HENRY TUCKER B-1742 D-1808 BERMUDA (Son of Colonel Henry Tucker)

Henry Tucker

BIRTH	1742 King's Point, Southampton Parish, Bermuda
DEATH	1808 (aged 65–66) Saint George’s Island, Saint George's Parish, Bermuda
BURIAL	Burial Details Unknown, Specifically: Burial location unknown Add to Map
MEMORIAL ID	190459776

Vintage Postcard, Tucker House, Bermuda 

                                                                 Tucker House Museum, Bermuda - 2019 

This information is a copy of the Find A Grave memorial page  that I created for this ancestor in 2018. This information is my own original research summary writing compiled and shared by myself on Find A Grave.  I decided it is time to publish it on my own Blog as well,  since I am the original author of this article.  This Henry Tucker was my first cousin, 7 times removed. We share the same ancestor Francis Tucker Sr (my 7x-great-grandfather who was the grandfather of this Henry Tucker) of the historic Grove Plantation, Southampton Parish, Bermuda. 

Henry Tucker B-1742 D-1808 in Bermuda was a Son of Colonel Henry Tucker and Ann Butterfield Tucker of The Grove plantation in Port Royal, Southampton, Bermuda. He was the Husband of Frances Bruere (daughter of George James Bruere).

This Henry Tucker lived in the property now known as Historic Tucker House at 5 Water Street in St. George, Bermuda. The Bermuda National Trust now owns the property and has maintained the house and period furnishings as a Museum. The home is a half block from Old Town Square and Town Hall in St. George. Originally it was on waterfront property. There are now tourist shops and cafes along the waterfront on Water Street, and a ferry landing dock. The ferry shuttles passengers back and forth between St. George and the Dockyards in Southamptom, Bermuda.

In 1752 Captain Thomas Smith bought an unimproved lot on St. George island from the daughters of Sarah Tucker and built Tucker House , later owned by this Henry Tucker, much as it stands today.

Henry and Frances Bruere Tucker expanded the house to accommodate their family of 12 children and lived at Tucker House during the period of the Gunpowder Plot and American Revolution. They were the parents of Henry St. George Tucker, born about 1765 in Bermuda.

Thanks to the influence of his own father the Colonel Henry Tucker of The Grove, this Henry Tucker held the posts of Secretary and Provost Marshal, which came with a handsome salary. In the 1790s he was appointed President of the Council and, occasionally, Acting Governor.

Many members of the Tucker clan supported the colonial patriots, and had business dealings in the American colonies. Branches of this Tucker family went to Virginia and embraced their independence from Britain as Americans after the Revolution.

In 1807, having decided to move to England, Henry put Tucker House up for lease, but he died unexpectedly of influenza in February 1808. Much of the Tucker clan had supported the American Revolution and had moved to Virginia, entering politics and law.

In 1809 Henry's widow Frances sold the house to John Till an agent of Gosling and Company, but when the firm went bankrupt and he could not pay the mortgage she was forced to foreclose. Tucker House was sold again in 1813 to James Richardson.

Tucker House Museum
5 Water Street, St. George, Bermuda:
Benjamin Dickinson Harvey bought the property in 1825. In 1860 brothers William Tudor Tucker & Richard Thomas Tucker obtained ownership. Tucker House Museum opened on May 5, 1953. The Bermuda National Trust began caring for Tucker House in 1970.

At present, the burial location of this Henry Tucker is unknown. There are many historic cemeteries in Bermuda. Most of the oldest early gravesite markers and records no longer exist. The Bermuda National Trust Museum maintains a partial listing of old gravesites, mostly of former military officers from the late 1700's and after. Many of the early ancestors in this extended family clan of the Bermuda Tucker family may be buried on the original site of "The Grove" plantation in Port Royal, Southampton Parish, Bermuda - original island home of family patriarch George Tucker IV of Kent, England and Bermuda. Land from his estate was donated to Saint Anne's Church for a cemetery in the 1600's. Others in this line are likely buried in St. George's and Hamilton.