Martha Ann Tucker^[1]

1719 - 1782  (62 years)

• Name	Martha Ann Tucker  [2]
  Birth	29 Aug 1719	Bristol Parish, Prince William, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Married	1732	, Amelia, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Death	9 May 1782	Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I1338	Master
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert R Tucker,   b. 10 May 1676, Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA d. 26 Sep 1744, , Amelia, Virginia, USA (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Martha Frances Eppes,   b. 3 Feb 1695, Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA d. 1766, , Amelia, Virginia, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1698	Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Married	8 May 1712	, Prince George, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F11202	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David Ellington,   b. 1713, , Prince George, Virginia, USA d. 11 May 1774, Nottoway, Amelia, Virginia, USA (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	1736	, Amelia, Virginia, USA
  Children	+ 1. Martha Ellington,   b. 1737, , Amelia, Virginia, USA d. 6 May 1780, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 43 years) + 2. Jeremiah Ellington,   b. 1737, , Amelia, Virginia, USA d. 11 Aug 1801, , Abbeville, South Carolina, USA (Age 64 years)   3. Lucy Ellington,   b. 1739, , Amelia, Virginia, USA d. Dec 1802, Nottoway, Amelia, Virginia, USA (Age 63 years) + 4. David Ellington,   b. 7 Sep 1741, , Amelia, Virginia, USA d. 2 Jan 1820, , Wilkes, Georgia, USA (Age 78 years)   5. Josiah Ellington, Sr,   b. 7 Sep 1741, , Amelia, Virginia, USA d. 1 Feb 1819, , Wilkes, Georgia, USA (Age 77 years)   6. Obedience Ellington,   b. 1748, , Amelia, Virginia, USA d. 1827, , Hancock, Georgia, USA (Age 79 years)   7. Hezekiah Ellington, Sr,   b. 23 Feb 1753, , Amelia, Virginia, USA d. 1793, , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA (Age 39 years) + 8. Enoch Ward Ellington,   b. 1754, , Amelia, Virginia, USA d. 1826, , Greene, Georgia, USA (Age 72 years)   9. Sarah Ellington,   b. 1755, , Amelia, Virginia, USA d. 7 Jul 1848, , Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA (Age 93 years)   10. Stephen Ellington,   b. 1757, , Amelia, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown, , Wilkes, Georgia, USA
  Family ID	F363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 1732 - , Amelia, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1736 - , Amelia, Virginia, USA Death - 9 May 1782 - Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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. ______________________________________________ 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. ------------------------------- Martha Ann's MOTHER: "Martha Epes Tucker" was born about 1695 in Charles City Co., VA. She died in 1766 in Amelia Co., VA. ------------------------------- 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). ______________________________________________ "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!) ------------------------------------------------ ~~ 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. ------------------------------------------------- ~~ 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. * ------------------------------------------------- ~~ 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". -------------------------------------------------- ~~ 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. --------------------------------------------------- ~~ 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. ---------------------------------------------------- ~~ 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. ____________________________________________________ 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. *** ____________________________________________________ “Martha Ann Tucker” MARRIED “David Ellington, Sr.” in 1735. ---------------------------------------------------- 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.) ---------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------- *** 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. __________________________________________________ "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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. [S1162] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).