Tucker went to
Gbap, Sierra Leone, in 1665 alongside
Thomas Corker who was the ancestor of the
Sherbro Caulkers, the most notorious slave trading family in the Upper Guinea Coast. John Tucker married a
Sherbro princess and together they had many children. The
Sherbro Tuckers became a powerful slave trading clan and chiefdom in Gbap and many of them went to university in
Europe as early as the 18th century. In 1694 John Tucker signed the commission for the 1694 voyage of the
Amity captained by
Thomas Tew. ==Notes==