John Duncan (abt. 1766 - 1793)

Born about 1766 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Elizabeth (Postlethwaite) Blaine — married about 1786 (to about 1793) in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

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Discrepancy

Unresolvable Date Discrepancy - Estimated dates appear to be correct for both Father and Son based on published Histories. Father published Obit indicates his birth about 1760 - Yet son John died in a duel in 1793 about age 30 = son's birth at 1763

Biography

John Duncan son of Thomas Duncan and Martha Callender.

Birth Estimate 1766-1770 vs 1780 (vs November 15, 1762)^[1]

Marriage Estimate - 1786 John married [Postlethwaite-86|Sarah Eliza Postlethwaite]]^[1]

Death Estimate 1793 - John was reportedly killed in a duel with Mr, Lamberton in 1793.^[2][3]

Children

Children Identified Birth Estimates (p.160) 1786-1793^[1]

• Matilda Rose Duncan 1786
• Stephen Duncan 1787^[1][
• Samuel Duncan 1789
• Mary Ann (Anne) Duncan 1792
• Emily (Amelia) Duncan 1793

Notes

There is disagreement on wife Sarah's middle name/initial (C vs E or Eliza).

Reportedly (presumed) daughter of Samuel Postlethwaite and Matilda Rose

Married 2nd Unknown - Presumed Col. Ephraim Blaine's who's wife, Rebecca, died in 1795 and he married again, to Sarah Elizabeth Postlethwaite, (Duncan) in 1797. They had one son, also named Ephraim. Blaine died at his home in 1804. He is buried at Meetinghouse Springs Church near Carlisle.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Brazy, Martha Jane, An American Planter: Stephen Duncan of Antebellum Natchez and New York, ___ : Louisiana State University Press, 2006, p. 4.
2. ↑ Smith, Katherine Duncan, The Story of Thomas Duncan and His Six Sons. New York : T.A. Wright, Inc., 1928. p. 43
3. ↑ Cumberland County History p.5-p.11

   survived by wife, Sarah Postelthwait Duncan, and five minor children: Matilda, Stephen, Samuel, Mary Anne, and Amelia Duncan. Dr. Samuel Allen McCoskty and Michael Ege were appointed as the guardians of the Duncan children by the Cumberland County Orphan's Court on September 10, 1794

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