Duncans in Norfolk Co. MA

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Duncan research files of
Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson
the Genealogy Bug

Last revised October 30, 2007

NORFOLK CO. MA
Formed 1793 from Suffolk
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1790-1800 Norfolk Co. MA Census
      No Duncan indexed

1810 Norfolk Co. MA Census
Quincy
Pg.397  George Dunkin      11210  -  11110

1820-1840 Norfolk Co. MA Census
      No Duncan indexed
 

1850 Norfolk Co. MA Census
Dorchester
Pg.57, #709-892, James G. CASSELL 63 MA cabinetmaker $2000
                  Mary 64 MA
                  Sarah DUNCAN 23 MA
                  Sarah A. 2 MA
Canton
Pg.159, #289-321, Andrew DUNCAN 28 IRE ?? grinder
                  Jane 27 IRE
Weymouth
Pg.245, #231-279, James MERCER 34 IRE currier & family
                  John DUNCAN 29 SCT currier & others
 

1860 Norfolk Co. MA Census
Quincy
Pg.104, #702-837, Anne HARDWICK 58 MA (blank) $600-$200
                  Frederick 25 MA boot maker
                  Edward 15 MA
                  Henry A. FLINT 35 MA merchant
                  Annie M. 26 MA
                  Samuel A. DUNCAN 24 NH school teacher $0-$500
                  Catharine MALONEY 16 IRE servant
                  (MAD: 1850 Sullivan Co. NH census, son of Samuel Bell Duncan & Ruth Tichnor)
W. Roxbury
Pg.652, #683-746, Mary SHED 70 MA (blank) $300-$500
                  Lucinda DUNCAN 38 VT
                  H.B. LINCOLN (m) 38 MA accountant
                  Helen W. 28 ME ("Maine")
                  Nancy CLARK 25 Nova Scotia servant
                  Helen M. LINCOLN 4 MA
                  Lawrence L. (m) 1 MA
Sharon
Pg.7, #61-61, Elesker RICHARD (m) 63 MA farmer $0-$225
                  Anna 63 MA
                  Anna HOLBROKE (f) 31 MA bootmaker
                  Charles DUNCAN 18 MA bootmaker
                  George 23 MA mechanic $0-$50
                  Frederick HOLBROOKE 16 MA
                  Horrace R. (m) 10 MA
                  Mary T. 9, Emma 5 MA
Pg.22, #191-202, Edwin A. DUNKIN 28 MA bootmaker $0-$25
                  Lucinda C. 28 MA
                  Edna D. 6, George N. 3 MA
                  Albert 1 MA
Pg.26, #230-242, Sulman? DUNKIN 27 USA-N.S. mechanic $0-$0
                  Clarisa 24 USA-N.S.
                  Edgar (m) 11/12 MA
                  George N/H. JOHNSON 10 MA
                  Lydia E. 17 MA cotton spooler
                  (MAD: indexed Sulman Dunkin and Gilman Dunkin; probably Sulman, but could be Gilman)
Dedham
Pg.442, #3246-3237, House of Correction, incl.
                  Ann DRUNCAN?/DRICNCAN "1850" 50 IRE Com.drunken
Medfield
Pg.850, #770-831, Franklin ELLIS 43 MA farmer $2000-$1000
                  Almira L. 30 VT
                  Wm. F. 9, A.M. (m) 6 MA
                  Catherine DUNICAN 21 IRE servant $0-$0
Milton
Pg.178, #1200-1509, William L. DONKUM (DRUKUM?) 50 MA painter $1500-$400
                  Sarah C. 52 MA
                  Leander C. (m) 55 MA painter
                  Sarah W. DURKAM (DONKUM?) 16 MA
Pg.205, #1326-1648, Michael DUNICAN 45 IRE laborer $0-$200
                  Ellen 43 IRE
                  Patrick 19 IRE groom
                  Hannah 17 IRE domestic
                  James 15 IRE groom
                  Bridget 13, Michael Jr. 11 IRE
Dorchester
Pg.287, #2054-2318, William CLANCEY 32 IRE carriage maker $0-$200
                  Catharine 21 IRE
                  Joseph E. 1 MA
                  John DUNCAN 22 GERM blacksmith $0-$0
                  Owen MURPHY 40 IRE ostler
                  Thomas McDONALD 18 IRE laborer
Pg.381, #2698-2980, James CASSEL 25 MA cabinet maker $5000-$100
                  Mary 26 MA
                  Sarah DUNCAN 33 MA
Pg.381, #2706-2986, John G. NASEO 60 MA (blank) $20,000-$12,000
                  Mary A. 58 PA
                  Isebella F. 25, Laura G. 20 MA
                  Susan DUNCAN 12 MA
                  Catherine DOLAN 19 IRE domestic
                  Daniel O LEARY 28 IRE laborer
Roxbury Ward 4
Pg.509, #312-380, J.G. MORSE (m) 40 VT clerk $0-$800
                  Caroline H. 35 VT keep boarding house
                  (& many others, including)
                  Edwin A. DUNCAN 20 ME mason
                  (MAD: ? 1850 York Co. ME census)
Roxbury Ward 1
Pg.571, #--#965, Mary DUKAN 63 IRE (blank) $0-$0 (alone)
Roxbury Ward 2
Pg.811, #1998-2881, William HUNTER 33 SCT rope walker days $0-$0
                  Jeannette 32 SCT
                  Margaret 9 SCT
                  Jessie A. (f) 6, Elizabeth 5 MA
                  Ellen 3, Agnes 1 MA
                  Elizabeth DUNCAN 22 SCT "ditto" (rope walker days)
 

1870 Norfolk Co. MA Census
Brookline
Pg.170-171, #564-725, TURNER, Joseph L. 60 ENG weaver $0-$0, parents of foreign birth
                  & family & others, including
                  DUNCAN, Albert 30 NS (Nova Scotia) wheelwright, parents of foreign birth
Cohasset
Pg.255, #31-30, DANSON, W. Frank 38 MA ret. grocery $0-$3000
                  Mercy N. 36 MA keeping house
                  Willie N. (m) 16 MA attending school
                  Edith M. (f) 9 MA attending school
                  Ellis H. (m) 6 MA attending school
                  Gracy J. (f) 3 MA at home
                  TILDEN, Hellen J. 28 MA domestic svt.
Dedham
Pg.291, #129-155, DUNCAN, Christopher 40 IRE laborer $600-$100, parents of foreign birth
                  Hannah 36 IRE keeping house, parents of foreign birth
                  Christopher 10 NJ attending school, parents of foreign birth
                  Dennis H. 8 NJ attending school, parents of foreign birth
                  Mary E. 6 NJ at home, parents of foreign birth
                  Arthur J. (m) 3 MA at home, parents of foreign birth
                  Josephine (f) 1 MA at home, parents of foreign birth
                  (MAD: 1860 Hudson Co. NJ census)
Sharon
Pg.226, #8-9, DUNAKIN, Charles A. 28 MA works for boot factory $0-$150
                  Josephine M. (f) 23 MA keeping house
                  Frank M. 3, Lena M. (f) 1 MA at home
Pg.226, #9-10, DUNAKIN, Edwin A. 39 MA works for boot factory $0-225
                  Lucinda C. 38 MA keeping house
                  Edna D. 16, George N.A. 13 MA attending school
Pg.226, #19-22, DUNAKIN, Stillman (m) 37 MA farm laborer $1000-$300
                  Clarissa H. 34 MA keeping house
                  Charles S. 8 MA attending school
Pg.229, #66-73, HITCHCOCK, Samuel D. 56 ME farm laborer $2400-$5000
                  Dulcenia D. 54 MA keeping house
Pg.229, #66-74, DUNAKIN, George W. 34 MA works for boot factory $1300-$0
                  Betsey W. 30 MA keeping house
                  Jennie W. 4 MA at home
                  BULLARD, Nancy 62 MA at home $0-$250
                  Franklin D. 21 MA works for boot factory
                  E. Ida (f) 23 MA works for boot factory
Pg.245, #309-334, DUNCAN, Alexander 56 SCT stone mason $1800-$1100, parents of foreign birth
                  Ann 52 SCT keeping house, parents of foreign birth
                  Alexander Jr. 20 SCT at home, parents of foreign birth
                  Petre? (m) 14 SCT at home, parents of foreign birth
                  Jean (f) 12 SCT at home, parents of foreign birth
                  SMITH, Rolph (m) 24 ENG farmer, parents of foreign birth
                  Jessie (f) 24 SCT no occupation, parents of foreign birth
                  Thomas 1/12 RI at home, b.May, parents of foreign birth
West Roxbury
Pg.384, #631-757, WELD, Hannah M. 31 MA no occupation $0-$0
                  Alice B. 26 MA no occupation
                  Caroline B. 24, Edith 21 MA no occupation
                  Arthur G. 8 MA attends school
                  McCARTY, Margaret 34 IRE domestic servant, parents of foreign birth
                  McGRU, Bridget 26 IRE domestic servant, parents of foreign birth
                  MORRIS, Anna 19 MA domestic servant
                  DONNOVAN, Joseph 30 IRE works as gardner, parents of foreign birth
                  DUNCAN, Lucinda C. 48 VT house keeping
Pg.438-439, #1374-1602, DUNCAN, Robert B. 32 SCT clerk in dry goods R, $0-$0, parents of foreign birth
                  DUNCAN, Philamena (f) 29 Nova Scotia, B.P?., keeping house, parents of foreign birth
                  RUSH, Jennie 17 MA assisting at home
 

VITAL RECORDS

"Vital records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849" (Norfolk Co.) (anonymous); pub. Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1925-1926, 1080 pgs. (PS 159; HeritageQuest 5/2007)
      Vol.I, pg.118: Roxbury Births:
      DUNKAN (see also Dunkin), Jabesh, s. Samuel, bp. 11:2m:1680. c.r.1
      DUNKIN (see also Dunkan), Deliverance, d. Sam[uel], Sept. 29, 1681.
      Jabez, s. Sam[ue]ll, Aug. 20, 1678.
      Margreat, d. Samuell, Mar. 17, 1669.
      Mary d. Samuell, Jan. 5, 1667.
      Samuel, s. Samuel and Deliverance, Aug. 14, 1689.
      Sarah, d. Samuel, Sept. 23, 1674.
      Vol.II, pg.129: Roxbury Marriages:
      Duncam (see also Duncan), Jonas L., and Mary Ann W. Stevens, Aug. 21, 1842.* (*intention also recorded)
      Duncan (see also Duncam), John L., and Sarah L. Cassell of Dorchester, int. Jan. 4, 1848.
      Pg.130: DUNKIN, Deliverance, and Titus Jones, Feb. 11, 1724-5.
      Hannah, and John Scot, May 29, 1672.
      Jane F., and William Bowen, int. Aug. 7, 1848.
      Mary, and Bernard Nash, int. Aug. 13, 1846.
      Sarah, and W[illia]m Lyon, s. William, Sept. --, 1675.
      Vol.II, pg.517: Roxbury Deaths:
      DUNCAN, see Dunecan.
      DUNECAN (see also Dunkin), Mary, d. Brine and Bridget, scarlet fever, Dec. 19, 1849, a. 6 y.
      DUNKAN (see also Dunkin), Sarah, ch. Sam[uel], bur. 26 : 5 m : 1675. C.R.1.
      DUNKIN (see also Dunecan, Dunkan, Dunklin), Samuel, s. Samuel and Deliverance, Oct. 5, 1689.
      Samuel, Nov. 19, 1693.
      DUNKLIN (see also Dunkin), Samuel, 28 : 10 m : 1672, a. 6. W.G.R.1.
      Abbreviations: C.R.1 - church record, First Religious Society (Unitarian)
 

HISTORIES before 1923

1918 "History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1622-1918" (anonymous); pub. New York: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. (LH5822; HeritageQuest 4/2007)
      Pg.402-403: There is also in Quincy a monthly publication called the Granite Cutters' Journal. It was founded in 1877 by the Granite Cutters' International Association and is published by that organization in the interests of the workmen in the granite industry. The present editor is James Duncan.
 

1887 "The History of Milton, Mass. : 1640 to 1887" (Norfolk Co.) by Watts, L J G L; ed. by Albert Kendall Teele; pub. Boston: Press of Rockwell & Churchill (LH5720; HeritageQuest 5/2007; FHL book 974.47/M4 H2t and film 1,000,074 item 3)
      Pg.14: Robert Badcock's claim, or purchase, was between the brook bearing his name and the Neponset river, a tract of one hundred and seven acres. In 1670 he added to his estate by purchasing of Teague Crehore a tract of land west of his own, and in 1671 by a subsequent purchase of Nathaniel Duncan. (similar on pg.20)
      Pg.17: Allotment of the Sixth Division: N.W. of Central Line. No.12, Nathaniel Duncan, 78 acres, 3 quarters, 0 rods
 

"A volume of records relating to the early history of Boston" (Suffolk Co. MA) by A Oliver, James Bowdoin, Sam Hewes, J Osborne, et al; by Boston City Registrar; pub. Boston: Municipal Print. Office, 1900-1909, 3826 pgs. (PS342; HeritageQuest 5/2007; FHL books 974.461 H2b v.1-39 and films 897,126 to 897,135 & others)
      v.36. Vital records of the town of Dorchester from 1826 to 1849
      Vol.36, pg.24: Dorchester births: Duncan, ----, d. John L. and Sarah L., March 20, 1848.
      Vol.36, pg.108: Dorchester marriages: Cassell, Sarah J. and John Q. Duncan of Roxbury. Int. Jan. 9, 1848. (MAD: Roxbury, Norfolk Co. MA)
            Pg.123: Duncan, John Q. of Roxbury and Sarah J. Cassell. Int. Jan. 9, 1848.
 

1904 "History of the town of Bristol, Grafton County, New Hampshire" by Richard W. Musgrove; pub. Bristol, N.H.: Printed by R.W. Musgrove (LH8946, HeritageQuest images 5/2007; FHL book 974.23/B2 H2m v.1&2 and film 844,513)
      Pg.447: WELLS. Children: 2. William Smith, b. Ashland, Dec. 9, 1858; m. Fannie Duncan, Maine. No children. Res. Roxbury, Mass. (MAD: Roxbury, Norfolk Co. MA)
 

1862 "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing three generations of those who came before May 1692, on the basis of farmer's register" Vol.II, by James Savage (from Elizabeth Lee 3/1993; FHL book 974 D2s)
      Pg.80: Duncan, Jabez, a soldier in Philip's war, of Capt. Turner's comp. Apr. 1676. (MAD: Worcester Co. MA) Joseph, Dover, k. by the Ind. 27 June 1689, with 22 others. (MAD: ? see Strafford Co. NH) ## Nathaniel, Dorchester 1630, came, doubtless, in the Mary and John with the other first sett. of that town, freem. 6 May 1635, ar. co. 1638, a capt. auditor gen. and rep. skill. says Johnson, "in the Latin and French," brot. perhaps, w. Eliz. s. Nathaniel, who. was of ar. co. 1644, had also Peter, rem. to Boston a. 1646, and d. a. 1668. ## Peter, Dorchester, s. of the preced. ar. co. 1654, rem. to Gloucester, m. Mary, d. of Martha Epes, the sec. or third w. of Samuel Symonds, Esqr. of Ipswich, had Martha, b. 10 Nov. 1655; Eliz. 28 Feb. 1657, d. soon; Eliz. again, 30 Aug. 1661; Ruth, 27 July 1663; Peter, 2 Nov. 1665; Priscilla, 9 Jan. 1667; Margery, 8 Jan. 1670; and Daniel, 19 May 1672. (MAD: Essex Co. MA)
      Pg.81: Dunkin, John, Billerica 1675, had two s. k. by the Ind. there, 1 Aug. 1692. (MAD: Middlesex Co. MA) Samuel, Newbury 1638, perhaps rem. to Boston, had there beside other ch. Thomas, b. 15 Jan. 1656; and in 1672 had ld. at Muddy riv. now Brookline. (MAD: Boston, Suffolk Co. MA) Samuel, Roxbury, prob. s. of the preced. by w. Deliverance had Margaret, b. 17 Mar. 1670; Sarah, 23 Sept. 1674; Jabez, 20 Aug. 1678; Deliverance, 29 Sept. 1681; and Samuel, 14 Aug. 1689, d. soon; and f. d. 19 Nov. 1693. (MAD: ? Norfolk Co. MA)
 

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