Person:William Duncan (67)

Information on William Duncan

From "Genealogical Record of the Duncan Family" (copy from Dr. Lenox D. Baker 12/1980)

     GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF THE DUNCAN FAMILY of Virginia and Kentucky
     by John C. Underwood. ...

William Duncan of Scotland

     William (2) Duncan, born 1659 10/1 in Perthshire, Scotland, married 1689 a "Highland Lassie", but the name of his wife is not known; yet it is of record that he had by her at least five children, certainly three sons and probably two daughters -- possibly others. These brothers and sisters immigrated to America and settled 1722 1/23, on the "Northern Neck" of the colony of Virginia, the special location being the later formed County of "Culpeper".
     Issue of William (2) Duncan, known to have settled in Virginia.
     1. William (3), born 1690 4/19, in Scotland, who married Ruth Rawley of Culpeper, Virginia, and had issue. See his "House";
     2. Robert, born 1692-6, in Scotland, who married Ann Gallop, and had issue. See his "House";
     3. Charles, born 1692-6, in Scotland, who married ---- and had issue, of whom but little is known, as the family moved out of Virginia. One statement is that it went to Pennsylvania, and another is that it removed to South Carolina, and the probability is that the first is true;
     4&5. Two daughters, about whom nothing is known further than the allegation that they came to America with their said brothers; and it is not certainly known who of the two younger brothers was the elder.
     (The foregoing is taken in substance from a Kentucky printed biography of the Duncan family, and is corroborated by record history of the family obtained from Jos. Dillard Duncan, Esq., of Warren Co., Kentucky, and Hon. Henry T. Duncan, of Lexington, Ky.)

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