Martha Frances Eppes

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.

Martha married Robert R Tucker in 1698 in Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA. Robert (son of Robert Tucker and Elizabeth Coleman) was born on 10 May 1676 in Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA; died on 26 Sep 1744 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James Tucker was born in 1698 in Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA; died on 19 Oct 1770 in , Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA.
2. Courtenay Tucker was born in 1699 in , , Virginia, USA.
3. Frances Tucker was born on 11 March 1699 in Bristol Parish, Prince George, Virginia, USA; died on 22 April 1786 in , Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA.
4. Robert Tucker was born in 1706 in , Prince George, Virginia, USA; died in 1769 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA.
5. George Tucker was born in 1710 in Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, USA; died in 1785 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA.
6. John Sr Tucker was born in 1712 in Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, USA; died in 1769 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA.
7. Sarah Tucker was born in 1715 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1730.
8. William Tucker was born in 1715 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1768.
9. Martha Ann Tucker was born on 29 Aug 1719 in Bristol Parish, Prince William, Virginia, USA; died on 9 May 1782 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA.
10. Daniel Tucker was born on 1 Jan 1725 in Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, USA; died in 1792 in , Wake, North Carolina, USA.
11. Sarah Tucker was born on 10 May 1726 in Bristol Parish, Amelia, Virginia, USA; died in 1782 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA.
12. Joseph Tucker was born on 17 Aug 1744 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Jul 1816 in Perry, Missouri, USA.

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