Samuel Duncan (bef. 1720 - abt. 1770)

Born before 1720 in Dundee, Scotland

Descendants

Died about 1770 after about age 50 in Craven, Chester County, South Carolina

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Name Variations - Duncan, Dunkin, Dunken

Research Notes Discrepancy

Two Quaker Duncan families of Fairfax Co. VA 1748 to Newberry and Edgefield Co. SC;

• Richard Duncan (b.1722, d. by 1803), son of Patrick Duncan and wife Mary of Baltimore and Anne Arundel Co. MD 1709-1729.
• Samuel Duncan who died 1770 Craven Co. SC, wife Sarah;
• Parents may be Samuel Duncan and Margaret Linn - their son Samuel presumed to be born about 1720-1725 in Dundee, Scotland, and died about 1770 in Craven, Chester, South Carolina; married Sarah Embree about 1744, (Sarah, daughter of Moses Embree and Mary Southard Spragg.)
• Date Discrepancy with Scotland Records show son of Samuel and Margaret Linn born about 1770^[1]
• Although Goose Creek was a Quaker settlement, Samuel Sr. is not mentioned in church records. (His son Samuel Jr. is documented) (Presumed wife is Mary Ann Embree)

• Samuel May be a brother (or relative) of Richard Duncan
• Samuel's parents may have been Patrick Duncan and wife Mary of Baltimore and Anne Arundel Co. MD 1709-1729.

Biography

Samuel Duncan son of Unknown

Birth Estimate Before 1700 (Scotland) -1725 (may be MD)

Marriage Estimate 1720-1750 Sarah Unknown (presumed to be Embree) (probably married in Virginia)

Death Estimate Before 4 Sep 1770, Bush River, Craven County, (now Chester County), South Carolina (Age about 70 years)

Samuel Sr. and Sarah sold land in Virginia and moved to a Quaker settlement in South Carolina called Bush River, near Newberry. In 1767, Samuel Sr. had 350 acres surveyed for him in the fork between the Broad and Saluda rivers on a small branch of Bush Creek adjoining David Hammer and Wm. Austel, in old Berkeley County, So. Carolina. ^[2]

This plat was certified for Sarah Dunkin on 4 Sep 1770, after Samuel's death. On 19 Sep 1770 it was granted to her and memorialized by her (land plat 11-415, Royal Land grant 21-72, Memorial 10-254).

(Charleston, South Carolina) Probate Records Inventories 1771-1774 (Vol. Z) (194,636) Z-137: Inventory of estate of Samuel Dunkin, deed, incl. 4 cows, 5 head of young (cows), 2 guns and a barrel, I rifle gun, sundry household goods, 2 spinning wheels, carpenters tools, woman's saddle, beds and furniture, a saddle, bridge and saddle bags, 1 old Negro man, looking glass, bed, flour, etc. The above is a just and true inventory of the goods and chattels shewed us by Sarah Dunkin and appraised, 12 July 1771. (signed) Jacob Brooks Jurat, Wm. Gillum (X).

See Also [https://familysearch.org/photos/stories/15142554 FHC Bio of Samuel Duncan Sr.}

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ47-W75 : accessed 6 April 2016), Margaret Linn in entry for Samuel Duncan, 23 Sep 1770; citing ABERCORN, WEST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,066,611, 102,974.
2. ↑ According to the 1859 "Annals of Newberry in Two Parts", part 1 by O'Neall, p.28-29, Quaker Settlement on Bush River and Beaverdam. Residents of same tract of country before or during the revolution and were Friends or were ranked as such by descent ... Sarah Duncan, Samuel Duncan, and John Duncan.

Mary Ann Duncan Dobson "Duncan Research Files" (Consolidated, sourced and acknowledged); and the many Duncan Researchers that have provided information.
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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Greg Hicks for creating WikiTree profile Duncan-3108 through the import of Hicks-Davis Family Tree.ged on May 10, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Greg and others.

Thank you to Thomas Hudspeth for creating Duncan-3441 on 24 Jul 13.

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