Born in Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Shadrack Duke
and Angelina (Roberts) Duke
Sister of
Sarah Duke, William Pitts Duke, Isham Duke, Martha Ann (Duke) Clark, Benjamin Duke, Nancy Duke, John Frederick Duke, James M Duke, Henry Jackson (Dukes) Duke, Greenberry Duke and Ransom Duke
Wife of
Neville Riley Lawson
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Cynthia (Lawson) Sumner and Hiram Lawson
Died about
at about age 63
in Union, Union, South Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jan 2017
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Biography
"Tempy" was the 3rd child of Shadrack Duke and Angelina "Dicey" Roberts. According to the Shadrack Duke Bible, she was born on December 26, 1796.[1]
Research Notes
If numerous unsourced online trees are correct, "Tempy" may be identified as Cynthia Temperance (Duke) Lawson, who passed away after 1860.[2] Census records are unreliable and list her birth as either 1790 in South Carolina[3] or 1792 in Virginia,[4] so this claim seems to remain plausible but unproven.
Sources
- ↑ "Shadrack Duke Bible," privately held by Miss Dollie Duke, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1972. Transcribed online at NCGenWeb (https://www.ncgenweb.us/ncwarren/bibles/bible-d.htm : accessed 1 Feb 2023).
- ↑ "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/6545431/person/332324312135/facts : accessed 11 October 2021), profile for Cynthia Temperance "Tempa" Duke.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZTN-RZV : 18 February 2021), Tempa Lawson, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QG-F8L : 23 December 2020), Tempe Lawson in household of Hiram Lawson, Union, Union, South Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- See also:
- "The Dukes" by Karen Mae Smith in The Stockdale Star, 18 March 1982
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cynthia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cynthia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cynthia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cynthia:
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~1.56%
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Rejected matches › William Pitts Duke (1794-aft.1862)
Cynthia is 21 degrees from Emeril Lagasse, 23 degrees from Nigella Lawson, 23 degrees from Maggie Beer, 44 degrees from Mary Hunnings, 27 degrees from Joop Braakhekke, 26 degrees from Michael Chow, 20 degrees from Ree Drummond, 23 degrees from Paul Hollywood, 21 degrees from Matty Matheson, 21 degrees from Martha Stewart, 29 degrees from Danny Trejo and 27 degrees from Molly Yeh on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.