Duncan research files of
Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson
the Genealogy Bug
Last revised December 11, 2003
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1790-1860 Queen Annes Co. MD Census
No Duncan indexed
1870 Queen Annes Co. MD Census
1st & 2nd Election Districts, Crumpton P.O.
Pg.364, #1152-1152, DUNCAN, John 36 MD labourer $0-$0
Ava (f) 26 MD keeping house
Mary 13, Margaret 10 MD
Charles 9, William 7 MD
Lola M. (f) 3 MD
Queen Annes Co. MD Wills, index 1705-1945 (FHL film 14,320)
No Duncan
Queen Annes Co. MD Deeds; grantee & grantor indexes 1707-1873 (FHL film 14,342)
Index 1706-1850:
Duncan, John from William McCoslie, lease, RT#L pg.132 (1776)
Duncan, John, Certificate, JK#C 47, 118 (1725)
Queen Annes Co. MD Deeds
JK#C-47: 14 April 1726; John Dunkin, commander of ship "Chester River" now riding at anchor in Chester River in Queen Annes Co. MD, then bound for London, will take tobacco on board as freight at œ7 sterling. (p.118, similar, 8 June 1727) (FHL film 14,311; book 1725-29, #3)
RT#L-132: 18 Nov. 1777, William McCosh of Queen Anne's Co., farmer, to John Duncan of same, taylor, and wife Debrah; rent (lease) to the Duncans or the survivor, part of "Collins Refusal" for 11 years from 4 Aug. past, for rent of 20 sh. the first three years and then 40 sh.; if both parties living, the lease can be renewed; Duncan to build two log dwelling houses, one 22x20, the other 18x15; /s/ William McCosh, John Duncan, Debrah (X) Duncan; wit. Ja. O'Bryon, John R. Emory. (FHL film 14,309; book 1776-82, #14)
Early Duncans in Queen Annes Co.:
George Dunkan, 1698-1717 and later, a Quaker at the Cecil Meeting, referred to "Just six years later, in 1733, there is recorded the existence of a second Quaker Meeting at the opposite end of what is now Caroline Co. -- (then Queen Anns Co.). ... Two weddings, taking place here in 1735 and 1738 drew members of the Roe, Tillotson, Eubanks, Clothier, Kemp, Dunkan, and Thomas families." (pg.114) MAD: The children of George Dunkan and wife Mary are given in this source, but see the records in Kent Co. MD. (pgs.121, 122, 266, 267, and 280, "Quakerism on the Eastern Shore" by Kenneth Carroll, MD Historical Society, 1970, FHL book 975.2 K21c, from Louis Boone and Evelyn Sigler 1984)
John Dunkin, 28 Aug. 1727, was owed money by or to James Hubbard, in an Account of the Upper House dated London, 30 Nov. 1730; from pg.57, Vol.XLII, Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1740-1744, Archives of Maryland (FHL book 975.2 B4m, also on line at http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/)
Barbara Duncan, 17 July 1748, witness to will of Richard Glandon of Chester, Queen Anne's Co., proved 22 Sept. 1748; from Maryland Wills Vol.25 pg.435. (pg.173-4, Vol.9, 1744-1749, "The Maryland calendar of wills," Vol.9-16 based on work of Annie Walker Burns, edited by F. Edward Wright; FHL book 975.2 P28c)
Robert Dunkin, 3 Jan. 1749, mar. Rosanna Hollinsworth, by publication, Protestant Episcopal Parish, Church Hill, St. Luke's Parish, Queen Annes Co. (pg.55, "MD Marriages, 1634-1777" by Robert Barnes, FHL book 975.2 K2bar, and from Evelyn Sigler and Louis Boone) (LB: Duncan and Hollinsworth families in Newberry Co. SC)
Gavin Duncan, before 24 June 1754, an insolvent debtor in Queen Anns Co. Goal, signed a petition with others for better food during their confinement. (signors given in #796, IV, 122, and #800, IV, 128, on pg.116, "Calendar of MD State Papers, The Black Books" by Elizabeth W. Meade, FHL book 975.2 B4ma #1; petition and correspondence on pg.36-37, Vol.XXXI, Proceedings of the Council, 1753-1761; Correspondence of Governor Sharpe, 1754-1765, Archives of Maryland, FHL book 975.2 B4m, also on line at http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/)
Robert Dunkin, 1776, on Queen Ann's Co. census, Town Hundred, with 1 male over 21; 1 female over 21; 1 female 16-21; 2 females under 12; total 1 male, 4 females, pg.142. (pg.198, Vol.II, "Maryland records : colonial, revolutionary, county and church from original sources" Vol.I and II, by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh, 1915 and 1928, FHL book 975.2 D29b and fiche 6,046,943 and films 873,779 and 1,033,832 item 1)
John Duncan, 20 April 1780, commissioned 1st Lt., others were in the 5th Batt. of Militia in Queen Anns Co.; from Liber C B, No.23, p.140, April 20; pg.146, Vol.XLIII, Journal and Correspondence of the State Council, Oct. 27, 1779 - Nov. 11, 1780, Archives of Maryland (FHL book 975.2 B4m, also on line at http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/)
George Duncan, 4 Nov. 1780, Private in 5th Co., 1st MD Regiment, procured by Lieut. & Field Officers of Queen Ann's Co. (pg.342); George Duncan Private in 1782 (pg.441); George Duncan Private in 1783 (pg.355, 491, 532), Muster and Pay Rolls; Vol.XVIII, Muster Rolls & Other Records of Service of MD Troops in the American Revolution, 1775-1783, Archives of Maryland. (FHL book 975.2 B4m, also on line at http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/)
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