Martha Ellington

Notes:

Martha Ellington Motley
Gave up her life for her country
Martha was the wife of Captain Joseph Motley of Amelia and Pittsylvania Counties, Virginia, and was murdered during the Revolution. She refused to divulge to a Tory raiding party the hiding place of supplies which Captain Motley had for the Continental Army, or the whereabouts of her husband.

Martha was alone in the "Old Place" except for servants and the little children at home. She was recuperating in bed from the recent birth of her eleventh child, Elizabeth. She was served by Rachel, a very extraordinary servant who is purported to have been an African Princess. This servant was kidnapped from the rice fields of her homeland by slave traders. The record also states that she spoke a different language from the other servants and wore beautiful flowers tattooed on her breasts. This servant later raised the children who were left orphaned when Martha was murdered.

Present that fateful day were four little girls, daughters of Martha and Joseph. Obedience was eight, Prudence was six, Sally was four and Delilah was two. They were under foot when the party of men on horseback arrived at the front gate to be greeted by Rachel. The spokesman of the group asked to see Captain Motley. When told he was not at home, they demanded to talk to Mrs Motley. Although informed by Rachel that Mrs Motley was ill in bed and could not be disturbed, on the insistence of one of the men, the servant allowed them into the house. Later Rachel disclosed that she recognized one of the men as a neighbor of the Motleys. The party of men hurried past Rachel and the little girls and barged up the stairs to Martha's room. In the excitement of a child's fancy, Obedience ran to see what this was all about, and was present when the neighbor and 'friend' demanded to know where her father and brothers were and where the provisions were kept. She heard her mother refuse to give them any information and saw them take the arm of her mother and (despite Martha's struggles and cries) pierce her arm with a knife and leave her faint and unconscious.

Of the little girls there that day, the baby-in-arms, Elizabeth, lived to adulthood and married Floyd Tanner. Delilah married Benjamin Terry; Sally married Francis Anderson; Prudence married Joshua Stone. They all lived in Pittsylvania County. Obedience married John Morehead of Rockingham County, North Carolina in 1790.

Source:
"Reflections of Generations," by Loren Adams, and "The Roster of Texas DAR Ancestors, 1976."
Martha Ellington is shown as the wife of Joseph Motley - re.: Page 230 - An Index to the Spouses of the DAR Patriots, copyright 1986 by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
Martha was born in Amelia Co, Va abt 1736 and died (killed) in Pittsylvania Co, Va in 1776. Joseph Motley was born abt 1720, Gloucester Co, Va. and died Dec 15 1806 Pittsylvania Co, Va.

David Ellington b. 1713 in Prince George Co., Va.; d. Mar. 1783, Amelia Co., Va.; m. Martha Ann Tucker abt. 1736; she was b. 1718, Chesterfield Co., Va. They were the parents of above Martha Ellington. Martha Ellington's younger sister, Obedience, m. Stephen Evans, Jr. (III), on Nov. 23, 1764, Amelia Co., Va. Stephen and Obedience are shown in Hancock Co., Ga., year 1794.

David Ellington and Martha Ann Tucker had a son, David Ellington, Jr., b. Sept. 7, 1741, Amelia Co., Va.; d. Jan. 20, 1820, Wilkes Co., Ga.; m. Jane Harrison, b. abt. 1745; d. 1828; marriage date was Jan. 7, 1790, Prince Edward Co., Va.

Martha married Joseph Motley in 1750. Joseph (son of Joseph Motley and Elizabeth Forrest) was born in 1720 in , Nottoway, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Dec 1806 in Danville, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; was buried in , Nottoway, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Martha Patsy Motley was born in 1753 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA; died in 1806 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
2. Daniel Motley was born on 6 Jul 1755 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Oct 1815 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
3. Samuel Motley was born on 23 Nov 1758 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA; died in 1834 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
4. John Motley was born on 23 Nov 1761 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Mar 1826 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in , Nottoway, Virginia, USA.
5. David James Motley was born on 23 Nov 1761 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Mar 1826 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
6. Obedience Motley was born in 1768 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA; died in 1863 in Mocksville, Davie, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Happy Home, Rockingham, North Carolina, USA.
7. Prudence Motley was born in 1770 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Oct 1838 in Mocksville, Davie, North Carolina, USA.
8. Sarah "Sallie" Mottley was born in 1772 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Jun 1832 in , Wilson, Tennessee, USA.
9. Elizabeth Motley was born in 1773 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA; died on 15 Dec 1806 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.
10. Amy Motley was born in 1778 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Jun 1853 in , DeKalb, Alabama, USA.
11. Delilah Motley was born on 7 Dec 1779 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Mar 1837 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: , , Virginia, USA
• Married: 1736, , Amelia, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 20 Jul 1738, , Amelia, Virginia, USA; Purchased 358 acres between Deep Cr. & Woody Cr.
• Residence: 1741, , Amelia, Virginia, USA; Amelia County Tithables - 1
• Residence: 10 Jun 1743, , Amelia, Virginia, USA; Amelia County Tithables - 1/60
• Residence: 10 Jun 1744, , Amelia, Virginia, USA; Amelia County Tithables - 1
• Residence: 16 Jun 1744, , Amelia, Virginia, USA; Mentioned as adjoining 239 acres purchased by Willutt Roberts.
• Residence: 12 Jan 1746, , Amelia, Virginia, USA; Patented 2 tracts of land, 325 acres and 400 acres.
• Residence: 11 May 1771, , Orange, Virginia, USA; Delegate at Craig's Meeting House representing Amelia Baptist Church for the 10000 name petition.
• Residence: 1773, Nottoway, Amelia, Virginia, USA
• Probate: 5 Nov 1773, , Amelia, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Source: Information was furnished by Karen Kessler of Franklin County, TN.
LaMona Phillips ljwp author located some marriages recorded in Pittsylvania County, VA. 1767-1805.

AMELIA COUNTY VIRGINIA WILL BOOK #2 - 130 5 NOVEMBER 1773
In the name of God I DAVID ELLINGTON of the Parish of Nottoway and County of Amelia being weak of body but of sound memory and tranquillity of mind for which I thank the divine goodness, however not knowing how soon my changes may come do therefore declare and ordain this to be my last will and testament in manner and formal following to wit
Imprimis, I give and bequeath to my son JEREMIAH ELLINGTON all the estate I have already possessed him with to him and his heirs forever.
Item, I give and bequeath to my son DAVID ELLINGTON all the estate I have already possessed him with to him and his heirs forever.
Item, I give and confirm to my son JOSIAH ELLINGTON all the estate I have already possessed him with to him and his heirs forever.
Item, I give and confirm for my son HEZEKIAH ELLINGTON all the estate I have already possessed him with to him and his heirs forever.
Item, I give and bequeath to my son ENOCH WARD ELLINGTON four hundred acres of land the lower half of the tract of land boought of Edward Threat adjoining Gunn to him and his heirs forever. I also give and bequeath to my said son ENOCH one negro man named York to
him and his heirs forever.
Item, I give and bequeath to my son STEPHEN ELLINGTON two hundred and fifty acres of land the upper part of the tract whereon I now live to him and his heirs forever. I also give my said son STEPHEN one negro woman named Jenny to him and his heirs forever.
Item, I give and confirm to daughter LUCY TANNER all the estate I have already possessed her with to her and her heirs forever.
Item, I give and confirm to my daughter MARTHA MOTTLEY all the estate I have already possessed her with to her and her heirs forever.
Item, I give and confirm to my daughter OBEDIENCE EVANS all the estate I have already possessed her with to her and her heirs forever.
Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter SARAH ELLINGTON two negro slaves to wit, Tammy and Dinah to her and her heirs forever.
Item, I lend to my loving wife MARTHA ELLINGTON one hundred acres of land the lower part of the tract whereon I now live. Including the
Plantation during her natural life and after her decease I give and bequeath the said one hundred acres of land to may son STEPHEN
ELLINGTON to him and his heirs forever.
Item, I give and bequeath to my loving wife MARTHA ELLINGTON all the remainder of my estate, be it of what kind soever, she paying all my
just debts but that she shall give the said estate at her decease to such or as many of my children as she shall think proper.
In witness where of I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal this fifth day of November in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy three.

David Ellington
Signed and Sealed in Presence off Robert Mumford, Sen., John Gray, Tho. B. Mumford

David married Martha Ann Tucker in 1736 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA. Martha (daughter of Robert R Tucker and Martha Frances Eppes) was born on 29 Aug 1719 in Bristol Parish, Prince William, Virginia, USA; died on 9 May 1782 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 1732, , Amelia, Virginia, USA

Notes:

~~ MARTHA ANN TUCKER ELLINGTON ~~__________________________________________________
"Martha Ann Tucker" was born on 8-29-1719 or 9-29-1719 in Prince George Co., VA. She was baptized on 10-9-1720 according to Bristol Parish Register, VA where the family emphasized "ANN" in her baptismal name. She was born to "Robert Tucker, Jr. & Martha Epes Tucker".
Martha Ann died on 5-9-1782 @ Lunenburg Co., VA.
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Martha Ann's FATHER: "Robert Tucker, Jr." was born in 1676 in Charles City Co., VA. He died in 1750 @ Amelia Co., VA. He made his will on 9-26-1744 which was probated on 5-18-1750.
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Martha Ann's MOTHER: "Martha Epes Tucker" was born about 1695 in Charles City Co., VA. She died in 1766 in Amelia Co., VA.
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Martha Ann's PARENTS married on 5-8-1712. Martha Epes was Robert's 2nd. wife.

Their 4 CHILDREN who were all born @ Prince George Co., VA were:
~ MARTHA ANN TUCKER (b: 8-29-1719 or 9-29-1719; d: 5-9-1782);
~ Joseph Tucker (b: 6-22-1722; d: 1798);
~ Daniel Tucker (b: Jan. 1724);
~ Sarah (Sally) Tucker (b: 5-10-1725; d: 1783).
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"Martha Ann Tucker's FATHER's LINEAGE:

(Please Note: This was particularly tedious to do because this family named most of their children "John, Robert, Daniel, William, & Sarah (Sally)" which complicated the search for Martha Ann's father's direct line! There were "multiple" generations of brothers who did this!)
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~~ Her 4-GREAT's-GRANDFATHER = "John Tucker I".
He was born in 1520 @ Mortenhamstead, Devon, England. He died in 1547 @ London, England.
~He married "Jane ?".
~They had 3 Sons:
Richard, John Jr. or II, & William.
John I died, & Jane then married Ralph Hamor, Sr. So, Jane & Ralph Hamor, Sr. finished raising the 3 sons of John I & had children of their own.
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~~ Her 3-GREAT's-GRANDFATHER = "John Tucker Jr. or II".
~He married "Alice Pelham" on 3-8-1580 @ St. Clement Eastcheap, London, England.
~They had 7 Children:
Ann, John, Thomas, William, Alice, Robert, & Susanna.
John II was an investor in The Virginia Co. which was established by King James I to establish colonial settlements in North America.
* John II's half-brother, Ralph Hamor, Jr., wrote the first book ever published on The Jamestown Colony in 1615. *
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~~ Her GREAT-GREAT-GRANDFATHER = "William Tucker (Captain)".
He was born @ Yorkshire, England in 1588 & died @ Elizabeth City, VA in 1644.
~He married "Mary Thompson". They arrived in VA on the Ship ‘Mary & James'.
~They had a son named John Tucker @ Westmoreland Co., VA in 1626.

* Captain William was a participant in the politics & workings of Jamestown, VA. He had Dr. John Potts lace poison into the ceremonial drinks of the Indian chiefs @ a negotiation for peace in May of 1623. Chief Powhatan became ill from the poison while the other chief Opechancanough escaped; a total of approximately 200 Indians were killed that day. *
Captain William Tucker is listed as a "survivor of Jamestown".
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~~ Her GREAT-GRANDFATHER = "John Tucker III" (III =we'll call him).
* He was "the first" of this Tucker line who was born in North America! *
He was born on 9-8-1626 @ Westmoreland Co., VA; he died on 5-5-1671.
~He married "Rose Allerton" on 10-26-1645 @ Westmoreland Co., VA.
~They had 4 Children @ Charles City Co., VA:
Robert Sr., John, Sarah, & William Gerrard.
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~~ Her GRANDFATHER = "Robert Tucker, Sr.".
He was born & died @ Charles City Co., VA; he was born in 1652 & died in 1704.
~He married "Elizabeth Coleman" in 1676.
~They had 4 Children @ Charles City Co., VA:
Robert Jr., Daniel, Joseph, & William.
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~~ Her FATHER: "Robert Tucker, Jr. (Captain)".
He was born @ Charles City Co., VA in 1676; he died in 1750 @ Amelia Co., VA.
(He first married Elizabeth Parham, & they had 5 children.)

~ Following Elizabeth’s death, he then married "Martha Epes" on 5-8-1712.

~They had 4 CHILDREN who were all born @ Prince George Co., VA:
1. “Martha Ann Tucker” (m: David Ellington, Sr.); had 10 children.
2. Joseph Tucker (m: Prudence Wood); had 7 children.
3. Daniel Tucker (m: Elizabeth Clay); had 13 children.
4. Sarah “Sally” Tucker (m: John Jesse Clay); had 3 children.
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Further TUCKER Connection to the ELLINGTON's:

~~ Martha Ann Tucker Ellington's Brother, "Joseph Tucker", made his will on 6-1-1793. Probate of his will was granted in court on 6-18-1798.
(Will Bk. 3, p. 123 of Prince Edward Co., VA).
*** His Sons, Joseph Tucker, Jr. & Wood Tucker, & "Daniel Ellington" are listed as his 3 Executors. "Sally Ellington, John Ellington, & Daniel Ellington” are also witnesses to his will. ***
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“Martha Ann Tucker” MARRIED “David Ellington, Sr.” in 1735.
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DAVID ELLINGTON, SR. was born in 1713 or 1718 @ Prince George Co., VA. This gets a little tricky as to his death; he "made his will" on 11-5-1773 @ Nottoway Parish, Amelia Co., VA. One account (of ‘many' varying accounts) said he died on 5-11-1774 which was the spring after he made the will in Nov. So, I tend to think he did die on 5-11-1774. HIS FATHER was "John Ellington, Jr. or IV" who arrived in 1712 (according to a NASA biography called "Ellington Field, a Short History") or in 1717 (according to Ancestry.com where a passenger list to Virginia showed a "John Ellington" arriving in 1717 "with father John" stated as 'another' John Ellington. They were listed as "appraiser & surveyor".) HIS MOTHER was "Sarah Sabrina Worsham". (There were many Worsham's in VA in the 1600-1700's, but which one was her line is unknown as-of-yet.)
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MARTHA ANN & DAVID ELLINGTON, SR. had 10 Children who all lived to adulthood & prospered…quite a feat in the mid 1700's!

THEIR CHILDREN:
* = service during The Rev. War.
It seems these Ellington's "gave goods & supplies for the war effort" while the 1 son-in-law was a supply agent (Martha's husband) & the other son-in-law actually "fought in The Rev. War" (Obedience's husband).

1. Martha (1736--1780); m: Joseph Motley, III in 1750.
* "Martha Ellington Motley" = There are So Many stories about: how she protected the whereabouts of her husband, Capt. Motley, from the Tories; how she would not divulge to the Tories where the supplies were kept for The Rev. War effort; & how she was stabbed & left weak & unconscious by the raiding Tories; & some say she "died for her country".
I don't know. She was attempting to recover from the birth of her "11th. child @ age 44" when the Tories attacked her in her bed! The Rev. War ended in 1783; Martha died in 1780. She "could be" a true heroine of The Rev. War!

* "Joseph Motley III" served as a Captain under George Washington during The French & Indian War (1754-1763).
He was a "supply agent" for The Continental Army during The Rev. War (hence, the Tories wanting to know where the supplies were stored from Martha).
This is perhaps "why" most of the Ellington's "supplied goods & materials to The Continental Army" because of their brother-in-law Motley holding this particular position as supply agent.

2. Jeremiah (1737--1796); m: Frances (Fanny) Jones.
* Jeremiah Ellington supplied beef to The Continental Army during The Rev. War.

3. Lucy (1739--1802); m: Joel Tanner; lived in Wilkes Co., GA.

4. "DAVID, JR." (9-7-1741—1-2-1820); m: Jerusha Fowlkes in 1765; Jerusha died 6-28-1789; m: Jane Harrison on 1-6-1790.
David JR., Jerusha, & Jerusha's cousin John were "Separate Baptists". They petitioned Amelia Co., VA court to gather in the home of George Walton in 1768 to worship. DAVID JR. was a Baptist Minister in 1771 in Amelia Co. VA; he continued that from 1781-1791 in Lunenburg Co., VA.
-David married Jane Harrison in Prince Edward Co., VA on 1-6-1790. She was the daughter of William Harrison.
* "DAVID ELLINGTON, JR." [Patriotic Service, VA] according to "Soldiers & Patriots of GA" website.

5. Josiah (1743--1819); m: Mary Cunningham; m: Elizabeth Bruce.

6. Obedience (1745--1827); she died in Hancock, GA; m: Stephen Evans, Jr.;
there were 13 children from this marriage;
* "Stephen Evans, Jr." was a corporal in "The VA Militia" during The Rev. War.

7. Sarah (1750--1782); m: John Page.
Sarah married John Page. She was dead before 11-28-1782 when he married Elizabeth Wilkerson. John Page died in Lunenburg Co., VA in 1786 & identified "David Ellington Page" as a minor son in his will. Sarah's brother, David Ellington JR., witnessed Page's will.

8. Hezekiah, Sr. (2-23-1753—1793); m: Ridley Ann Bruce.
* "Hezekiah Ellington" provided beef & a gun to The Continental Army during The Rev. War.

9. Enoch Ward (1754--1826) m: Sarah Woodson in 1779; m: Judith Woodson (her sister) in 1780; m: Nancy Blankenship in 1816.

10. Stephen (1757--?); m: Frances Williams.
* "Stephen Ellington" provided beef to The Continental Army during The Rev. War.
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*** DAVID SR.'s FATHER "John Ellington" lent a horse & also provided beef & bacon to The Continental Line during The Revolutionary War said one account. Then this: "Ellington, John: Service: VA Rank: Patriotic Service: Description: 'He rendered material aid.' This was according to Abercrombie & Slatten, VA Rev. Public Claims, Volume 1." *** This goes along with the "family story" that he supplied the soldiers with goods & animals.
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"Martha Ann Tucker Ellington" lost her husband, David SR. in 1774. According to records, she lived with her son, David JR., following her husband's death. She died on 5-9-1782 @ Lunenburg Co., VA.

John married Sabina (Ellington). Sabina was born in 1690 in , , Virginia, USA; died in , Amelia, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 1698, Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA
• Residence: Abt 1744, , Amelia, Virginia, USA
• Probate: 26 Sep 1744, , Amelia, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Will Book 1, page 63, Amelia County, Virginia
Will of Robert Tucker, dated September 26, 1744 and recorded May 18, 1750.

Wife, Martha, land and plantation whereon I now live for life then to son, Daniel. Son, Joseph. Daughter, Sarah Clay. Son, Robert. Rest of personal property to be equally divided between my children. No appraisal to be made. Negro man Joe to wife, then to son, Joseph. Negro man Dick to wife, then to son, Daniel. Executor, son, Robert. Witnesses were John Cordle, Junr. Henry Hasten (by his mark), and John Powell.

Robert married Martha Frances Eppes in 1698 in Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA. Martha (daughter of Francis Eppes and Anne Isham) was born on 3 Feb 1695 in Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA; died in 1766 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Martha Epps
• Birth: 1672, Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA
• Birth: 1678, , Prince George, Virginia, USA
• Death: 1725
• Death: 1766, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Notes:

~ MARTHA EPES TUCKER ~
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"Martha Epes" was born about 1695 in Charles City Co., VA. She died in 1766 in Amelia Co., VA.
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MARTHA EPES knew widower, "Robert Tucker, Jr.". He was known as "Captain". (His 1st. wife was Elizabeth Parham, & they had 5 children.)

"Robert Tucker, Jr." was born in 1676 in Charles City Co., VA. He died in 1750 @ Amelia Co., VA. He made his will on 9-26-1744 which was probated on 5-18-1750.
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MARTHA EPES married CAPTAIN ROBERT TUCKER, JR. on 5-8-1712.

Their 4 CHILDREN who were all born @ Prince George Co., VA were:

~~ Martha Ann Tucker (b: 8-29-1719 or 9-29-1719; d: 5-9-1782);
m: David Ellington, Sr.; had 10 children.

~~ Joseph Tucker (b: 6-22-1722; d: 1798);
m: Prudence Wood; had 7 children.

~~ Daniel Tucker (b: Jan. 1724);
m: Elizabeth Clay; had 13 children.

~~ Sarah (Sally) Tucker (b: 5-10-1725; d: 1783);
m: John Jesse Clay; had 3 children.
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HER HUSBAND, CAPTAIN ROBERT TUCKER, JR.'s LINEAGE:

"Robert Tucker, Sr." (1652-1704)
+ Elizabeth Coleman

"Captain Robert Tucker, Jr." (1676-1750)
+ Elizabeth Parham
+ "Martha Epes" (1695-1766)
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There is a lot of circumstantial evidence that places "Martha Epes Tucker" within the "Physical Neighborhood" of the following landowners/surveyors who often witnessed deeds & wills of each other & married their neighbors.

~~ John, Daniel, William Sr., & William Jr. WORSHAM
William Sr.'s widow later married Col. Frances Epes II who was Frances III's dad.

~~ John ELLINGTON
His wife was Sarah Sabrina Worsham.
Their son, David, Sr., married the daughter of "Martha Epes Tucker" & Capt. Robert Tucker, Jr. = Martha Ann Tucker.

~~ John, Daniel, & Robert Sr. TUCKER
These men surveyed land & worked on bridge projects with the Worsham's & John Ellington.

~~ Captain Robert TUCKER, Jr.
After his wife died, he married "Martha Epes" who was 19 years younger than he.
His son, Joseph Tucker, had 3 Ellington's listed in his will as an executor (Daniel who was the son of JOHN) & 2 witnesses (Sally & JOHN).

~~ Frances EPES III
His wife was "Anne" Isham.
"Martha Epes Tucker" named her 1st. child "Martha ANN" where ANN was emphasized in her baptismal record. Anne Isham Epes died in 1718; it would have been a tribute to this deceased lady to have named Martha's first child (who was born the following year) in remembrance of her.
Frances Epes III's land also "joined" Capt. Robert Tucker, Jr.'s land. It would have been very convenient to marry-off Martha Epes (some relation to him) to his widowed neighbor!

These families were intertwined for decades within VA where they sold land to one another, witnessed deeds of one another, had their children marry into these neighboring landowners' families, surveyed land & built bridges with one another, & witnessed each others wills.

At-this-point, I'm not sure exactly which Epes Family that Martha descends from...she was married to a prominent member of the Tucker Family who was a generation older than she was when she married @ 19...she had to have had an older Epes relation which helped to facilitate her marriage to the neighbor of Frances Epes III, Captain Robert Tucker, Jr.
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~ Lynda, 6-great's-granddaughter to MARTHA EPES TUCKER through her daughter, Martha Ann Tucker Ellington.

John married Ellison about 1680 in Hempstead, Nassau, New York, USA. (daughter of Lawrence Ellison) was born about 1662; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 7 May 1652, Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA
• Death: 26 Sep 1704, Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA

Robert married Elizabeth Coleman in 1676 in Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Coleman, Sr and Elizabeth Grizzell) was born on 16 Oct 1657 in Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA; died on 26 Mar 1747 in St Marks Parish, Culpeper, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Anne Isham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Margaret Plegor Conesby. Margaret was born in 1522; died in 1598. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 31 May 1671, , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA

John married Edy Hentige on 26 Oct 1654 in , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. Edy was born in 1632 in , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA; died in 1663 in , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert Coleman was born in the county of Essex, England in 1622. He married Elizabeth Grizzell, daughter of William Grizzell about 1650 in Rappahannock, Essex, VA. Robert Coleman died in 1689 at Tyndalls Point, Gloucester, VA. Robert arrived in America on 2 March 1648 as a headright of Thomas Symons. Robert landed in upper Norfolk County in VA and later settled near Mobjack Bay in Gloucester County, VA by 1658 whereupon he entered into a deed with Francis Carpenter for land in Westmoreland County. He made several other land purchases in Virginia.

Robert married Elizabeth Grizzell. Elizabeth was born on 18 Jul 1632 in Rappahannock, Essex, Virginia, USA; died in 1700 in Gloucester Point, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1610, Jamestown, James City, Virginia, USA

Notes:

William Tucker (b 1589 - d 1642) Came to Virginia in 1610, on the "Mary and James". He was important in the Virginia Colony - a member of the first House of Burgesses (see monument at Jamestown), Councillor 1625-27, appointed one of the Commissioners to supervise the Virginia Gov't. in 1623; returned to England in 1633. His children were William, Mary, and Thomas.
Father: William Tucker b: 1540 in Exeter, Devonshire, England
Mother: Honora Erissey b: 1545

Emigrated to Virginia: 1610 in the Mary and James
Virginia House of Burgesses: 1619 1625 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia
Land Office Patent: 20 SEP 1624 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia 150 acres within the Corporation of Elizabeth City. Abutting eastward upon the land of Richard Boulton.
Will Signed: 12 OCT 1642
Will Probated: 17 FEB 1644
Spouse: Mary Lloyde (Wife) b. 1597 in England
Children: Alice Tucker b. ABT 1594 in England

The first black american born into indentured servitude is owned by Captain William Tucker. Capt. Tucker is born in England and is the son of John Tucker Sr.and Alice Pelharm. Member of the VIRGINIA HOUSE of BURGESS. First arriived in Jamestowne with his wife mary Thompson around 1620. Captain of the ship "MARY and JAMES" Brought indentured servants Antonie and Isabell with him. They have a son and name him William Tucker after the Captain William Tucker Small William is the FIRST NON-SLAVE but indentured servant born in the NEW WORLD later to become the United States..

On March 22 1622 The Powhatan Indian Attack kills 347 colonists, in and around the Jamestowne settlement setting off a war that lasted a decade.


By 1623 May 20 in retalliation, the Jamestowne residents have Captain William Tucker conclude a peace negotiation with a Powhatan Indian village by proposing a toast with a drink laced with poison prepared by Jamestowne resident Dr. John Potts; 200 Powhatans die instantly and another 50 are slaughtered. The Indian threat is over.

Possible decendents living in Virginia, New York and North Carolina.

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Capt William Tucker b. 7 Jan 1589 in Cornwall England and Died in Elizabeth City, VA in 1644
Capt. William Tucker was responsible for brutally suppressing the Powhatan Indians in 1623

William Tucker was Kecoughtan's first representative in the house of Burgesses.

'By 1616, there were about 20 English inhabitants at Kecoughtan, and most were engaged in farming. In 1619, Kecoughtan's first two representatives in the House of Burgesses were Captain William Tucker and William Capps. Tucker was the military commander of Kecoughtan and Capps an early landowner on the west side of the Hampton River. At the first session of the legislature, the two men petitioned the Assembly 'to change the savage name of Kicowtan, and to give that Incorporation a new name.' In 1620, the name 'Elizabeth City' was adopted, and it served as the county's name until 1952. '

'In May 1623 the colonists arranged a spurious peace parley with Opechancanough through friendly Indian intermediaries. On May 22, Captain William Tucker and a force of musketeers met with Opechancanough and other prominent Powhatans on neutral ground along the Potomac River, allegedly to negotiate the release of the other captives. But Tucker's objective was the slaughter of Powhatan leaders. After the captain and the Indians had exchanged 'manye fayned speeches,' approximately 200 of the Powhatans who had accompanied their leaders unwittingly drank poisoned wine that Jamestown's resident physician and later governor, Dr. John Pott, had prepared for the occasion. Many of the Indians fell sick or immediately dropped dead, and Tucker's men shot and killed about 50 more. Some important tribal members were slain, but Opechancanough escaped, and with him went any hopes of a quick return for the captured women. Between May and November of that same year, the colonists ravaged the Powhatans throughout Tidewater Virginia. The 'fraudulent peace' had worked, and the Indians had planted corn 'in great abundance' only to see Englishmen harvest it for their own use. Successful raids by the settlers not only proved the undoing of the Powhatans but made fortunes for several Jamestown corn profiteers. These raids against the Indians helped to heal the emotional wounds of the colonists, but victory came at a high price. While the captive women suffered alongside their captors, the Indian war transformed the colony into an even cruder, crueler place than before. The war intensified the social stratification between leaders and laborers and masters and servants, while a handful of powerful men on Virginia Governor Sir Francis Wyatt's council thoroughly dominated the political, economic, and military affairs of the colony. It soon became clear that the fate of the missing women depended not upon official concern or humanitarian instincts but upon the principle that everything and everybody had a price. Near the end of 1623, more than a year and a half after the uprising, the prosperous Dr. Pott ransomed Jane Dickenson and other women from the Indians for a few pounds of trade beads. After her release, Dickenson learned that she owed a debt of labor to Dr. Pott for the ransom he had paid and for the three years of service that her deceased husband had left on his contract of servitude at the time of his death. She complained bitterly that her new 'servitude . . . differeth not from her slavery with the Indians.' By 1624, no more than seven of the fifteen to twenty hostages had arrived in Jamestown. The majority of them returned with Jane Dickenson. Those who did not come back were presumed killed during the 1622 attack, although one captive, Anne Jackson, was not returned until 1630. Mistress Boyse, the first of the missing women to rejoin the colony, was not mentioned in official records following her return. Another of the captives, Mistress Jeffries, died within a few months of her release. Anne Jackson probably returned to the colony badly broken from the consequences of her captivity, for in 1630 the council ordered that she 'bee sent for England with the first opportunity,' with the stipulation that her brother take care of her until she was on board a ship. Nothing more was heard of Jane Dickenson after she petitioned the council in March 1624 for release from her 'slavery' with Dr. Pott.'

Capt William Tucker b. 7 Jan 1589 in Cornwall England and Died in Elizabeth City, VA in 1644
Capt. William Tucker was responsible for brutally suppressing the Powhatan Indians in 1623:

'In May 1623 the colonists arranged a spurious peace parley with Opechancanough through friendly Indian intermediaries. On May 22, Captain William Tucker and a force of musketeers met with Opechancanough and other prominent Powhatans on neutral ground along the Potomac River, allegedly to negotiate the release of the other captives. But Tucker's objective was the slaughter of Powhatan leaders. After the captain and the Indians had exchanged 'manye fayned speeches,' approximately 200 of the Powhatans who had accompanied their leaders unwittingly drank poisoned wine that Jamestown's resident physician and later governor, Dr. John Pott, had prepared for the occasion. Many of the Indians fell sick or immediately dropped dead, and Tucker's men shot and killed about 50 more. Some important tribal members were slain, but Opechancanough escaped, and with him went any hopes of a quick return for the captured women. Between May and November of that same year, the colonists ravaged the Powhatans throughout Tidewater Virginia. The 'fraudulent peace' had worked, and the Indians had planted corn 'in great abundance' only to see Englishmen harvest it for their own use. Successful raids by the settlers not only proved the undoing of the Powhatans but made fortunes for several Jamestown corn profiteers. These raids against the Indians helped to heal the emotional wounds of the colonists, but victory came at a high price. While the captive women suffered alongside their captors, the Indian war transformed the colony into an even cruder, crueler place than before. The war intensified the social stratification between leaders and laborers and masters and servants, while a handful of powerful men on Virginia Governor Sir Francis Wyatt's council thoroughly dominated the political, economic, and military affairs of the colony. It soon became clear that the fate of the missing women depended not upon official concern or humanitarian instincts but upon the principle that everything and everybody had a price. Near the end of 1623, more than a year and a half after the uprising, the prosperous Dr. Pott ransomed Jane Dickenson and other women from the Indians for a few pounds of trade beads. After her release, Dickenson learned that she owed a debt of labor to Dr. Pott for the ransom he had paid and for the three years of service that her deceased husband had left on his contract of servitude at the time of his death. She complained bitterly that her new 'servitude . . . differeth not from her slavery with the Indians.' By 1624, no more than seven of the fifteen to twenty hostages had arrived in Jamestown. The majority of them returned with Jane Dickenson. Those who did not come back were presumed killed during the 1622 attack, although one captive, Anne Jackson, was not returned until 1630. Mistress Boyse, the first of the missing women to rejoin the colony, was not mentioned in official records following her return. Another of the captives, Mistress Jeffries, died within a few months of her release. Anne Jackson probably returned to the colony badly broken from the consequences of her captivity, for in 1630 the council ordered that she 'bee sent for England with the first opportunity,' with the stipulation that her brother take care of her until she was on board a ship. Nothing more was heard of Jane Dickenson after she petitioned the council in March 1624 for release from her 'slavery' with Dr. Pott.'

From the Virtual Jamestown timeline: 1623
May: Captain William Tucker concludes peace negotiations with a Powhatan village by proposing a toast with a drink laced with poison prepared by Dr. John Potts; 200 Powhatans die instantly and another 50 are slaughtered.

6 April 1589
[S-6] Christening of Captain William Tucker at St Nicholas Acons, London, England

1610
[S-7] Captain William Tucker immigrated to America on the Mary and James.

1612
[S-6] Captain William Tucker & brother Thomas each received a bequest of 10 pounds sterling from Henry Steevens, Citizen & Haberdasher of London.

1617 & 1618
[S-6] Captain William Tucker sent two men from England in 1617 and followed in 1618.

1618
[S-8] In 1618 Governor Samuel Argall appointed Captain William Tucker commander of Point Comfort.

30 July 1619
[S-5] & [S-12] Captain William Tucker of Kicoughtan was a member House of Burgess.

6 December 1620
[S-20] Captain William Tucker patents 650 acres in Norfolk, along the James River. This property was sold by 1644 to Captain John Sibsey.

17 April 1621
[S-24] William Tucker of Elizabeth City, VA gives a deposition.

May 1621
[S-18] Captain William Tucker recommends Richard Norwood as surveyor who was anxious to emigrate to Virginia.

1621
[S-10] Captain William Tucker and Ralph Hamor went to London to see Parliament for Virginia's case in opposing the tobacco contract proposed by Sir Thomas Roe and others.
[S-25] William Tucker is involved in a lawsuit.

23 December 1621
[S-1] & [S-23] Governor in Virginia. Commission to William Tucker: To trade in Bay for corn.

22 March 1622
[S-3] & [S-4] The Powhatan Indian Attack kills 347 colonists, setting off a war that lasted a decade.

18 May 1622
[S-23] Commission to Captain William Tucker to command Kecoughtan.

16 July 1622
[S-1] & [S-23] Governor in Virginia. A Commission to William Tucker: To begin a plantation on the Eastern Shore.

3 January 1622/3
[S-2], [S-13] & [S-23] Governor in Virginia. Instructions to Captain William Tucker.

12 May 1623
[S-2] & [S-23] Governor in Virginia. Commission to Captain William Tucker.

22 May 1623
[S-3] & [S-4] Captain William Tucker met with Opechancanough and other prominent Powhatans.

12 July 1623
[S-23] Commission to Captain William Pierce, Captain Samuel Mathews, Captain Nathaniel West and Captain William Tucker to raise men to attack the indians.

23 July 1623
[S-16] Captain William Tucker was assigned the attack upon the "Nansamums, & Wariscoyacks".

31 August 1623
[S-23] Proclamation touching payment of debts: No one shall dispose of any part of his tobacco until he has paid all his debts, whether the debt be to the Magazine, the Company, to Captain Tucker or to private individuals.

October 1623
[S-23] Warrant to Captain William Tucker: Levy on tobacco throughout the Plantations to pay for the public debt. Levy on sassafras.

28 October 1623
[S-23] Warrant to Captain William Tucker: To recruit thirty men for the defense of the colony from the plantation under his command.

27 November 1623
[S-2] Governor in Virginia. A Warrant to Captain William Tucker.

26 December 1623
[S-2] Governor in Virginia. A Letter to Captain William Tucker.

31 December 1623
[S-2] Council in Virginia. A Commission to Captain William Tucker.

9 January 1623/4
[S-2] Council in Virginia. An Order to Captain William Tucker.

20 September 1624
[S-6] & [S-20] Captain William Tucker, now commander of Koccoughton, 150@ w/in Elizabeth City County. This property was sold to Ralph Barlowe 18 March 1645.

7 February 1624/5
[S-11] Captain William Tucker and family are listed in Muster.

1625
[S-7] Captain William Tucker member of the King's Council

1626
[S-6] & [S-17] Undated, lands granted by patent to Captain William Tucker, Elizabeth City (150@) and south of the river (650@).

17 October 1628
[S-20] Captain William Tucker patents 50 acres.

17 November 1628
[S-20] Captain William Tucker sells the property he patented a month earlier to Thomas Willoughby.

18 December 1628
[S-21] Captain William Tucker sails for England landing at Plymouth 2 February.

12 May 1630
[S-21] Captain William Tucker gives evidence about the ship the Sun.

28 May 1631 (about)
[S-9] William Claiborne "took command" of his Kent Island venture and sailed from England on the ship Africa (hired from William Tucker, who had married a sister of Maurice Thomson) with servants and supplies.

1 June 1632
[S-20] Captain William Tucker patents 100 acres in Elizabeth City.

1632 & 1633
[S-10] William Tucker and Thomas Stone in a syndicate given a right to market the entire Virginian tobacco crop.

6 February 1633
[S-20] Captain William Tucker sells the 100 acres he patented eight months earlier in Elizabeth City to Lancelott Barnes.

17 January 1634
[S-27] Examination of William Tucker of Redrith (co. Surrey), aged 44, "armiger".

1634
[S-19] Richard Thompson of Walton, Herts, married Elizabeth, daughter of John Harsnett (Visitation of Herts, 1634). They had issue: Mary, born 1599, married Captain William Tucker, born1589, who was in Virginia 1610, member of the House of Burgess 1623, member of the Council 1626, and had issue: Elizabeth, born in Viriginia 1624-5.

14 July 1635
[S-20] Captain William Tucker patents 200 acres in Norfolk. This property was sold to Richard Joanis in November of 1646.

9 February 1636
[S-7] & [S-20] Captain William Tucker partner in Berkeley Hundred Land Deal (8000 acres in Charles City Co., VA).

18 June 1638
[S-28] Depositions of William Tucker and William Harris against Ralph Wyatt over a quantity of tobacco brought back from Virginia in the "Globe".

17 September 1638
[S-26] Petition of the defendants John West, Samuel Mathew, William Tucker and others to Lord Coventry.

1638 (about)
[S-10] Captain William Tucker was in partnership in trade to an unnamed area with Maurice Thomson, George Thomson and James Stone.

1638 - 1641
[S-10] Captain William Tucker may have been involved in Captain William Jackson's raiding voyage to the Spanish West Indies with William Pennoyer and Thomas Frere. (Brenner, Merchants and Revolution, p. 158 has it that Capt. William Jackson was once an apprentice of William Tucker in the London Clothworkers Company.)

12 October 1639
[S-22] Captain William Tucker involved in auditing accounts between Cloberry and Claiborne (Cleborne).

1 October 1642
[S-14] Captain William Tucker, Assistant to the Committee going to Ireland.

11 October 1642
[S-15] Captain William Tucker to be Assistant to the Committee that are to go into Ireland.

12 October 1642
[S-6] Will of Captain William Tucker written.

22 December 1643
[S-6] !LAND: William Tucker, near land of John Carter, 22 Dec 1643.(p150 Cavaliers & Pioneers of VA vol I).

Sources.
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http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/jefferson_papers/vc03.html
2. Thomas Jefferson Papers: Records of the Virginia Company: Table of Contents for Volume IV
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http://www.virtualjamestown.org/timeline2.html
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http://www.historynet.com/wars_conflicts/17_18_century/3035981.html?featured=y&c=y
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http://www.newrivernotes.com/va/vareg1.htm
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http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bradsdata&id=I11433
7. The Thom(p)son Conundrum:
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bianco/Resources/riddle.html
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9. The First Campbells on Jamaica
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ISBN: 080630085X
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Sent to me by Doug Tucker of FL
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William married Mary Elizabeth ThompsonJamestown, James City, Virginia, USA. Mary was born on 21 Jan 1598 in Watlon Stone, Hertfordshire, England; died in 1640 in , Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]