The following links contain information about Edward Tuck, born in Exeter, who became a wealthy financier and generous philanthropist. He gave to his ancestral town of Hampton the Tuck Museum, still home to Hampton's Historical Society, and Tuck Field, where Hampton youths still gather to play ball.

Edward Tuck of Exeter, He Gave Away Millions

by Olive Tardiff, reprinted from the Exeter News-Letter

Edward Tuck's obituary

from the May 5, 1938 Hampton Union

An Old Family of Hampton (The Tucks)

by Mrs. Vina M. Jones, written for Hampton's Tercentenary in 1938

The Millionaire, the minister and the museum

A story of the founding of the Hampton Historical Society with biographical information on Edward Tuck