Finding Our Roots
In August 1619, two of the first documented Africans, Antoney and Isabella, arrived in the British Colony of Virginia at Point Comfort (present day Fort Monroe), to become servants on the plantation of Captain William Tucker and his wife, Mrs. Mary Tucker. Captain Tucker was the Commandeering Officer at Point Comfort.
William is documented as the first child of African descent born to the parents of Antoney and Isabell, and baptized in 1624.
Descendants of William Tucker continue to reside in the Hampton Roads area.
