Duncan History

Version: 22 apr 2025

Two Duncan Families: Scotland to Pennsylvania and
Kentucky/Missouri

Darlene E. Tolman and Richard L. Tolman, Ph. D.

Darlene E. Tolman’s (DET) ancestors include TWO Duncan lines as shown below. Both Duncan lines were presumed to originate in Scotland; the Duncans then presumed to have moved to Pennsylvania (18th century) and finally to Kentucky/Missouri (19th century).

Ancestors of Nancy McMurtry Duncan (1805-1861): DNA Analysis

The DET DNA had 32 matches to ‘Duncan/Kentucky’ and 26 matches to ‘Duncan/Pennsylvania’ with very little overlap. From the Duncan/KT matches two had as the Common Ancestor (CA) William Duncan (1784-1814);¹ see Cluster 1—therefore proving the Nancy McMurtry Duncan line from DET to William Duncan (1784-1814). The Duncan/KT search produced many tantalizing matches to Duncans in Virginia (Kentucky was a part of Virginia before becoming a state in 1792), but a CA could not be identified on the basis of available records.

None of these matches could be satisfactorily attributed to the ‘other’ Duncan line, the Mary Duncan (1771-1821) line, as they were all in the late 18th century. A search for matches to ‘Duncan/Missouri’ produced 16 matches, but relevant Duncans were all in the 19th or 20th century and were therefore useless for this genealogy.

A match search was also done for ‘Bayley/Massachusetts’ the wife of David Wallace Duncan which returned 22 promising matches (most to 18th century, abt 1750, Massachusetts: 9 to Essex Co. (they mostly immigrated from Wiltshire), 2 to Worcester Co., 2 to Norfolk Co., 1 one to Franklin Co. and 3 to Staffordshire-born Bayleys. Since we don’t know our Mary Bayley’s parentage or origin other than (married in Boston at Trinity Church) Massachusetts, a CA for any of these matches could not be determined. This is an additional strong indication (not a proof) that a Bayley/Bailey is on DET’s direct line.

Similarly, a search for ‘Henderson/Kentucky’ produced 24 matches including an 18th century Henderson² descended from the Hendersons of the Fordell region, Fife County, Scotland and Virginia/Kentucky (see Cluster 2); CA Wm Henderson (1676-1737)—this a proof that Henderson is on DET’s direct line). This lineage descends from James Henderson (Henrysoun), a burgess of Edinburgh who established the castle at Fordell, County Fife, a barony granted by King James IV in 1511.³

Ancestors of Mary Duncan (abt 1771-1821), wife of James Patton: DNA Analysis.

The first record we have regarding Mary Duncan is the birth of her first child James in 1799 in Kentucky (see Patton essay for details). We have presumed Mary was also born in Kentucky, but this may not be so. The Pattons (and James) came to Kentucky from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania—perhaps that was the origin of Mary Duncan as well.

The ‘Julie Dundon’ match from the ‘Duncan/PA’ search (see Cluster 3) was intriguing for several reasons. Ancestry ThruLines had identified a Duncan CA for this match, but the genealogy was obscenely faulty. This is further complicated by the fact that Julie Dundon’s own tree only goes back to Effie Elizabeth Duncan 1860-1935)—Ancestry’s computer had extended her line in ThruLInes back to Samuel Duncan (1760-1829), i.e. Effie Elizabeth Duncan (1869-1935)⁴ who was the dau of William Henry Duncan (1845-1912)⁵ who was the son of James Duncan (1810-1870)⁶, who was the son of Samuel Duncan (1769-1829)⁷. Examination of each of these generations for time and place confirmed the lineage, but eliminated each of them as a CA.

An excellent monograph has been published describing Thomas Duncan and his 6 sons.⁸ Samuel Duncan was the son of David Duncan (1730-1792) and a grandson of this Thomas Duncan (1686-1776) and his wife Jane Grier. Thomas was born in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland and immigrated to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania abt 1740. Examination of the progeny of the six sons identified a Mary Duncan b. abt 1771 in Cumberland County, dau of the third son Stephen and his wife Ann Fox. James Patton was also born in Pennsylvania, probably Cumberland County, so that is where they likely met and may have married. Stephen’s father Thomas Duncan (1686-1776) is therefore the CA for the ‘Julie Dundon’ match.

A further proof would be nice. A match search of DET DNA for ‘Fox/Pennsylvania’ returned 48 matches, 4 of which were to 18th century Cumberland/Westmoreland individuals indicating that the Fox surname is on DET’s direct line; a CA was not identified. This is another confirmation of Stephen Duncan (1729-1794)/Ann Fox (1732-1796) as Mary Patton’s (abt 1771-1821) parents.

The Mary Duncan lineage from Thomas appears at the end of the Genealogical Summary.

GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY

Generation One

1.⁹^,¹⁰ David Wallace Duncan was born before 1725 at Scotland and of Mason County, Kentucky and died 5 Jul 1826¹¹ on the ‘Ohio River some distance above Natchez’.¹² He was at the Battle of ‘Preston Pass’ (Prestonpans) and later at the Battle of Culloden in 1745. He stayed with Prince Charlie until 1746 and then made his way to the American Colonies (through Ireland) as there was a reward for his apprehension in Scotland. He served in the American Army during the Revolution. He settled first in Massachusetts (before 1766) and then moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania and raised a family there before moving to Mason County, Kentucky (abt 1795¹³).¹⁴] He married (1) unknown (in Ireland after 1746) and had four children before he emigrated to Massachusetts. He married¹⁵ (2) 24 Aug 1766 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Mary/Margaret Bailey/Bayley of Boston.¹⁶^,¹⁷ She was born abt 1740¹⁸ and died before 1825.¹⁹^,²⁰^,²¹

Mrs. Duncan had four children.²²

+ 2 i. ENNIS DUNCAN was born 1762-3 probably in Ireland. He married (1) abt 1789 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England Anne Rush. He emigrated to Kentucky before 1810.

3 ii. JAMES DUNCAN was born abt 1765.

4 iii. DAVID DUNCAN Jr. was born abt 1765.

David and Mary Bailey Duncan had ten children. ²³

+ 5 i. DAVID DUNCAN was born 1770 of Kentucky and died 1827. He married 5 Nov 1795 at Mason County, Kentucky Margaret Brown, dau of Greer Brown.

+ 6 ii. MARTIN DUNCAN was born 17 Oct 1777 at Massachusetts and died 1859 at Decatur, Indiana; buried Springhill Cemetery, Greensburg, Washington Twp, Decatur, Indiana. He married 20 Dec 1810 at Fleming County, Kentucky Maryanne Henry.

7 iii. ELIZABETH DUNCAN was born abt 1780. She married a Mr. Miller.²⁴

8 iv. JANE DUNCAN was born abt 1780. She married as a resident of Brown County, Ohio abt 1842 a Mr. Stewart.²⁵

9 v. POLLY (MARY) W. DUNCAN was born 1780 and died 1863 at Urbana, Champaign, Illinois; buried²⁶ at Mount Hope Cemetery and Mausoleum, Urbana. She married²⁷ 7 Jan 1801 at Mason County, Kentucky James William Campbell; he was born 1776 and died 1850. Three children.

+ 10 vi. WILLIAM DUNCAN was born abt 1784 of Kentucky and died May 1814 at Fleming County, Kentucky. He married 21 Nov 1803 at Kentucky Elizabeth Henderson.

11 vii. JOHN DUNCAN died Oct 1795.²⁸

12 viii. THOMAS DUNCAN died Oct 1821. He was a soldier of the First Regiment of Infantry.²⁹

13 ix. NANCY (AGNES) DUNCAN was born abt 1787 and died Jul 1833 at Harrison, Kentucky. She married³⁰ 25 Jul 1806 at Mason County, Kentucky James Lindsay; he was born 1778 and died 1827. Two children.³¹

+ 14 x. BENJAMIN DUNCAN was born 11 Oct 1793 at Mason County, Kentucky and died 17 Mar 1875 at Washington, Daviess, Indiana; buried at Oak Grove Cemetery at Washington, Daviess, Indiana. He married 26 Mar 1822 at Mason, Kentucky Rebecca Graham.³² They were living in Indiana in 1831.

+ 15 xi. JOSEPH DUNCAN was born 1794. He married 15 May 1839 at Mason County, Kentucky Martha Payne.

Generation Two

2. Ennis (Aeneas) Duncan was born 1763 of Ireland and died 9 Mar 1830³³ (age 67) at Mason County, Kentucky. He married (1) abt 1789 at Liverpool, Lancashire, England Anne Rush. He emigrated to Kentucky before 1810.

He married³⁴ (2) 23 Sep 1816 at Mason County, Kentucky Malinda Masters Mefford (widow of George Mefford).³⁵ Ennis was a schoolmaster and constable in Maysville, Mason County.³⁶^,³⁷

Ennis and Anne Rush Duncan had three children.

16 i. ENNIS DUNCAN Jr. born 2 Mar 1790.³⁸ He married 1813 Hester Bloxsom.³⁹

17 ii. JAMES DUNCAN was baptized 7 Jun 1791⁴⁰^,⁴¹ and died in Covington, Kentucky. He served in the War of 1812 from Mason County, Kentucky. He married 18 Sep 1816 Nancy Hunt dau of John Hunt.

18 iii. (John) WESLEY DUNCAN was born abt 1805. He married 27 Dec 1827 at Mason County, Kentucky Emily McClelland.⁴²

5. David Duncan was born 1770 of Kentucky and was killed by Indians in 1812 near New Madrid, Missouri.⁴³ He had married⁴⁴ 5 Nov 1795 at Mason County, Kentucky Margaret Brown, dau of Greer Brown (who left Mason County early and settled in the Abbott settlement on Straight Creek, Brown County). Four children.⁴⁵ Margaret married (2) 27 May 1817 at Mason County Nathan Franklin (Ennis Duncan, Jr. signed as bondsman). She died in Mason County in 1819.⁴⁶

David and Margaret Brown Duncan had four children.⁴⁷^,⁴⁸

19 i. ALFRED TAYLOR DUNCAN born 1796. He married Miss Rogers.⁴⁹ Three children: Louis Greer, Maria, and Theresa Victoria.

20 ii. MARIA BROWN DUNCAN born 1800. She married 6 Mar 1827 at Brown, Ohio Marcus C. Wells/Willis.

21 iii. LUCIUS CAMPBELL DUNCAN born 1801 and died 1855. He married (1) Miss McKensie of London, England (2 children), ⁵⁰^,⁵¹ and (2) 6 Sep 1854 Mary Rebecca Smith, no issue.

22 iv. GREER BROWN DUNCAN born 1812 and died 1858. He married 1 Oct 1845 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mary Jane Cope of Alexandria, Louisiana. He and brother Lucius became distinguished lawyers in New Orleans.

6. Martin Duncan was born 17 Oct 1777 at Massachusetts and died 1859 at Decatur, Indiana; buried⁵² Springhill Cemetery, Greensburg, Washington Twp, Decatur, Indiana. He married⁵³ 20 Dec 1810 at Fleming County, Kentucky Mary Anne Henry. He is found in the 1820⁵⁴ U. S. Census in Fleming County, Kentucky; his two (unmarried sisters) may be living with him. Five children.

Martin and Maryanne Henry Duncan had five children.

23 i. NANCY SIMPSON DUNCAN born 1811 and died 1895. She married 5 Jan 1829 at Greensburg, Washington Twp, Decatur, Indiana David C. Mitchell.

24 ii. ELIZABETH M. DUNCAN born 1813 and died 1894. She married 21 May 1835 at Decatur, Indiana Nathaniel Patton.

25 iii. WILLIAM DUNCAN born 1815 and died 1891. He married 20 May 1841 at Decatur, Indiana Rosanna J. Mitchell.

26 iv. JANE DUNCAN born 1817 and died 1905. She married 18 Oct 1842 at Rush, Indiana James Alexander Stephenson.

27 v. MARTHA A. DUNCAN born 1826 and died 1896. She married 5 Aug 1842 at Decatur, Indiana Tilman Bailey.

10. William Duncan was born⁵⁵ at Massachusetts⁵⁶ abt 1784 of Mason County, Kentucky⁵⁷ and died before 25 May 1814⁵⁸ at Fleming County, Kentucky. He was the son of David Duncan of Mason County, Kentucky. He left two indentures: (1) 8 Jun 1819 regarding deed to property⁵⁹ described in the document and sale of same; heirs named included Nancy McMurtry Duncan, Amanda Alice Duncan, David Henderson Duncan, Alfred Ratcliff Duncan, Joshua Michell Duncan, William Grant Duncan, and Elizabeth Jane Duncan and secondly (2) an indenture dated 6 Jun 1828; his heirs were seeking the sale of a tract of land (the same heirs as above are named).⁶⁰ There is also a petition for sale of a slave from the estate of Wm G. Duncan 19 Apr 1853 which names family members.⁶¹

He married⁶² 21 Nov 1803 at Kentucky Elizabeth Henderson dau of David and Elsie Anderson Henderson of Bourbon County, Kentucky.⁶³^,⁶⁴ She was born 3 Jan 1782 at Fleming County, Kentucky and died 27 May 1854 at Callaway County, Missouri; buried⁶⁵ at Concord Cemetery, Callaway County, Missouri.⁶⁶ In the 1820⁶⁷ U. S. Census of Fleming County, Elizabeth Duncan is head of household of eight persons. McAlpine⁶⁸ has another marriage for Elizabeth in fall 1811, but this cannot be as she is clearly a head of household (as Elizabeth Duncan) in the 1820 Census of Fleming County, Kentucky. Elizabeth married (2) James Patton (See Patton Genealogy). After James Duncan’s death in the 1820’s (she is not findable in the 1830 census)⁶⁹ and later in life she lived with her son Joshua (see Joshua, 1850 Census, ‘Elizabeth H. Patton’) until her death.

William and Elizabeth Henderson Duncan had seven children.⁷⁰^,⁷¹

+ 28 i. NANCY MCMURTRY DUNCAN born 1805 at Fleming County, Kentucky and died 5 Apr 1861 at Platte County, Missouri. She married 10 Jan 1822 at Fleming County, Kentucky John Patton.

+ 29 ii. AMANDA ELIZABETH ALICE DUNCAN was born 20 Oct 1806 at Kentucky and died 25 Aug 1889 at Fulton, Callaway, Missouri. She married 13 Mar 1823 at Fleming County, Kentucky Thomas Patton.

+ 30 iii. DAVID HENDERSON DUNCAN born 1808-10 and died before 1850. He married 6 Jan 1836 at Callaway County, Missouri Eliza Ann Morrison.

31 iv. ALFRED RATCLIFF DUNCAN born 1809-10.

+ 32 v. JOSHUA MITCHELL DUNCAN born 1811 at Kentucky and died 8 Dec 1879 at Callaway, Missouri. He married (1) 18 May 1842 at Callaway, Missouri Elizabeth Ann McAfee alias Mary A. E. Sheley as her second husband and (2) 23 Sep 1852 Judith Eliza (Sheley) Duncan (brother Wm’s widow).

33 vi. WILLIAM GRANT DUNCAN born 1812-15⁷² at Kentucky and died Feb 1850 at Callaway, Missouri. He married⁷³ 11 Nov 1846 at Callaway, Missouri Judith E. Sheley,⁷⁴ a dau of Reason and Nancy J. Sheley. No issue. Mary (see 32, above) was her cousin—dau of Singleton Sheley.⁷⁵^,⁷⁶

34 vii. ELIZABETH JANE DUNCAN born 1813-15 at Kentucky . Presumably never married; living with Joshua in 1850 and 1860.⁷⁷^,⁷⁸

14. Benjamin Duncan was born 11 Oct 1793 at Mason County, Kentucky and died 17 Mar 1875 at Washington, Daviess, Indiana; buried⁷⁹ at Oak Grove Cemetery at Washington, Daviess, Indiana. He married⁸⁰ 26 Mar 1822 at Mason, Kentucky Rebecca Graham. He is found in the 1850⁸¹ U. S. Census of Daviess County, Indiana; at least three children: Joseph b. 1824 KY, William b. 1829 IN, Thomas b. 1833 IN, and Anne Ragsdall b. 1840 IN. In (Mason County) Deed Book 35, page 41 ‘August 30, 1830: Benjamin B. Duncan and Rebecca his wife of Daviess county, Indiana agree to sell to Joseph Duncan of Mason County, Kentucky…for #200.00…his ‘one-ninth share’… Witnesses: James and William Graham’.⁸²

Benjamin and Rebecca Graham Duncan had at least three children.

35 i. JOSEPH GRAHAM DUNCAN born 2 Sep 1824 at Kentucky and died Feb 1854.⁸³

36 ii. WILLIAM W. DUNCAN born 31 Jul 1829 at Indiana and died 7 Feb 1910 at Daviess County, Indiana; buried⁸⁴ at Oak Grove Cemetery, Washington, Daviess, Indiana. He married⁸⁵ 20 Sep 1866 Mary Etta Thomas. Four children: Henry Lyle b. 1867, Harriet (Hattie) Ann b. 1868, William Grant b.1873, and Nellie Graham b. 1876.⁸⁶

37 iii. THOMAS LYLE DUNCAN born 15 Apr 1833 at Indiana. He served⁸⁷ in the Civil War 1863-5, 58th Indiana Infantry; discharged due to wounds. He then went to Nevada (City), California.⁸⁸

15. Joseph Duncan was born 1794 and died 1860 at Mason County, Kentucky. He married⁸⁹^,⁹⁰ 15 May 1839 at Mason County, Kentucky Martha Payne. She was born 1816 at Kentucky.⁹¹ He served in the War of 1812 from Mason County.⁹² His Mason County will was proven 9 Jul 1860 (dated 25 Nov 1846).⁹³

Joseph and Martha Payne Duncan had one child.⁹⁴

38 i. WILLIAM H. DUNCAN born 1841 at Mason County, Kentucky.

Generation Three

28. Nancy McMurtry Duncan was born 1805 at Fleming County, Kentucky and died 5 Apr 1861 at Platte County, Missouri; buried⁹⁵ at Green Cemetery, Stillings, Platte, Missouri. She was the dau of William and Elizabeth Henderson Duncan. She married⁹⁶ 10 Jan 1822 at Fleming County, Kentucky John Patton. He was born 1801 at Pennsylvania and died after 1860. In the 1820⁹⁷ U. S. Census of Fleming County, Kentucky three Patton men—James (head of household) and John and Thomas (brothers?) were together (see Patton Genealogy). The John and Nancy McMurtry Duncan Patton family is found in the 1830⁹⁸, 1850⁹⁹ and 1860¹⁰⁰ U. S. Censuses in Missouri.

John and Nancy McMurtry Duncan Patton had six children.¹⁰¹

39 i. ELIZABETH ELLEN PATTON was born 1824 at Fleming County, Kentucky and died 1892. She married 31 Oct 1867 at Plattsburg, Clinton, Missouri Johann Henrich (Henry) Essig.

40 ii. JOHN G.PATTON was born 1832.

41 iii. JAMES M. PATTON was born 1838.

42 iv. ANN E. PATTON was born 1838.

43 v. CATHRYN SABINA (Sibbie) PATTON was born 7 Nov 1843 and died 12 Dec 1917; buried¹⁰² at Green Cemetery, Stillings, Platte, Missouri. Never married.

44 vi. HENRY C. PATTON was born 4 Sep 1847 and died 18 Aug 1881; buried¹⁰³ at Green Cemetery, Stillings, Platte, Missouri. He married 10 Sep 1876 Catharine Stone. She was born 1857.

29. Amanda Elizabeth Alice Duncan was born 20 Oct 1806 at Fleming County, Kentucky and died 25 Aug 1889 at Fulton, Callaway, Missouri; buried¹⁰⁴ at Hillcrest Cemetery, East Fulton Twp, Callaway, Missouri. She married¹⁰⁵ 13 Mar 1823 at Fleming County, Kentucky Thomas J. Patton. He was born 21 Aug 1802 and died¹⁰⁶ 18 May 1874. Amanda is found with her mother (Elizabeth Duncan, her father died 1814) in the 1820¹⁰⁷ U. S. Census of Fleming County, Kentucky and with her husband Thomas and family in the 1830¹⁰⁸ U. S. Census of Callaway County, Missouri, and the 1850¹⁰⁹ U. S. Census of District 12, Callaway, Missouri.

Thomas and Amanda Duncan Patton had eleven children.¹¹⁰^,¹¹¹

45 i. WILLIAM DUNCAN PATTON was born 1824.

46 ii. MARY ELIZABETH PATTON was born 22 Oct 1825.

47 iii. JAMES WILSON PATTON was born 23 Dec 1827 at Missouri and died 11 Jun 1912 at Fulton, Callaway, Missouri; buried¹¹² at Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton. He was a saddler. Four daus and a son. He married 4 Mar 1862 at Audrain, Missouri Elizabeth Virginia Dudley.

48 iv. MARTHA. J. PATTON was born 22 Feb 1830 at Callaway County, Missouri and died after 1889.¹¹³ She married 27 Aug 1873 at Fulton, Callaway, Missouri H. P. S. Willis.¹¹⁴

49 v. NANCY A. PATTON was born 1832 at Callaway County, Missouri.

50 vi. MINERVA (Minnie) PATTON was born 11 Oct 1834 at Missouri and died 5 Aug 1890 at Fulton, Callaway, Missouri; buried¹¹⁵ at Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton. She married (2) 14 Jan 1869 at Callaway County, Missouri Richard Chamberlain.¹¹⁶ There was a first marriage to ____ Birch.

51 vii. EMILY ELIZA PATTON was born 16 May 1837 at Callaway County, Missouri.

52 viii. MIRIAM CATHARINE PATTON was born 1840.

53 ix. THOMAS M. PATTON was born 1843 at Callaway County, Missouri.

54 x. JOHN EDWARD PATTON was born 1845 and lives in ‘Mexico’, a community in Audrain County, Missouri.

55 xi. CHARLES ALFRED PATTON was born 23 Sep 1847 at Missouri and died 14 Jan 1929 at Fulton, Callaway, Missouri; buried¹¹⁷ at Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton. He married Laura Virginia Myers dau of Henry Marks Myers and Harriet Eliza Hickox; she died 15 Jul 1939 at Fulton. Four children: Charles b. 1879, Mabel Marge b. 1881, Grace Florence b. 1883, and Hellen J. b. 1885.¹¹⁸

30. David Henderson Duncan was born 1808-10 and died before 1850. He married¹¹⁹ 6 Jan 1836 at Callaway County, Missouri Eliza Ann Morrison. David Henderson and Eliza Ann Morrison Duncan had two children that were subsequently orphaned. They are found in the 1850¹²⁰ U. S. Census living with their uncle Joshua and were later adopted by him in 1853.¹²¹

David and Eliza Ann Morrison Duncan had two children.

56 i. ALFRED M. DUNCAN was born 1837.

57 ii. MARY E. DUNCAN was born 1839.

32. Joshua Mitchell Duncan was born 1811 at Kentucky and died 8 Dec 1879; buried¹²² at New Bloomfield Cemetery, Callaway, Missouri. He was the administrator of brother William G. Duncan’s estate.¹²³ He married (1) 18 May 1842 at Callaway, Missouri Elizabeth Ann McAfee alias Mary A. E. Sheley¹²⁴ as her second husband. Mary Ann Elizabeth Shelby married Phillip T. McAfee 27 May 1834 in Fulton, Missiouri.¹²⁵ Apparently Phillip died in November of 1834, and she then married Joshua where she is named Elizabeth Ann McAfee, widow of Phillip.¹²⁶

In the 1850¹²⁷ U. S. Census of Callaway County, Missouri, Joshua is found with his two sons from the first marriage, his sister Elizabeth Jane, a boy and a girl—children of his deceased brother David, and his mother Elizabeth H. Patton, who had married James Patton.¹²⁸

He married¹²⁹ (2) 23 Sep 1852 Judith Eliza (Sheley) Duncan (brother Wm’s widow); she was born 1825 in Kentucky and died 10 Feb 1904 at Callaway County, Missouri. Five children with Judith.¹³⁰^,¹³¹ Judith and Mary are not sisters, but are cousins: Mary is the dau of Singleton Sheley and Judith is the dau of Reason and Nancy White Sheley, Singleton’s brother.

Joshua Mitchell and Elizabeth Ann McAfer (or McAfee) Duncan had two children.

58 i. WILLIAM SINGLETON DUNCAN was born 2 Feb 1843 at Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri.¹³²
: ‘bobnotton’ is a descendant.¹³³

59 ii. JOHN H. DUNCAN was born 1845.

Joshua Mitchell and Judith Eliza Sheley Duncan had five children.

60 i. NANCY J DUNCAN was born 1855.

61 ii. LAURA E. DUNCAN was born 1857.
: ‘lori albers’ is a descendant.¹³⁴

62 iii. MARY E. DUNCAN was born 1861.

63 iv. VIRGINIA A. DUNCAN was born 1864.

64 v. MITCHELL G. DUNCAN was born 1867.

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Lineage of Mary Duncan (abt 1771-1821).

Generation One

1. Thomas Duncan was born 1686 at Perth, Perthshire, Scotland and and died 1776 at Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. He was the son of William Robert Duncan and Margaret McMurde. He married Jane Grier and immigrated to Pennsylvania as early as 1740.¹³⁵^,¹³⁶

Thomas and Jane Grier Duncan had six sons.

2 i. WILLIAM. DUNCAN was born 1725 at Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and died 1794.

3 ii. JOHN DUNCAN was born 1727 at Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and died 1794.

+ 4 iii. STEPHEN. DUNCAN was born 1729 at Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and died 30 Mar 1794 at Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. He married Ann Fox. She was born 13 Dec 1732 and died 19 Dec 1796 at Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.

+ 5 iv. DAVID DUNCAN was born 1730 at Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and died 1792. He married Margaret Hamilton Pomeroy.

6 v. SAMUEL. DUNCAN was born 1732- at Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and died 1778.

7 vi. DANIEL DUNCAN was born 1737 at Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and died 1790.

Generation Two

4. Stephen Duncan was born 1729 at Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and died 30 Mar 1794 at Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. He married Ann Fox; she was born 13 Dec 1732 and died 19 Dec 1796 at Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.¹³⁷

Stephen and Ann Fox Duncan had nine children.¹³⁸

8. i. Judge THOMAS DUNCAN was born 1760 and died 1827. He married Martha Callender.

9. ii. ROBERT DUNCAN.

10. iii. STEPHEN DUNCAN. He married his cousin Harriet Elliot.

11. iv. MARGARET DUNCAN died 1823. She married 4 Jan 1775 Judge John Carson.

12. v. ANN DUNCAN. She married Rev. Samuel Mahon.

13. vi. JOHN DUNCAN died 1793. He married Sarah Postlethwaite.

14. vii. LUCY/LUCRETIA DUNCAN. She married Judge Jonathan Hoge Walker.

15. viii. JAMES DUNCAN.

+ 16. ix. MARY DUNCAN was born abt 1771 and died 1821 at Callaway County, Missouri. She married abt 1795 James Patton. Six children. (See Patton Genealogy)

5. David Duncan was born 1730 at Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and died 1792. He married 1764 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania Margaret Hamilton Pomeroy dau of George Holmes Pomeroy and Margaret Hamilton.¹³⁹ She was born 1747 at Letterkenny, Cumberland, Pennsylvania and died 1829 at Fleming County, Kentucky.¹⁴⁰

David and Margaret Hamilton Pomeroy Duncan had six children.¹⁴¹

17. i. DAVID DUNCAN was born 1765 and died 1827.

18. ii. MARY DUNCAN was born 1765. She married David Clark.

19. iii. MARGARET DUNCAN was born 1765 and died 1828. She married Isaac Holvey.

20 iv. HANNAH DUNCAN was born 1766 and died 1828. She married Major John Finley.

21 v. SAMUEL DUNCAN was born 1769 and died 1829 at Butler County, Pennsylvania; buried¹⁴² at Plains, United Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Butler, Pennsylvania. He married Nancy Boggs.
: ‘Julie Dundon’ is a descendant.¹⁴³

22. vi. DAVID DUNCAN was born 1771 and died 1792.

NOTES

1. Online at www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/12108570 ‘Notton Family Tree’ owner: bobnotton; (accessed 21 Jan 2024); lori albers has a private tree but lineage for both matches is shown on ThruLines.

2. Online at www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/2147582 ‘Stark Family Tree’ owner: Norm and Rita Dickey and sources cited therein; (accessed 21 Feb 2025).

3. Wikipedia, search ‘Fordell Castle’.

4. Online at www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/109662562 ‘Reid Family then and now’ owner: Kerrie Bartlett, Berger, Lippman and sources cited therein; (accessed 21 Jan 2024).

5. Online at www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/75107252 ‘Dan Parret Family Tree’ owner: Dan Parret and sources cited therein; (accessed 21 Jan 2024).

6. Ibid.

7. Online at www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/116496101 ‘JohnCampbell 2023.combined.ftm_2’ owner: Duncan Campbell11 and sources cited therein; (accessed 21 Jan 2024)’ hereafter Duncan Campbell Tree.

8. Katherine Duncan Smith The Story of Thomas Duncan and his Six Sons (New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1928) online at FamilySearch; hereafter Katherine Duncan Smith.

9. Geographical Note: Mason County was formed from Bourbon County in 1788 and Fleming County was formed from Mason County in 1798; therefore, places in Fleming County were originally in Bourbon and later in Mason County (from Animap3). These Kentucky counties were part of Virginia until 1792 when Kentucky became a state.

10. About Duncan Families: This Duncan Family lived in Mason County from the time of its formation (1788) to the death of David Duncan (1) in 1826. There is another Duncan Family which came to neighboring Bourbon County, Kentucky in the 18th century from Virginia (they settled close to the county seat: Paris. Kentucky). This family is described well in Julia Spencer Ardery’s, The Duncans of Bourbon County, Kentucky: with notes from other counties). There is no overlap in this book with this Duncan genealogy, but there is mention of a William Duncan of Mason County and his 1828 Will (p.26) where he is assumed to be (incorrectly) of the Virginia family.

11. David Duncan 1827 will w/two codicils; online at FamilySearch: Kentucky Probate Records, Mason County, Will records 1826-1829, vol. G, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GP3Y-983W?cc=1875188&wc=37RT-K6D%3A173519601%2C173910401l, image 44-46/257; names children with other supporting information; son William deceased, 7 children; all the children received 1/8 of the estate except James who got $3 cash and Ennis who got $100; son Joseph executor, dau Nancy to settle any disputes; hereafter David Duncan 1827 Will.

12. The Duncan File, correspondence from Cay Chamness, Research Librarian, the Kentucky Gateway Museum Center, Maysville, Kentucky (82 pages); page 68; obit 7-5-1826, newspaper not disclosed; the museum also has an obit for his wife (Mrs. Duncan, page 69), but the date and source are not clear; hereafter Kentucky Gateway Museum.

13. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 81; August 11, appended to sale document, a description of Ennis Duncan’s naturalization stating he came to Mason County in 1795.

14. Kentucky Gateway Museum; page 16; from the ‘Greer Brown Duncan Biography’.

15. Duncan/Bailey (Bayley) marriage: Massachusetts, U. S., Compiled Marriages 1633-1850, Trinity Church; online at Ancestry and online at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ1-85V.

16. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 49; Deed book A-D), page 107; November 18, 1796: ‘David Duncan and Margaret his wife’.

17. This descendance from Mary Bayley is substantiated by DNA analysis (DET, 110 matches to ‘Bayley’).

18. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 69; obit undated; Mrs. Duncan was 80-90 years at death.

19. This Duncan family on FamilySearch Family Tree is hopelessly corrupted (Oct 2023). David Duncan (1) is purportedly a Pennsylvanian (born and died) citing an unfindable reference Duncan, Finch, Gary, and Weed and his father was age 2 at his birth.

20. Wm S. Bryan and Robert Rose A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri (St. Louis, Missouri: Bryan, Brand & Co., 1876) pp. 325, 376; hereafter Bryan and Rose.

Bryan and Rose have a paragraph on the David Duncan family. ‘David Duncan, of Scotland, came to America with his wife, and remained some time in Boston, after which they moved to Mercer county, KY. They had nine children. Mrs. Duncan died, after which he married again and had eleven children more. William, the eldest son by his first wife, married Elizabeth Henderson, of Kentucky, and settled in Callaway county in 1826.’ Six children of William are named (there are actually seven). There is no record of David’s Scottish marriage, but there is a record of his marriage in Boston; he had two boys there by his wife, Mary Bayley. There is no record of Mary’s death and no record of another marriage in Boston or Kentucky. They then moved to Mason County KY (not Mercer); nine more children were born. William was not the eldest (6th of 9) and he died in 1814 in Kentucky—never went to Missouri. When David died in 1827, only the aforementioned eleven children were mentioned in his will. The additional eleven children are spurious.

21. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 1; the genealogical summary purports his birthyear to be 1710 (age 114 at death, with question marks) but gives no source. Since the author also supports the mythical conclusions of Bryan and Rose in ‘Pioneer Families…’, the whole birthyear business has no credence.

22. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 1.

23. 1810 U. S. Census of Mason, Mason, Kentucky, Page 279, date: 6 Aug 1810 online at FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2P-6CW; household of 8: 3males 16-25, 1male 26-44, 1male over 45, 2females 16-25, 1female over 45.

24. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 4.

25. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 4.

26. Findagrave #34080672.

27. Campbell/Duncan marriage: Kentucky County marriages 1785-1979; online at FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WC-N48.

28. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 3.

29. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 3.

30. Lindsay/Duncan marriage: Kentucky County marriages 1785-1979; online at FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-QZ8Z.

31. 1830 U. S. Census of Western Division, Harrison, Kentucky, Page 135, Series M19, Roll 37; online at Ancestry; Nancy Lindsay head of household of three—1male 20-29, 1female 15-19, 1 female 40-49.

32. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 3, Genealogical summary specifically mentions Davies County, Indiana and wife Rebecca Graham (may be from genealogist Lula Reed Bass).

33. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 66; obit 3-9-1830.

34. Duncan/Mefford marriage: Kentucky County marriages 1797-1954, Mason County, bride was widow of George Mefford; online at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-Q8JT.

35. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 10.

36. 1810 U. S. Census of Wayne, Kentucky, Roll 8, Page 361, FHL Film 0181353, online at Ancestry; household of 8: 1male under 10, 1male 10-15, 1male under 10, 1male 10-15, 1males 26-44, 2females under 10, 1female 26-44.

37. 1820 U. S. Census of Maysville, Mason, Kentucky, Page 279, date: 6 Aug 1810 online at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2P-615; 1male 10-15, 1male over 45, 1female over 45, 1 slave.

38. Ennis Duncan birth and baptism: Liverpool, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1659-1812, Newlington Chapel Congregational; online at Ancestry.

39. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 1.

40. James Duncan birth and baptism: Liverpool England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1659-1812, Toxteth, St. James; online at Ancestry.

41. James Duncan birth and baptism: England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers 1567-1936, Congregational Piece 1045, Liverpool, Newington Chapel, Renshaw Street, 13 Feb 1787; online at Ancestry.

42. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 2.

43. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 7; extracts of the letters of Dr. Herman Cope Duncan, Episcopal Minister, Alexandria, LA—a grandson of David, b. 1770.

44. Duncan/Brown marriage: Kentucky County marriages 1785-1979; online at FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4WC-XQD.

45. David Duncan 1827 Will; four children are named in the Will.

46. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 3.

47. 1810 U. S. Census of Mason, Mason, Kentucky, Page 279, date: 6 Aug 1810 online at FamilySearchh https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2P-6CW; household of 8: 3males 16-25, 1male 26-44, 1male over 45, 2females 16-25, 1female over 45.

48. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 8; extracts of the letters of Dr. Herman Cope Duncan, Episcopal Minister, Alexandria, LA—a grandson of David, b. 1770.

49. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 3.

50. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 7; extracts of the letters of Dr. Herman Cope Duncan, Episcopal Minister, Alexandria, LA—a grandson of David, b. 1770.

51. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 3.

52 Findagrave #53700522; birthplace assumed to be Scotland.

53. Duncan/Henry marriage: Kentucky County marriages 1785-1979; online at FamilySearch, www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWB2-1J2.

54. 1820 U. S. Census of Fleming, Kentucky, Page 37, date: 7 Aug 1820 online at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLR-6T4; household of nine—1 male under 10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male over 45, 3 females under 10, 3 females over 45.

55. (b. at Scotland?) 1880 U. S. Census of West Fulton Twp, Callaway, Missouri, Page 577, online at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66J-PY1; Amanda (a widow) 73 yrs., father b. Scotland, mother b. VA, she is living with son Charles A (age 32), his wife Laura (age 27), dau Catherine (age 40) and Liza Sheley (age 34, black servant, possibly freed slave from Amanda’s brother Joshua’s household).

56. Duncan/Henderson marriage.

57. Originally a part of Virginia, Kentucky became the 15th state of the United States in 1792. Births before 1792 in Mason County were in Virginia.

58. There is no findable death record, but there is a probate inventory in Fleming County from 25 May 1814 that fixes the deathyear (administrator: D. Henderson): online at FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GP35-9KST?cc=1875188&wc=37RR-T3J%3A173383301%2C173607501. Also named in the inventory are receivers from the Henderson family, possibly wife’s relatives William and Alexander Henderson.

59. William Duncan deed; online at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QY-LS3P-M; an indenture describing the transfer of ownership of a deed, naming Duncan heirs (see below).

60. William Duncan deed; online at FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLX-VSRV-F; an indenture naming 7 heirs of William Duncan (deceased): John Patton and Nancy his wife, Tho. Patton and Amanda his wife, David H. Duncan, Mitchell Duncan, William G. Duncan, Elizabeth Jane Duncan and Alfred Duncan.

61. William H. Duncan petition for sale of a slave Cyrus; online at FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9L4-F944-9?cc=2399107&wc=QZ9D-ZSV%3A1327231801%2C1339304502; Missouri Probate Records, 1845-1855, Fulton County, proceeds to be divided as described Joshua and Judith Duncan, Elizabeth J. Duncan, Elizabeth Patton, Thomas and Amanda Patton.

62. Duncan/Henderson marriage: U. S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900, Elizabeth b. KY and William b. MA; online at Ancestry; hereafter Duncan/Henderson marriage.

63. Kentucky, Probate Records 1727-1990, online at FamilySearch. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9P3X-2JH?cc=1875188&wc=37RP-7MQ%3A173384901%2C173458401; Will of Alexander Henderson, decd., proven Oct 1796-1798, David Henderson is a son.

64. Henderson Chronicles, compiled by John N. McCue, online at OpenLibrary.com and FamilySearch, Henderson chronicles.: A roster of descendants of Alexander Henderson of Fordell, county Fife, Scotland, three of whose sons emigrated to the American colonies, prior to 1740, and settled near Alexandria, Va.; details Alexander Henderson’s descent from Fordell, county Fife, Scotland (wife Jean Dalrymple). Son David m. (1) Elsey Anderson and (2) Isabella Radcliffe, children are listed.

65. Findagrave #116404871; see also judsonsl tree.

66. Online at www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/17816019 ‘Foster Family Tree’ owner: judsonsl and sources cited therein; (accessed 19 Nov 2023); hereafter judsonsl tree. A great tree that establishes the widowed Elizabeth Henderson Duncan as the wife of James Patton

67. 1820 U. S. Census of Fleming, Kentucky, Page 37, date: 7 Aug 1820 online at FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLR-6T4; Elizabeth Duncan, household of eight–2 males under 10, 2 males 10-15, 1 female under 10, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 26-44.

68. Kenneth McAlpine genealogy.

69. She bought a tract of land in Callaway County 10 May 1823 as Elizabeth H. Patton indicating she went to Missouri early on and that she was a Patton by then (Kingdom Of Callaway Museum).

70. FamilySearch Family Tree; online at FamilySearch; no source.

71. 1810 U. S. Census of Flemingsburg, Fleming, Kentucky, Page 89, date: 6 Aug 1810 online at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2H-YHY; parents and 4 children–2 males under 10, 1 male 26-44, 2 females under 10, 1 female 26-44—household of 6. This is consistent with the family configuration above. Lefthand neighbors are Elijah Johnston and Zekiel Rose; righthand neighors are Samuel Thompson and Benjaman Urnstead. This William Duncan is the only William Duncan in Fleming County in 1810.

72. Missouri, Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index 1850, age 33, bplace Kentucky, d Feb 1850, married; online at Ancestry.

73. Duncan/Sheley marriage: Missouri Marriage Records 1805-2002; online at Ancestry.

74. Feb 1853 Petition to sell slave Cyrus (in the estate of William G. Duncan); names living relatives; online at FamilySearch Family Tree, original at the Callaway Historical Society.

75. 1860 U. S. Census of District 18, Callaway, Missouri, Roll M653, Page 63, Joshua (age 48), wife ‘Julia’ (age 35) and sister Elizabeth (age 43) and five children: Wm S. b. 1843, John H. b. 1845, Nancy J. b. 1855 and Laura C. b.1857 and Singleton Shely 70yrs. (father-in-law); hereafter Joshua, 1860 Census.

76. 1870 U. S. Census of Cedar, Callaway, Missouri, Roll M593_764, Page 283A, Joshua and ‘Julia’ and four children: Laura E. b. 1857, Mary E. (Mollie) b. 1861, Virginia A. 1864 and Mitchell G. 1867 and Nancy J. Shely 66yrs. (mother-in-law); hereafter Joshua, 1870 Census.

77. 1850 U. S. Census of District 2, Callaway, Missouri, Dwelling 89, Joshua age 38 and two sons (Singleton age 7 and John H. age 5), sister Elizabeth Jane b. 1826 KY, Elizabeth H. Patton, age 68 (Joshua’s MOTHER who has remarried James Patton, b. 1782 VA) and two other children of deceased brother David H. Duncan, Alfred M. Duncan age 13 and Mary E. Duncan age 11 ; online at Ancestry; hereafter Joshua, 1850 Census.

78. Joshua, 1860 Census.

79. Findagrave #81982874.

80. Duncan/Graham marriage: Kentucky County marriages 1797-1954; online at FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-QXDR.

81. 1850 U. S. Census of Washington Twp, Daviess, Indiana, Household 302, online at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVK-3JS; shows Benjamin (age 57, b. VA), Rebecca (age 48, b. KY) and four children.

82. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 33.

83. Online at www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/49568141 ‘A Wallace Duncan family’ owner: Marilyn Loveridge.

84. Findagrave #34080675.

85. Duncan/Thomas marriage: Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001, online at Ancestry.

86. 1900 U. S. Census of Washington Twp, Daviess, Indiana, Page 10B, E. D. 0014, FHL Film 1240,365, Household 302, online at Ancestry.

87. Thomas Duncan, age 28, Indiana, single: U. S. Civil War Draft Registration Records; online at Ancestry.

88. Thomas Lyle Duncan, age 44: California, U. S. Voter Registers 1866-1898, Nevada, California; online at Ancestry.

89. Duncan/Payne marriage: Kentucky County marriages 1779-1954, Mason County; online at FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5ZF-MPB.

90. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 4.

91. 1850 U. S. Census of District 2, Mason, Kentucky, Roll M432_212, Page 57a, online at Ancestry.

92. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 4.

93. Kentucky Gateway Museum, page 29.

94. 1860 U. S. Census of District 2, Mason, Kentucky, Roll M653_386, Page 69, FHL Film 803386, online at Ancestry.

95. Findagrave 81764414.

96. Patton/Duncan marriage: Kentucky County marriages 1797-1954; online at FamilySearch, Film 344,015 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-72LN.

97. 1820 U. S. Census of Fleming County, Kentucky, M33, Page 37; online at FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLR-6RF; Jas Patton, Household of 16: 2males under 10, 2males 10-15, 1male 26-44, 2females under 10, 1female 25-44, 2male slaves 14-25, 1male slave 26-44, 4 female slaves under 14, 1female slave 14-25.

98. 1830 U. S. Census of Callaway County, MIssouri, Roll M18_73, Page 55; online at Ancestry; Household of 8: 1male under 5, 2males 20-29, 2male 30-39, 1females under 5, 1female 5-9, 1female 15-19.

99. 1850 U. S. Census of Lee Twp, Platte, Missouri, House 251, parents and five children: John (50 yrs, b. PA) and Nancy (45 yrs., b. KY), John, James, Ann, Cathn, Henry C.; online at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZJ-CC6.

100. 1860 U. S. Census of Lee Twp, Platte, Missouri, Page 158, parents and five children: John (60 yrs, b. PA) and Nancy (55 yrs., b. KY), John, James, Ann, Sabina, Henry C.; online at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZG-P2H.

101. FamilySearch Family Tree; online at FamilySearch and sources cited therein.

102. Findagrave 81764335.

103. Findagrave 81764259.

104. Findagrave, 27600361.

105. Patton/Duncan marriage: Kentucky County marriages 1797-1954, Fleming County, Fleming County; online at FamilySearch, Film 344,015 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-72LN.

106. Thomas Patton death: Fulton Telegraph (Callaway County).

107. 1820 U. S. Census of Fleming County, Kentucky, , Page 37; online at FamilySearch .

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLR-6RF; Jas Patton, Household of 16: 2males under 10, 2males 10-15, 1male 26-44, 2females under 10, 1female 25-44, 2male slaves 14-25, 1male slave 26-44, 4female slaves under 14, 1female slave 14-25.

108. 1830 U. S. Census of Callaway County, MIssouri, Roll M19_73, Page 71; online at Ancestry; Household of 4: 2males under 5, 1male 20-29, 1female under 20-29, 1female 5-9, 1female 15-19.

109. 1850 U. S. Census of District 12, Callaway, Missouri, House 786, parents (Thomas 48 yrs, b. KY) and Amanda (43 yrs., b. KY) and nine children: William b. 1824, Martha b. 1830, Nancy A. b. 1832, Minerva b. 1834, Emily E. b. 1837, Miriam b. 1839, Thomas M. b. 1843, John E. b. 1844, and Charles A. b. 1847; online at Ancestry.

110. FamilySearch Family Tree; online at FamilySearch and sources cited therein.

111. Online at www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/25519835 ‘Belton Family of Ireland and Hughes Family of Virginia, Tenn. Missouri’ owner: Bonnie BELTON Honeycutt; hereafter Belton Tree.

112. Findagrave #98393391.

113. She is named in her mother’s obit in 1889 as Mrs. H. P. S. Willis; https://www.newspapers.com/image/143835809/?article=43da0543-bcd5-40a1-b3c1-3f9c3b5b2952&focus=0.3515105,0.68712604,0.45865747,0.72770983&xid=3355&ancestry=true.

114. Online at FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9CT-KGQF?view=index&action=view&cc=2060668&lang=en.

115. Findagrave #27600349.

116. Online at FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99CT-KG6G?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQKZ7-Z1QW&action=view&cc=2060668&lang=en.

117. Findagrave #98393343.

118. North America, Family Histories William Pixley of Hadley Northampton…, Laura Virginia Myers #466, image 73/100; online at Ancestry.

119. Duncan/Morrison marriage: Missouri County marriages 1805-2002, Callaway County; online at Ancestry.

120. Joshua, 1850 Census.

121. Joshua Duncan assigned as guardian of the orphaned children of David H. Duncan; online at FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9L4-F944-9?cc=2399107&wc=QZ9D-ZSV%3A1327231801%2C1339304502; Missouri Probate Records, 1845-1855, Fulton County.

122. Findagrave #27755334.

123. Missouri Probate Records 1821-1886, online at FamilySearch. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9L4-F944-9?cc=2399107&wc=QZ9D-ZSV%3A1327231801%2C1339304502.

124. Duncan/McAfer marriage: Missouri Marriage Records 1805-2002; online at Ancestry.

125. Online at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89CT-KL1C?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQKZ7-Z5VP&action=view&cc=2060668&lang=en.

126. Online at FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9CT-K225?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQKZ7-ZRQR&action=view&cc=2060668&lang=en.

127. Joshua, 1850 Census.

128. FamilySearch has online the marriage of three Pattons—two to Joshua’s sisters, Nancy and Amanda, and the third on 14 Apr 1822, James Patton to Elizabeth Duncan, probably this Elizabeth (Elizabeth Henderson Duncan); https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9S9-BWHY?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQ2QD-72L2&action=view&cc=1804888&lang=en.

129. Duncan/Duncan marriage: Missouri Marriage Records 1805-2002; online at Ancestry.

130. Joshua, 1860 Census.

131. Joshua, 1870 Census.

132. Death Certificate for William Singleton Duncan (1843-1909): Montana Death Records, names bplace in Missouri and parents Joshua and Mary Sheley Duncan; online at Ancestry.

133. DNA (DET match): 13cM (2 segments), Common Ancestor— William Duncan (1784-1814)

134. DNA (DET match): 9cM (1segment), Common Ancestor— William Duncan (1784-1814).

135. Katherine Duncan Smith.

136. Duncan Campbell Tree.

137. Cumberland Genealogies 1700-1930, online at FamilySearch; Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, Greens and Browns Collection, image 96/258; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CYD-CSFQ.

138. Duncan Campbell Tree.

139. David Duncan Will 1792, Pennsylvania Wills and Probate Records 1693-1993, Administration files, image 163/435; online at Ancestry.

140. Online at www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/12481660 ‘Van Family Tree’ owner: joanmcknight42 and sources cited therein; (accessed 21 Jan 2024).

141. Ibid.

142. Findagrave #99322833.

143. DNA (DET match): 9cM (1 segment), Common Ancestor— Thomas Duncan (1686-1776).