Robert "the Hatter" Tuckniss (Tuckness) b. ca 1740
Here is a new find for Robert "the Hatter" b. ca 1740:
The Papers of Robert Morris, Volume 6: July 22-October 31, 1782,Page532
“ Mr. Robt. Tuckniss applies for money for Hay delivered to Colo. Miles for public Use. I told him it will soon be paid."
NOTE:Colonel Miles is Samuel Miles who served in the French and Indian War and reached the rank of Captain.After the war ended, he went into business as a wine merchant and married Catherine Wister, daughter of John Wister of Grumblethorpe, Philadelphia, PA. He also entered politics, and was elected to the house of assembly in 1772. He was an early advocate for American independence.
Miles raised a militia company in the early days of the American Revolution. When the war began, he was made colonel of the Pennsylvania State Rifle Regiment, a state unit later adopted into the Continental Army. He was taken prisoner by the British at the Battle of Long Island. Miles was released as part of a prisoner exchange in April 1778 that included British Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell. He had been appointed brigadier general of Pennsylvania state troops while a prisoner. Upon his release he served as Quartermaster for the State of Pennsylvania serving under Timothy Pickering. In the summer of 1781 General Washington counted on Miles to secure boat transport for the army as it made its way south from New York to Yorktown.