Tucker Family Page

	This is the family history page for the Tucker family in the West Indies.   This site is dedicated to the exchange of information about this family.	Descendants of Henry TUCKER Table of Contents Descendants Surname List Name Index Download GEDCOM file (21593 bytes) Prepared by: David O'Carroll   This web site produced 19 Jan 2002 by Ancestry Family Tree, a product of Incline Software, LC.
Emily Wilkin 1869 -1932 a descendent of the Tuckers.		In 1615 a new charter was granted to 117 British noblemen who founded the Bermuda Company and took over the administration of the island. Captain Daniel Tucker was appointed Governor. He was a harsh man who enforced labour and paid with the "hog pennies", brass coins stamped on one side with the symbol of the Bermuda hog. The island was divided into parishes named for the chief investors in the Bermuda Company. The first Parlament convened in 1620.
	RESOURCES	History of Bermuda click on: http://www.insiders.com/bermuda/main-history.htm