Samuel TUCK
Biography

"Ensign Samuel Tuck, ninth child and third son of Edward and Sarah (Dearborn) Tuck, was born in Kensington, September 13, 1738, and died November 12, 1777, aged thirty-nine. He lived for a time in Kensington, and removed thence to Brentwood, and lived on the farm next south of his brother John's. He enlisted as a private in the company of his townsman, Captain Porter Kimball, Colonel Stephens Evans' regiment, September 8, 1777, and marched with his command to join the Northern Continental army at Saratoga. He was promoted to ensign, and died in the service, No vember 12. 1777, after serving two months and five days. He married, December 30, 1762, Anna Moul- ton, born June 24, 1744, daughter of John and Mary (Marston) Moulton, of Hampton. She survived him more than fifty-eight years, and died August 8, 1836. aged ninety-two years, one month and three days. Their children were: Edward, Samuel, John Moulton, Anna, Mary, Jeremiah, Jesse and Sarah."

Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 2
by Ezra S. Stearns William Frederick Whitcher Edward Everett Parker
Published January 1, 1908, Lewis Publishing Company





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