TUCKER, Joseph
1643 - 1682 (39 years)Set As Default Person
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Name TUCKER, Joseph [1, 2] Birth 1643 Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA [1, 3] Gender Male Wars Between 1675 and 1676 Fought in King Philips War Wars 19 Dec 1675 West Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Fought in the The Great Swamp Fight - The Great Swamp Fight or the Great Swamp Massacre was a crucial battle fought during King Philip's War between the colonial militia of New England and the Narragansett tribe in December 1675. It was fought near the villages of Kingston and West Kingston in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
The combined force of the New England militia included 150 Pequots, and they inflicted a huge number of Narragansett casualties, including many hundred women and children. The battle has been described as "one of the most brutal and lopsided military encounters in all of New England's history.The combined force of the New England militia included 150 Pequots, and they inflicted a huge number of Narragansett casualties, including many hundred women and children. The battle has been described as "one of the most brutal and lopsided military encounters in all of New England's history.
Residence USA [2] _MILT Massachusetts, USA Member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts - The oldest chartered military organization in North America and the third oldest chartered military organization in the world.
Death 1682 Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Patriarch & Matriarch TUCKER, George Sr, b. 1560, Milton, Kent, England d. 26 Dec 1625, Gravesend, Kent, England (Age 65 years) (Grandfather)
Unknown, b. Abt 1580, Mitcham, Surrey, England (Grandmother)Person ID I2302 My Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
Father TUCKER, Robert, b. 8 Jun 1604, Gravesend, Kent, England d. 11 Mar 1682, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 77 years) Relationship natural Mother ALLEN, Elizabeth, b. 24 Nov 1610, Mitcham, Surrey, England d. 1682, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 71 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1640 Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Family ID F697 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- The Great Swamp Fight or the Great Swamp Massacre was a crucial battle fought during King Philip's War between the colonial militia of New England and the Narragansett tribe in December 1675. It was fought near the villages of Kingston and West Kingston in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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Sources - [S2189] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Genealogy of the Tucker Family from various authentic sources.
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 - [S1841] Ephraim Tucker, Genealogy of the Tucker Family From Various Authentic Sources, (Name: Worcester Society of Antiquity; Location: Worcester, MA; Date: 1895;).
Genealogy of the Tucker family from various authentic sources - [S1841] Ephraim Tucker, Genealogy of the Tucker Family From Various Authentic Sources, (Name: Worcester Society of Antiquity; Location: Worcester, MA; Date: 1895;), pgs 25-29, 33, 46.
At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
- [S2189] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Genealogy of the Tucker Family from various authentic sources.