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ABRAHAM TUCKER was from New Castle/North Castle, Westchester County, New York. ABRAHAM was born circa 1745 (place unknown). He married a woman named DEBORAH. They had eight children while living there:
New Castle is ten miles north of White Plains, New York. Indians called it Shappequa or Chappequa, which means "The Laurel Swamp", or it may have been an Algonquin term "Chapacour" for "a vegetable root". The chief aboriginal proprietor of this area was the Indian Sachem Wampus. He sold the area to Col. Caleb Heathcote and others for 100 pounds in 1696. North Castle is four miles south of New Castle. There were many Tuckers and Arnolds in the Quaker Meeting at Chappequa. The Quaker meeting house was built at New Castle in 1753. The population at New Castle had grown to 1,495 by 1846, and to 2,010 at North Castle. Some of the offices to which the various Tuckers (and Arnolds) were appointed in the annual town meetings as listed in the North Castle/New Castle Historical Records, Vol. 1&2, are as follows: Joseph Tucker, Sessor [Assessor?], April ye 1st 1746 William Tucker, Gilbert Arnold, overseer of the roads, April ye 1st 1765 Abraham Tucker, overseer of the roads, April ye 4th 1780 Nathaniel Tucker, constable, April ye 1st 1783 Gilbert Arnold, 7th Destricts of Roads, April 1, 1788
Also, from the same source, a sampling of the assigned identification markings for hogs, which, without fences, ran loose: Joseph Tucker's Ear mark is a Crop on the off Ear and a half penny Under the same & a Slit in the near Ear. March 22, 1751
William Tucker's Ear mark is a Crop on the off Ear & a Slit in the Crop and a nick under the same. June 6, 1759
The Tax List for North Castle in 1779 included: William Tucker, Jr. 12 Real estate, tax 12 shillings William Tucker, Sr. 60 Real estate, tax 3 pounds Abraham Tucker 30 Real estate, tax 1 pnd, 10 sh Gilbert Arnold 120 Real estate, tax 6 pounds Reuben Tucker 110 Personal estate, tax 2 pnd, 15 sh
ABRAHAM and DEBORAH TUCKER and family moved to Queensbury, Warren Co., New York in 1786, as described in the following: From our Monthly Meeting held at Shapaqua the 20th of 4th Mo. 1786, To the Monthly Meeting at Saratoga: Dear friends, these may inform that our Friend Abraham Tucker and his wife Deborah with their Family is about to remove and settle within the Compass of your meeting and requested our Certificate, these to certify that they are members in Unity amoungst us and diligent attenders of our meetings both for Worship and Dicipline and Enquiry being made we find their outward affairs settled to Sattisfaction as far as appears as Such we recommend them with their Children whose Names are Daniel, Joseph, Anne [Amy], Abraham, Samuel, Sarah, Moses, & Rebeckah: to your Christian care and oversight with desires for their groath in the best things and in Love we Conclude and remain your friends Brethren and Sisters
William Knowles, Clerk Mary Underhill, Clerk [Saratoga was called Easton after 1794-5, Saratoga-West-of-the-River taking the name of Saratoga thereafter, and Queensbury being set off from Easton in 1800] After moving to Queensbury, ABRAHAM and DEBORAH had five more children:
ABRAHAM TUCKER died in Queensbury in 1798, and his wife DEBORAH died circa 1810. WILL of ABRAHAM TUCKER of QUEENSBURY Dated: December 12, 1797 Probated: September 7, 1798 Mentions: wife Deborough; sons: Daniel, Joseph, Abraham, Samuel, Moses, Henry, Caleb; daughters: Amy Dillingham, Sarah, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Anna, Rhoda (3 yrs old); brothers: Samuel, Moses Executrix: wife Executors: Thomas Stringhan, Elisha Folger Witnesses: Caleb Dean, George Southwick, Lydia Southwick There was a great Quaker migration in 1810-12, and some of the Tucker children became early settlers in Erie County, New York in the area now populated with such towns as Collins/N. Collins, Brant, Hamburg/E. Hamburg, Evans, Concord, Aurora, and Boston. Abram Tucker, brother of RHODA, went to the unsettled region in the southern part of Niagrara (now Erie) County, and in 1809 settled at the edge of what is now the town of North Collins, where he built a log cabin and covered it with bark. Samuel Tucker also settled in the area, following the Indian trail by way of Water Valley and Eden Center. It was the first team that passed over that trail. His provisions consisted principally of a barrel of flour and a barrel of pork; these he rolled down some of the steepest hills, as he could manage them better by hand than on the sled. He settled a mile and a half south of Abram. He built a log house. Having no table, he left a stump, nicely squared off, standing in the middle of his house, and this was the family table. His first wheat for seed was procured by trading off a Log-chain, and it was two years before the light shone through a glass window onto his peculiar table. Enos Southwich came with his family the same year, and Abram Tucker admitted them to the shelter of his hospitable mansion. In that little bark-covered cabin was born George Tucker (Aug 1810), the first white child in the towns of Collins and North Collins. If there had been a stump in Abram's cabin, it would have been a mite crowded. Henry Tucker followed his brothers into the region some time before 1812. In March of 1812 the town of Hamburg was formed, including the area of the present town of East Hamburg. John Green's tavern, not far from the Hardwin Arnold place, was a noted hostlery of that period, and the town meetings and elections were sometimes held there prior to the formation of Hamburg. At the Erie County Agricultural Society Fair of 1842, the first prize for cheese was awarded to H. Arnold & Son of Hamburg. At the state fair held in Buffalo in 1842, the "Hamburg cheese" won first prize, and for many years "Hamburg" was famous among cheeses. During the War of 1812, the region saw its share of fighting. The British attacked Buffalo, and there was a big battle at the edge of town at Black Rock on December 30, 1813. Most of Buffalo was destroyed. Three men from Hamburg were killed in the battle. Many fugitives from Buffalo fled through the Hamburg area, joined by many of the local residents. Volunteers were recruited for the war, but not like in modern times. As a general rule, if a volunteer of 1812 stayed on the line for three months he thought he had done something wonderful. Also, there were almost no officers, since the military academies were not yet providing them. They even formed a special militia of men too old to be called on for military duty. They were called "Silver Greys". One old pioneer in the area, Oliver Pattengill, was an ensign in such a unit. [Oliver was ASAPH PATTENGILL’s uncle] The early settlers, in addition to Indian troubles, had severe predation by bears and wolves, especially on their sheep and hogs. One farmer had a bear attack one of his old sows. He found the bear struggling with the sow under a workbench in a shanty. He beat the bear with a club to no avail. Having powder but no ammunition, he broke the bail off a kettle, loaded his gun with it, and actually killed the bear with this makeshift ammunition. In the 1820s, an especially sly and ingenious she-wolf enticed local dogs to join her in attacking the settlers' stock. The wolf eluded all attempts of the settlers to shoot or trap her. They did discover her litter of dog-wolves, and killed and scalped them to get the bounty of $30 per cub scalp. There was some argument over whether they should get the full bounty or just half for the half-wolves, but they received the full amount. The wolf then moved onto the farm of Samuel Tucker. He laid an especially skillfully disguised trap and did indeed snare the wily wolf. Men and boys came from miles around to see the wolf. The men executed the wolf with much rejoicing, and Samuel received the $60 bounty for the scalp. Moses Tucker was the first settler in the Brant Area in 1816. He reared three children, two of whom, Elijah and a daughter who married Charles Sherman, were later residents of North Collins. Two years later Moses was joined by six other settlers, John Roberts, John West, Major Campbell, Ansel Smith, and Robert and William Grannis. In 1819 Reuben Hussey, a relative of Moses, settled near him. Samuel Butts moved from Hamburg to the Brant area in 1820 and built the first saw mill. In 1825 Joseph Hubbard opened the first tavern. Milton Morse built the first store in 1835, and the place was called Morse's Corners for quite a period. He was also the first postmaster after the town of Brant was formed in 1839. The principal products of the area were produce for canneries, and cheese. There were many Quakers in the region besides the Tuckers. The first meeting house in the region was a log structure built at East Hamburg in 1801, and remained the only one until 1818. A Meeting was eventually established at North Collins, and many Tuckers, Arnolds, and Husons were among those families. PURCHASERS of LAND from the HOLLAND LAND COMPANY in ERIE COUNTY, NY (Arnold, Huson, and Tucker families):
1 Widow of CORNELIUS HUSON 2 Son of CORNELIUS, husband of RHODA TUCKER
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