NameFrances RUCKER
Death1803, Caswell County, NC
Birthabt 1761, Amherst, Amherst County, VA
FatherLt. Col. Ambrose RUCKER RS (1724-1807)
MotherMary TINSLEY (1737-1806)
Spouses
Birthabt 1765, Orange Co (later Caswell Co), NC
DeathJul 1835, Caswell County, NC
Marriage25 Jan 1786, Amherst County, VA
ChildrenJohn
James R.
Tinsley
Rucker (-1839)
Archibald
Matilda (1792-1883)
Alfred Mead (1808-1876)
Ashley G.
Notes for Frances RUCKER
In her father's will:
I do, and have given unto Franky Lee two negroes, viz: Lydia and Creasy, and sixty pounds in property, making the whole to her two hundred pound, to her and her heirs forever.
H563 (msb@myfamily.org) says she was married in Amherst County, VA.
On their marriage bond James was called “James Lea, Batchelor of Caswell County” and Frances was called “Frances Rucker, Spinster of Amherst County.”
Isabella’s grandmother Frances “Frankey” Rucker was a daughter of Ambrose Rucker and Mary Tinsley of Amherst County, Va. On their marriage bond James was called “James Lea, Batchelor of Caswell County” and Frances was called “Frances Rucker, Spinster of Amherst County.” The Rucker and Tinsley families were both prominent families in Colonial Virginia. The following is some information about “Frankey” Rucker’s father Ambrose Rucker and his two brothers Anthony and Benjamin Rucker, who invented a new kind of river transportation that even caught Thomas Jefferson’s attention.