Daniela, No doubt Donna Burdick, Smithfield Historian, will respond to you. She would know if any one does. Knew a couple of Tuckers but have no family info on them. Chas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniela Moneta" <dmoneta@cox.net> To: <NYMADISO@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 2:33 PM Subject: [NYMADISO] Tuckers in Smithfield > Hi Madison County researchers, > > > > I am new to this list and am researching my Tucker family from Smithfield, > Madison County. > > > > My ancestor, Moses Tucker, was in Smithfield around 1805 as his son, > Chauncey Tucker, was born there according to information on his son's > death > record and obituary. The death records and his obituary for Chauncey (he > died in LaSalle, New York and I have requested a copy of his death record, > if it exists) says that he was born in Smithport, Madison County, New York > on 10 January 1805. I know that there is no place called Smithport in > Madison County and since it is not close to the sea, there is no port. > Since > Chauncey was no longer around to correct what his family said about him > after he died, I think that the family must have misremembered his birth > place and should have said Smithfield and not Smithport. As I study more > about Smithfield, I see that it was not organized until 1807. I imagine > that > it may have existed as a place before it was "officially" organized in > 1807. > Does anyone know if this is true? > > > > Moses Tucker migrated to Chautauqua County by 1809 where he purchased land > from the Holland Land Company. Actually, he steadily purchased land in > Chautauqua from 1809 up until 1835 when he died sometime before the 1840 > census was taken as his wife, Elizabeth, appears as head-of-household. I > have him pretty well pinned down in Chautauqua. > > > > Where Moses was born and who his parents were is still a mystery to me. A > descendant of his daughter (my ancestor Nancy) says that Moses married > Elizabeth Cable and they had the following children, Nancy Tucker b. 1801, > Chauncey Tucker b. 1805, Harriet Tucker no birth info, James Tucker b. > 1814 > in Chautauqua County, NY, and Moses Tucker Jr. born in 1815 in Chautauqua. > Two of Moses' sons married into the Risley family and I know the Risleys > were in Madison County in the early days. Chauncey married Florella C. > Risley, the daughter of Elijah Risley, Jr and Abigail (Nabby) Bringham, in > about 1833 in Chautauqua and James Tucker married Emeline Risley in 1840 > in > Chautauqua. I don't know who Emeline's parents were. > > > > I have been working on this Tucker Family research for a number of years > but > haven't gotten very far. I have the summer off from my job so I have > devoted > full time to this research and started three weeks ago when I went to Salt > Lake City to work in the Family History Library and since then for the > past > three weeks I have worked full time on it from home. I live in Phoenix, > Arizona and am not able to travel to New York to do research. I am about > to > order several rolls of microfilm but wanted to introduce myself to the > list. > Is there anyone researching the Moses Tucker family in Madison County? I > know there was a James Tucker in Smithfield around the time Moses was > there > but I have not been able to tie them together. > > > > Here is what I have found so far: a Moses Tucker appeared on the 1790 > census > in Otsego, Montgomery County, NY. He was a free white male 16 years and > upward, and head of the household. According to the 1820 and 1830 censuses > in Chautauqua County (assuming they are correct), Moses was born between > 1770 and 1780. So, this could be my Moses at a very young age. In 1790 > Montgomery county encompassed a huge area including the Madison County > area. > > > > Moses Tucker was listed on the Town of Cazenovia Road Book compiled by > Daniel H. Weiskotten in 2000. In 1805 and 1807 he was listed as the path > master for the road. A Moses Tucker was listed as a Smithfield juror in > 1807according to William H. Tuttle's Names and Sketches of the Pioneer > Settlers of Madison County, New York. > > > > As I mentioned above, I will be ordering land, court, and probate records > for Madison County for the early years to see if Moses is mentioned. I > will > also order the early records of Chenango County from which Madison was > taken. > > > > I am also interested in Moses' wife's family, the Cable family. I have not > found a trace of them in anything I have read about Madison County. > > > > Any help you can give me with this research would be very much > appreciated. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Daniela Moneta > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message