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William Duncan^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}

Facts and Notes

• Residence: Southampton Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USABGO⁶
• Birth: 1725; Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USABGO^1,2
• Will: 1766; Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USABGO; Mentioned in his father's will^5,7
• 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.^3,9
• Residence: 1790; Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USABGO; The census covers the towns of Hopewell, Newton, Tyborn, and Westpensboro^4,7
• Residence: 1793; Southampton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USABGO⁶
• Residence: 1793; Southampton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USABGO⁸
• Will: 16 October 1793; Southampton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USABGO; A humorous aspect of his will is that he bequeathed gifts to all the grandchildren named after him (of which there were six!), but not to any of his other grandchildren.⁸
• Death: After 16 October 1793; Pennsylvania, USABGO^8,2
• Probate: 9 April 1794; Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USABGO⁸

• Related Pages: Ancestors of Marianna Woodson; Veterans

Citations

1. [S779] Personal Family Tree, Genealogical Records provided by Martha Stone Daniel (1995). These are copies of three separate genealogical records and a personal letter that were sent 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.
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. [S878] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8802&h=1657026&indiv=try, Wills, 1750-1908, and Administrator's Books, 1750-1906; Author: Cumberland County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills, Record for William Duncan
7. [S878] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8802&h=1669127&indiv=try, Copies of Wills, 1750-1803, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Taken From Volumes A-F; Author: Cumberland County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills, Record for Thomas Duncan
8. [S878] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8802&h=1670827&indiv=try, Copies of Wills, 1750-1803, of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Taken From Volumes A-F; Author: Cumberland County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills, Record for William Duncan
9. [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.