Esther (Kirkland) Duke (abt.1725-bef.1790)

Esther "Widow Duke" Duke formerly Kirkland

Born about 1725 [location unknown]

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

Wife of John Duke — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Descendants

Mother of Anna (Duke) Arledge, Elijah Duke, Moses Duke, John Washington Duke, Margaret (Duke) Hughes and Martha Duke

Died before 1790 before about age 65 in Lancaster County, South Carolina

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Biography

This profile is part of the Kirkland Name Study.

John married Esther, possibly née Kirkland.[1] They had three boys: Elijah Duke (died early) Moses Duke of Barnwell, South Carolina, married (1) Elizabeth Bensen and (2) Lurany John Duke of Tattnall County, Georgia and possibly one or more daughters: "proven" daughter Margarett, married Micajah Hughes[2] "proven" daughter Martha, married Isaac Hughes "suspected" daughter Ann, married William Arledge "suspected" daughters Harriet, Clarissa, Sarah (suspected to have married Loveless)

John and Esther Duke's eldest son Moses Duke and Elizabeth Benson named their daughter Esther.

John Duke of Lancaster's widow continued to live on the Wateree River land. She appears at least twice in the records after his death. In the January 1786 term of the Fairfield County Court, the minutes show a road was ordered to "... be laid out from Stark's Ferry to join the road from Widow Duke's to Nicholas Thompson's old place ..."

Sources

John Duke of Lancaster and wife Esther Study Note with references
Deed Conveyance, Harrison and wife Nancy Ann to John Duke
Benjamin Perry's 1789 Will witnessed by Esther Duke and Elizabeth Benson
Holcomb, Brent H., Fairfield County, South Carolina, Minutes of the County Court, 1785-1799, Southern Historical Press, 1985, page 8: Stark's Ferry Road
https://genealogy.ztlcox.com/~xcc2all/deedharrisontoduke.htm

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Esther (Kirkland) Duke (abt. 1725 - bef. 1790)

Biography

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