Ancestry of
William Tukey

(1777–1850)

Benjamin Tukey

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• • Father of William Tukey — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • John Tukey 
  • Mother:
  • Abigail Sweetser   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1749 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Portland, Cumberland, Maine 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 30 Oct 1777 
  • Death Location:
  • Portland, Cumberland, Maine 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland, Maine 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Hannah Stanford
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1775 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  William Tukey (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • Benjamin Tukey was killed during the Revolutionary War. After the British surrender at Saratoga, the American patriots became over zealous in their celebrations and as a result, Benjamin Tukey's arm was blown off at the shoulder on 20 OCT 1770 by a cannon that exploded while he was loading it on Congress Street, near Mrs. Greeley's tavern.

• Sources for Benjamin Tukey

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A116837.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/13/2022).
  • ³ Twelfth Report of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, October 11, 1908, to October 11, 1909, Washington: Government Printing Office (1910), 79.
  • ⁴ Belcher, Henry, The First American Civil War: First Period, 1775-1778, Vol. 2, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited (1911), 347, see footnote 2.
  • ⁵ Willis, William, Journals of the Rev. Thomas Smith, and the Rev. Samuel Deane, Pastors of the First Church in Portland . . ., Portland: Joseph S. Bailey (1849), 236, see footnote.