Claude-Gray-Hughes-Tuck-Whittington Family

The Claudes, Grays, Hughes, Tucks, and Whittingtons are all families of Annapolis and were related by marriage.

Claude Family

Claude Family Tree

Abram Claude came to America in 1763 or 1764. He was the son of Frederic Claude and a native of Neuchatedl, Switzerland. In Annapolis he was a well-known clockmaker and silversmith.

Abram Claude had two sons, Dennis and Abram, and a stepson, John. Dennis Claude was an army doctor stationed in the Louisiana Territory, Who upon his return to Annapolis, was Mayor from 1828 to 1836 and in 1853. He was also State Treasurer from 1854 to 1860. Abram Claude was an attorney associated with the Montgomery County Courthouse and died at the Battle of Bladensburg. Dennis and Abram's half-brother, John, was an actor who traveled with various theatre groups to a number of eastern states.

Dennis Claude married Anne Jacob and had four children. Two of their sons achieved particular local prominence. Abram M. was a physician and a professor of natural science at St. John's College in Annapolis. He, too, was Mayor from 1847-1850, 1854, 1867 to 1868 and 1883 to 1889 and postmaster from 1895 to 1899. William Tell was a lawyer and the editor of the Annapolis Recorder in 1847-1848. Abram M. Claude married Rachel Anne Tuck and had thirteen children. His son, dr. Gordon Handy Claude was a dentist. He attended St. John's College, the U.S. Naval Academy, and the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. He was the Mayor of Annapolis from 1907 to 1909 and a dental surgeon with the Navy in World War II. Dennis Claude (b. 1851) was an attorney. Washington Clement was a physician and county sheriff.

Gordon Handy Claude married Sophia Worthington and had nine children. Gordon's sons, David Kerr and William Tell Claude attended the U.S. Naval Academy. David Kerr later died in World War II.

Gray and Hughes Families

Gray Family Tree

Hughes Family Tree

The Hughes and Grays became related with the marriage of Hannah Gray Hughes to Charles T. Gray in 1840. Charles T. Gray was an assignee in bankruptcy cases. Hannah's father, Jeremiah Hughes was an influential businessman and owner of the Maryland Republican . Her brother, Ezekiel, was publisher of the Niles' Register . Charles and Hannah's son, Jeremiah, was a musician and a teacher of piano and violin in Philadelphia.

More information about both families can be found in the family trees in the appendix.

Tuck Family

Tuck Family Tree

The Tucks are related to the Claudes by the marriage of Rachel Anne Tuck to Abram M. Claude. Rachel's brother William Clement Tuck was a government clerk in Washington, D.C. and her other brother, Washington Greene Tuck, Jr. was a physician and postmaster of Annapolis from 1890 to 1895. William Hallum Tuck was a lawyer and Circuit Court judge. Somerville Pinkney Tuck was a judge of the International Court of Appeals Consul at Alexandria during the unsettled conditions in Egypt in 1914. Phil Tuck was an attorney and attended the University of Maryland Law School.

More information on the family can be found in the family tree in the appendix.

Whittington Family

Little is known about the Whittington family. They were related to the Tucks by the marriage of Washington Greene Tuck to Rachel smith Whittington in 1814.

From the guide to the Claude-Gray-Hughes-Tuck-Whittington Family papers, 1793-1938, 1820-1900, (State of Maryland and Historical Collections)