Martha Frances Eppes^[1]

1695 - 1766  (70 years)

• Name	Martha Frances Eppes  [2]
  Birth	1672	Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Birth	1678	, Prince George, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Birth	3 Feb 1695	Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1725  [2]
  Death	1766	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Name	Martha Epps  [2]
  Death	1766	, Amelia, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I49526	Master
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	Francis Eppes
  Mother	Anne Isham
  Family ID	F11217	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert R Tucker,   b. 10 May 1676, Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA d. 26 Sep 1744, , Amelia, Virginia, USA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	1698	Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Married	8 May 1712	, Prince George, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. James Tucker,   b. 1698, Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA d. 19 Oct 1770, , Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA (Age 72 years)   2. Courtenay Tucker,   b. 1699, , , Virginia, USA   3. Frances Tucker,   b. 11 March 1699, Bristol Parish, Prince George, Virginia, USA d. 22 April 1786, , Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA (Age 87 years)   4. Robert Tucker,   b. 1706, , Prince George, Virginia, USA d. 1769, , Amelia, Virginia, USA (Age 63 years)   5. George Tucker,   b. 1710, Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, USA d. 1785, , Amelia, Virginia, USA (Age 75 years)   6. John Sr Tucker,   b. 1712, Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, USA d. 1769, , Amelia, Virginia, USA (Age 57 years)   7. Sarah Tucker,   b. 1715, , , Virginia, USA d. 1730 (Age 15 years)   8. William Tucker,   b. 1715, , , Virginia, USA d. 1768 (Age 53 years) + 9. Martha Ann Tucker,   b. 29 Aug 1719, Bristol Parish, Prince William, Virginia, USA d. 9 May 1782, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA (Age 62 years)   10. Daniel Tucker,   b. 1 Jan 1725, Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, USA d. 1792, , Wake, North Carolina, USA (Age 66 years)   11. Sarah Tucker,   b. 10 May 1726, Bristol Parish, Amelia, Virginia, USA d. 1782, , Amelia, Virginia, USA (Age 55 years)   12. Joseph Tucker,   b. 17 Aug 1744, , Amelia, Virginia, USA d. 12 Jul 1816, Perry, Missouri, USA (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F11202	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1672 - Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA Birth - 1678 - , Prince George, Virginia, USA Birth - 3 Feb 1695 - Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA Marriage - 1698 - Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA Married - 8 May 1712 - , Prince George, Virginia, USA Death - 1766 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Death - 1766 - , Amelia, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  ~ MARTHA EPES TUCKER ~ _________________________ "Martha Epes" was born about 1695 in Charles City Co., VA. She died in 1766 in Amelia Co., VA. _________________________ 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. ---------------------- 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. _________________________ 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) _________________________ 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. __________________________ ~ Lynda, 6-great's-granddaughter to MARTHA EPES TUCKER through her daughter, Martha Ann Tucker Ellington.

  
  

• 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.).