Rob's Genealogy

Person Page 159

William Duncan1,2,3,4,5

born 1725, died 1794

Family: Mary Albert (born 1735, died 21 March 1794)

Facts and Notes

  • Birth: 1725; Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USABGO1,2
  • Marriage: 1748; Mary Albert; Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USABGO6,7
  • Military: July 1777; Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USABGO; William Duncan served in the Revolutionary War as a 1st Lieutenant in John Hamilton’s Company, Colonel Samuel Lyon’s 4th Battalion of Pennsylvania’s Cumberland County Militia. He was already 52 years old when he appeared on the 31 July 1777 roll and probably only served for a short time since he did not appear on subsequent muster rolls.3,8
  • Residence: 1790; Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USABGO; The census covers the towns of Hopewell, Newton, Tyborn, and Westpensboro4
  • Death: 1794; Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USABGO2
  • Burial: 1794; Cemetery of Donegal Presbyterian Church, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USABG7

Citations

  1. [S439] McNaull, Margaret, Personal Family Tree, McNaull, Margaret. Personal Family Tree. Privately held by Marianna Cobb, Arlington, Virginia, 1993.

    These are copies of three separate genealogical records and a personal letter that were sent by Margaret McNaull to Marianna Cobb in Virginia in 1993. The copies were on file in the home of Mary Jane and Robert Reyes of Lorton, Virginia, as of 2014., Margaret McNaull Genealogical Records, Copies sent to Marianna Cobb on 11 May 1993.
  2. [S519] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=130156285&indiv=try, Record for William Duncan
  3. [S366] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=365097&indiv=try, Volume: 154, Record for William Duncan
  4. [S546] Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1790usfedcen&h=302774&indiv=try, Year: 1790; Census Place: Hopewell, Newton, Tyborn, and Westpensboro, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Series: M637; Roll: 8; Page: 10; Image: 529; Family History Library Film: 0568148, Record for Wm Duncan
  5. [S624] Mary Ann (Duncan) Dobson, Duncan Research Files, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dobson/pa/pacumber.htm#1870, Cumberland County Pennsylvania Records; accessed 7/26/2016
  6. [S712] FamilySearch, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3MSB-MJB, Familysearch; entry for Mary Albert; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3MSB-MJB; accessed 26 March 2017, Submission ID MM4H-ZF3
  7. [S712] FamilySearch, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SRCC-955, Familysearch; entry for William Duncan; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SRCC-955; accessed 26 March 2017, Submission ID MMQ5-M3B
  8. [S850] Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth Series, Volume VI, pg 240, A digital copy of this document is in the possession of Robert Reyes.