Volume
4, Number 3 July 1996************
John Duncan, b. probably ca 1815 NY, d.1842 Philadelphia, PA; had brother Thomas
Duncan; had son James F. Duncan b.1839 PA.
1901 "Portrait & Biographical Record of AZ" by Chapman
Publishing Co. (Sutro Library, San Francisco, CA, 4/6/88)
Pg.295: Hon. James F. Duncan, clerk
of board of supervisors of Cochise Co., Democrat, citizen of Tombstone.
Born Philadelphia, PA, June 15, 1839; his father John Duncan was
native of New York, and with his brother Tom, constructed in 1842 the
Globe mills of Philadelphia, where he died the following year. Up to age 12, James
F. Duncan remained in Philadelphia, attended school; 1854 went to Mount
Union, where learned blacksmith trade; 1861 sent to oil regions near present
site of Rouseville; outbreak of Civil war returned to Mount Union, enlisted Aug.
10, 1861, in Co. A, 46th PA Infantry; discharged July 31, 1865. For 12 years
worked in PA oil regions, around Foster, Emlenton, Parker City & St.
Petersburg, Clarion Co. ... In 1879 removed to AZ; 1890 to Tombstone.
Married 1871 to Mary E. Miniger, who d. at Westfield, NY, Oct. 3, 1882, leaving
one son, Lemuel D. Duncan, who at this time is serving government in the
Philippines.
(MAD: This may be the household on the 1850
census in Philadelphia Co. PA in N.Libertus Ward 2, pg.74, #62-68, John Coster
41 Germany cabinet maker, Sarah 28 PA; Catharine Dankin 15, James 11, Rosanna 8,
Stephen 4 PA)
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William Roddey Duncan, b. 1816, son of James Duncan and Ellen Roddy; married Jane Minerva Boyd 1848; lived York and Chester Co. SC; d. 1860 Bradley Co. AR.
York Co. SC Deed (FHC film 355,979; SLC 6/8/85)
Deed Book L, pg.22: 14 Oct. 1826, James
Arthur of York Dist. SC; having special confidence in my stepson James
Duncan, and in consideration of the sum of $1 paid by him the said James
Duncan, grant to William R. Duncan, elder son of said James
Duncan, one undivided half of the plantation I now live on containing in all
150a, granted to Philip Walker on waters of Stoney Fork of Fishing Creek on both
sides of Davids? branch, and said 75a the amount now conveyed to be layed off in
the north corner of said original; bounded by a line running from a post oak in
N. corner of said survey NE by vacant land at time of survey now T. Blake's
land, NW now the property of F?. Moore a de?? of said; and I do hereby reserve
... said undivided moity of said hereby conveyed premises for my [use] ... and
the use of my beloved wife Sarah during the time that either of us should
live, and at the death of both myself and wife unto the said William Roddy
Duncan. Wit. George Reece, R?.C. Reece (Reed?). Rec. 14 Oct. 1826 on oath of
wit.
Index to War of 1812 Pension Applications and Bounty Land Warrant
Applications; National Archives Film (FHC film 840,458 & 840,459; SLC
9/14-17/84)
Duncan, James, widow Ellen; WO 24486,
WC 24915; BL 38834-80-50, 17738-80-55; Private Capt. Beaty's Co. SC Mil.,
10/1/1814 to 3/7/1815; Res. of soldier 1851, 1855, Fairfield Co. SC; res.
of widow 1878 Chestnut Grove, Chester Co. SC; maiden name of widow Ellen
Roddey, m. June 15, 1815, Neelys Creek, York Co. SC; soldier d. April 26,
1862, Chestnut Grove, SC; widow d. June 23, 1883, Chester Co. SC.
Additional information: William R. Duncan
and wife and child are in Chester Co. SC in 1850 (census pg.70) in
household #1101; household #1102 lists Ellinor Duncan 55 SC, Sarah E.
31, David H. 28, Margaret A. 23, John A. 21, Mary B.
19, R.Z.(m) 16, all b. SC, and Sarah Roddy 53 SC. The 1850 census for Fairfield
Co. SC (pg.263) lists James Duncan 56 b. York Co. SC, and Elvira
20 and Mary 19 b. York Co. SC.
The cemetery roster in "Early Records
of Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church, Chester Co. SC, 1799-1859" by
Holcomb & Parker, 1980 (Memphis TN Public Library book 929.3575 C525h9, from
Evelyn Sigler 3/22/85, and FHC book 975.747 K2h, SLC 9/12/94) lists:
James Duncan, d. April 26, 1862, aged
63 years
Sarah Roddey, born March 1797, died Sept.
15, 1873.
Ellen Duncan, b. Oct. 31, 1795, d.
June 21, 1884
David H. Duncan, b. July 20, 1820, d.
Nov. 20, 1882
Sarah E. Duncan, b. July 24, 1818, d.
Oct. 12, 1881
Bradley Co. AR Will Book (FHC film 982,766; SLC 9/21/87)
Will Book B, pg.3: 25 Oct. 1860, will of William
R. Duncan; wife Jane M. have 60 acres land where dwelling now stands;
each of my children Mary M. and James S. have 60 acres of land
each and that Jane M. their mother and my wife have full control until
they are of full age; and should she find it to be to their interest to sell
said lands she can do so during her widowhood, and if she should marry, I will
for my children not to pay any board while on said land; I will that all my
personal property be sold and a good house obtained for my wife; what corn there
is on hand is for the use of the family, not to be sold. Appoint Jane M.
Duncan my wife and John G. Martin to carry this my last will into effect.
Wit. Jas. I. Robinson, H.D. Payton, W.G. Maloney. Proved Nov. 19, 1860 on oath
of W.G. Maloney; and James I. Robinson. (will book has been typed)
"AR DAR Records, Little Rock Chapter, Pulaski Co." AR DAR (FHC film
869,280-1; SLC 6/6/85)
Pg.107-8: WILLIAM RODDEY DUNCAN
Bible. This data copied from Bible in possession of Mrs. Lola (Gillham) Pittman,
Monticello, Arkansas, Saturday, May 7, 1955, by Jennie Belle Lyle. This Bible
belonged to her Grandparents, William Roddey Duncan and Jane Minerva (Boyd)
Duncan, his wife. The Bible was published in 1860 by William W. Harding,
Philadelphia.
Marriages:
William Roddey Duncan and Jane
Minerva Boyd was married June 22, 1848.
David Bradley Gillham and Mary Madeline
Duncan married Oct. 31st 1870
John M. Breedlove and Chelonas Isabella
Gillham was married Dec. 13, 1894.
Robert E. Gillham and Jessie May Pickens
Dec. 22, 1897.
P.B. Gillham and Mary Irene Pittman Dec. 23,
1899.
Giles Franklin Pittman and Lola May Gillham
Nov. 14, 1900.
Births:
William Roddey Duncan was born March
4, 1816.
Jane Minerva (Boyd) Duncan was born November
16, 1820.
Children:
Lurene W. Duncan was born April the
22, 1849.
Rosaline I. Duncan was born July 21,
1850.
Rachel E. Duncan was born May the 6,
1852.
Jane E. Duncan was born August the 7,
1853.
Mary Madeline Duncan was born October
the 31, 1856.
James Samuel Duncan was born October
15, 1859; died May 30, 1923.
Births:
David Bradley Gillham was born March 11th
1847.
Mary M. Gillham was born Oct. 31, 1856.
Children:
(MAD: Gillham children born 1872 &
later, Velma C. Breedlove b. 1895; not copied here)
Deaths:
William R. Duncan died November the
7, 1860.
Lurenna V. Duncan died November the
16, 1857.
Rosaline I. Duncan died November the
21, 1857.
Jane E. Duncan died November the 25,
1857
Rachel E. Duncan died June the 10,
1852.
J.M. Lyle, the mother of M.M. Gillham
departed this life May 9, 1894.
Rev. D.B. Gillham died May 19, 1919.
William E. Gillham died Jan. 8th, 1873.
The infant died Dec. the 4, 1879.
James H. Gillham died July 20, 1883.
Ora A. Gillham died May 2, 1889.
Chelonas I. Breedlove, daughter of D.B. and
M.M. Gillham died July 20, 1897.
William
Roddey Duncan and Jane Minerva (Boyd) Duncan migrated to Bradley
County, Ark., fall of 1857, and lived in the vicinity of Johnsville. She was the
daughter of Samuel Boyd and Isabella Farris Crawford, his wife, of Chester
County, South Carolina. After Wm. Roddey Duncan's death Jane Minerva
(Boyd) Duncan married Thomas Lyle.
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Joseph Duncan, b. 1790 PA; married 1817 to Catherine ----, possibly lived Bedford Co. PA 1830-1840; Marshall Co. (W)VA 1850; son Davis Duncan lived Wood Co. WV.
"Western PA Gen. Society Quarterly" Vol.3, 1976-77 (copy of page
from Deone Penquite 9/13/91; to her 11/10/1982 from Western PA Gen. Society)
Pg.63: Bible of Joseph Duncan.
Joseph Duncan born in Pennsylvania
October 16, 1790, died April 14, 1860, married August 1817 to Catherine ? born
October 20, 1801, died March 31, 1872.
Eliza Duncan born February 6, 1819
John Duncan born February 14, 1821,
died January 28, 1878
Jobe Duncan born December 21, 1822,
died March 5, 1857
Mary Ann Duncan born November 30,
1824
Mary Ann Duncan Glass died April 27,
1852
James Duncan born December 16, 1826,
died December 25, 1826
Andrew Jackson Duncan born Dec. 29,
1827, died June 22, 1846
Lucinda Duncan born February 25, 1830
Lucinda Duncan Graves Johns died
April 6, 1905
James Duncan born May 4, 1832, died
November 3, 1885 or 1895
Ann Duncan born April 19, 1834
Thomas Jefferson Davis Duncan born
February 19, 1836
Joseph Duncan born March 29, 1838,
married Sarah ? February 21, 1860
Catherine Duncan born July 9, 1840
Charlotta Emma Duncan born February
18, 1843
Charlotta Emma Duncan Davis died May
14, 1865
Henry Edmond S. Duncan born June 29,
1846, died July 5, 1848
Aunt Sarah Jane Culver born May 5, 1824
Aunt Sarah Jane Culver Erving died July 20,
1860
(MAD:
1850 Marshall Co. (W)VA; probably Bedford Co. PA 1830-1840)
Wood Co. WV Will (FHC film 577,195; SLC 2/25/93)
Will Book 7, pg.590: Will of Mary A.
Duncan, 3 Feb. 1888, proved 10 March 1888; of frail health; all to my three
children Joseph Duncan, Thomas Duncan, Agness (no last name) jointly
until the youngest is 21 and then to the survivors; the exec. to carry on
business in city of Parkersburg WV; my husband Davis Duncan exec. and
trustee for my children; wit. John Trisler, L.N. Tavanner.
Additional Information: Wood Co. WV
Marriage record: Davis Duncan, 25, single, born PA s/o Joseph
& Catherine, m. 7 Dec. 1863, Mary Ann Dolan, 22, single, Wood Co. VA, b. MD,
d/o Thomas & Mary Dolan, by H.L. Parke
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Edwin S. Duncan, b.1789 VA, wife Prudence Wilson; d. 1858 Harrison Co. WV
1912 "General & Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley,
WV" by Butcher (from Sigler Evelyn 8/17/82 & 2/4/84; see Harrison
Co. WV)
Pg. 689: I. Judge Edwin S. Duncan
came to this country in early manhood, having in his possession old VA patents
for land, and was owner of large tracts in that state, from which he derived a
fair income. He represented this country in England under President Monroe.
II. James Duncan, son of Edwin S.
Duncan, d. at 27 years, leaving one child, James. He married
Columbia, dau. of Judge John C. Jackson, who was prime factor in securing
appointment of Stonewall Jackson to West Point, being a relative.
III. James Jackson Duncan, law
graduate of Univ. of VA, Democrat, m. Maude Lee, dau. of Judge George H. Lee of
VA. After the war, Judge Lee was chief counsel of B&O R.R.
IV. George Lee Duncan, son of James
Jackson Duncan, b. Nov. 30, 1872, worked at banks. Episcopal Church member.
Owned 200a farm on Elk Creek. Member of Sons of Rev., Mason, Elks. Married in
Philadelphia, July 27, 1898, to Gertrude Smith, a native of Clarksburg, dau. of
Ashel G. and Anna Smith.
Additional information: 1850 Harrison
Co. (W)VA census, pg.166, #874, Columbia Duncan 26 VA, John 6 VA;
pg.192, #316, Edwin S. Duncan 59 VA, Prudence 54 VA. 1860 Harrison
Co. (W)VA census, pg.749, #43, "Flored" C. Duncan
35 VA, Edwin S. 15, Ernest 13, Gay J. (f) 8 VA; pg.760
#130, Prudence Duncan 62 VA. Earliest deeds indexed in Harrison Co. WV to
and from Edwin S. Duncan were in 1818.
Additional information: Harrison Co.
WV Cemetery Records (from Denzil Mauldin 3/15/84)
Jackson Cemetery, Clarksburg, WV (old FHC
film 22436 part 2)
Duncan, James A., Jan. 24, 1845 - 26
yrs
Duncan, John S., Apr. 7, 1853 - 33
yrs
Duncan, John S., Oct. 2, 1854 - 5 yr,
10 mo, 0 da, son of J.S. & F.G.
Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, WV (old FHC
film 22436 part 2)
Duncan, James Jackson, May 20, 1928 -
Jan. 8, 1845
Duncan, Judge Edwin, Feb. 1, 1858 -
June 18, 1789
Duncan, Prudence, June 30, 1860 -
Apr. 26, 1790
Lodge No. 8, Clarksburg, WV (old FHC film
22436 part 3)
Duncan, Gay, 1904 - 1852
Duncan, Floride C., 1903 - 1824, wife
of John
Duncan, Edwin, May 23, 1866 - Aug.
17, 1844, son of John S.
Duncan, Ernest Allen, Dec. 14, 1873 -
Feb. 21, 1847
Harrison Co. WV Deeds (SLC 2/24/93)
Deed Book 40, pg.173: (blank) Jan. 1855, Edwin
S. Duncan to Columbia M. Duncan, both Harrison Co. VA, house and lot
in Clarksburg, the lot was conveyed to Edwin S. Duncan by Lemuel Davisson
on 22 April 1825, for life of Columbia M. Duncan with remainder in fee to
her son James Jackson Duncan, but if said James Jackson Duncan
dies without issue before Columbia, then remainder over to such of the
children of John S. Duncan decd. as may be living, or if none living,
then to his next of kin on the paternal side. (FHC film 843,840; SLC 2/24/93 and
9/11/93)
Deed Book 52, pg.487 to 497: George Hoffman
and wife vs. Prudence Duncan & others, Decree, Virginia. At a special
term of the Circuit Court of Harrison Co. held 10 Jan. 1860, George Hoffman and
Flora his wife late Flora Lee against Prudence Duncan, Hugh H. Lee,
Gertrude Lee, Edwin S. Duncan, Earnest Duncan, Gay Duncan, James J. Duncan
& Floride C. Duncan, Dfts. James Deven, Samuel Sheets, Gideon D.
Camden Jr. and Luther Haymond, heretofore appointed commissioners to make
partition of the real estate of Edwin S. Duncan decd among his widow,
heirs and distributees, having filed their report of partition among the papers
of this cause on 5 Oct. 1859, and the complainants having filed their exceptions
thereto, and the cause coming on again to be heard on the bill, answers,
replications, depositions and exhibits, ... was argued by counsel. On
consideration whereof it is adjudged, ordered and decreed that Prudence
Duncan, widow of said Edwin S. Duncan decd, do hold for her life a
dower estate in and to the 481a in Harrison Co. on Gnatty Creek which was
assigned to her by the commissioners as part of her dower estate in the lands of
her late husband, which 481a is designated as Lot #1 in the plat marked
"A" filed by the comrs., adj. south side Clarksburg and Buckhannon
road, old Coburn house, road leading up Peeltree run, crossing the ford of
Gnatty Creek, John McPherson's line, Rezin Queen's corner, David Greathouse's
land. Prudence Duncan also to hold 65a ... known as the Hickman place,
referred by lot or subdivision No. 1 on plat marked "B"; and to hold
15-1/4a adj. the town of Clarksburg on the west side of the Weston and Fairmont
road generally known as the grave yard field (MAD: boundaries given, not
copied here), Lot #2 on Plat "B". Prudence Duncan to hold
one acre on Plat "C" on North side of Turnpike Street in Town of
Clarksburg on which said Mrs. Prudence Duncan now resides, adj. Mrs.
Armstrong's lot, and lot where Mrs. F.C. Duncan now resides. Said Prudence
Duncan also hold the 3 acres and 16 poles lying immediately back of the last
described lot ... also on Plat "C". Flora Hoffman, wife of George
Hoffman, have and hold in severalty, free and exempt from the claims of said Prudence
Duncan, Hugh H. Lee, Gertrude Lee, Edwin S. Duncan, Earnest Duncan, Gay
Duncan, James J. Duncan and Floride C. Duncan, the 245a on Gnatty
Creek marked as Lot 2 on Plat A (boundaries n/c) adj. Mrs. Prudence Duncan.
Hugh H. Lee to hold free from claims of said ..., 243 acres assigned him by the
comrs. on Gnatty Creek, lot 6 on Plat E. Gertrude Lee to hold ... 253a on Gnatty
Creek Lot 7 on Plat E. James Jackson Duncan to hold 125a on Gnatty Creek,
being lower part of Peeltree or homestead farm, lot 3 on plat A. Edwin S.
Duncan have 148a on Peel Tree Run, part of homestead farm, being lot 4 on
plat "A". Earnest Duncan have 166a on Peel Tree run, lot 5 on
Plat A. Gay Duncan have 140a, being part of Peeltree or homestead farm,
lot 6 on Plat A. Rec. March 30, 1870. (FHC film 843,845)
Deed Book 52, pg.492 & later: George
Hoffman & wife vs. Hugh H. Lee & others, Circuit Court held 19 March
1864; in chancery. William E. Lyon, J.R. Wright and John Stealey, three commrs.
appointed to make partition among heirs of Edwin S. Duncan decd of that
part of real estate which he died seized as was assigned to his widow Prudence
Duncan as dower in his land, returned their report of partition, which being
seen and inspected and no exceptions being taken, it is decreed it be approved
and confirmed. That Flora Hoffman one of heirs hold lot on Gnatty Creek, lot 1
on plat made 22 April 1861 containing 70a; also a parcel near Clarksburg, part
of graveyard field, containing 1 acre, being lot 3 on the plat. That Gertrude
Despard have land on West Fork River, 65a known as Hickman place, lot 1 on Plat
B, and one acre part of Graveyard field lot 2. That Hugh H. Lee have the brick
house and lot on Turnpike Street in Clarksburg containing 4a & 16 poles, and
the southern end of the graveyard field containing 7-1/2a. That John J.
Duncan have land on Gnatty Creek 149-1/4a lot 5? (dark copy) and two acres.
That Edwin S. Duncan have lot 3 on Gnatty Creek embracing the dwelling
house, containing 69-1/2a, and lot 5 of the graveyard field, 1-1/2a. That Earnest
Duncan have lot 4 (acres not given) and lot 4 of the graveyard field, 3/4a.
That Gay Duncan have Lot 2 on Gnatty Creek, 42-3/4a, and lot 1 in
graveyard field of 1-1/2a. Each of heirs be charged with one seventh the cost of
the suit; recorded March 30, 1870. (FHC film 843,845)
Additional information: There are deeds in Licking
Co. OH (Deed Book UU/48, pg.310) and Muskingum Co. OH (Deed Book 3,
pg.461) dated 9 Jan. 1843, James A. Duncan and wife Columbia M.
and John S. Duncan and wife Floride C., to Michael D. Gitting, all
of Harrison Co. VA; that Columbia M. and Floride C. Duncan
are two of the heirs of the late John G. Jackson decd who are five in number,
and as such are entitled to 1/5 the real estate of John G. Jackson in the state
of OH; sell their interest to Michael A. Gitting for $2000, land part in Muskingum
Co., part in Licking Co. and part in Knox.
Additional information: Lewis Co. WV
Deed (FHC film 818,756, SLC 2/24/93), Deed Book 8, pg.266: 4 Jan. 1876, Virginia
Lee, Henry Beeman and wife Hortensia, Mortimer W. Smith and wife Susan C., James
J. Duncan and wife Maud, Dabney C. Lee, Grace D. Lee, and George H.
Lee, to Charles E. McCray, for $600, $318.50 remaining unpaid, land on Little
Kanawha River partly in Upshur and Lewis and perhaps in Braxton
Cos. devised to us by George H. Lee, containing approximately 738a, being part
of a survey made for said McCray of 1346a on Little Kanawha River at mouth of
Buffalo Fork and all that part not assigned to Robert McCray, retaining lien.
Witnesses A.W. Scott and W.V. McCracken for Henry & Hortensia H. Beeman of
Perry Co. OH; Duncans in Harrison Co. WV.
Additional Information: Monongalia
Co. WV Deed (FHC film 840,576; SLC 8/24/88), Deed Book 10, pg.471: 12 Nov. 1828,
Edwin S. Duncan & wife Prudence of Harrison Co. VA to
Lunceford Jones, $100, lot of land in the swamps formerly owned by John and
David Newlon & surrendered by them in their schedule on taking the oath of
insolvency and purchased by the said Edwin S. Duncan. Rec. Harrison Co.
VA 1 April 1830.
Additional information: There are also deeds
in Ohio Co. WV (Deed Book 13, pg.36, 1825) and Lewis Co. WV (Deed
Book C, pg.156, 1825; and Deed Book E, pg.414, 1834) to and from Edwin S.
Duncan.
1923 "History of WV, Old and New; and WV Biography" 3 Vols., by
Callahan (FHC book 975.4 H2c; SLC 2/18/93; Indexed in "Virginians &
West Virginians, 1607-1870" Vol.3, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, FHC book
975 D2wp, SLC 2/18/93; have copy pages)
Vol.2 pg.583: GEORGE LEE DUNCAN,
banking enterprise in his native city of Clarksburg, Harrison Co.; public
schools of Clarksburg, age 16 assumed position of bookkeeper and office clerk
for R.T. Lowndes, and has been associated with him during the intervening years.
In 1896 entered private bank of R.T. Lowndes & Co., 1905 became secretary
& treasurer of newly established Lowndes Savings Bank & Trust Company; Mr.
Duncan is president of WV Bank ... He and wife in Protestant Episcopal
Church. In 1898 he married Miss Gertrude Smith, a dau. of the late A.G. Smith of
Clarksburg; Mr. and Mrs. Duncan have four children: George Lee
Jr., Elizabeth Rankin, Meade Lee and James Jackson. Mr. Duncan was
born at Clarksburg on 30 Nov. 1872, and is a son of James Jackson Duncan
and Maude (Lee) Duncan, who likewise were born and reared in this county and who
are representatives of old, honored and influential families of this section of
the state.
1954 "History of Nicholas Co. WV" by William Griffee Brown
(Los Angeles Pub. Library book 975.41 N599Br; LA 3/28/84; from index from Evelyn
Sigler)
Pg. 84-85: Local Government - VA and WV. ...
James Allen was our first judge and held the first term of court at the house of
James Robinson, May 26, 1818. The record of his term which ended October 14,
1830, is well preserved in the office of the circuit court. Edwin S. Duncan
succeeded Judge Allen. His term was from May 25, 1831 to April 11, 1848. Judge
Duncan was a native of Barbour County and a strong advocate of a
system of free schools. Allen Taylor, an exchange judge, held the April Term,
1832, and Edward Johnson, also an exchange judge, held the September Term, 1842,
for Judge Duncan. George H. Lee, succeeded Judge Duncan as regular
judge of the circuit. His term began September 7, 1848 and ended September 11,
1849.
"Harrison Co. WV Historical Society Newsletter" Spring, 1986
(copy from Denzil Mauldin 3/25/86; MAD: much more not included below)
Historic Sketch #27, Edwin Steele Duncan (MAD:
no author given)
Edwin Steele Duncan was born in Shenandoah
Co. VA [1] June 18, 1789. His mother married Attorney James Allen when Duncan
was a small child and moved with her family to Fincastle, county seat of Botetourt
Co., where Allen was a judge. Duncan, educated in the schools of
Shenandoah and Botetourt counties, read law in his stepfather's law office [2]. Duncan
regarded Judge Allen so highly that later in life Duncan would give one
of his sons the name James for the judge and another son the name John
for the judge's son John James Allen (1797-1871). ....
Duncan ... during the War of 1812 to
serve with the VA militia as a staff officer in Col. Isaac Booth's Regiment on
duty at Norfolk. He returned to his law practice after the war and in 1813
married Prudence Wilson, the daughter of William B. Wilson who was a son of
Colonel Benjamin Wilson, pioneer in Randolph County and first clerk of the
Harrison Co. Court. Duncan was named Commonwealth Attorney for Randolph
Co. in 1814 [3]. ....
FOOTNOTES: 1. "Bench and Bar of
WV" p.18. Henry Haymond names Berkeley Co. VA as the birthplace.
"The WV Hist. Mag." Vol.2 No.2, Apr. 1902, p.74, Harvey W. Harmer
gives Botetourt Co. as birthplace. Harmer "Old Grist Mills of
Harrison Co." p.711. Shenandoah Co. is the most likely site of birth
since Duncan's half brother John James Allen was born in Woodstock,
Shenandoah Co. VA, Sept. 25, 1797. ...
2. Henry Haymond, "Judge E.S. Duncan"
in "The WV Hist. Mag" Vol. 2 #2 Apr. 1902 p.74
3. Ibid. The name of E.S. Duncan
first appeared on court records in Randolph Co. in 1811. Hu Maxwell,
"The History of Randolph Co." p.232.
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Abel Gates Duncan, b.1799 or 1802 in Windham Co. VT, son of Jason Duncan Jr., mar. (1) in 1828 to Lucia A. Harlow, d. 1870.
1910 "History of the Town of Hanover [Plymouth Co.], MA with
Family Genealogies" by Jedediah Dwelley and John F. Simmons (from Florence
Dyess 6/10/83)
Pg.153: DUNCAN. 1. Rev. Abel G.,
b. in Chester, VT, in 1799; son of Jason Jr. and wife Lucy; grandson of Jason
and wife Sarah (Gates), an early settler of Dummerston, VT, member of
Legislature, JP, Judge, etc.; great-grandson of Simeon and wife Bridget
(Richardson); and great-great-grandson of John, of Edinburgh, Scotland,
who m. Sarah Dutton, and resided and d. in Worcester, Mass. Rev. Abel
G. m. Sept. 23, 1828, Lucia A. Harlow of Harvard, Mass., who d. Oct. 12,
1851. He d. Apr. 23, 1870. Pastor of 1st Congregational Church many years. Mr.
Duncan married three times -- the last wife surviving him. Children:
i. Laura J., July 9, 1829; m. Aug.
1853, Nahum D. King, son of William King. She d. Oct. 22, 1859. Children: (i)
Lucia E., May 17, 1854; m. James W. Richmond. (ii) William A., June 8, 1855.
ii. William P., Apr. 1, 1831; m. Oct.
28, 1860, Abbie F. Crane, dau. of John Crane of Berkley. He d. July 31, 1903.
Children: (i) John F., b. in Freetown, May 1, 1862. (ii) Laura M.,
b. in Freetown, Oct. 31, 1865; d. in 1867. (iii) Payson W., b. in
Cambridge, Feb. 8, 1868; m. Oct. 23, 1901, Anna M. Plummer, dau. of Gordon
Plummer of Brookline.
iii. Lucia A., Dec. 20, 1832; m. Nov.
27, 1859, Henry Dean, son of Paddock Dean. She d. Apr. 1881. Ch: Joseph and
Edward.
Additional information: 1850 Plymouth
Co. MA census (SLC 6/8/87 & 9/9/87, age plainly written "33), pg.110,
Hanover, household #142-173, Abel G. Duncan 33 VT Cong. Clergyman, Lucia
H. 48 MA, Laura J. 54 ME, William P. 21 ME, Lucia A. 19
MA, Almira Estes 17 MA, Sarah F. Uravill? 35 MA
Additional information: "The Family
Series -- DUNCAN" by Kinseekers (copy from Nancy Bobal 2/7/93); pg.5-7, Duncan
Births in Vermont, include:
Abel Gates, par. Jason &
Lucy, 25 June 1802, Windham
Jason, par. Jason & Sarah
Gates, 18 Sept. 1780, Windham
DAR Lineages (CA State Library, Sacramento, ca 1978)
Vol.54, pg.27, #53058, Mrs. Mary Davis
Johnson. Jason Duncan (1750-1839, judge of Vermont Court, ... b.
Worcester, Mass., d. Dummissiton, VT, m. Sarah Gates. Son Jason Duncan, Jr.
(b. 1780) m. Lucy ----. (also Vol.59, pg.77, #58213, Mrs. Eliza Duncan
Laurence.) Son Joseph Duncan m. Miranda Taylor. (Also Vol.76, pg.198,
#75526, Mrs. Rest Williams Perkins Tuttle)
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