Samuel Duncan (abt. 1730 - abt. 1778)

Born about 1730 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Died about 1778 at about age 48 in Cumberland Co Pennsylvania

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Biography

Samuel Duncan is a member of Duncan Clan.

Samuel Duncan, son of Thomas Duncan and Jane Grier, named in father's will.

Birth Estimated 1725 -1735, Cumberland Co. PA

Marriage Estimated 1750 - Unknown

Death: Estimated 1778. Exact Date and Place Unknown. Presumed to be PA. Possibly died during Revolutionary War. (Unsourced)

In 1740, the Campbells, Culbertsons, Duncans, Reynoldses, Rippeys, McCalls, Dunlaps, Pipers and Lowerys were among the leading families of Shippensburgh.

In February, 1763, Mr. Shippen issued the first deeds or leases to purchasers of lots in Shippensburg, and to those who had previously settled upon the lots. Samuel Duncan listed as purchased Lot 55. It appears brothers William, Daniel and David were also among the early purchasers.

Daniel Duncan acquired lots 32, 38, 40, 120, 121 and built a stone house on Lot 52, in which he kept a store and tavern. His son Stephen represented the county in the Colonial Legislature. William acquired Lot 95 and David acquired Lot 170.

Letters of Administration upon his estate were granted September 5th 1778, to his brother William Duncan. (pg 76) These transcripts were not located.

Sources

• History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc. Illustrated. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886; Copyright 2009 by and contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Bookwalter Digital Copy

260 HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY.

Mary Ann Duncan Dobson "Duncan Research Files" (Consolidated, sourced and acknowledged); and the many Duncan Researchers that have provided information.
The Genealogy Bug
Home page contains links to:
Duncan Surname Association (DSA) >http://www.duncanroots.com/xxx/
Cumberland Co PA Records

See also:

• Research Books by Nancy Reba Roy]
  • Descendants of William Duncan, the elder – 1959; by Nancy Reba Roy (Author)
  • Duncan family marriages, mostly before 1850 with other information Author: Nancy Reba Roy; Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983.
• 1887 "KY, a History of the State" by Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 5th and 6th Edition, Pg.783: DUNCAN FAMILY (Discrepancies)
• Digital Copies of Culpeper Histories:
  
  • A History of St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County, Virginia; with Notes of Old Churches and Old Families by REV. PHILIP SLAUGHTER, D. D.; 1877
    
  • Genelogical and Historical Notes on Culpeper County, Virginia, Embracing a Revised and Enlarged Edition of REV. PHILIP SLAUGHTER's; History of St. Mark's Parish by RALEIGH TRAVERS GREEN; 1905
    
• Digital Copy History and genealogies of the families of Miller, Woods, Harris, Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh, and Brown (illustrated); with . . . . Covington, Browning, Duncan, Yancey, and others; by Miller, William Harris, 1852-
  
• Duncan, Finch, Gary & Weed with allied families