Re: Mr. Tooker in Pepys' Diary

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: : It was a great suprise to me reading the famous : : Diary of Samuel Pepys, in the most famous entries, : : covering the 1666 Great Fire of London, to find : : that a "Mr. Tooker" is mentioned. It seems that : : he provided a lighter (a small boat or barge) to : : help evacuate Pepys' possessions from London to : : safety. My uncle took the wind out of my sails : : a little bit when I told him this, because he has : : known this for a long time. Perhaps this is "old : : news" in the Tooker Genealogy circles? : : Here is an angle that you may find interesting : : - I apologize if this is running over familiar ground - : : Pepys was a high-level bureaucrat in the Royal Navy, : : and it is possible therefore that Mr. Tooker's : : lighter was either a Naval vessel or perhaps : : that of a Naval contractor. One of Pepys' closest : : associates in the Navy was Sir George Carteret, : : whose son Phillip Carteret is said to have recruited : : a Charles Tooker in 1664 "...to help : : settle a new colony to be established in New Jersey : : which had recently been seized from the Dutch." : : (http://ww1.comteck.com/~tdtw98a/tucker.htm). : : Perhaps the connection between Tuckers/Tookers and : : the Carterets goes back to a family of Tookers : : living in or near London, who operated boats on : : the Thames and had a connection to the Navy. : : I know this is a long line of speculation, but : : if there was a connection between the New Jersey : : Tookers and a family of Tookers connected to the : : Navy on the Thames, this could very possibly : : lead to the family of George Tucker of Milton-next- : : Gravesend, Kent (only about 20 miles downstream : : from London). : : I would like to hear your comments and speculations!

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