John Durron Duncan (bef. 1739 - 1794)

Born before 1739 in Prince William, Virginia, British Colonial America

Died 1794 after age 55 in Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA

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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 . These dates need further research/clarification before taken as "fact".

Discrepancies

-- No Birth Source
-- Exact Marriage date and place is Unknown (possibly before 1739)
-- Wife's last name unproven/unsourced - John also known as John Durron Duncan)
-- Both Marshall's wife and son, John, were referenced in the 1739 Land Transaction with Daniel Marr. Marshall may have been an Immigrant and already Married as early as 1718 - 1721 (1739 minus 21 or 1739 minus 18 = 1721), (Tithables were white males age 16 and older)

Biography

John Duncan is a member of Duncan Clan.

John Duncan, son of Marshall and Mary Ann, was born before 1739, probably in Prince William Co. VA^[1]

John married Roseannah (Unknnown). Exact date and place are unknown, but possibly before 1739. John and Roseannah apparently had no children.

John's widow, Roseannah, married 2nd William Stevenson. Roseannah died about 1825 in Washington Co. TN.
Roseannah Stevenson's will ^[2] mentioned her former husband, John Duncan, and in accordance with his will dated 17 July 1776, left the real estate which her second husband was then in possession of, to be "equally divided between Joseph Duncom Junior of Rice Duncom and Rice Duncom Jr and Marvel Duncom sons of Joseph Duncom Sen. which is brothers to the said John Duncom their children which I make legatees descendant heirs of the said John Duncan" and left her personal estate and slaves to Stacy Melvin, formerly Stacy Duncan, a daughter of Charles Duncan who was a brother to John Duncan; . . . .appointed "my friend" James Melvin as executor, and the will was witnessed by William Grimsley, John English and Joseph Crouch.

John died after 1794 ^[3] His will dated 17 July 1776 has not been located in either Sullivan or Washington Co. TN.^[4]

Timeline

1739 - Land Transaction in Prince William County. Daniel Marr leased 100 acres of land to Marshall Duncan, his wife Ann, and his son John. ^[5]
1751 - in "Granville Co." NC - Undated tax list as as a tithable, along with his father.^[6]
1751 - Tax list on the Dan River, as "Marshall Doncom; John Doncom, 2".
1768 - Rowan Co NC; separate listings for "John Dunkam Constable. ^[7]
1771, 1772, and 1774 - in Surry Co. as a tithable
1776 - in Surry Co. NC 1776 when he witnessed his father's will.
1778 - in Washington Co. TN (tax list);
1781-1783 - in Washington or Sullivan Co. TN
1790 - land next to Isaac Titsworth on the falling branch of Horse Creek, Sullivan Co. TN .

Sources

1. ↑ 1739 Land Transaction
2. ↑ Washington Co. Will Book 1, pg. 151 dated 15 March 1825 and probated July, 1825,
3. ↑ Sullivan Co. Deed Book 1, pg. 498, 707).
4. ↑ Roseannah's will probated July, 1825
5. ↑ Prince William Co. VA Deed Book D, pg. 251.
6. ↑ Granville Co. NC ; NC State Archives, Raleigh, NC
7. ↑ "NC Genealogical Society Journal" Vol. XI #4, Nov. 1983, pg. 195; from Lenox Baker).

See also:
Mary Ann Duncan Dobson "Duncan Research Files" (Consolidated, sourced and acknowledged)
The Genealogy Bug
Home page contains links to:
Published Manuscript of Marshall Duncan
Duncan Surname Association (DSA) >http://www.duncanroots.com/xxx/
The Clan Donnachaidh website: http://www.robertson.org
The DNA website: http://www.familytreedna.com
The DNA results to-date: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/clandonnachaidh/

Acknowledgement

WikiTree profile Duncan-2204 created through the import of gedcom for wikitree.ged on Dec 23, 2012 by Kelly Midura. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kelly and others.

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