My current project of documenting the Tucker family brings
me to a geographic area just north of Ithaca, New York that I had thought of as just a crossroads. I am now learning that during the 1800s, Enfield was the busy
hometown of the many branches of the Tucker family. I am a bit overwhelmed already as I trace out the eight
living of ten children of Ezra and Caroline Lanning Tucker. And then
researching the four daughters of William Lanning and Fanny Adelia Hosner Tucker.
I learned that William was
raised on a farm in the northeast corner of Enfield, possibly attending School
District #10, while his father supported the family by being a blacksmith.
Although early residents of Enfield, NY were from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Middletown, Connecticut, it is suspected that Enfield, New York was actually named
after Enfield, Connecticut.
When I am feeling stressed about the amount of work ahead of
me, I gaze on this postcard of early Enfield that was recently found in a box in the back
corner of my great-grandparent's barn.
"Now, don't you wish you were here?"
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