Benjamin Tucker Boston Tea Party Eyewitness

(January 23, 1734 – September 13, 1806)

Benjamin Tucker’s participation in the Boston Tea Party was claimed by his descendants.

That same history also claims that during the Revolutionary War, Benjamin Tucker was one of the militia who followed British troops out of Boston to Lexington and fired on them from behind a stone wall, and that he was wounded in the shoulder. According to the family, he was also present at Bunker Hill and fired on the British from behind buildings in Charlestown, Massachusetts.

No records have been found to corroborate this service.

Spouse:
Martha Davis (December 28, 1730 – November 3, 1820)

Children:

Benjamin Tucker (January 4, 1762 – Unknown)
Jacob Davis Tucker (April 16, 1763 – October 1, 1850)
Ichabod Tucker (April 17, 1765 – August 22, 1846)
Male Tucker (August 2, 1766 – Unknown)
Sarah Tucker (November 29, 1769 – March 26, 1848)
Mary Willard Tucker (April 18, 1773 - May 27, 1773)

Benjamin Tucker (January 4, 1762 – Unknown)
Ichabod Tucker (April 17, 1765 – August 22, 1846)
Sarah Tucker (November 29, 1769 – March 26, 1848)

Jacob Davis Tucker (April 16, 1763 – October 1, 1850)
Male Tucker (August 2, 1766 – Unknown)
Mary Willard Tucker (April 18, 1773 - May 27, 1773)

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