John M. Duke (abt. 1793 - aft. 1860)

Born about 1793 in Georgia, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1860 after about age 67 in Mississippi, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

This profile is part of the Duke Name Study.

John M. Duke was born about 1793, possibly in Georgia. The majority of his life was spent in Conecuh County, Alabama, where he appears in records from 1818,^[1] 1820,^[2] 1840,^[3] and 1850.^[4] He was married to Elizabeth, and they were both still living in Leake County, Mississippi in 1860.^[5] It is assumed that they died shortly thereafter.

DNA

• Paternal relationship is suggested through Y-chromosome DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. J.R. Duke, FTDNA kit # B750248, and potentially his 4th cousin, B.E. Duke, FTDNA kit # 132546, match at a Genetic Distance of 0 on 111 markers, thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor, possibly Joel Duke, who could be the father of both John M. Duke, the 3x great grandfather of J.R. Duke, and Adam Duke, the 3x great grandfather of B.E. Duke. Their haplogroup is I-BY62571.
• While the current Y-DNA connection is not enough to confirm the connection to Joel Duke, it has been speculated that Adam Duke may have been his brother, and yDNA evidence indicates that to be a possibility, although the closeness of the relationship is still unproven. Descendants of both men are known to descend from John Duke from Isle of Wight, Virginia. Their haplogroup is I-BY62571.^[6]

Research Notes

• Some sources indicate that John's father was Joel,^[7] but the Smyth book lists him as John. No records have provided definite proof at this time. It is also theorized (but unproven) that John M. and Adam may be the brothers of Joel Emerson Duke,^[8] and there are distant autosomal matches that suggest a connection, but none of his male descendants are known to have done a yDNA test at this time.

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• Land records also seem to suggest that there could have been a relationship between Adam Duke, Joel Duke, and John Duke.

Sources

1. ↑ John M Duke in the Alabama, U.S., Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920. Roll #: 10, Archive Collection #: SG031411. Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama. Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Alabama Department of Archives and History, comp. Public information subject files—Card index of personal and corporate names and of subjects, ca. 1920–1960. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.
2. ↑ "Alabama, U.S., State Census, 1820-1866," database with images, Alabama State Census, 1820, 1850, 1855 and 1866. Montgomery, Alabama: Alabama Department of Archives & History. Rolls M2004.0008-M2004.0012, M2004.0036-M2004.0050, and M2008.0124, Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry Record 1576 #767428 : accessed 27 January 2023), John M Duke in Conecuh.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT8-8K4 : 4 October 2021), John M Dukes, Conecuh, Alabama, United States; citing p. 273, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ "1850 United States Federal Census," database with images, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Conecuh, Alabama; Roll: 3; Page: 379a; Line Number: 21, Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry Record 8054 #17991562 : accessed 27 January 2023), John M Dukes (57), Farmer, in Conecuh, Alabama, USA. Born in Georgia.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GV-HJ8 : 18 February 2021), John M Duke in entry for James A Taylor, 1860.
6. ↑ "Duke Y-DNA Results," FamilyTreeDNA, group surname study (https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/duke/dna-results : accessed 20 Jan 2023).
7. ↑ Mitchell, Gwenneth Ænone Marshall. Snap and Me and the Marshalls, 144, Austin, Texas, 1980.
8. ↑ Smyth, Samuel Gordon. A Genealogy of the Duke-Shepherd-Van Metre Family, 393, New Era Printing Co., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1909.

See also:

• https://jduke79.com/John-M-Duke-Family.pdf