Mary (Duncan) Dunagan (abt. 1770 - 1820)

Born about 1770 in Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Dunagan — married 13 Jan 1802 in Greene, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died Oct 1820 at about age 50 in United States

Biography

Discrepancy

Several source to source name discrepancies

AKA's Donnekin Dunikin, Dunakin, Dunican, Dunnigan, Dunigan, Dunagan; Duncan, Dunkin, etc.; Wright

Biography

Mary [Elizabeth] "Polly" Duncan daughter of Jeremiah Dunkin/(Duncan) and Rebecca Hendry

Birth Estimate 1770-1780 Virginia

Death Estimate Unknown 1838-before 1860-61

Marriage

Marriage Estimate 1790

married 1st Unknown Wright before 1801 (possibly B J Wright)

married 2nd Daniel Donnekin (or Dunagan) on 13 Jan. 1802 in Greene Co. TN, bondsman John Petty.^[1]

Daniel Dunagan came from Ireland about 1780 (parents Unknown)

patriot soldier in the Revolution.^[2]

Daniel Dunakin bought land in Amherst Co. VA in 1789 (Amherst Co. VA Deed Book F, pg. 412); witnessed deeds in 1795 (Book G, pg. 588 and 618); and sold his land in 1797 with his wife Elizabeth Duncan, witnessed by Francis West, Nicholas West, and Peggy West (Book H, pg. 290). Daniel Dunican bought land in Greene Co. TN on 21 Feb. 1798 on the North side of the Nolichuckey River (Greene Co. TN Deed Book 6, pg. 267). Daniel Dunikin, born 1752, applied in Greene Co. TN on 6 Sept. 1819 at age 67 for a Revolutionary War Pension (S-18819). He had enlisted in Jan. or Feb. 1776 in Amherst Co. VA under Capt. Cabell or Cahill, under Col. Buckner, for two years; had served under numerous captains; on 23 Oct. 1820 he was age 68, his wife was living, and he had had 17 children, eight then living with him and principally small. "David" Dunnigan age 80 to 90, and wife age 50 to 60, were in Greene Co. TN in 1830 (pg. 175).

Children

The estate of Mary's brother David Duncan in 1861 (Madison Co. AL ^[3] named heirs of "Polly Dunigan" Wright Children Identified

• Rebecca Wright (1792-3), married Nicholas Dunigan ^{[4] [5]}
• Nancy Wright (1793-4) or Dunagan, married -------- Rice; died before 1861. Nancy Rice's share as heir of Polly Dunigan was paid to her administrator Joseph Martin.
• Jesse Wright (1795-6), died before 1861. His four children received his share as a son of Polly Dunigan: (Thomas Wright. William Wright. Rebecca Wright. James Wright.)^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Greene Co. Marriages 1780 - 1837 From WPA Marriage Records

   "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YSQY-27Q?cc=1619127&wc=Q6SB-L8N%3A1589264540%2C1589373215 : 22 December 2016), Greene > Marriage records, 1780-1809, book 1, no 1-1392 > image 1792 of 3181; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties.

2. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension (S-18819)
3. ↑ Wills, from Vol. 133 of "AL Records" by Gandrud, pg. 95-97, from Evelyn Sigler) and "Annals of Platte Co. MO" by Paxton
4. ↑ 1897 "Annals of Platte Co. MO" by Paxton, pg. 912-3
5. ↑ War of 1812 Nicholas; Nicholas Dunagan was a child of Daniel's first wife, who was a West, and they lived in TN.
6. ↑ "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-81RN-ZWR?cc=1880762&wc=M61T-MNL%3A176716601 : 22 May 2014), 025-026, 1798-1815 May, W-Z > image 320 of 621; citing NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Amherst Co VA Records
• Greene Co TN Records
• Madison Co AL

See Also

• Find A Grave Memorial 157538323
• (sourced) Mary Duncan 1775 – 1875 • KLG2-V2C

• Source: S-2095954157 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Repository: #R-2142738102 Note: #N13548 1 JAN 2016 Time: 13:58:57 Ancestry Family Trees http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=11400904&pid=298
• Repository: R-2142738102 Ancestry.com Note: #N13472 Note: Description: 67E833A09D7842FA8FDD5C9BF37EC2F2FB42.

Acknowledgement

Mary Ann Duncan Dobson "Duncan Research Files" (Consolidated, sourced and acknowledged); and the many Duncan Researchers that have provided information.
The Genealogy Bug
Manuscript - Some Duncan's of Eastern TN Section IV, Jeremiah Duncan and his Probable Descendants