Fanny Tucker (née Jenkyns)

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1785

Biography

Niece of Daniel Munro or Monro junior (d. 1766) from whom she inherited Crescent estate in St Mary, Jamaica, in trust. Daughter of William Jenkyns (himself the son of Tobias Jenkins or Jenkyns, 1660-1730, MP for York) and Mary Munro or Monro. She married Lucius Tucker at some point before 1772. Unusually, she made a will in her own right in 1770 when her husband was alive, in which she made her father William Jenkyns her executor and legatee. He was granted probate so far as concerned the 1/5th of the sugar produced on Crescent to which Fanny Tucker was entitled while it was in the possession of her husband Lucius Tucker.

Sources

See entry for Lucius Tucker.

We are grateful to Rosemary Bentley for her help with this entry.

Further Information

Absentee?

Transatlantic

Maiden Name

Jenkyns

Spouse

Lucius Tucker

Children

Frances Monro (1772-1813)

Will

PROB 11/1136/53 - precis.

Fanny Tucker wife of Lucius Tucker of the island of Jamaica. All my personal estate to my esteemed father William Jenkyns of Great Britain. He to be my sole executor.

Signed 04/05/1770.

Proved in London 09/11/1785 by William Jenkyns.

Note added about the proceeds of Crescent sugar estate in St Mary, Jamaica.

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