History of the town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908 :
with family genealogies Boston, Mass.: G.E. Littlefield,
Matt Bushnell Jones 1909

[Transcribed by Dave Swerdfeger]

TUCKER.

ROBERT(1) TUCKER was in Weymouth, Mass., 1635; rem. to Milton, Mass., about 1662 and was its first town recorder; Rep. several years; died Mar. 11, 1682, ae. 78; married Elizabeth Allen. Their fifth child and third son was Benjamin(2) Tucker, born in Weymouth, 1646; settled in Roxbury, Mass., where he died Feb. 27, 1713-4; he married Ann, dau. Edward and Mary (Eliot) Payson of Dorchester. Their first child was Benjamin(3) Tucker, born in Roxbury, Mar. 8, 1670. He came into possession of lands owned by his father in Spencer and Leicester, Mass.; died 1728; married (1) Sarah ---------, (2) Elizabeth Williams, whose third child was Benjamin(4) Tucker born, probably in Leicester, Mass., Mar. 15, 1703-4; died Jan. 20, 1761; married Apr. 3, 1729, Mary Warren of Watertown, Mass. Their fourth child was Joshua(5) Tucker, born in Leicester, Mass., July 3, 1738.

1. JOSHUA(5) TUCKER (Benjamin,(4) Benjamin,(3) Benjamin,(2) Robert(1)) son of Benjamin(4) and Mary (Warren) Tucker, was born in Leicester, Mass., July 3, 1738; sett. bef. the Revolution in Strafford, Vt., where he was a justice, 1778, and town clerk, 1782-3; Rev. soldier, 1777 and 1780; rem. to Cherry Valley, N. Y. He married in Leicester, Feb. 4, 1765, Sarah Davis. He is said to have had nineteen children of whom we know only:

• i. CALEB.(6)
• ii. JOSHUA.
• iii. JOSEPH, perhaps of Middlesex. Vt., 1791.
• iv. 2. BENJAMIN.
• v. EZRA.
  
  2.BENJAMIN(6) TUCKER (Josha,(5) Benjamin,(4) Benjamin,(3) Benjamin,(2) Robert(1)) was born and resided in Strafford, Vt. He married Lucinda Lane. Children, born in Strafford, Vt.
  • 3. i. ELEAZER WELLS,(7) b. Jan. 29, 1815.
  • ii. MILO, b. Feb. 2, 1822; prin. Co., 9th Vt. Vols.; d. at Andersonville, Ga., Aug. 10, 1863.
  • iii. CAROLINE.
  • iv. LUCINDA.
  • v. BETSEY.
    
    3.ELEAZER WELLS(7) TUCKER (Benjamin,(6) Joshua,(5) Benjamin,(4) Benjamin,(3) Benjamin,(2) Robert(1)) was born in Strafford, Vt., Jan. 29, 1815; sett. in W. on a farm that lay in lot 60, but after some years removed to Fayston, Vt., where he died Feb. 28, 1898; was at one time licensed to preach by the Methodist ch. in W. He married, Oct. 7, 1841, Jeanette, dau. Joseph and Mary (Boyce) Palmer, b. Nov. 28, 1820; d. Apr. 11, 1898. Children:
    • i. BENJAMIN W.,(8) b. Aug. 12, 1842; d. June 21, 1862.
    • ii. JOSEPH PALMER, b. Dec. 26, 1845; sett. in Warren, Vt.; m. July 4, 1871, Mary Alice Murray, b. May 3, 1853. Chn.:
      • Hattie Alice,(9) b. Sept. 10, 1872;
      • Annice Jeanette, b. Dec. 29, 1873;
      • Mary Ette, b. June 8, 1876;
      • Albert Wells, b. Sept. 20, 1877;
      • Justin Paul, b. Nov. 19, 1882;
      • Ida Jane, b. June 14, 1886;
      • Jessie Edna, b. Apr. 13, 1890.
    • iii. HIRAM, b. Feb. 20, 1848; d. Jan. 22, 1851.
    • iv. MARY ANN, b. Feb. 7, 1852; m. Nov. 26, 1891, Charles Bagley of Moretown, Vt.
    • v. JEANETTE MARIA, b. May 21, 1854.
    • vi. ANNE E., b. Mar. 21, 1860; m. Feb. 2, 1882, Lawrence B. Eaton of Fayston.
    • vii. HARRY ALVARO, b. Jan. 6, 1862; d. Nov. 5, 1863.
    • viii. 4. ALVARO B., b. Dec. 29, 1863.
    • ix. 5. WESLEY WELLS, b. Feb. 19, 1867.
      
      4.ALVARO B.(8) TUCKER (Eleazer Wells(7), Benjamin,(6) Joshua,(5). Benjamin,(4) Benjamin,(3) Benjamin,(2) Robert(1)) was born in Fayston, Vt., Dec. 29, 1863; sett. in W. He married, Nov. 19, 1898, Ida Murray, widow of Albert D. Barnard, b. Apr. 10, 1864. Children, born in Waitsfield:
      • i. CLARENCE MURRAY,(9) b. Dec. 29, 1899.
      • ii. ORMAN ALVARO, b. July 13, 1902.
      
      5.WESLEY WELLS(8) TUCKER (Eleazer Wells,(7) Benjamin,(6) Joshua,(5) Benjamin,(4) Benjamin,(3) Benjamin,(2) Robert(1)) was born in Fayston, Feb. 19, 1867; sett. in W. He married, Apr. 6, 1898, Flora Lovitt. Children, born in Waitsfield:
      • i. EDMOND WELLS,(9) b. Feb. 15, 1899.
      • ii. ERNEST ARCHIE, b. Jan. 4, 1901.
      • iii. EDITH ALICE, b. June 13, 1905.