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MERCER CO. PA
Formed 1800 from Allegheny
Lawrence formed 1849 from Beaver, Mercer
CENSUS RECORDS
1810-1820 Mercer Co. PA Census
No Duncan indexed
1830 Mercer Co. PA Census
Pg.224 James Duncan 0000,0000,01 - 0000,1 Pamatuning
James J. Duncan 1000,1 - 1000,1
(James J. next to James)
1840 Mercer Co. PA Census
Pg.215 Robert Duncan 0220,01 - 1011,001 Pymatuning
218 John Duncan 1000,0010,001 - 0101,01
& James Duncan Rev. Pensioner age 84
353 Saml. Duncan 0000,1 - 0000,1 Lackawana
354 Benj. Duncan 2000,1 - 0001,2000,1
1850 Mercer Co. PA Census
Hickory
Pg.82, #250, Elizabeth DUNKIN 51 PA
Mary McHENRY 26 PA
James DUNKIN 19, Jane 13 PA
Wilmington
Pg.105, #55, Elizabeth DUNKIN 71 PA
Nancy 26 OH
Cyrus BARMER? 7 PA
Pg.105, #56, Benjamin DUNKIN 40 PA farmer $800
Margaret 32 PA
John 12, Joseph T. 10 PA
Pg.107, #86, Samuel DUNKIN 32 OH farmer $300
Isabel 30 PA
Wm. H. 10, Catherine 7 PA
Hugh 4 PA
(MAD: 1860 Mahoning Co. OH census)
Pymatuning
Pg.116, #115, John DUNCAN 59 PA farmer $10,000
Mary 42 PA
Abner J. 12 PA
Catherine SUTTON 15 PA
Ralph J. SHATO? 12 PA
Pg.117, #125, J.J. DUNCAN (m) 47 PA Justice Peace
Sophia 43 OH
Jefferson 13, Julie 8 PA
Maria CAMPBELL 24 PA
1860 Mercer Co. PA Census
French Creek
Pg.172-173, #897-859, Benj. DUNCAN 50 PA farmer $1200-$280
Margaret 47 PA
Joseph 20 PA farmer
Mary 10, Ellen 7 PA
Robert 4, William 8/12 PA
(MAD: ? 1870 McLean Co. IL census)
Hickory Twp.
Pg.241, #752-722, John DUNCAN 34 SCT miner $0-$75
Mary 40 SCT
Jane 14, Agnes 11 SCT
John 9 SCT
Thomas 6, Mary 4 PA
Margaret 2 PA
Pg.275, #1012-968, Elizabeth DUNCAN 64 PA (blank) $0-$50
Mary McHENRY 30 PA seamstress $0-$0
Pg.277, #1029-984, James DUNCAN 26 PA farmer $0-$750
Sarah 21 PA
Mary 3 PA
Pymatuning Twp.
Pg.562, #456-430, John N. DUNCAN 65 PA farmer $20,000-$1215
Mary 51 PA
Abner L. 22 PA farm laborer
John N. 8 PA
Martha GILLESPIE 72 PA
Sarah BARRINGER 20 OH domestic
Shenango Twp.
Pg.714, #1435-1390, David D. COLLINS 53 MD farmer $0-$450
Mary A. 51 MD
Mary L. DUNCAN 19 PA mar/in/year
Sarah W. COLLINS 14 PA
John M. 18 PA farm laborer
David D. 12, Peredy L. (m) 6 PA
Pg.715-6, #1443-1398, Hotel, including
Jefferson DUNCAN 22 PA hotel clerk mar/in/year
Greenville
Pg.804-5, #267-267, Jefferson J. DUNCAN 59 PA laborer $0-$125
Louisa 53 OH
Amanda SPEARS 19 PA
Isaac KECK 39 PA laborer $0-$0
Charles 8, Clara 6 PA
(MAD: this page faint; corrections from Kathy Cawley 12/2005)
Wilmington Twp.
Pg.892, #772-723, Nancy DUNCAN 38 OH seamstress $250-$75
Cyrus (m) 16 PA day laborer
1870 Mercer Co. PA Census
Coolspring Twp.
Pg. 7, #109-107, LOGAN, John C. 26 PA farmer $0-$895
Sarah 26 PA keeping house
Harry M. 10/12 PA b.Aug.
DUNCAN, George 11 PA, mother of foreign birth
E. Lackawannock Twp.
Pg.47, #98-92, ANDERSON, Jacob 29 PA farmer $4000-$1000
Elizabeth 21 PA keeping house
Alice 1 PA at home
DUNCAN, John 7 PA at home
Shenango Twp.
Pg.95, #204-201, BAIRD, John 25 IRE coal miner $0-$100, parents of foreign birth
Eliza 30 PA keeping house
Mary J. 1 PA at home, father of foreign birth
DUNCAN, Jas. 30 IRE coal miner, parents of foreign birth
BAIRD, David 32 IRE coal miner, parents of foreign birth
French Creek Twp.
Pg.107, #83-83, FIRST, Abram 32 PA shoe maker $0-$800
Elizabeth 31 PA keeping house
Hannah 12 PA at school
Lanrett (f) 8 PA at school
John A. 6 PA at school
Duncan M. (m) 4 PA
Pg.107, #84-(blank), DUNCAN, Stewart 35 PA farmer $1600-$500
Mary 26 PA keeping house
Martha 6 PA at school
John 5, Elizabeth 2 PA
William 4/12 PA b.Mar.
Greenville Borough
Pg.162, #211-215, DUNCAN, Louisa 60 CT keeping H. $1000-$500
KECK, Isaac 41 PA D.laborer
Charles J. 18 PA brakesman
Clara L. (f) 16 PA at home
Hickory Twp. (each page starts #1-1)
Pg.212, #3-3, DUNKIN, James 36 SCT coal miner $0-$0, parents of foreign birth
Margaret 30 SCT keeps house, parents of foreign birth
Archabald 12 SCT coal miner, parents of foreign birth
Elisabeth 10 SCT, parents of foreign birth
Jennitt 4 SCT, parents of foreign birth
Margaret 1 SCT, parents of foreign birth
Pg.216, #3-3, DUNKAN, George 33 SCT coal miner $0-$0, parents of foreign birth
Allison (f) 32 SCT keeps house, parents of foreign birth
Aaron 10 SCT at school, parents of foreign birth
Jane 7 SCT at school, parents of foreign birth
James 5 SCT, parents of foreign birth
Andrew 2 SCT, parents of foreign birth
Pg.216, #5-5, DUNCAN, James 37 SCT coal miner $0-$0, parents of foreign birth
Margaret 37 SCT keeps house, parents of foreign birth
Jane 9 SCT at school, parents of foreign birth
Jennett (f) 5 SCT at school, parents of foreign birth
John 1 SCT, parents of foreign birth
Pg.226, #1-1, DUNCAN, John 45 SCT coal miner $400-$0, parents of foreign birth
Mary 50 SCT keeps house, parents of foreign birth
Agnes 21 SCT, parents of foreign birth
John 19 SCT coal miner, parents of foreign birth
Thomas 16 PA coal miner, parents of foreign birth
Mary 14 PA at school, parents of foreign birth
Margaret 12 PA at school, parents of foreign birth
George 10 PA at school, parents of foreign birth
Elisabeth 7 PA at school, parents of foreign birth
Pg.234, #3-3, Boarding house, including
DUNCAN, Thomas 45 SCT runs engine, parents of foreign birth
Sharon Borough (all pages start #1-1)
Pg.291, #5-8, STRAWBRIDGE, Mary 36 OH keeps house $25,000-$17,000
DUNCAN, Jane 21 SCT dom. srvt., parents of foreign birth
McGORBIN, B. (m) 25 PA att. at law
Pymatuning Twp.
Pg.21, #296-302, DUNCAN, Abner 32 PA farmer $4,300-$13,996
Mary E. 62 PA keeping house
WOODS, Wm. D. 31 PA farm hand
RICKERT, Matilda 11 PA domestic servant
West Middlesex Borough
Pg.118, #40-40, HILLIERS, J.W. (m) 31 PA physician & surgeon $3500-$8000, father of foreign birth
Sarah E. 28 PA keeping house
SHAFERS, Anne 16 PA house keeper, parents of foreign birth
DUNCAN John M. 19 PA M.D. student
Pg.120, #69-69, DUNCAN, J.T. (m) 31 PA clerk P.M. $1500-$300
Mary L. 26 PA keeping house
Fannie J. (f) 8 PA at home
Charley 5, Mary 4 PA at home
Julias (m) 1 PA at home
KASEY, Catherine 51 IRE house keeping, parents of foreign birth
COLINS, Daniel 22 PA gardening
Pg.126, #174-171, NEW KIRK, John S. 40 PA land lord $0-$500
Mary E. 35 PA land lady
James Alpres (m) 14 PA at home
Tirza (f) 12 PA at home
Lewis-Clark (m) 10 PA at home
Mary E. 2 PA at home
McINTIRER, Anna 16 PA house keeper, parents of foreign birth
McFARLAND, Mary 22 OH house keeper, father of foreign birth
NEW KIRK, Christine (f) 50 PA "without"
DUNCAN, William 26 OH tinner
KAY WOOD, George 18 PA carpenter
(MAD: or KAY, Wood George)
Wilmington Twp.
Pg.191, #95-90, DUNCAN, Nancy 48 OH keeping house $300-$0
Cyrus (m) 24 PA at home
1880 Census, Pymatuming Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (from Kathy D. Cawley 12/2005)
S.D.# 10, E.D.# 224, Page# 367B, 368C, Image 46 & 47 of 47
436-449
DUNCAN,
Abner, w/m, age 42, Head, Farmer, PA./PA./PA.
Sarah, w/f, age 29, Wife, Keeping house, PA./PA./PA.
Mary, w/f, age 2, Daughter, PA./--/--
Fannie, w/f, age 19, single, servant, PA./PA./PA.
McCURDY, John, w/m, age 22, Brother-in-law, farm laborer, PA./PA./PA.
COOPER, Munson, w/m, age 22, boarder, farm laborer, PA./--/--
ESTATE RECORDS
Mercer Co. PA Orphans Court Docket, 1804-1867; indexes are at the beginning or end of each volume. Vol.A-C 1804-1850 (FHL film 878,976; SLC 6/14/2008)
1804-1825 - no Duncan
1821-1839 - D index missing
1839-1845 - Duncan, Saml. to show Guar, #7-103, 1840 Dec.:
Pg.103, March term 1841. Petition of Saml. Duncan for leave to choose guardian, at Orphans Court of Mercer Co. 22 March 1841, petitioner was minor child of William Duncan late of Butler Co. PA decd, above the age of 14 years, and has no legally authorized (blank) to take charge of his person and sestate, petitions court to appoint a guardian. Petitioner's choice of Thomas Cleland approved, bond of $400.
LAND RECORDS
Mercer Co. PA Index to deeds 1803-1919; Grantors index v.C-D (FHL film 889,508; SLC 6/13/2008)
Q1-500: Duncan, Elizabeth to David Young
X1-490: Duncans hrs, Henry to Samuel McCrumb
W1-223: Duncan, J.W. to Andrew Runser
Q2-325: Duncan, Jane to Robert Strain, Feb. 20, 1864, Mch 6, 1865, Millcreek
A1-439: Duncan, John to James Shaw
A1-475: Duncan, John to John Robinson
B1-432: Duncan, John to John C. Stewart
C1-230: Duncan, John to Mathew Grimes
U1-119: Duncan et al, John M. to McDowell & Nealy
X1-508: Duncan, John N. to James Nicholson
E2-227: Duncan, John M. to James Nicholson, April 18, 1852, June 4, 1855, Pymatuning
F2-292: Duncan, John N. to Thomas Unangst, March 21, 1854, June 18, 1856, Pymatuning
Later J names not copied
Y1-544: Duncan, Samuel to Robert Dodds, May 31, 1850, May 31, 1850, Wilmington
G2-455: Duncan, Stephen to G.A. Irvine, Nov. 7, 1857, Nov. 30, 1857, 5th Dist. D.L.
Quit on S names
A1-64: Duncan, William to Thomas Courtney
A1-205: Duncan, William to E.H. Holstead
A1-250: Duncan, William to Gant & Lover
A1-513: Duncan, William to Thompson & Duffield
B1-235: Duncan, William to Thos. & Bevan Pearson
G1-13: Duncan, William to M. Statton
G1-150: Duncan, William to J.S. Spencer
M1-231: Duncan by atty, William to James McMillan
M1-263: Duncan, William to James Duncan
P1-519: Duncan by atty, William to William Porter
Mercer Co. PA Index to Deeds 1803-1919; Grantees, v.C-D (FHL film 878,942; SLC 6/13/2008)
Only copied to ca 1850
F2-115: Duncan, Benjamin from Joseph Russell, Mar. 12, 1855, Mar. 14, 1856, Frenchcreek
W1-179: Duncan, Elizabeth from William Hooey
C1-229: Duncan, James from James Foster
M1-263: Duncan, James from William Duncan
N1-489: Duncan, James J. from William Porter
A2-446: Duncan, J.M. from James Nickleson, June 30, 1852, July 5, 1852, Pymatuning
Other J names were later, not copied
D2-216: Duncan, Jane from William Moore, June 9, 1854, Aug. 14, 1854, Millcreek
B1-431: Duncan, John from Philip Swartz
C1-228: Duncan, John from Trustees of Mercer Co.
I1-516: Duncan, John M. from Mary Park
M1-246: Duncan, John N. from James Duncan
M1-248: Duncan, John N. from James Duncan
S1-53: Duncan, John N. from James J. Duncan
S1-52: Duncan, John M. from James J. Duncan
U1-119: Duncan et al, John N. from McDowell & Neely
A2-308: Dunken, John N. from James Law, Apr. 1, 1852, May 3, 1852, Pymatuning
Next J name was 1873
N1-400: Duncan, Mathew from G. Roberts
Y1-542: Duncan, Samuel from Anna Pearson et al by atty, May 31, 1850, May 31, 1850, Wilmington
Y1-572: Duncan, Samuel from William Tuver?, June 24, 1850, June 24, 1850, Lackawannoah
Mercer Co. PA Deeds, 1787-1828; includes index (FHL film 878,951; SLC 6/13/2008)
Original deeds, no Duncan
Mercer Co. PA Index to Mortgages 1804-1971; mortgagors index v.C-D (FHL film 889,539; SLC 6/17/2008)
Duncan, A., item 544, pg.52
Duncan, G., item 424, pg.83
Duncan, J., item 258, pg.58
Duncan, M., item 404, pg.42
Duncan, R., item 422, pg.80
Duncan, S., item 545, pg.68
Duncan, T., item 297, pg.17
Duncan & Co., item 423, pg.--
Item 258: Duncan, John W., mtg. to Bryan Glenn & Co., B-237
Item 297: Duncan, Thomas J. to A.F. Everhart, 4-153
Item 298: Duncan, Thomas J. to Wm. H. Veach, 4-169
Item 403: Duncan et ux, T.J., to Nancy W. Moses et al, 9-526, Apr. 7, 1883, Apr. 12, 1883, Pymatuning
Item 404: Duncan et al, Mary F. to Nancy W. Moses et al, 9-526, Apr. 7, 1883, Apr. 12, 1883, Pymatuning
Item 422: Duncan et al, Robert A. to Wm. W. Spier, 10-559, Apr. 23, 1884, Apr. 28, 1884, Hickory
Item 423: Duncan & Co. to Wm. W. Spier, 10-559, Apr. 23, 1884, Apr. 28, 1884, Hickory
Item 424: Duncan et al, George R. to Wm. W. Spier, 10-559, Apr. 23, 1884, Apr. 28, 1884, Hickory
Item 544: Duncan et ux, A.L., to Eliza C. Bortz, 15-219, Feb. 14, 1893, Feb. 20, 1893
Item 545: Duncan et al, Sarah, to Eliza C. Bortz, 15-219, Feb. 14, 1893, Feb. 20, 1893
Mercer Co. PA Mortgagee index v.C-F (FHL film 878,896; SLC 6/17/2008)
Duncan, A., item 398, pg.26
Duncan, J., item 262, pg.30
Duncan, L., item 877, pg.47 (MAD: did not copy, after 1912)
Duncan, M., item 289, pg.
Duncan, S., item 560, pg.30
Duncan, T., item 521, pg.
Item 262: Duncan, John W. mtg. from Curtis & Boyce, B-402
Item 278: Duncan, James I. from Wm. Porter, N-489
Item 289: Duncan, Mary L. from F.L. Bean, 4-116
Item 398: Duncan, A.D. from Andrew Shaw et ux, 11-595, Satisfied
Item 505: Duncan, A.L. from Jesse Dailey, 21-605
Item 506: Duncan, A.L. from Jesse Dailey, 21-606
Item 521: Duncan, T.J. from John Ashton, 24-69
Item 560: Duncan, Sarah H. from Lillie Mathay, release, 27-380
Item 561: Duncan, Sarah H. from Cornelius Jewell, release, 27-380
MILITARY RECORDS
"Census of the Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, Act of Sixth Census (1840) pub. 1841" (CA State Library, Sacramento)
James Duncan, of Pymatuning, Mercer Co., Western Pennsylvania, age 84, living with John Duncan.
JAMES DUNCAN, Rev. Pension Application S-47181, Continental Service, PA (FHL film 970,863; National Archives Roll 863; extract also from June Ricketts 11/1985)
Bounty Land Warrant 626-300 Capt. issued Sept. 22, 1789; no papers; PA residence and agency.
File No. 47181, #315; old war invalid; James Duncan, Capt. of Dragoons, Colo. Hazens, Pen; Rev. War ad. May 15, 1828.
Affidavit of James Duncan, before Justice of Peace in Mercer Co. PA, 27 June 1828; for benefits of Act approved 15 May 1828; of Pymatuning Twp, Mercer Co. PA; I was an officer in Continental Line of Army of Revolution, served to end of war when he was Capt. in Regiment commanded by Col. Moses Hazen; that he afterwards received a certificate of commutation for sum equal to amount of five years full pay, which sum was offered by resolve of Congress 22 March 1783 instead of the half pay for life to which I was entitled under Resolve of 21 Oct. 1780; he has never received a pension. (Treasury Department form; he has received $2400 in final settlement certificates for commutation of five years full pay.
Click here for a more extensive extract from the pension file.
"Archives of MD" Vol.XVIII, Muster Rolls & Other Records of Service of MD Troops in the American Rev. 1775-1783 (FHL book 975.2 B4m Vol.18 and film 1,688,662)
Records of MD Troops in the Continental Service during the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783.
Rolls of MD Men in Various Other Corps Not Belonging to MD
Pg.598: 2nd Canadian or Hazen's. The Regiment was intended to be raised in Canada and for some time was called the 2nd Canadian. Later it was recruited in the United States. ... Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates of Col. Hazen's Regiment belonging to State of MD ... Late Capt. Burne's Co. ... James Duncan, Private. Return of Hazen's Regiment 1783. (MAD: James Duncan, Rev. War Pension, of Mercer Co. PA)
"Archives of MD" (FHL book 975.2 B4m)
Vol.XLIII, Journal and Correspondence of the State Council, Oct. 27, 1779 - Nov. 11, 1780:
Pg.432: February 23, 1780, Red Book No. 7, Letter No. 175. (Ben Stoddert, Secry, War Office, to His Excy The Govr Lee). Sir. I have the honor to forward to Your Excellency a return of the officers & men belonging to the State of Maryland, attached to the additional & Independent Corps, therein specified. It may not be unncessary to observe, that the Original returns from which this was taken, were made out some months ago, since which many alterations must undoubtedly have taken place, and of course the present, together with the returns before sent, contain but a very inaccurate State of the Troops of Maryland, attached to the addl. & Independent Corps. (MAD: "Calendar of MD State Papers, The Red Books" by Skordas, Thomas & Peebles, listed the names of the men including James Duncan in Colonel Moses Hazen's Regiment, and referred to this Archives volume and page) (MAD: see Mercer Co. PA)
OTHER RECORDS
DUNCAN Family material in the Ross Coller Collection, Archives and Regional History Collections, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 (photocopy of handwritten index cards, from Sue Husband, Curator, Regional History Collections, 10/1999; permission by Sharon Carlson, Director, to post on MAD's website)
SH: Coller was an area historian and newspaper journalist whose reference card information spans over 110 years of Kalamazoo County History.
DUNCAN, William Carver. Feb. 26, 1894, born Sharon, Pa. Son of William & Susie Shipp Duncan. At age of 6 months his father died. Mother later wed Lincoln Powers. Family to Moline, Mich. when Wm. was 4. 1908, joined Kal. Stationery Co. & later at D'Arcy Spring Co. March 7, 1910, joined Kal. Stove Co. in Foundry. May 28, 1918, in World War. To Columbus Bks. to Ft. Benji. Harrison. Overseas with 34th Engrs. In France in Convoy of trucks & materiel. Mustered out 1919 at Camp Sherman, O. Entered service Bucyrus, O. July 28, 1919, mustered out Camp Sherman. Oct. 27, 1922, wed Laura Mott of Kil. 1. William Jr. b.1923 d. 2. Donald b.1924. 3. Doreen b.1926 blind. 4. Robert b.1929. (MAD: Sharon, ? Mercer Co. PA)
NEWSPAPERS
Adams Co. PA Newspaper Article (from Kathy Cawley 11/2005)
The Republican Compiler, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, March 16, 1825
DIED -- On the 18th of February, in Mercer county, MRS. DUNCAN, wife of JAMES DUNCAN, Esq. formerly Prothonotary, & c. of this county. [KDC: Susan Lear?]
HISTORIES before 1923
"History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania." (anonymous); pub. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, 1208 pgs. (LH9824, HeritageQuest images 4/2007; FHL film 928,056 item 1 and 1,000,566 item 1)
Pg.154: Sandy Lake Township taxables for 1801: ... John Duncan, ...
Pg.156: Cool Spring for 1802: ... John Duncan, ...
Pg.184: "Five Points" was established July 24, 1876. Its postmasters have been: T.J. Duncan, 1876; ...
Pg.220: Alexander Duncan taught in Shenango Township at an early date. The school-house was situated near the State line, on the Sharon & New Bedford road. His efforts were made about the opening of the War of 1812. He was followed by John Nesbitt.
Pg.294: Military History ... Capt. James Duncan, whose diary of the Revolutionary War is now in the possession of A.L. Duncan, of Greenville, was a settler four miles northwest of Clarksville. His ashes rest on the old homestead.
Pg.321: 77th Regiment. Company E. (recruited in Mercer and Allegheny Counties) ... Privates ... John R. Duncan ...
Pg.328: 169th Regiment. Company D, privates ... John Duncan, ...
Pg.647: 1828. ... Pymatuning, ... Constables, Joseph Mattocks, J.J. Duncan; ... - pg.650, 1831 - ... Pymatuning, Constables, Joseph J. Duncan, Joseph Mattocks
Pg.725: THOMAS J. GILLESPIE, leather merchant, was born in Clarksville, Mercer Co. PA, July 14, 18l40, and is a son of John and Sarah (Clark) Gillespie. The former was born in Fayette Co. PA, July 19, 1806, and was a son of Samuel and Martha (Luckey) Gillespie, natives of PA, of Irish ancestry. They were married in Fayette Co. PA, and removed to Pymatuning Twp, Mercer Co., where both spent the balance of their lives, dying March 7, 1850, and August 9, 1855, respectively. They reared the following children: John, Mary (who married John Duncan), Harriet (who married John Fell), Anna (who became the wife of a Mr. McDowell, and afterward of a Mr. Rutledge), James, Sarah J. (who married John Woods), David and Samuel L., all of whom became the heads of families, and only one, Mrs. Sarah J. Woods, of Iowa, survives. John, the father of our subject, married Sarah, daughter of Samuel Clark, a pioneer of Clarksville. ...
Pg.922: THOMAS BAGNALL, farmer, post-office Mercer, was born Feb. 9, 1826, in England, to Thomas, born Oct. 25, 1785, same country, who married Ann Hudson, born Jan. 16, 1782. Their children were: George, William, Mary, Sarah, Jane, Thomas. The entire family came to Mercer Co. from England in 1829, and settled permanently on the farm where our subject now lives. Our subject ... was married September 9, 1849, to Mary Cozins, born April 9, 1825, to Frederick and Mary (Yocum) Cozins, natives of Philadelphia, ... Mr. and Mrs. Bagnall had 8 children: ... Benton, married Mary Duncan ...
"History of Erie County, Pennsylvania : containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc., etc." by Samuel P. Bates; pub. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884, 1245 pgs. (LH10121, HeritageQuest images 6/2007; FHL book 974.899 H2h)
Pg.411: Presidential Electors for the Congressional District to which Erie County has been attached since 1816: 1828, James Duncan, Mercer County.
OTHER SOURCES FOR INFORMATION
"PA Magazine of History & Biography" Vol.29 #3, July 1905 (SUTRO book F146 P65, CA State Library, Sutro Branch; and FHL book 974.8 B2pm)
Pg.377: Queries. ... SUSAN LEAR. I have in my possession an interesting journal kept by a Philadelphia girl, Susan Lear, during a visit to Providence and several places in Massachusetts in 1788. From Philadelphia to Providence she travelled with Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Brown, and is said to have been related to Mrs. Brown (Avis Binney). She was the guest of the Brown family in Providence, and of Gen. Hull in Newton, Mass.
Not long after 1788 Susan Lear married Capt. James Duncan in Philadelphia and they moved to Mercer County, Pa.
From the journal, which mentions many well known people of the time, the Lear Family must have been of some prominence in Philadelphia. can anyone tell me who Susan Lear was? H.E.K., 753 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich.
"Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly" Columbus, OH; Vol.7 #3, July 1904 (SUTRO book F476 O42; CA State Library, Sutro branch)
Pg.152+: Capt. James Duncan's Diary of the Siege of Yorktown, 1781 -by W.F. Boogher Esq., Genealogist, 1339 F St., Washington, DC. Capt. James Duncan was native of Philadelphia, b. 1756, entered service; commissioned as Lieutenant on Nov. 3, 1776, and Captain on March 25, 1778; served in Hazen's Regt. He received 500 acres in Shenango Valley, now Mercer Co. He was the first prothonotary of Adams Co. PA when it was formed, until 1822 when he moved to Mercer Co. PA where he died June 24, 1844 in his 89th year.
MAD: This introduction gives his year of birth as 1756, but the introduction in "Mercer Co. PA Soldiers; Rev. War, War of 1812, Civil War" by Myers gives his year of birth as 1755. See "Mercer Co. PA Soldiers; Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War" by Paul W. Myers, 1987 (FHL booklet 974.8 A1 #328). James Duncan married Susan Lear and had three children: John Nicholson, b. Feb. 16, 1796; Julianna, b. March 1, 1800; James Jefferson, b. Dec. 18, 1801.
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