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Tucker revisited

Posted by Susan Murfin on 9/8/2018, 1:52 pm

I keep getting drawn back to my Tucker ancestor, Thomas never found a baptism for him. He said he was born in Colebroke named his father as William a cordwainer on both his marriage certificates. I gave up searching the OPC hadn't got a baptism but several children bapt to a William and Susannah no Thomas. Found a bapt for Thos Tucker 18 Feb 1804/18 Hatherleigh don't know where though. There is no records for Hatherleigh on DFHS parish records. Difficult now to travel to record offices. Found several marriages for a William Tucker to a Susannah in Devon but where do you start looking for children of all these people just to see if they had a Thos. Do I still give up. This is a subject I keep coming back to but live in hope someone, somewhere will have a connection. Thank you. Sue

Re: Tucker revisited

Posted by Judith on 2/9/2018, 8:35 pm, in reply to "Tucker revisited"

Looking at what you have posted, there is a William Tucker apprenticed out in 1833 aged 13 son of William and Elizabeth, to a Robert Madge yeoman. in Colebrooke

Re: Tucker revisited

Posted by OPC Co-ordinator on 10/8/2018, 1:39 pm, in reply to "Tucker revisited"

It might also help in the search if you mention when and where Thomas TUCKER got married. I believe I have located his first marriage at Plymouth Charles in 1840 to Susan GLANVILLE. I think I have then located a baptism for one of their children - Thirza in Plympton St Mary in 1840, giving their address as Colebroke which seems to confirm that this is the family from Plympton St Mary. In 1841, Thomas is shown as 20, wife Susan 15, baby Thirza 7 months living in Plympton Erle. Is this correct?

Re: Tucker revisited

Posted by Brian on 9/8/2018, 4:36 pm, in reply to "Tucker revisited"

Hi Sue,

there is a Thomas Hayward Tucker baptised on 20/4/1796 at Drewsteignton, son of William and Susanna Tucker. Drewsteignton is about 6 miles from Colebrooke.

Brian

Re: Tucker revisited

Posted by OPC Co-ordinator on 9/8/2018, 2:52 pm, in reply to "Tucker revisited"

Hatherleigh is some 16.5 miles from Colebroke. Hatherleigh PRs are available via FamilySearch and there is an OPC for the Parish. HOWEVER, a William & Susannah TUCKER baptised 7 children at Hatherleigh between 1802 and 1818, with the father described as a labourer on the post 1813 baptisms, abode Highampton.
The children baptised at Colebrooke are to a William & Elizabeth, not Susannah. William wasn't a cordwainer either.
There is a Colebrook in Plympton St Mary and a William (cordwainer) & Susannah baptised 10 children there 1796-1814. So it is unlikely that the Hatherleigh family are one and the same.

Re: Tucker revisited

Posted by David Murrian on 10/8/2018, 8:50 am, in reply to "Re: Tucker revisited"

- and there is another Colebrook just south west of Cullompton ??? so might this be relevant?

Re: Tucker revisited

Posted by Chris on 10/8/2018, 9:58 am, in reply to "Re: Tucker revisited"

Interesting David, not one I've come across and can't find it on a map. Where exactly is it in relation to Cullompton

Re: Tucker revisited

Posted by David Murrian on 10/8/2018, 3:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Tucker revisited"

Hi Chris,
Half an inch "as the crow flies" from M5 junc. 28 - at least in my AA "Big Road Atlas - Britian" which has a scale of 3 miles to the inch.

If you have the Phillips Street Atlas of Devon, it is on page 83 right at the top, the word crossing the join of squares A & B. Conversley it is on page 65 in the bottom square A1 just where Russel Lane joins Colebrook Lane (assuming your atlas is the same edition as mine - second impression, 2003)

David

Re: Tucker revisited

Posted by Chris on 10/8/2018, 7:01 pm, in reply to "Re: Tucker revisited"

Good find David. It might be worth Susan looking in this area. Colebrook seems to come under Cullompton Parish and certainly Non-Conformists in the area as well so they would need checking
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Cullompton

I've exhausted resources for the Colebrooke Plympton and the Colebrooke Nr Crediton when helping Susan in the past. If I remember correctly I also eliminated almost all the Thomas Tucker's born around the correct time in the above areas. I did send her a few years ago lots of information on who I thought might be possible parents of her Thomas after looking at Cordwainers called William Tucker in the Plymouth area. Although I found baptisms for their children shown on census records could never find them baptising a Thomas Tucker.

Re: Tucker revisited

Posted by Lin on 10/8/2018, 7:18 am, in reply to "Re: Tucker revisited"

Hatherleigh Baptisms are available on FindMyPast.

Re: Tucker revisited

Posted by Susan Murfin on 18/8/2018, 1:18 pm, in reply to "Re: Tucker revisited"

So sorry I haven't looked to see if I had any responses feel awful now and would like to thank all of you who took time to respond to my query. Especially Chris I know you really did help me loads with my Tuckers but sadly never found Thomas. I did go through loads of suggestions and gave up searching for a while then something comes up and off I go again. And sorry to say I forget sometimes all the info I have been given. I wrote loads and loads of things down names, dates and places then got side tracked put my files away as I got frustrated with it all. Thank you all very very much for your help and sorry I didn't come back with a thank you sooner. Sue Murfin

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