Ancestry of
Benjamin Tukey
(c1749–1777)
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- 1st Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 1
- Father:
- John Tukey
- Mother:
- Abigail Sweetser
- Birth Date:
- ABT 1749
- Birth Location:
- prob. Portland, Cumberland, Maine
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 30 Oct 1777
- Death Location:
- Portland, Cumberland, Maine
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland, Maine
- 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.
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Marriages for Benjamin Tukey
- Spouse:
- Hannah Stanford
- Marriage Date:
- ABT 1775
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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.