Robin Hood's Good Deeds ~ Claiming Friar Tuck as My Own

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 2020 Week 47 (GOOD DEEDS)

This week's we shall focus on Robin Hood's good deeds to honour my relative 
Friar Tuck.

My 6th great grandfather was Henry Tuck from Sharrington, Norfolk, England
                  --- seems close enough to "Sherwood Forrest" to own this family member.

BUT please don't bother checking google maps -- you can just take my word for it

If you are related to me via the Bayes line below ... you get to claim this too  😉

Solomon Bayes (my 4th great grandfather)
BIRTH 26 NOV 1815 • Great Oakley, Northamptonshire, England
DEATH 25 OCT 1882 • Northumberland, , Ontario, Canada
and
Mary Ann Tuck (my 4th great grandmother)
BIRTH 15 JAN 1823 • Sharrington, Norfolk, England
DEATH 28 JAN 1908 • Cramahe, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada

If you are related to Solomon Bayes you get to claim Friar Tuck as an ancestor OR related by marriage ... in case it was in question for you😉

Mary Ann's parents (my 5th great grandparents) were:
James Tuck
BIRTH 19 JAN 1791 • Sharrington, Norfolk, England
DEATH 13 JAN 1881 • Cramahe Township, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
and
Martha Bolter
BIRTH ABT 1788 • Norwich, Norfolk, England
DEATH 24 NOV 1883 • Northumberland, Ontario, Canada

Mary Ann's grandparents (my 6th great grandparents) were:

Henry Tuck

BIRTH 18 APR 1770 • Sharrington, Norfolk, England

DEATH 17 SEP 1826 • Sharrington, Norfolk, England

and

Ann Moy

BIRTH MAR 1764 • Sharrington, Norfolk, England

DEATH JUN 1846 • Sharrington, Norfolk, England

Mary Ann's Great Grandparents (my 7th great grandparents) were:

Thomas Tuck

BIRTH ABT 1750 • Norwich, Norfolk, England

DEATH BEFORE 1815 • Norfolk, England
and

Dorothy Huson

BIRTH ABT 1750 • Norfolk, England

DEATH Norfolk, England

 

As you can see I have only tracked the Tuck family back as far as the mid 1700s, and the Robin Hood stories have roots in the 1400s so we can't be sure of the direct relationship to Friar Tuck. BUT I think we have established enough proof to claim this ancestor!!!

BUT then again - the Robin Hood tales are make believe. There is some debate that the characters may have been based on real people. There does seem to be some basis for the character of Friar Tuck to have been based on Robert Stafford. Robert Stafford was a Chaplain who became a thief and may have used the alias Friar Tuck.  BUT the Robin Hood tales really are fiction.

The odds of a TUCK member being part of the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest shenanigans are low.  BUT not non-existent. By the time we arrive back to our 7th great grandparents we have 512 of them. The number of relatives we have who descend through those 512 X7 great grandparents is ginormous.

At least one of those relatives must be the ancestor for our oldest son as depicted in the photo below.

Merry Shenanigans in a Canadian Forest!

In case you were curious about the distance between Sharrington and Sherwood Forest.

Source: Google Maps

Definitely not close, definitely too far to walk, and likely too far to claim the tales of Robin Hood as my own.

Enjoying a little make-believe among the facts!





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Sources:

A Beginner's Guide to Robin Hood, Friar Tuck, Wright, Allen W. Retrieved November 23rd 2020 from
https://www.boldoutlaw.com/robbeg/friar-tuck-beginners.html

Friar Tuck, International Heroes, Retrieved November 23rd 2020 from
http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/t/tuck.htm

Friar Tuck, Find-A-Grave, Retrieved November 23rd 2020 from
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4286/friar-tuck

How many ancestors do you have? Retrieved November 23rd 2020 from

https://nmcdn.io/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da/71b809487afe4d7da3262b45ea8ef886/files/services/library/genealogy/diagrams/ancestors1.pdf

Image, Friar Tuck, Old Book Illustrations, Retrieved November 23rd 2020 from
https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/friar-tuck/

The Real Robin Hood, The History Channel, Retrieved November 23rd 2020 from
https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/robin-hood

Who Was Friar Tuck? WiseGeek, Retrieved November 23rd 2020 from
https://www.wise-geek.com/who-was-friar-tuck.htm

Links:

Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/

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