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Painting of the WILLIAM BRYAN, New Plymouth, Taranaki

EDWARD TUCKER

b. c. 1790 in England;

d. 25 Sep 1855 in Freemans Bay, Auckland, buried 27th Sep at Symonds Street Cemetery.

Married JANE KITTOW (parents WILLIAM KITTOW and TEMPERANCE CORNELIUS) on the 8 Dec 1818 in Calstock, Cornwall, England.

b. baptised 1 December 1793 in St Andrews, Calstock, Cornwall, England;

d. 7 January 1883 in Arch Hill, Auckland. Buried 9 Jan 1833 by Rev Haselden at Symonds Street Cemetery. reference 109/152 Auck city libraries.

EDWARD TUCKER

Marriage Certificate: Both are shown as sojourner of this parish, indicating that neither were originally from that area. Both Edward and Jane signed with an 'x'. WILLIAM KITTOW was a witness.

Death certificate: Ref - 1855/969. Address: Freemans Bay, Auckland; Age at death: 65 years; Cause of death influenza; informant: Richard Tucker, son, sawyer, Freemans Bay. His occupation was given as a Farmer.

JANE TUCKER

Death certificate: Ref - 1883/10. Aged 89 years; Lived in New Zealand for 46 years; Married age 25 to Edward Tucker. Living children 3 boys, 1 girl; informants name is Thomas, the rest of his name and description is unreadable. Cause of death: Diarrhorea.

Children of EDWARD TUCKER and JANE KITTOW are:

i GEORGE TUCKER, d. 19 Jul 1900, Araperara.

ii WILLIAM TUCKER, b. Abt. 1820, Tavistock, England.

iii EDWARD TUCKER, b. 16 February 1823, Calstock, England; d. 08 Jul 1879. Married EMMA PHILLIPS 26 August 1844, New Plymouth.

iv MARGARET (OR MAY ANN) TUCKER, b. Abt. 1825, Calstock, England.

v JOHN TUCKER, baptised 8 Nov 1829, North Hill, Cornwall, Eng; d. 19 Dec 1903, Auckland. Married CHRISTINA SWANSON 0n 18 July 1870 in Auckland.

vi ELIZA TUCKER, baptised 26 Feb 1832, North Hill, Cornwall, England; d. 24 Sep 1854, Auckland. Married JAMES MCLEOD 2 July 1851 in Auckland.

vii JANE KITTO TUCKER, baptised 2 Oct 1832, North Hill, Cornwall, Eng; d. 26 Dec 1909, Thames, New Zealand. Married JOHN HAY MCKENZIE MCRAE 31 August 1861 in Freemans Bay, Auckland.

viii RICHARD TUCKER, baptised 2 Mar 1834, North Hill, Cornwall, Eng; d. 04 Mar 1891, buried 6 March in Auckland Symonds street cemetery, Block C 49. Married LOUISA COMMONS 15 August 1856 in Auckland.

ix WILLIAM HENRY TUCKER, b. 16 April 1839, aptised 12 May 1839, North Hill, Cornwall, England.

EDWARD and JANE are listed on the passenger list of the "William Bryan'.

The barque William Bryan, of 312 tons, was built at Southhampton in 1816. Originally owned by Messers Domett & England she was sold to Tullock & Company in 1844 and subsequently to Frampton & Company. She made various voyages to the Black Sea and West Indies and was finally wrecked in 1859.

In October 1840 William Bryan was contracted to the Plymouth Company to transport prospective settlers to New Zealand. She sailed from Plymouth in 19 November 1840 and arrived off the newly selected site of New Plymouth, Taranaki on March 31St 1841 with the first 148 Company settlers.

There are 9 individuals listed within the Tucker family: Edward (50, Agricultural Labourer), Jane (47), Edward Junior (17, Agricultural Labourer), Boy x 2 (7 to 14), Girl (7-14), Boy (1-7), Boy, Girl.

From the Calstock Online Marriages:

19 Dec 1818 TUCKER, Edward KITTOW, Jane sojourners banns

W: Wm. (or W.M.) Kittow, Stephen Johns

Please go here for the diary of the William Bryans' surgeon for the trip from Plymouth to New Zealand.

For a Brief History of the family, please go here (prepared for a Tucker reunion).

St. Andrew's Church in Calstock, Cornwall

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