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George ( "Father of North Carolina") Durant 1623–1692 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Aug 20, 1623 or 1 Oct 1632

Birth Location: Blockley, Gloucestershire, England

Death Date: Feb 6, 1692

Death Location: Durant's Neck, Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA

Father: William Durant

Mother: Alice Pell

Spouse(s):

Children(s): John Durant

In 1623, George ( "Father of North Carolina") Durant entered the world in Blockley, Gloucestershire, England, born to William John Durant And Alice Pell. George ( "Father of North Carolina") Durant had children including John Durant. George ( "Father of North Carolina") Durant passed away in 1692 in Durant's Neck, Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1623, George ( "Father of North Carolina") Durant entered the world in Blockley, Gloucestershire, England, born to William John Durant And Alice Pell.
  • George ( "Father of North Carolina") Durant had children including John Durant.
  • George ( "Father of North Carolina") Durant passed away in 1692 in Durant's Neck, Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Durant
1608–1692
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
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Alice Pell
1609–1673
Birth Location: Christened March Bodman, Cornwall, , England
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Durant
1662–1699
Birth Location: Durants Neck, Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA
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George Durant's Ancestors

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George Durant
1623–1692
Birth Place: Blockley, Gloucestershire, England
Parents
William John Durant
1608–1692
London, Middlesex, England
Alice Pell
1609–1673
Christened March Bodman, Cornwall, , England
Grandparents
Elisabeth (Joan) Culpeck
1560–1610
Barrington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Richard (William) Pell
1563–1620
Hannington, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Henry Pell
1550–1621
Bessie Smyth
1550–1578
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Stephen IV
1524–1578
Jane Pawley
1527–1571

George Durant's Descendants

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George (( "Father of North Carolina")) Durant (Aug 20, 1623 or 1 Oct 1632–Feb 6, 1692)
  1. 1. John Durant 1662–1699
    1. 1. George (B) Durant 1685–1730
      1. 1. Sarah Durant 1717–1751
        1. 1. John (Lewis) Blount 1740–1794

George Durant's Timeline

2 Records

1623
Aug 20, 1623 or 1 Oct 1632
Birth of George ( "Father of North Carolina") Durant in Blockley, Gloucestershire, England
Blockley, Gloucestershire, England
1692
Feb 6, 1692
Age 69
Death of George ( "Father of North Carolina") Durant in Durant's Neck, Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA
Durant's Neck, Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Aug 20, 1623 or 1 Oct 1632
    Event Place: Blockley, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Feb 6, 1692
    Event Place: Durant's Neck, Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA
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