Mareen
"The Emigrant, The Huguenot"
Duvall
I
Born in Nantes, Bretagne, France
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Duvall
[uncertain]
and Nicola (Stagard) Duvall
[uncertain]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Marie (Bouth) Duvall
— married
about 1658 (to about 1670) in Normandie, France [uncertain]
[uncertain] Husband of
Susannah (Brasseur) Duvall
— married
1673 (to 1692) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Husband of
Mary (Unknown) Henderson
— married
before 1694 in Maryland
Descendants 
Father of
Jean Duvall, Mareen Duvall II, Eleanor (Duvall) Roberts, Lewis Duvall, Samuel Duvall, Susannah (Duvall) Tyler, Mareen Duvall III, Catherine (Duvall) Orrick, Mary (Duvall) Hall, Elizabeth (Duvall) Clark, Johanna (Duvall) Poole and Benjamin Duvall
Died
at age 64
in Middle Plantation, Anne Arundel, Maryland
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Biography
Mareen Duvall I is Notable.
Mareen Duvall I was a Huguenot emigrant (1540-1790).
1630 Birth and Parents
Mareen Duvall was born in 1630 in Nantes, Brittany, France.[1]
He is often referred to as "The Emigrant" to distinguish him from his sons and grandsons who bore the same name.[2]
Wikipedia estimated his birth a half decade earlier, staying that Marin Duvall was born in 1625, Nantes. [2] At that time, Nantes was in the Province of Brittany, Kingdom of France.
It is fairly well established that Mareen was born in Nantes, France. Some sources give it as Nantes, Bretagne, others as Nantes, Loire-Atlantique. We have changed to Bretagne after a brief review of the history. Nantes is located in the contemporary French region of Pays de la Loire. During the French Revolution, in 1790, it became part of the the newly created region of Loire-Inférieure, which changed it's name to Loire-Atlantique in 1957. At the time of Mareen's birth in the 17th century, it was indeed part of Bretagne, and was even the capitol of Bretagne for a time. Thanks to Larry Ridgley for calling this to my attention. - FR
Ancestors
Marshall notes that his parents Thomas Duvall and Nicola Stagard are not proved.[1]
"His family's descent is described in Harry Wright Newman, Mareen Duvall of Middle Plantation.. Also see for this William N. Hurley, Our Maryland Heritage, Book 44: Duvall Family. 2004.
1650 Immigration to Maryland as Indentured Servant
He emigrated to the Province of Maryland on August 28, 1650. [2]
"He was a Huguenot refugee.
Pitard notes that he emigrated from Laval, Normandy, and arrived in Maryland in the 1650s as an indentured servant to John Covell.[3]
1659 Laval Plantation
His indenture ended in 1659, at which point he gained property became a freeholder in Anne Arundel County. [3]
In 1659 Marin du Vall, who had been transported by William Burgess, demands 50 acres of land having performed his term of service with John Cenell (Covell) and brought in by William Burgess; "Lavall", 100 acres, surveyed. [4]
Mareen Duvall settled on the south side of the South River in Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland circa 1655. [5]
The first tract of land patented to him in 1659 by Lord Baltimore was called "Laval," the name of an ancient town, the capital of the present Department of Mayenne in France. [5]
Eventually, he received a patent for La Val from the Calvert family which was the first proprietors of the Maryland Colony. It was possible that he named the family estate after the county of Laval, an independent county created in the 15th century. This property was on the south side the South River in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.[2] [6]
1656 First Marriage to Marie Bouth
In 1656 in France he married first Marie Bouth, born 1635, Normandy France, d. Abt 1673, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (Age 38 years) [1]
Belair and Middle Plantations
Duvall had purchased sizeable tracts of land, including Catton which was later known as Belair,[7] as well as the Middle Plantation in Davidsonville, Maryland. Combined, he owned several thousand acres in the counties of Anne Arundel and Prince George.[2] Scholars believed that the location of the original house of Middle Plantation was somewhere along the Rutland Road. [2]
He became quite prosperous and his Middle Plantation in Davidsonville, Maryland and La Val were "as luxurious and courtly as any of the manors of the English gentry."[8]
Public Service
His public service consisted in part, with leadership in the Jacobite Party, and the Provincial Archives show his appointment to the Provincial Commission in 1683 by the Proprietary and Assembly, to lay out town sites and ports of entry for the encouragement of trade. [5]
1673 Second Marriage to Susanna Marie Brashears
In 1673 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, he married second Susanna Marie Brashears, born 1650, Nansemond County, Virginia, d. 1692, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (Age 42 years) [1]
1674 Appraiser, William Hapcoate Estate
William Hapcoate 1.140 I AA #1677 Oct 20 1674 [1]
- Appraisers: Marin du Vall, John Gray.
1674 Creditor, John Norwood Estate
John Norwood 1.142 I AA #82310 Nov 28 1674 [1]
- Appraisers: William Jones, John Beamon.
- List of debts; estate of Francis Pine, Marin du Valli Job Walton.
1693 Third Marriage to Mary
In 1693 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, he married Mary _____, born before 1677, d. 1717, Prince George's County, Maryland (Age > 40 years) [1]
Wikipedia gives her name as Mary Stanton,[2] however, according to this source "We do not know the identity of his last wife who is often incorrectly given as Mary Stanton.[9]
When he died in 1694, he left his substantial estate to Mary, his third and final wife.[6][10]
Then, she administrated said estate.[2]
1694 Will, Death, Estate
He was a planter and merchant, and a public spirited citizen of the Province until his death in 1694. He resided at the time of his death at his estate, Middle Plantation, located on South River, and patented to him in 1664 by the Lord Proprietary. [5]
Mareen Duvall died 13 Aug 1694 at Middle Plantation, Anne Arundel County, Maryland [1]
Duvall, Mareen, A. A. Co.,2nd Aug., 1694; 13th Aug., 1694. (For a full transcription of his will, see Last Will and Testament of Mareen Duvall).[1]
- To wife Mary, extx., part of 600 A., "Middle Plantation” during life, and she is not to be molested by any of testator's children.
- To son Lewis and hrs., 300 A., part of "Middle Plantation" on which eld. son Mareen now lives; also to inherit wife Mary's portion at her decease.
- To dau. Eliza: and hrs., 375 A., "Bowdell's Choice" in Calvert Co.
- To son Benjamin and hrs., 200 A., part of 400 A., "Howerton's Range” in Calvert Co.
- To dau. Catherine and hrs., residue of "Howertons' Range."
- To son Mareen, the younger, son of late wife Susannah, and hrs., 300 A., "The Plains" in Calvort Co.
- To dau. Mary and hrs., 320 A., "Marley's Grove," and 300 A., "Marley's Lot," A. A. Co.
- To young. dau. Johanna, 311 A.,"Larkin's Choice," and 200 A.,"Duvall's Range."
- To son John, 5 shillings.
- To dau. Eliza:, wife of John Roberts, and to son Samuel, personalty.
- Sons John and Lewis and son-in-law Robert Tyler to assist wife in executorship. Sons to be of age at 18 yrs. and daus at 16 yrs.
- Test: Wm. Roper, Wm. Goodman, Rich'd Cheser, Jervis Morgan, Clement Davis. 2. 327.
Maren Duvall 13A.234 I AA £947.5.8 Sep 3 1694 [1]
- The amount of the inventory also included #81302.
- Appraisers: James Sanders, Samuell Young.
- List of debts: Richard Jones, John Larkins, John Nicholdson, John Boyd, Edward Carter, Samuel Young, Richard Rawlins, John Jacob, Ellinor Pindill, Hugh Abrahams, John Selman, Francis Swanson, John Young, John Best, Thomas Seaborne, Charles Harrison, Robert Goldesborrow, Thomas Everton„ Robert Morris, Samuel Austin, Mr. Story, Benjamin Clarke, Thomas Cheney, Richard Cheshire, William Cotter, John Duvall, Edward Snelling, William Jones, Sr., William Jones, Jr., Richard Galloway, Daniell Richardson, George Cape, Mordica Moore, Maj. Ninian Beale, John Merriton, Gabriell Parrott, Francis Johnson, George Burgas, John Elsey, James Ellis (dead), Dr. Hunt, Leonard Wayman, Nicholas Aldridge, Cortne Crotof, Robert Gott.
- List of bad debts: Richard Rhodes, Abell Hill (dead), Thomas Teaton (runaway), Joseph Story, George Parker (dead), Arthur Herrin (runaway), James Greenif (dead), John Lanslet (runaway), John Rasterick (runaway), William Hooker (runaway), Toby Barrington Tomas Tuldersby (runaway).
Mentions: Philips (commander), Nicholas Smith (commander "Hopewell") consigned to Michaell Yoakly, Samuell Philips (commander "Baltimore"), John Harris (commander "James & Benjamin") consigned to Perry & Lane, John Broomskell (commander "Ruth") consigned to Perry & Lane.
- Mentions: dispute between widow (unnamed) and executor (unnamed).
Maren Devall 10.462 I AA £947.5.8 Oct 8 1695 [1]
- The amount of the inventory also included #81302.
- Appraisers: James Sanders, Samuell Young.
- List of debts: Richard Jones, John Larkin, John Nicholson, John Boyd, Edward Carter, Samuell Young, Richard Rawling, John Jacob, Ellinor Pindle, Hugh Abrams, John Sollman, Francis Swanson, John Young, John Bell, Thomas Seaborne, Charles Harrison, Robert Gouldsbrough, Thomas Everton, Robert Morris, Samuell Austin, Mrs. Storey, Benjamin Clarke, Thomas Cheney, Richard Cheisere, William Cotter, John Devall, Edward Snellin, William. Jones, Sr., William Jones, Jr., Richard Galloway, Daniell Richardson, George Coape, Mordekay Moore, Maj. Ninion Beale, Wollfron Hunt, John Merriton, Gabriell Parrett, Francis Johnson, George Burgos, John Ellsey„ James Ellis (dead), Lenard Wayman, Nicholas Aldridge, Cortue Crotof, Robert Gott, Richard Rhoads, Abell Hill (dead), Thomas Talon (runaway), Joseph Storry, George Parker (dead), Anthony Herring (runaway), James Greniff, John Laufler (runaway), John Basterick, William Hooker (runaway), Tobie Barrington, Thomas Talderrby (runaway).
- Mentions: George Phillips, Samuell Phillips, Nicholas Smith, John Harris, John Brunshill, widow (unnamed), executor (unnamed).
Mareen Duvall 18,183 A AA #7178 May 15 1699 [1]
- Payments to: Charles Chyney, Abell Browne, Col. Ninian Beall, Thomas Boudle, Capt. Hall, Henry Hanslapp, Capt. Isaack Lild,(?),
- Executrix: Mary Ridgdey, wife of Col. Henry Ridgdey, Sr.
Children
"He has two sons named Mareen; the son by his first wife is 'The Elder'; the son by the second is 'The Younger.' [3]
Children of Mareen Duvall and Marie Bouth
- John "Jean" Duvall, b. Abt 1661, Abbington, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, d. 20 Apr 1711, All Hallows Parrish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (Age ~ 50 years) [1]
- Mareen "the elder" Duvall, b. 1662, Middle Plantation, Anne Arundel County, Maryland , d. 1735, Prince George's County, Maryland (Age 73 years) [1]
- Lewis Duvall, b. 1664, d. 1724, Dorchester, South Carolina (Age 60 years) [1]
- Samuel Duvall, b. 1667, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, d. 24 Mar 1741/42, Prince George's County, Maryland - Probate (Age 75 years) [1]
Children of Mareen Duvall and Susanna Marie Brashears
- Susannah Duvall, b. Abt 1676, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, d. 12 May 1716, Prince George's County, Maryland (Age ~ 40 years) [1]
- Elizabeth Duvall, b. Abt 1680, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, d. 1713, Prince George's County, Maryland (Age ~ 33 years) [1]
- Mareen 'Marsh' Duvall, the younger, b. 1680, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland , d. 9 Jun 1741, Pleasant Grove, Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland (Age 61 years) [1]
- Catherine Duvall, b. 1682, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland , d. 1703, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (Age 21 years) [1]
- Benjamin Duvall, b. 1684, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, d. 1774, Prince George's County, Maryland (Age 90 years) [1]
- Johanna Duvall, b. Bef 1687, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland , d. 19 Mar 1710/11, All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (Age > 24 years) [1] His daughter Johannah was born in 1685 and died in 1712. She married Richard Poole. [11]
- Mary Duvall, b. Abt 1683, Middle Plantation, South River Hundred, Anne Arundel , d. 12 Mar 1734/35, Calvert County, Maryland - Probate (Age ~ 52 years) [1]
Descendants
In 1705, his son, John Duvall and his wife Mary deeded land to Queen Anne Parish to construct St. Barnabas Church.[2] Mareen Duvall's widow, Mary went on to marry Henry Ridgley (1635-1710.) After Ridgley's death, she married Jacob Henderson.[5] [2]
In genealogies, he is often called "The Emigrant" to distinguish him from several descendants also named Mareen Duvall. His notable descendants include United States President Barack Obama, President Harry S. Truman, Vice-President Dick Cheney, Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson (for whom Edward VIII gave up the throne), U.S. Associate Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Duvall, and actor Robert Duvall. [2]
Other descendants include U.S. Associate Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Duvall, billionaire Warren Buffett, Confederate General Bradley Tyler Johnson, and Confederate spy Betty Duvall.[10] [2]
"There is a Society of Mareen Duvall Descendants. This numbers among his descendants Robert Duvall (actor), Harry Truman, and Bessie Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor."
Research Notes
Chronology of Mareen's First Family and Immigration
When did Mareen actually immigrate? When did he actually marry his first wife? The current chronology shows that he married in France, and perehaps had children, there, during the time he was an indentured servant in Maryland.
Was Eleanor Elizabeth?
There are currently links to all his listed children except Elizabeth. In addition there is a daughter Eleanor who is linked not listed. Eleanor left her husband and had a child with another man. Was she disinherited?
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 Mike Marshall. Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties Profile for Mareen Duvall Cites Harry Wright Newman, Mareen Duvall of Middle Plantation. Accessed 8 October 2020 jhd
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 [Wikipedia: Mareen_Duvall]] Accessed 8 October 2020 jhd
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 [https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I6267&tree=1sttree on pitard.net Mareen Duvall reference on pitard.net
- ↑ Gust Skordas. Early Settlers of Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing co. 1968. Cites Liber 4:folio 60; liber 4:259, 431; liber 7, folio 450-1. Entry for Marin Du Vall is on page 143.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Biographical notes from Cindy Butler
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Williams, T. J. C.; Folger McKinsey (1979) [1910]. History of Frederick County, Maryland, Vol 2. L.R. Titsworth & Co./Clearfield Co. p. 948. ISBN 0-8063-8012-8. Cited at Wikipedia: Mareen_Duvall Accessed 8 October 2020 jhd
- ↑ Baltz, Shirley Vlasak (1984). A Chronicle of Belair. Bowie, Maryland: Bowie Heritage Committee. pp. 1–8. LCCN 85165028. Cited at Wikipedia: Mareen_Duvall Accessed 8 October 2020 jhd
- ↑ Richardson, Hester Dorsey (1903). Side-lights on Maryland History: With Sketches of Early Maryland Families. Baltimore, Maryland: Williams and Wilkins Company. pp. 96. ISBN 0-8063-0296-8. Anne Tasker Samuel Ogle. Cited at Wikipedia: Mareen_Duvall Accessed 8 October 2020 jhd
- ↑ Mareen DuVall of Middle Plantation by Harry Wright Newman, 1952.
- ↑ Warfield, Joshua Dorsey (July 1905). The Founders of Anne Arundel And Howard Counties, Maryland. Baltimore, Maryland: Kohn & Pollock. pp. 106. ISBN 0-8063-7971-5. Mareen Duvall Mary Stanton. Cited at Wikipedia: Mareen_Duvall Accessed 8 October 2020 jhd
- ↑ Harry Wright Newman. Mareen Duvall of Middle Plantation: A Genealogical History of Mareen Duvall, Gent., of the Province of Maryland and His Descendants With History of the Allied Families of Tyler, larke, Poole, Hall, and Merriken. By the Author: Washington, 1952. Newman's chapter on daughter Johanna begins on page 455
- Wikipedia: Mareen Duvall
- Wikidata: Item Q692927, en:Wikipedia
- Newman, H. Wright. (1952). Mareen Duvall of Middle Plantation: a genealogical history of Mareen Duvall, Gent., of the Province of Maryland and his descendants, with histories of the allied families of Tyler, Clarke, Poole, Hall, and Merriken. Washington. page 318
- Harry Wright Newman. Mareen Duvall of Middle Plantation: A Genealogical History of Mareen Duvall and His Descendants with Histories of... Washington, 1952, p. 20-56. Available online at Family Search
- Luther W. Welsh. Ancestral Colonial Families: Genealogy of the Welsh and Hyatt Families of Maryland and their Kin. Independence, MO : Lambert Moon, 1928, pp. 204-05, "though more recent work has been done."
- J.D. Warfield. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland. Baltimore : Regional Publishing Co., 1967, p. 104, "though more recent work has been done."
- Henry C. Peden, Jr. The Huguenot Society of Maryland, 1968-2004. Huguenot Society of Maryland, 2004, pp. 57-60.
- Thomas John Hall III. The Hall Family of West River and Kindred Families. Publication: Denton, MD: Rue Publishing, 1941. Page: pp. 205-08.
- The Society of Mareen Duvall Descendants (website). This numbers among his descendants Robert Duvall (actor), Harry Truman, and Bessie Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #236505795, citing All Hallows Chapel Cemetery, Davidsonville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
- Gale Research Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.
- Pedigree Resource File. FamilySearch.org (website). User submitted, does not provide sources. This one gives birth year as about 1633. It gives his birthplace as Nantes, Bretagne, rather than Nantes, Loire-Atlantique (see Research Notes section, above).
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There was also more than one roughly contemporary "Marin du Val"; there was a man by that name who arrived in Quebec in 1659.
And Laval and Maine are both in France, both geographically connected to Mareen Duvall, according to wikipedia.
[Duvall of Middle Plantation : a genealogical history of Mareen Duvall, gent., of the province of Maryland and his descendants : with histories of the allied families of Tyler, Clarke, Poole, Hall, and Merriken]
L Sauls
I actually removed the epithet "the elder" from this profile at one point, but missed the erroneous wife. I will remove her now.
Fred
The problem there is that there is no real documentation for that spelling. Mareen Duvall is a fairly well-documented historical figure, and his name is normally spelled just as it is here. It is also spelled that way in the title of the Wikipedia article you mention, and throughout the article, with the sole exception of a mention in the first paragraph of the article which states that he was born Marin Duval (without the capitalization you show).
The entire first paragraph of the article references a 1910 book, which I presume is the source of the spelling.
Unless that book cites a primary source supporting that spelling, I wouldn't change the spelling. An unsourced claim from a book published more than 200 years after his death really isn't adequate support for that.