Duncan research files of
Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson
the Genealogy Bug
Last revised August 21, 2007
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1800 Hancock Co. ME Census
Written pg.290, stamped pg.149
Pg.290 John Duncan 31010 - 10110
1810 Hancock Co. ME Census
Pg.430 James Duncan 00010 - 20010 Deere Island
590 John Duncan Jr. 10010 - 10010 Northport
591 John Duncan 11201 - 01001
1820 Hancock Co. ME Census
Pg.556 Kingsbury Duncan 010010 - 20010 Belmont
(MAD: "Kingsury" Duncan, widow Nancy, applied for War of 1812
pension WO-18544, served Jonathan Frye's Co. ME Mil.; from
"Index" by Virgil D. White; 1830 Waldo Co. ME census)
559 John Duncan 000201 - 10111 Northport
Samuel Duncan 200010 - 00010
560 Wm. Duncan 100010 - 01100
598 James Duncan 000010 - 31110 Deer Island
1830 Hancock Co. ME Census
Pg.122 James Duncan 0001,0001 - 0201,0001 Deer Island
1840 Hancock Co. ME Census
Pg.196 James Duncan 0010,0000,1 - 2000,1000,1 Deer Island
James Duncan Jr. 0000,1 - 2000,1
1850 Hancock Co. ME Census
Town of Sullivan
Pg.240, #50-53, James B. MERRIL 40 ENG
Louiza 31 ENG
children 14-2 b. ME, & others
Mary DUNKIN 17 ME
1860 Hancock Co. ME Census
Town of Deer Isle
Pg.233, #239-270, James DUNCAN 80 NH (blank) $300-$120 (alone)
1870 Hancock Co. ME Census
Deer Isle
Pg.429, #466-507, YOUNG, Reuben 41 Cape Britton fisherman $250-$150, parents of foreign birth
Mary J. 34 ME keeping house
George W. 10 ME at home, father of foreign birth
Cliara E. (f) 6 ME, father of foreign birth
Bertha 2 ME, father of foreign birth
DUNCAN, Polly 78 ME retired house keeper
"Statistics of towns in Massachusetts" by Joseph B. Felt; pub. unknown: unknown, 18--?, 100 pgs. (LH7972; HeritageQuest 5/2007)
Pg.62: Towns in Hancock Co. [Maine] Bucksport, June 27, 1792. No.1, or Buckstown, to June 12, 1817. - Granted to James Duncan and others, March 2, 1762. Settled, 1764. Named for Col. Jonathan Buck, from Haverhill. - 37,435.
"A gazetteer of the state of Maine" by Geo. J. Varney; pub. Boston: B.B. Russell, 1886, c1881, 632 pgs. (LH7860; HeritageQuest 5/2007)
Pg.147: Buckport. ... In August, 1762, Col. Jonathan Buck, James and William Duncan, Richard Emerson, and William Chamberlain came to the place from Haverhill, Mass., and began the survey of the town. ... (MAD: Buckport, Hancock Co. ME)
"An historical sketch of the town of Deer Isle, Maine : with notices of its settlers and early inhabitants" (Hancock Co.) by George Lawrence Hosmer; pub. Boston: Press of Stanley and Usher, 1886, 292 pgs. (LH10609; HeritageQuest 5/2007 & 7/2007; FHL book 974.145/D1 H2h and film 982,211 item 2)
Pg.130, William Richards (see pg.125 in 1905 issue)
Pg.131, Captain Benjamin Stockbridge (see pg.126 in 1905 issue)
Pg.161-162, James Duncan (see pg.155-156 in 1905 issue)
Pg.195, Peletiah Barter (see pg.187 in 1905 issue)
Text in book published 1886 is identical with that published 1905, although paging is slightly different.
"An historical sketch of the town of Deer Isle, Maine : with notices of its settlers and early inhabitants" (Hancock Co.) by George Lawrence Hosmer; pub. Boston, Mass.: Fort Hill Press, S. Usher, c1905, 290 pgs. (LH9178; HeritageQuest 5/2007 & 7/2007; FHL book 974.145/D1 H2h 1976 and film 1,036,749 item 4 and FHL film 1,033,801 item 12)
Pg.124-125: WILLIAM RICHARDS came in the early years of the settlement of the town, not far from 1765, sold out, possession of Mr. Oliver Lane who came here with his father in 1784. The wife of Mr. Lane was the eldest daughter of Mr. Courtney Babbidge, Sr. ... one of the daughters ... and the other married Mr. James Duncan, Jr.
Pg.126: Mr. John Stockbridge, who removed to Swan's Island ... died several years ago and was the ancestor of all of that name there. One of his daughters was the wife of Mr. James Duncan, who came here as early as 1800. ...
Pg.155-156: JAMES DUNCAN came here as early as 1800, or not long after. He was a native of Massachusetts, and was born in 1779. His wife was the eldest daughter of Captain Benjamin Stockbridge, whom we have noticed (MAD: not copied), and he settled at what is now known as Green's Landing. There had been but one person who had lived there, who was named Grover, who had left shortly after Mr. Duncan went there, so that we may consider the latter as its first permanent settler, .... He was engaged for a while in the manufacture of salt from sea-water, ... and was engaged in chopping wood and probably did more of that than any other man in the town ever did. He took up quite an extensive tract of land and afterward built another house about two hundred rods from the shore, where he spent nearly all the rest of his life. His wife dying, he, after her death, resided with his children, and died in the family of his son in Rockland, when nearly ninety years of age. The children of the family were: James, the son just referred to, now dead; Mary, the wife of Mr. Robert Barter, who resided on what is known as Wreck Island, within the limits of the town as established in 1868; Elizabeth, the wife of Captain John Barter, of Isle au Haut; Abigail, who was first the wife of Mr. John Sellers, who was lost in Chaleur Bay with Captain David Colby, in the schooner Georgiana of Castine, in 1839: afterward she was the wife of Mr. Stephen Colby; and Sarah, the wife of Mr. Levi Weed, who several years ago removed to Rockland, and afterward to South Thomaston, where he died not many years ago. All the daughters are living except the wife of Mr. Colby. Mr. Duncan was for several years before his death afflicted with shaking palsy and was always a hard-working man. (MAD: text in books published in 1886 and 1905 is identical, although paging is different) (MAD: Rockland, Knox Co. ME)
Pg.187: PELETIAH BARTER was the person by whom the first settlement was made on Great Isle au Haut, and it was in 1792. ... He was born in the year 1772. ... Two of the sons grew to manhood - and the present Mr. John Barter who now resides there. His wife was a daughter of Mr. James Duncan who has been noticed. ...
"A history of Swan's Island, Maine" (Hancock Co.) by H.W. Small; pub. Ellsworth, Me.: Hancock County Pub. Co., printers, 1898, 245 pgs. (LH7864; HeritageQuest 5/2007; FHL book 974.145/S3 H2s and fiche 6,050,083)
Pg.104: John Stockbridge came here from Deer Isle in 1816. Mr. Stockbridge ... had a family of eight children, six of whom were daughters. One was the wife of James Duncan; another the wife of John Greenlaw, who died in 1870, at the age of 87 years, having lived in wedlock 66 years. ...
1865 "History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, [Knox Co.] Maine : from their first exploration, A.D. 1605 : with family genealogies" by Cyrus Eaton, pub. Hallowell Me.: Masters, Smith & Co., printers (HeritageQuest image 2/2007, Local History Reel/Fiche Number 7560)
Vol.II, pg.206: DUNCAN, John, m. r. & d. in Northport [Waldo Co.], Me. Of his ch. 1,Ingraham, b. ab. 1796, in Northport; m. Rebecca N. Perry, r. Rock., a caulker, &c. 2,Samuel, m., r. & d. Northport. 3,Capt. George W., b. Feb., 1802; m. Hannah Simonton, Jan. 26,'30; r. Rock. and died Dec. 7, 1851.
Ingraham's ch. 1,John W., m. Louisa Rooks of Linc. 2,Capt. Charles C., b.ab. 1830; m. Hattie P. Farrow of Belfast; r. Rock. & d. April,'61, drowned at the stranding of his vessel on Squam Beach. 3,George Merrill, b. ab.'33; m. Ellen Thomas, Nov. 1,'59, r. Rock., a caulker, &c. 4,Alphonso A., b.ab.'37; r. Rock., a caulker, &c. 5,Hudson, b.March 15,'43, d. July 11,'56. 6,Ferdinand P., b.ab.'46. 7 & 8, twins, b.ab.'49, Lorana L., r. Rock., Eldora, d.young.
Of Samuel's ch. Capt. Samuel, m. Lucinda Achorn, Sept.24,'40; r. Rock., rem. New York.
Capt. George W.'s ch. 1,George I., b.ab. 1831; m. Sarah E. Knowles, Jan.11,'53, 2d, Loraine Simonton, July 22,'62; r. Rock., a mariner. 2,Albion K.P., b.Feb. 28,'36, died, lost at sea, June 20,'58. 3,Hazen Franklin, b. April 26,'38. 4,Delora E.L., b.Nov.16,'40; m. Frank T. Coombs; r. S.Th. 3,Freeman S., b ab.'43; r. Rock. 4,Mary A., b.ab.'46. 5,Isaac S., b.May,'51, d March 31, 1852. (MAD: children's numbers as given)
Capt. Charles C.'s ch. Hattie P., b.ab. 1860.
Capt. Samuel's ch. b. in Rockland. Orrin C., b. July 2, 1842.
George I.'s ch. by 1st wife. Etta E., b. May, and d. Oct. 18, 1855.
DUNCAN, James, of a different family, b.ab.1811, in Deer Isle [Hancock Co.], Me.; m. 1st, Lucretia Lane, 2d, Jane E. Low, Feb. 7,'56; r. Rock. His ch. by 1st wife. 1,Lavinia E., b. ab. 1832; m. Greenleaf Childs, March 28,'62; r. Rock. 2,Susan, b.ab.'40. 3,James E., b.ab.'43; r. Rock., a mariner. 4,Willis, b.ab.'53. The mother d. May 12, 1854. By 2d wife. 5,Lucretia, b.ab.'56. 6,Mary F., b.'58. 7,Vesta, b.Aug.24,'60, d. Sept. 11,'61. 8,Simon L., b.June 20,'62, d. Aug.20,'64.
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