Posted by Roger Prince on January 18, 1999 at 21:09:17:
My mother is a Tooker and I have been working on her family on and off for a
number of years. I had a couple of things to add to the account by Warren
Tooker on your home page. The earliest mention I can find of Capt. John
Tooker is in the town records of Brookhaven "8 June 1662 John Tooker haue
exchanged his lott and acomadations in gemeka that he bought of mr. Robert
(Coe) with edward Rouse and his wife for his acomadations that is in
Setakett that he had of John (Scuder) with there crops that is upon the
grounds each acomadations thay doe give sell and allinate and exchang ech to
other heire haires and asaigns to haue and to hould for ever." 'gemeka' I'm
pretty sure is Jamaica Plains, not Jamaica the island, but I could be wrong.
I haven't pursued looking for him in Jamaica Plains, but I note that it is
several hours east on the Long Island expressway from Brookhaven/Setauket.
So this might be a place to look for him in that time period from 1655 to
1662. There are numerous references to him in the Brookhaven town records,
since he was the town clerk for a number of years; ran a tavern and a mill
as I recall, etc.
Second, should Fort Jefferson be Port Jefferson, a town on the north shore?
A good deal of my mother's family is buried in the cemetery at Port
Jefferson, but I haven't heard of a Fort Jefferson.
Roger Prince(son of Joan Elsa Tooker)