Jane (Grier) Duncan (1703 - aft. 1776)

Born 1703 in Carmarthenshire, Wales

Descendants

Died after 13 Jan 1776 after age 73 in Hopewell, Cumberland, Pennsylvania

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Discrepancy

Little is known about the early Duncan wives and daughters.
No original birth or marriage records have been located.
The only source and "oldest source found" for William Duncan's names was the "transcription of the 1565 Bible" prepared by Judge Underwood (Bible purportedly was seen by him).

Marriage: about 1720 Thomas Duncan probably Pennsylvania; (although may have been as early as 1702 in Scotland or Pennsylvania.)

Biography

Jane (Grier) Duncan is a member of Duncan Clan.

Jane Grier
Birth: 1686 Carmarthenshire, Wales
Marriage: about 1720 Thomas Duncan probably Pennsylvania; (although may have been as early as 1702 in Scotland.)
Death: After 1776 Hopewell, Cumberland, Pennsylvania (No Estate Record Found)
Parents: Unknown

• Widespread opinion that the genealogy of Thomas Duncan of Cumberland County, PA has been proven. The birth date of 1686 is generally used.

Jane and six sons of Thomas Duncan were named in his Will January 13 1776
William, John, Stephen, David Samuel; and Daniel.

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Sources

1. ↑ Transcription - Source 1 Bible Record Orig - Bible of Rev. Wm. DUNCAN - pub. 1565 [The original bible has not been seen in years. A handwritten transcript of the entries in the Bible is found in the back of the Owensboro KY Library copy of ‘Gen. and Hist. Notes on Culpeper Co. VA’. In the absence of the original, this is the earliest source]
2. ↑ Transcription - Source 2 Bible Record – 1752 - Ringo Bible (Kentucky - James Franklin Duncan’s account of the first three generations descended from William agrees with Underwoods findings
3. ↑ Transcription- Source 3 VanDyke Bible destroyed in Fire 1987- Bible Record of great grandaughter to Thomas Duncan (birth of 12 of January 1686 in Perthsire) who came here and his wife Jane (Grier) who died of a later birth
   And Thomas was the son of William Duncan and Margaret McMurdo born in Scotland and perished in Belhaven.
   (Big Springs Presbyterian Church - The Story of Thomas Duncan and His Six Sons by Katherine Duncan Smith, (1928). This book looks at the Duncan's from Cumberland County, PA.)
4. ↑ Source 4 (A) Capt. Thos. Chew Copy of Church Records preserved -- Scotch Presbyterians (list of children’s names and birth dates appear to have 20+ year discrepancy 150 years later)
   (B) Letters to/from Samuel McAffee Duncan (Nicholasville) & Charles C. Duncan (Edenton, N.C ) Letters re descendants of Charles & Rawley (sons of William Duncan)
   (C) Judge Daniel A. Grimsley, of Culpeper, Virginia – Culpepper Records;
   (D) James Franklin Duncan’s account of the first three generations descended from William agrees with Underwoods findings
   
5. ↑ "The Story of Thomas Duncan and His Six Sons" by Katherine Duncan Smith, 1928 ; additional pages from John A. Duncan 8/22/1984; SLC 9/1984, pg.148 151: Extracts from Letters of Gen. John C. Underwood President, Confederate Memorial Association. . . . "I've gotten possession of the old Bible tallying up to William Duncan, first of Culpeper"
6. ↑ Comparison of Sources Summary

1813 Bible

Van Dyke Bible (Nancy Duncan married William Van Dyke - Apr 1, 1813; Nancy was great grandaughter of Thomas (Parents William and McMurdo) (Multiple copies in agreement - Orig Bible lost in fire May 30 1987)

On the occasion of the marriage of Nancy Duncan April one AD 1813 Big Springs Presbyterian Church with Mr. William Van Dyke of the parish.
daughter to William Duncan and his later wife Nancy McKeehan who died giving her birth.
granddaughter to William Duncan departed now 19 years and Mary Albert alive as of this day.
great grandaughter to Thomas Duncan born 12 of January 1686 in Perthsire who came here and his wife Jane who died of a later birth
And Thomas was the son of William Duncan and Margaret McMurdo born in Scotland and perished in Belhaven.
And William was the son of William, a man of the cloth, born 7 January 1630 in Perthshire. Married Susan, daughtor of Richard Haldane of Gleneagles. He died at the hand of others 12 January 1692.
And William also was a son of William and Janet who survived him.

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:

• "The Story of Thomas Duncan and His Six Sons" by Katherine Duncan Smith, 1928
• 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-
  

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Steven Workman for starting this profile.

Thanks to Bruce Porter, Sunday, March 2, 2014.