Philadelphia " Press," and now resides in Philadel- phia, where she has edited several journals.
TUCKER, Pomeroy, journalist, b. in Palmyra,
N. Y., in 1802 ; d. 30 June, 1870. He served an
apprenticeship as a printer in Palmyra, became a
contributor to the Canandaigua " Messenger," and
in 1824 established the " Sentinel " as a Democratic
organ. He was elected to the legislature in 1837,
and was for several years postmaster, and at one
time a canal collector. His journal espoused the
cause of free soil in 1848, and he was offered, but
declined, a nomination to congress. He published
a work on the " Origin, Rise, and Progress of Mor-
monism," containing biographies of the founders
and a history of the church, with personal remem-
brances (New York, 1867).
TUCKER, Samuel, naval officer, b. in Marble-
head, Mass., 1 Nov., 1747; d. in Bremen. Me., 10
March, 1833. He was the son of a ship-master, and
when eleven years old ran away and shipped in
the English sloop-of-war " Royal George. He
had command of a merchantman in 1768, and
made many voyages before the Revolution as a
captain. When the war began he was in London,
and narrowly escaped compulsory service in the
British navy. He returned as a passenger in a
ship that was owned by Robert Morris, and on the
voyage took charge of the vessel during a violent
storm. Mr. Morris then introduced him to Gen.
Washington, who commissioned him a captain in
the navy, 20 Jan., 1776, and assigned him to com-
mand the armed schooner " Franklin." While
this vessel was fitting out he took command of a
small schooner for a short cruise, and fell in with
a British transport with troops and stores. After
a desperate engagement for two and a half hours
the transport surrendered. The stores were given
to Washington's army, and arrived most oppor-
tunely. Tucker received the thanks of Washing-
ton and the army for this brilliant service. In
March, 1776, he was transferred to command the
schooner " Hancock," in which he captured two
English brigs in Massachusetts bay on 17 April,
the ship " Peggy " on 29 July, a brig and a brig-
antine on the following day, and the brig " Live-
ly" on 29 Oct., 1776. He captured more than
thirty vessels in the " Franklin " and " Hancock "
in 1776. The list was destroyed, but the prizes
included several armed vessels, and some of them
were very valuable. On 15 March, 1777, he was
appointed to command the frigate b Boston," in
which he took out John Adams as minister to
France in February, 1778. In June, 1779, after
capturing five prizes on his return voyage from
France, he convoyed a fleet of merchantmen from
the West Indies to Philadelphia, loaded with
clothing that had been bought in Holland for the
American army. He was chased by the Brit-
ish frigate " Pole," but by a ruse obtained a com-
manding position and compelled the enemy to
surrender, without firing a gun. He next cruised
in the " Boston " with the frigate " Confederacy "
also under his command, and captured several
British privateers. In August, 1779, he sailed in
company with the " Deane," under Com. Samuel
Nicholson ; both ships captured several prizes, and
the " Boston " took the sloop-of-war " Thorn "
alone. He sailed in the " Boston " in 1779 to join
the squadron of Cora. Abraham Whipple to assist
in the defence of Charleston, S. C. The American
squadron was captured by the British fleet on the
surrender of Charleston, and Tucker was paroled,
20 May, 1780. He went to Boston, effected his ex-
change with Capt. Wardlaw, whom he had cap-
tured in the "Thorn," and obtained command
of his former prize. He was highly successfxil
on this cruise, and captured seven prizes. He
endeavored to capture the enemy by stratagem
whenever it was possible. In July, 1781, he was
taken in the " Thorn " by the British frigate
" Hind " off the mouth of St. Lawrence river. He
and his crew were carried to Prince Edward
island, where they were kindly treated. He was
permitted to go in an open boat to Halifax with
some of his officers, instead of which he went to
Boston, notwithstanding the peril of the under-
taking. Upon his arrival he wrote to the British
commissary at Halifax saying he and his officers
considered themselves on parole, as their escape
was not strictly proper. The British officer accepted
the apology for the escape, and also granted them
their parole. After the war Tucker received a
vote of thanks from congress for his services. The
country was without any navy from 1785 till 1797,
and Tucker commanded several packets between
the Atlantic ports and Europe. In 1792 he re-
moved from Marblehead to a farm near Bristol,
where afterward was the town of Bremen, Me. In
1813 British privateers committed depredations
on the coast of Maine, and the commodore was
called on to command a schooner. Two brass
cannon were borrowed from the fort at Wiscasset,
and with improvised armament the schooner
chased and captured a privateer after a desperate
fight of two hours. The vessel proved to be the
" Crown," with valuable stores, which Tucker dis-
tributed among the needy people of the district.
After his retirement from the sea he served as se-
lectman of the town of Bristol, was elected to the
Massachusetts legislature in 1814-'18, and was a
member of the convention to form a constitution
for the new state of Maine in October, 1819, after
which he was a member of the Maine legislature in
1820-'l. In 1820 he was a presidential elector. He
had great difficulty in obtaining compensation for
his services as a captain in the navy. His claim
for pay was debarred by a statute of limitation,
and in his old age he was in reduced circum-
stances, as he had been defrauded of the fortune
that came to him from his immense prizes. In
March, 1821, he was granted a pension of $20 a
month from 1 Jan., 1818. In June, 1832, this was
increased to $600 per annum. At the time of
his death he was, excepting Gen. Lafayette, the
highest in rank of surviving officers of the Revo-
lution. See " Life of Commodore Samuel Tucker,"
by John H. Sheppard (Boston, 1868).
TUCKER, Sarah, Quaker preacher, b. in Ports-
mouth, R. I., in 1779 ; d. in 1840. Her maiden
name was Fish. She was a minister of the Society
of Friends for thirty-seven years. Her autobiog-
raphy was published under the title of " Memoirs
of the Life and Religious Experience of Sarah
Tucker" (Providence, 1848).
TUCKER, Thomas Tudor, member of the
Continental congress, b. in Port Royal, Bermuda, in
1745; d. in Washington, D. C., 2 May, 1828. He
studied medicine, emigrated to South Carolina,
and took the patriot side in the Revolution. He
was a delegate to the Continental congress in
1787-'8, and sat in the first two congresses under
the Federal constitution. From 1 Dec., 1801, till
the time of his death he was treasurer of the United
States. He published an oration that was delivered
in Charleston before the South Carolina Society of
the Cincinnati (Charleston, 1795). —
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His brother, St. George, jurist, b. in the island of Bermuda, 10 July, 1752; d. in Warminster, Nelson co., Va., 10 Nov., 1828, came to Virginia in 1771 to complete his education, was graduated at Will-
