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Rev William H Duncan 1659–1720 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Jan 1659

Birth Location: Gleneagles, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Death Date: Jun 1720

Death Location: Northern Neck, Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA

Father: Rev him

Mother: Susan Haldane

Spouse(s): Margaret McMurdo

Children(s): Rev III, Marshall Duncan, Henry Duncan, Thomas Duncan, Susan Duncan, Elizabeth Duncan, Townsend Duncan, Barbara Duncan, John Duncan, Mary twin, Charles Duncan, Margaret Duncan, James Duncan, Andrew Duncan

The story of Rev William H Duncan began in 1659 in Gleneagles, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Rev William H Duncan married Margaret Mcmurde Mcmurdo, and had children including Andrew Duncan, Barbara Duncan, Charles Duncan, Elizabeth Duncan, Henry Duncan, James Duncan, John Henry Duncan, Margaret Duncan, Marshall The Elder Duncan, Mary Duncan Twin, Rev William Robert Duncan Iii, Susan Duncan, Thomas Duncan, Townsend Twin Duncan. Rev William H Duncan passed away in 1720 in Northern Neck, Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Rev William H Duncan began in 1659 in Gleneagles, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
  • Rev William H Duncan married Margaret Mcmurde Mcmurdo, and had children including Andrew Duncan, Barbara Duncan, Charles Duncan, Elizabeth Duncan, Henry Duncan, James Duncan, John Henry Duncan, Margaret Duncan, Marshall The Elder Duncan, Mary Duncan Twin, Rev William Robert Duncan Iii, Susan Duncan, Thomas Duncan, Townsend Twin Duncan.
  • Rev William H Duncan passed away in 1720 in Northern Neck, Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Rev him
1628–1690
Birth Location: Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
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Susan Haldane
1635–1669
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret McMurdo
1661–1720
Birth Location: Dumfrishire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Rev III
1692–1781
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Marshall Duncan
1705–1777
Birth Location: Dumfries, Prince William, Virginia, USA
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Henry Duncan
1685–
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Thomas Duncan
1686–1776
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland
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Susan Duncan
1684–1684
Birth Location: Perthshire, Scotland
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Elizabeth Duncan
1685–1704
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
ED
Townsend Duncan
1691–1722
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
TD
Barbara Duncan
1684–
Birth Location: Perthshire, Scotland
BD
John Duncan
1700–1793
Birth Location: Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Mary twin
1691–
Birth Location: Perthshire, Scotland
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Charles Duncan
1687–1780
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Margaret Duncan
1688–
Birth Location: Dumfrieshire, Scotland
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James Duncan
1690–1751
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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Andrew Duncan
1694–1739
Birth Location: Scotland
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Rev Duncan's Ancestors

Self
Rev Duncan
1659–1720
Birth Place: Gleneagles, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Parents
Rev William Robert 'The Martyr' Duncan, Jacobite Revolt, Covenant Presbyterian Minister of Glascoe, Scotland refused to take Jacobite Oath when King Charles ordered him
1628–1690
Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Susan (Sarah) Haldane
1635–1669
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Rev. (John Duncan III, a maltman, merchant, Burgess of) Dundie
1600–1684
Scotland
Janet MacArthur
1600–1684
Scotland
Richard Haldane
1586–1659
Scotland
Mary Kennett
1592–1659
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Andrew Duncan
1575–1616
Janet Andrew
1580–1625
Sir Roche
1580–1635
Lady MacArthur
1581–1624
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johnne Duncan
1530–1620
Jonet Andro
1535–1607
John Fermoy
1560–1635
Lady O'Callaghan
1538–1585

Rev Duncan's Descendants

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Rev (William H) Duncan (10 Jan 1659–Jun 1720) m. Margaret (McMurde) McMurdo (1661–23 Sep 1720)
  1. 1. Rev (William Robert Duncan) III 1692–1781 m. Ruth (Rawley) Raleigh 1702–1781
    1. 1. Joseph (Duncan Sr, War for US Independence: 1776 enlisted to Virginia Regiment commanded by Col. Alexander McClanahann, a Patriot) supplier 1732–1803 m. 1735–1795 m. Mary Browning 1742–1807
      1. 1. 1742–1822 m. Catherine ("Caty") O'Banion 1748–1811
        1. 1. Matilda Duncan 1779–1850 m. Claiborne Collier 1780–1846
        2. 2. Susannah Duncan 1776–1860
        3. 3. Charlotte Duncan 1771–1818
        4. 4. Archibald (Duncan, US War for Independence, slaveholder) 3x 1763–1839 m. Hannah Williams 1776–1860
        5. 5. Elizabeth (Betsy) Duncan 1763– m. Cpl (Joseph Parker, War for Independence,) Slaveholder 1756–1821
        6. 6. Washington Duncan 1765–1835
        7. 7. Lydia (Duncan, slaveowner) 3x 1763–1830 m. John (Mizner Sr., slaveowner) 7x 1758–1821
      2. 2. Pvt (Howsen Housen Duncan, slaveowner 8x: Willy, Peggy, Lucy, Marish, Violet, Linney, Sharlotte in will, War of 1812: KY 9th) Reg't 1757–1814 m. Agnes Johnson 1760–1837
        1. 1. Johnson Duncan 1798–1873
        2. 2. Lydia (Duncan) (Crow) 1787–1875
        3. 3. Howson (Hooe Duncan) Jr 1794–1841
        4. 4. Jemima ('Jane' Duncan) (Parr) 1780–1857
        5. 5. William (H) Duncan 1803–1888 m. Phoebe Caldwell 1809–1840
      3. 3. Jemima Duncan 1748–1818
      4. 4. Rose Duncan 1745–1796
      5. 5. Mary Duncan 1744–1792
      6. 6. Hannah Duncan 1750–
    2. 2. Rawley (Raleigh Duncan, US War for) Independence 1723–1786 m. Sarah ((Sallie Sally) McLane McLain) (Duncan) 1736–1810 m. Mary (Ruth) Roberts 1727–1810
      1. 1. Edward Duncan 1759–1825
      2. 2. Charles Duncan 1762–1829
      3. 3. James Duncan 1763–1791
      4. 4. Jael ("Jailey" Duncan, almost killed by Chief Benge & his) Indians 1751–1816 m. Samuel (Williams) Stallard 1745–1816
        1. 1. Sarah Addington 1790–1867
        2. 2. Raleigh (Rawley Duncan Stallard, US War for Independence: as a boy played fife to entertain troops during the) War 1771–1856 m. Mary (Elizabet) Hutchinson 1773–
        3. 3. Frances Watson 1772–1856
        4. 4. Walter Stallard 1775–1834
      5. 5. Townsend Duncan 1755–1823
      6. 6. Benjamin Duncan 1752–1803
      7. 7. Charles Duncan 1763–1831
    3. 3. Anne (Nancy) Duncan 1732–1781
    4. 4. Rice (Duncan, US War for) Independence 1734–1788 m. Elizabeth (Dodge) Cobb 1743–1790
      1. 1. Joseph ((Cobb)) Duncan 1770–
      2. 2. Rice ((Cobb)) Duncan 1774–
    5. 5. John (Perkin) Duncan 1730–1774 m. Rachel Duncan 1734–1765
      1. 1. Orender Duncan 1758–1861
      2. 2. John (Pekin Duncan) Jr 1763–1834 m. Lydia Spiller 1771–1843
        1. 1. Warrenton (Spiller) Duncan 1792–1878 m. Catherine Newman 1807–1881
        2. 2. Abraham (Matthew Duncan, Black Hawk Indian) War 1798–1876 m. Jane McDonald 1820– m. Lucinda Murphy 1802–1831
        3. 3. James Duncan 1794–1874
        4. 4. Melcher (Jerome) Duncan 1788–1869
        5. 5. Benjamin Duncan 1790–1847
        6. 6. Martin (C.) Duncan 1788–1865
        7. 7. William DUNCAN 1808–1873
      3. 3. William Duncan 1765–1817
      4. 4. Nancy Duncan 1757–1836
      5. 5. Martin Duncan 1761–1827
    6. 6. Pvt (Charles Duncan, US War for Independence: Virginia Captain Blackwell's Regiment, Company) 6 1742–1789 m. Sarah Browning 1742–1824
      1. 1. William Duncan 1768–1828
      2. 2. John Duncan 1776–1860
      3. 3. Mary Duncan 1764–1841
      4. 4. Shadrach Duncan 1772–1836
      5. 5. Nimrod Duncan 1766–1844
      6. 6. Henry Duncan 1777–1852
      7. 7. Issac Duncan 1776–1842
      8. 8. Charles Duncan 1770–1839 m. Mary (Ann) Duncan 1779–1831
        1. 1. Sarah (Duncan) (Birdwell) 1798–1865
    7. 7. James (Raleigh) Duncan 1746–1823
    8. 8. John Duncan 1750–1829
    9. 9. Elizabeth (Ruth) Duncan 1732–1836
    10. 10. Margaret (Haldane) Duncan 1720–1795
    11. 11. Mehitable Duncan 1729–1836
    12. 12. Pvt (William James Duncan, US War for Independence: Capt Thomas Berry's company of Col Abraham Bowman's 8th Virginia) Reg't. 1726–1790 m. Rosanna (Sarah) Norman 1735–1801
      1. 1. James (Duncan, slaveholder) 1x 1769–1820 m. Dorcas Butler 1770–1850
        1. 1. John (H) Duncan 1803–1851
        2. 2. Rev (Lewis) Duncan 1806–1872 m. Harriet Kinnaird 1808–1852
        3. 3. Marshall Duncan 1798–1833
        4. 4. William (B) Duncan 1797–1874
      2. 2. Sarah Duncan 1761–
      3. 3. Elizabeth Duncan 1765–1852
      4. 4. Frederick Duncan 1770–1833 m. Sarah (Susan) Stallard 1780–1867
        1. 1. John (Randolph) Duncan 1821–1902
        2. 2. James (Madison) Duncan 1808–1894 m. Emily (Proctor) Brown 1818–1890
        3. 3. Benjamin (Harrison) Duncan 1816–1894
        4. 4. Catherine (Ann) Duncan 1799–1852
        5. 5. Edward (Pendleton) Duncan 1803–1869
        6. 6. Mary (R "Kitty") Duncan 1813–1850
        7. 7. Eldridge (G) Duncan 1806–1878
        8. 8. Frederick (Duncan) Jr 1801–
      5. 5. Benjamin Duncan 1772–1809
        1. 1. Joshua Duncan 1785–1861 m. Rutha Russell 1786–1860
      6. 6. William Duncan 1768–1851
      7. 7. William Duncan 1757–1833
    13. 13. Zachary Duncan 1729–1836
    14. 14. Benjamin Duncan 1735–1796
  2. 2. Marshall (the Elder) Duncan 1705–1777 m. Mary (Ann) Durron 1705–1777
    1. 1. Marshall (Duncan) Jr 1739–1810
    2. 2. Mary (Ann) Duncan 1735–1776
    3. 3. William Duncan 1737–1797
    4. 4. Thomas Duncan 1741–1836
    5. 5. Rice (Durron) Duncan 1743–1777
    6. 6. Joseph (Durron) Duncan 1747–1828
    7. 7. Charles Duncan 1748–1818 m. Susannah (Lurannah) Malkey 1752–1828
      1. 1. Charles (Thomas) Duncan 1768–1832
      2. 2. Joel Duncan 1779–1851
      3. 3. Marshall Duncan 1772–1839
    8. 8. Robert Duncan 1751–1776
    9. 9. John Duncan 1733–1794
  3. 3. Henry Duncan 1685–
  4. 4. Thomas Duncan 1686–1776 m. Jane Grier 1703–1771
    1. 1. David (Duncan, War for US) Independence 1730–1792 m. Margaret Pomeroy 1749–1824
      1. 1. Samuel Duncan 1769–1829 m. Nancy (Boggs) Duncan 1770–1830
        1. 1. David Duncan 1804–1857 m. Sarah Hammell 1807–1894
        2. 2. David Duncan 1803–1857
        3. 3. Samuel Duncan 1808–1882 m. Elizabeth Duncan 1811–1892
      2. 2. David Duncan 1772–1857
      3. 3. Mary Duncan 1763–1824
      4. 4. Margaret Duncan 1765–
      5. 5. Hannah Duncan 1768–1826
    2. 2. John Duncan 1727–1794
    3. 3. Daniel Duncan 1729–1790
    4. 4. Stephen Duncan 1725–1794
    5. 5. William Duncan 1728–1794
  5. 5. Susan Duncan 1684–1684
  6. 6. Elizabeth Duncan 1685–1704
  7. 7. Townsend ('Twin') Duncan 1691–1722
  8. 8. Barbara Duncan 1684–
  9. 9. John (Henry) Duncan 1700–1793 m. Sina Browning 1700– m. Elizabeth Holtzclaw 1700–
    1. 1. Robert (R) Duncan 1725–1793
    2. 2. William Duncan 1740–
    3. 3. John (Henry) Duncan 1735–1807
  10. 10. Mary (Duncan,) twin 1691–
  11. 11. Charles Duncan 1687–1780
  12. 12. Margaret Duncan 1688–
  13. 13. James Duncan 1690–1751
  14. 14. Andrew Duncan 1694–1739

Rev Duncan's Timeline

2 Records

1659
10 Jan 1659
Birth of Rev William H Duncan in Gleneagles, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Gleneagles, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
1720
Jun 1720
Age 61
Death of Rev William H Duncan in Northern Neck, Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA
Northern Neck, Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Jan 1659
    Event Place: Gleneagles, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 207
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Jun 1720
    Event Place: Northern Neck, Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] Age:
    About 60-61
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