they think proper; and In Witness hereunto I have set my hand and Fixed my seal in the Year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and eighty, this fourteenth day of August.
Signed sealed in the presence of:
John Pound
George Anderson
Molley Anderson EDWARD TUCK (SEAL)
Halifax County Virginia Court House
at Houston. Recorded in Will Book
No. I, Page 351.399
This last will and testament of Edward Tuck was exhibited and proved by the oaths of two of the subscribing witnesses and ordered to be recorded.
(Canington)
Teste George Carrington CLK
At a Court held for Halifax County the 18th day
of October 1781
On the motion of John Tuck one of the executors herein named certificate was granted him for obtaining Probate trust in due form (he having made oath thereunto according to Law), he giving security whereupon he together with David Powell and Thomas Tuck his securities entered into and acknowledged Bond for the same according to law and Thomas Lacy the other executor refused to take upon him the burden of the executor hereof.
Teste Geo. Canington, Clk
(Carrington ?)
John Tuck became sole Executor of this will with David Powell and Thomas Tuck as securities; as Thomas Lacy refused to take upon himself the burden.
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From Halifax Co, VA records:
Halifax Co. C.H., INDENTURE, dated November 18, 1762, between
Houston, Va. Co. EDWARD TUCK, party of the first part, and Thomas
Clerk's Office, Lacy, party of the second part. The party of the
Deed Book 4, page first part transfers a parcel of land in Halifax
105 County to the party of the second part.
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Possible early Tuck ancestors & relationships:
George 1595
GGGF? Warram (Woodam?) 1615 (Jamestown colony)
GGF? 1640
GF? 1665
#336 F? Bennett 1695
#168 Edward abt 1739
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Edward Tuck 1739-1781, son of Bennet Tuck of Kent, England and Hannah Cary.
Notes taken from https://reigelridge.com/roots/tuck.htm
Edward Tuck was born in 1732. He left a will dated 14 Aug 1780, in which he named his brother John and friend Thomas Lacy as his executors. He left his daughter Mary a feather bed and a woman's saddle and bridle, his sons Moses and Josiah each half of a 334-acre tract on "Bufelow Creek," and his house and plantation with 125 acres to his son Edward. He left the balance of his land, 185 acres, to his son Cary, and his "household goods and moveables" were to be divided equally between his daughters Sarah, Vashti, Tabitha and Susannah. He left his house and plantation to Patty Ashlock to raise her children so long as she remained single, or until Edward reached lawful age. If any of his sons did not "follow a good and lawful course of living" his executors were to have them bound out.
Edward died between 14 Aug 1780 and 17 May 1781 in Halifax Co., Virginia.
On 1 Feb 1781 Edward was granted a patent for 344 acres "on the draughts of Buffaloe creek" in Halifax Co., having paid the Commonwealth of Virginia 35s. This seems to be the same land he had six months before included in his will. The patent was signed by Governor Thomas Jefferson.
His will was probated on 17 May 1781 in Halifax Co., Virginia.1 His brother John posted bond as executor on 18 Oct 1781 with David Powel and Thomas Tuck his securities. The other named executor, Thomas Lacy, declined to serve.
An inventory of his personal property was made on 20 Oct 1781 but was not filed with the Halifax Co. Court until the Jan 1790 term. It listed slaves, livestock, furniture and tools with total value of £82 12s 6d. The most significant items were "one Negro fellow" valued at £9, a horse at £5, 32 hogs at £15, a yoke of oxen at £10. six cattle at £16, a pair of cotton cards at £8, and two feather beds at £7 and £2 respectively.
His personal property was sold on 1 Nov 1781 for substantially more than the appraised value. Some entries are unclear, but they totaled over £437. Several items sold for much higher than their appraised values, including the Negro man appraised at £9 and sold for £47, the yoke of oxen appraised at £10 sold for £30, the cotton cards appraised at £8 sold for $550, recorded as £165, and a loom, not listed on the inventory, sold for $201, recorded as £60.
Posted to Ancestry by Teresa Gray.
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Tuck resources, posted on Ancestry by Susanoppat58.
• [Tuck] The Tuck Family of England and America. Typescript. Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 15, Tuc. Copy: FHL Film 29889 Item 1.
• [Tuck] Tuck, Ann B. Tuck Family Genealogy: Report No. 1 of a Research in Virginia. Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 15, Tuc. Copy: FHL Film 29889 Item 1.
• [Tuck] Tuck Genealogy #3. Typescript, Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 15, Tuc. Copy: FHL Film 29889 Item 1.
• [Tuck] Porter, James S. Letter, 11 Feb. 1915, Rich Hill, Mo. [to] Alfred H. Tuck, Morgantown, Ky. Typescript, Library of Virginia. Genealogical Notes [Collection] Box 15, Tuc. Copy: FHL Film 29889 Item 1.
• [Tuck] "Captain William Munford Tuck," Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul. 1964):51. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
• [Tuck] Macon, Alethea Jane. John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, Virginia and Some of Their Descendants. Macon, Ga.: Southern Press, 1964. FHL Book 929.273 T791m
• [Tuck] Tuck Family Marriages in Halifax County, Virginia, ca. 1780-1888. Typescript. FHL Film 29889 Item 1
• [Tuck] Wilkins, James Richard. Pioneers and Patriots: A History of the John Wilkins and Some Related Families of Virginia: Tuck, Hite, Wall, Winn and Others. Winchester, Va.: J.R. Wilkins, 1980. Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free; FHL Book 929.273 W656w.
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Notes for Mary Ellen (Spouse 1)
An alternate spouse listed on Family Search by Marsina Mitchell is Nancy Winfrey (1735-1828). Her parents Gideon William Winfrey (1715-1750) and Susie Huntley (1705-1750). Susie Huntley’s parents are: William Huntley (1657-1708) and Mary Stanfield (1672-1705). There are more generations of ancestors listed too.171
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Research notes for Mary Ellen (Spouse 1)
death date also listed as May 5, 1828
birth date also listed as about 1739
birth date also listed as about 1739
Notes for Mary Ellen (Spouse 1)
When John Tuck and Mary Powell were married in 1757 their nearest neighbor was 15 miles away.
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John Tuck Sr.
Birth:1735
King William County
Virginia
Death: Jan. 4, 1802
Virgilina
Halifax County
Virginia, USA
John Tuck was born either in England or one of the coastal counties of Virginia. From the tidewater section probably that part of King and Queen County which later became King William County, he came about 1750 to Halifax County. There in 1757 he was married to Mary Powell, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Powell. It appears that John Tuck at first made his home near Halifax Court House, but later moved to the southern part of the county, settling in the Red bank District on Blue Wing creek and naming his home "Blue Wing".The place was called Tuck's Crossroads, later known as Virgilina. He acquired quite a lot of land throughout the years. Among his holding were
324 acres on Wynn's Creek, bought in 1761;
400 acres on Aaron's Creek in 1774;
250 acres on Difficult Creek in 1780;
and the following Land Grants from the Commonwealth of Virginia, signed by Beverly Randolph, Lieutenant Governor:
1 June 1782 - 258 A. on branches of Difficult Creek, adj. lands of Joseph Pulliam;
31 May 1787 - 478 A on draughts of Blue Wing Creek, adj lands of Street, Andrew, etc.
1 June 1787 - 400 A. on draughts of Aaron's Creek adj. county line & his own land.
28 March 1788 - 400 A. on draughts of Aaron's Creek, beginning at Field's Order line.
His descendants are numerous and widely scattered throughout our nation. However, large numbers of them are to be found in Virginia, many of whom are in Halifax County. In 1945 a great-great-great grand
son living in that county, William Munford Tuck, was elected Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
John was a Revolutionary War Soldier. He and his son Edward "Ned" Tuck were in the the Revolutionary War Battle of Guilford Courthouse which was fought on March 15, 1781. His son Ned was wounded and after the battle, John made a ground slide that he pulled behind his horse and carried Ned back to Tuck's Cross Roads in Halifax Co., to recover.
John Tuck and most of his family are buried on his own land and the name of the cemetery is called Tuck Family Cemetery.
John Tuck married Mary Ellen Powell and had 13 children, all born on the Bluewing Plantation, Halifax County Virginia. Also known as Tuck's Cross Roads and later named Virgilina, Halifax County Virginia.
John Tuck's children are as follows:
according to his Will...
Sarah Tuck
Elizabeth Ann Tuck
Edward Ned Tuck
Mary Tuck
Ezra Tuck
Achsah Tuck
Robert Sr Tuck
Richard Blue Tuck
Bennett Tuck
John William Tuck
Jane Tuck
David Tuck
From Lenda Tuck on memorial to John Tuck Sr. on findagrave.com
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John Tuck Sr.
Birth:1735
King William County
Virginia
Death: Jan. 4, 1802
Virgilina
Halifax County
Virginia, USA
John Tuck was born either in England or one of the coastal counties of Virginia. From the tidewater section probably that part of King and Queen County which later became King William County, he came about 1750 to Halifax County. There in 1757 he was married to Mary Powell, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Powell. It appears that John Tuck at first made his home near Halifax Court House, but later moved to the southern part of the county, settling in the Red bank District on Blue Wing creek and naming his home "Blue Wing".The place was called Tuck's Crossroads, later known as Virgilina. He acquired quite a lot of land throughout the years. Among his holding were
324 acres on Wynn's Creek, bought in 1761;
400 acres on Aaron's Creek in 1774;
250 acres on Difficult Creek in 1780;
and the following Land Grants from the Commonwealth of Virginia, signed by Beverly Randolph, Lieutenant Governor:
1 June 1782 - 258 A. on branches of Difficult Creek, adj. lands of Joseph Pulliam;
31 May 1787 - 478 A on draughts of Blue Wing Creek, adj lands of Street, Andrew, etc.
1 June 1787 - 400 A. on draughts of Aaron's Creek adj. county line & his own land.
28 March 1788 - 400 A. on draughts of Aaron's Creek, beginning at Field's Order line.
His descendants are numerous and widely scattered throughout our nation. However, large numbers of them are to be found in Virginia, many of whom are in Halifax County. In 1945 a great-great-great grand
son living in that county, William Munford Tuck, was elected Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
John was a Revolutionary War Soldier. He and his son Edward "Ned" Tuck were in the the Revolutionary War Battle of Guilford Courthouse which was fought on March 15, 1781. His son Ned was wounded and after the battle, John made a ground slide that he pulled behind his horse and carried Ned back to Tuck's Cross Roads in Halifax Co., to recover.
John Tuck and most of his family are buried on his own land and the name of the cemetery is called Tuck Family Cemetery.
John Tuck married Mary Ellen Powell and had 13 children, all born on the Bluewing Plantation, Halifax County Virginia. Also known as Tuck's Cross Roads and later named Virgilina, Halifax County Virginia.
John Tuck's children are as follows:
according to his Will...
Sarah Tuck
Elizabeth Ann Tuck
Edward Ned Tuck
Mary Tuck
Ezra Tuck
Achsah Tuck
Robert Sr Tuck
Richard Blue Tuck
Bennett Tuck
John William Tuck
Jane Tuck
David Tuck
From Lenda Tuck on memorial to John Tuck Sr. on findagrave.com
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