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Tucker John

Male 1804 - 1880  (75 years)


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  • Name Tucker John 
    • Farmer
    Born 24 Jun 1804  ,Datchet,Buckinghamshire,England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Baptism Aft 24 Jun 1804  ,Datchet,Buckinghamshire,England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Crime 6 Dec 1823  Aylesbury Gaol,Aylesbury,,England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    • Sent to gaol for robbing William Edwards of money on the highway.
    Crime 7 Feb 1824  Aylesbury Gaol,Aylesbury,Buckinghamshire,England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • Attempted to escape from prison
    Convicted 4 Mar 1824  Assizes,,Buckinghamshire,England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    • Lent Assizes. Death sentence
    Crime 4 Mar 1824  Assizes,,Buckinghamshire,England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9, 10, 11, 12
    • Highway Robbery
    FACT Jun 1824  [13
    Petition 
    Census 1828  Mattavai Station, Cobbity, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Government Servant Labourer Catholic John Hassall Mattavai Cooke T1197
      In 1816 Jonathan had received from Governor Macquarie a grant of 200 acres at the Cowpastures near Camden (present-day: Cobbitty) which he called Matavai.This was consolidated later by a second grant of 230 acres. The 1828 Census records that Jonathan's Matavaiholding now totalled 700 acres;
    Census 1837  ,Penrith,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Master Charles Thompson Penrith - had grant of 50 acres

      Could be Charles Tompson, Clydesdale Penrith -=
    Occupation 13 Nov 1842  ,,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Labourer 
    Occupation 7 Sep 1845  ,South Creek,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Farmer 
    FACT 15 Oct 1847  [8, 14
    Occupation 13 Dec 1847  ,South Creek,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Labourer for Robert Harris 
    Residence 17 Dec 1848  ,South Creek,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Labourer
    Occupation 23 Apr 1880 
    Farmer 
    Died 23 Apr 1880  Bathurst Hospital,Bathurst,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 15
    Cause: Erysipelas, exhaustion 8 months 
    Buried 24 Apr 1880  ,Bathurst,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Name: John Tucker
      Age: 20
      Estimated birth year: abt 1804
      Date Received: 3 May 1824
      Ship: York
      Place Moored: Portsmouth
      Date Convicted: 04 Mar 1824
      Place Convicted: Buckingham [16]
    • [17]
    Person ID I460  GeniAus Family Tree
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2022 

    Father Tucker William,   b. Abt 1770, ,,,England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1852, ,Datchet,Buckinghamshire,England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Mother Eyers Mary,   b. Abt 1777,   d. 7 Jul 1841, ,Datchet,Buckinghamshire,England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Married 11 Jul 1797  ,Datchet,Buckinghamshire,England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F360  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maxwell Catherine Jane,   b. 1814, ,Glasgow,,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 13 Dec 1847  St Mary Magdalene Anglican Church, South Creek, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [18, 19
    Children 
     1. Tucker Maria,   b. 1840, ,South Creek,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1886, ,Burraga,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     2. Tucker Julia Ann,   b. 16 Oct 1842, ,South Creek,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Tucker John,   b. 5 Jun 1845, ,South Creek,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 20 Sep 1871, One Eye, Trunkey, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 26 years)
     4. Tucker Isabella Mary,   b. 16 Oct 1848, ,South Creek,NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1925, Lambeth St, Glen Innes, NSW,Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F113  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 Jun 1804 - ,Datchet,Buckinghamshire,England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - Aft 24 Jun 1804 - ,Datchet,Buckinghamshire,England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsConvicted - 4 Mar 1824 - Assizes,,Buckinghamshire,England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCrime - 4 Mar 1824 - Assizes,,Buckinghamshire,England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1828 - Mattavai Station, Cobbity, NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Labourer - 13 Nov 1842 - ,,NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 7 Sep 1845 - ,South Creek,NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Labourer for Robert Harris - 13 Dec 1847 - ,South Creek,NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 13 Dec 1847 - St Mary Magdalene Anglican Church, South Creek, NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 17 Dec 1848 - ,South Creek,NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Erysipelas, exhaustion 8 months - 23 Apr 1880 - Bathurst Hospital,Bathurst,NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 24 Apr 1880 - ,Bathurst,NSW,Australia Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S11] Familysearch, C073231 1799 - 1875 0919227 Film 6902165 Film.
      John Tucker
      England Births and Christenings
      Name John Tucker
      Gender Male
      Birth Date 24 Jun 1804
      Birthplace Datchet, Buckingham, England
      Father's Name William Tucker
      Mother's Name Mary

    2. [S24] Death Certificate.

    3. [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
      Name: John Tucker
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 24 Jun 1804
      Birth Place: Datchet, Buckingham, England
      Father: William Tucker
      Mother: Mary
      FHL Film Number: 1999279
      Reference ID: Item 1

    4. [S37] Find my past, Windsor and Eton Express 13 December 1823 Page 4.

    5. [S2925] Windsor and Eton Express - Windsor, Berkshire, England, 13 December 1823.

    6. [S2925] Windsor and Eton Express - Windsor, Berkshire, England, 14 February 1824 p.4.

    7. [S2815] Bucks Convicts, James C Coughtrey, (Bucks Family History Society 1985), Page 27.

    8. [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, New South Wales, Australia, Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons, 1788-1870.
      Name: John Tucker
      Age: 43
      Birth Year: 1804
      Origin Place: Datchet
      Conviction Date: 4 Mar 1824
      Arrival Year: 1825
      Pardon Date: 30 Sep 1847
      Vessel Name: Hercules
      Record Type: Conditional
      Pardon Number: 47/1023
      Does the John Tucker in this record match the person i

    9. [S2926] Oxford Journal, 20 March 1824.

    10. [S3092] Morning Post, 15 March 1824.

    11. [S2925] Windsor and Eton Express - Windsor, Berkshire, England, 13 March 1824 p. 4.

    12. Criminal=Highway Robbery.

    13. [S45] The National Archives, HO 17/53/56.
      ** Prisoner name: John Tucker. Court and date of trial: Buckingham Lent Assizes **date....
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      Reference: HO 17/53/56
      Description:
      ** Prisoner name: John Tucker.

      Court and date of trial: Buckingham Lent Assizes **date.

      Crime: Highway robbery on William Edwards.

      Initial sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life.

      Petitioner(s): 38 people from Datchet [Buckinghamshire] including the prosecutor, and prisoner's son,

      **Grounds for clemency

      Date: 1824 Jun
      Held by: The National Archives, Kew
      Former reference in its original department: Ik 6
      Legal status: Public Record(s)
      Language: English
      Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

    14. [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia; Copies of Conditional Pardons Registered; Reel Number: 785; Roll Number: 158; Volume Number: 4/4454.

    15. [S3024] NSW Death Index, NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, 5342 / 1880.
      TUCKER JOHN 5342 / 1880 WILLIAM MARY BATHURST

    16. [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849 about John Tucker.

    17. [S120] Surgeon's Journal Convict ship - Hercules, Goodsir, N.

    18. [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, Name: Catherine Maxwell Spouse Name: John Tucker Marriage Date: 1847 Marriage Place: New South Wales Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 about Catherine Maxwell Registration Place: Cydesdael, South Creek, New South Wales Registration Year: 1847 Volume Number: V C.

    19. [S52] x NSW BDM Indexes, NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, V1847319 C.

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      First name(s)
      John

      Last name
      Tucker

      Birth year
      -

      Residence
      New South Wales, Australia

      Marriage year
      1847

      Marriage date
      13 Dec 1847

      Spouse's first name(s)
      Catherine

      Spouse's last name
      Maxwell

      Marriage place
      St. Mary Magdalen, South Creek, New South Wales, Australia

      Town
      -

      County
      -