James Duncan (abt. 1725 - 1817)

Descendants [[Category:Estimated No original source records have been located to confirm birth or marriage records. It appears that some erroneous information may have been published, and perhaps republished/reported, making the “actual facts” obscure. There is a great deal of conflicting information – Source-to-Source discrepancies; co-mingling, number of Duncan’s with the same names, etc.. Date]]

Contents 1 Discrepancy 2 Biography 3 Marriage 4 Death 5 Children 6 Sources 7 Acknowledgement

Discrepancy

Source-to-source discrepancies in birth dates vs estimated arrival date of 1712

Biography

James Duncan Son of George Duncan and Margaret Cross, born in Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland,

Birth Estimate Before 1711-1712 (vs February 10, 1725 - 1726) (before 1712 estimated arrival date)

Marriage

James

• Married 1st Elizabeth Bell, daughter of John and Elizabeth Bell, born December 28, 1725, Elizabeth died, aged about forty-seven years (1772) (Bell) vs (d. 1779). aged 64 yrs. "Early Vital Records of Mass. (Haverhill Deaths)"
• Married (2nd) Elizabeth Leonard in 1780 in Haverhill, MA (Dau of Nathaniel Leonard (1699 - 1761) and Priscilla Rogers Leonard (1700 - 1773)^[1], Elizabeth died Nov 9 1785^[2]
• Married (3rd) Hannah Greenleaf in 1786 in Haverhill, MA.

James was a merchant of Haverhill, Mass., who acquired a large estate by trade,

Death

James died about 1818 (aged ninety-two or ninety-three (b. 1726) in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts; Aged 93 yrs. "Early Vital Records of Mass. (Haverhill Deaths)" ^{[3] [4]}

Children

Their children identified from Histories

• 1. John, who died unmarried; b. 01 Apr 1754 ^[5]
• 2. Samuel, of Grantham, married Hannah Emerson, Dec 24 1783 ^[6] and had several children. ^[7]
• 3. Robert, also married Miss Emerson (Reportedly Hannah Emerson wife of brother Samuel Bell); ^{[8] [9]}
• 4. Abraham. presumed to have married Mary Mellen
• 5. William, who lived at Concord, N.H., married Dolly Harris
• 6. James, married Rebecca White ^[10]
• 7. Elizabeth, (b. 1767) married a Mr. Thatcher, a lawyer, and afterwards George Carter, and is living at Boston ^[11]
• 8. Margaret, (b 1769 d. 1858, the widow of Thomas Baldwin, D.D., of Boston. ^[12]
• 9. Mary, (1749)^[13]died Oct. 31, 1777 aged 28 yrs. "Early Vital Records of Mass. (Haverhill Deaths)" ^[14]

and three others. (Unidentified from Histories)^[15]

• George b. Oct. 24, 1751 Haverhill Essex County Massachusetts, Death: Apr. 7, 1766 Haverhill Essex County Massachusetts (aged 14 yrs. 6 m. "Early Vital Records of Mass. (Haverhill Deaths)" ^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ Footnote Letter John Quincy Adams : Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2017. Adams Family Correspondence, Volume 6; http://www.masshist.org/apde2/
2. ↑ Diary of John Quincy Adams, Volume 1 Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2017.
3. ↑ Find A Grave 52346153 James Duncan
4. ↑ Find A Grave 52345904 Elizabeth Bell Duncan
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ3M-92Y : accessed 21 November 2015), John Duncan, 01 Apr 1754; citing HAVERHILL,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 14,767.
6. ↑ Vital Records of Haverhill p.108
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ39-P24 : accessed 21 November 2015), Samuel Bell Duncan, 21 Apr 1758; citing HAVERHILL,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 14,767.
8. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial 86932770 Samuel Bell (son of Robert)
9. ↑ p.271 History of Londonderry
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ39-QRD : accessed 6 November 2015), James Duncan, 22 Apr 1756; citing HAVERHILL,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 14,767.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7JV-52X : accessed 6 November 2015), Duncan in entry for Elizabeth Carter, 03 Oct 1864; citing Brookline, Massachusetts, v 175 p 218, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,184.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7FY-TZF : accessed 6 November 2015), James Duncan in entry for Margaret D. Baldwin, 19 May 1858; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, v 122 p 34, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,174.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZST-KR7 : accessed 6 November 2015), James Duncan in entry for Mary Duncan, 21 Sep 1749; citing HAVERHILL,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 14,767.
14. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 52347449 Tombstone Inscription
15. ↑ The Bell family in America being an account of the founders and first colonial families, an official list of the heads of families of the name resident in the United States in 1790 and a bibliography by Weeks, Lyman Horace Published 1913
16. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 52347363 Tombstone Inscription

Mary Ann Duncan Dobson "Duncan Research Files" (Consolidated, sourced and acknowledged); and the many Duncan Researchers that have provided information
The Genealogy Bug

• Rockingham Co NH Records
• Histories before 1923

See Also

• 1851 "The history of Londonderry [Rockingham Co. NH] : comprising the towns of Derry and Londonderry, N.H." by Edward L. Parker, pub. Boston: Perkins and Whipple (LH9318, HeritageQuest images 2/2007; FHL book 974.26 H2p and film 1,033,889 item 6) Pg.269-272: DUNCAN, GEORGE
• Digital Copy The New Hampshire Genealogical Record: Official Organ of the New Hampshire Genealogical Society, Volumes 3-4 George W. Tibbetts, 1906
• Digital Copy Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Volume 2 William Richard Cutter Lewis historical Publishing Company, 1908 - Boston (Mass.) (pg 960)

Acknowledgement

GEDCOM import. Duncan-5617 was created by Deb Moore through the import of Deb Duncan.ged on Feb 23, 2015.

• Source: S812 Notes Mrs. Edward S. (Millicent) Arnold Source Locality: In my files 1946 26 JUL 2016

• Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Image

James Duncan

Marriage Date: 1749

Marriage Place: Haverhill, Massachusetts

Spouse Name: Elisabeth Bell

• Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). [1]

James DUNCAN

Marriage 1780

Location Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Original Text James, and Betsey Leonard, Apr. 3, 1780.

Town Info Haverhill

Volume Name Haverhill - V2 Page 95

• Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Image

James Duncan

Event Type: Marriage 11 Aug 1786

Marriage Place: Haverhill, Massachusetts

Spouse Name: Hannah Greenleaf

• Find A Grave: Memorial #52346153
• Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Image

James Duncan

Birth Date: abt 1734

Death Date: 24 Jul 1817

Death Place: Haverhill, Massachusetts

Death Age: 83

• Ancestry.com. Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1648-1840

James Duncan

Probate Date: 5 Aug 1817

Residence Place: Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Occupation: Merchant

Probate Type: testate

Inferred Death Year: 1817

Inferred Death Place: Massachusetts, USA

File Number: 8366