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SOMERSET CO. PA
Formed 1795 from Bedford
Cambria formed 1804 from Somerset, Bedford, Huntingdon
CENSUS RECORDS
1800 Somerset Co. PA Census
Pg.568 Samuel Duncan 30010 - 12110 Quimahoning
568 Joseph Duncan 01101 - 01100
1810 Somerset Co. PA Census
Pg.157 Samuel Duncan 12001 - 01010 Quemahoning
1820 Somerset Co. PA Census
Pg.148 Samuel Duncan 300001 - 11001 Jenner
1830 Somerset Co. PA Census
Pg.117 Samuel Duncan 0000,0000,01 - 0010,0000,01 Jenner
Charles Duncan 1000,1 - 0000,1 (next to Samuel)
120 John Duncan 1000,1 - 0000,1
1840 Somerset Co. PA Census
Pg.113 John Duncan 1010,01 - 0100,01 Jenner
115 Samuel Duncan 0000,0000,001 - 0000,0000,001
Charles Duncan 0100,01 - 1001,01 (next to Samuel)
1850 Somerset Co. PA Census
Jenner
Pg.91, #116, Margaret COLE 51 IRE
Margaret DUNCAN 16 PA
Pg.93, #159, Charles DUNCAN 47 PA laborer $300
Mary 42 PA
Mary A. 7, Caroline 5 PA
Serater (f) 3, John H. 3/12 PA
Margaret 14 PA
Pg.98, #217, John DUNCAN 47 IRE farmer $5500
Susan 44 PA
George 22, Rebecca 20 PA
William 11, Sarah J. 8 PA
Milford
Pg.237, #143, John BOUCHER 44 PA farmer $4000
Joanna 37 PA & children
George DUNCAN 14 PA
1860 Somerset Co. PA Census
Jenner Twp.
Pg.225, #500-512, Charles DUNCIN 60 PA day laborer $300-$140
Mary 58 PA
Mary A. 16, Caroline 13 PA
John H. 10, Jane 7 PA
Pg.235, #581-586, Samuel MURPHY 65 PA farmer $4000-$7900
Mary 55 PA
Catharine 48 PA
Ruel PETERSON (m) 20 PA
Caroline DUNCAN 13 PA
1870 Somerset Co. PA Census
Jenner Twp.
Pg.329, #74-73, DUNCAN, Jonas 67 PA laborer $800-$200, parents of foreign birth
Mary 62 PA keeping house
John 20 PA
Pg.329, #74-74, GRIFFITH, Jordan 26 PA laborer $0-$200
Caroline 24 PA keeping house
Ida 3, Henry 1 PA
COUNTY RECORDS
Somerset Co. PA Index to Estates (from Anita Bishop 11/1993; MAD's extract)
No. 34 of 1841. Samuel Duncan, Jenner Twp. Will written Dec. 14, 1840, filed Aug. 18, 1841; wife Margareth, children Elenor mar. John Engle, Elizabeth mar. William Hanler, "Esebella" mar. Michael Campbell, "Nelly" mar. Samuel Beyles, Alexander and Samuel. The last two live in Richland Co. OH. Exec. son Charles and friend John Duncan; wit. Joseph Hancock and Henry Sampson.
Somerset Co. PA Will (from Anita Bishop 11/1993; MAD's extract)
1841, Estate No. 34: will of Samuel Duncan, 14 Dec. 1840, of Jenner Twp, Somerset Co. PA, weak in body; to my dau. Elener intermarried with John Engle, $400 as her share of my estate; to my dau. Elizabeth intermarried with William Hanlen, $400 as her share of my estate; to my dau. Isabella intermarried with Michael Cambell $247, and to my dau. Polly intermarried with Samule Beyles $100 and to my son Alexander Duncan $150 and to my son Samule Duncan $150, all to be paid after my death by my execs. as their share of my estate. I further bequeath to my son Samule and to his heirs 40 acres of land where they now live in Richland Co. OH, and authorize my execs to make a deed to my son Samule for the 40 acres. My son Alexander is to receive $50 from my son Samule as his share of money put in the hands of Samule some time ago. To my beloved wife Margareth a certain mare which I now own and one cow, two hives of bees, two head of sheep, a buero which stands in the back room, one bed and as much bed clothes as she wishes to keep, also her wheel and reel, also her saddle and bridle. If my estate cannot pay the aforementioned shares, my son Charles to pay them in full out of his own money; and if my estate should over-reach the aforementioned shares, my son Charles to have the overplus for his own use. Charles shall keep my said wife as bound in an agreement comfortable during her life time and keep her mare and her sheep in feed and pasture, and my old horse Charles shall keep in use as his own horse and never part with him at any price. I appoint my son Charles Duncan and my friend John Duncan execs. /s/ Samuel (+) Duncan. Wit. Joseph Hancock, Henry Sampson. Proved in court August 18, 1841, by oaths of Joseph Hancock and Henry Sampson.
Document, source not given, possibly from Somerset Co. PA or from a District Court in PA (from Anita Bishop 12/1993; MAD's extract)
SAML. DUNCAN. Samuel Duncan, a native of Ireland in the Kingdom of Great Brittain presents his petition to become a citizen of the US at a Court of Common Pleas held for the County Somerset on the 8th day of February 1803, which petition being read, the Court ordered him to be admitted a citizen of the US after having taken the oaths required by act of Congress. (Next is similar item for Tho. Shrader, from Germany, Somerset Co., 2nd Monday in May 1803.)
Document, "first land purchase by Samuel Duncan of Somerset Co. PA in Somerset Co. PA dated 1797" source not given but probably a deed book, next item on page 370 was a deed (from Anita Bishop 12/1993; MAD's extract)
Pg.369-70: #383, A. Taylor to S. Duncan. To All People to whom these presents shall come, I, Alexander Taylor of Westmoreland Co. PA, Surveyor ... whereas the Commonwealth of PA by warrant issued by the Secretary of the Land Office dated 11 Jan. 1793 granted to be surveyed to me the quantity of 200 acres on the heads of a cond? run emptying into Bens Creek adj. land of Richard? (Michael?) Dowdle, Wm. Fisher and others in Quemahoning Township, Summerset Co., State afsd, as by the warrant remaining in the Surveyor General's office at Philadelphia, will more fully appear; Now I the said Alexander Taylor for £40 money of PA paid by Samuel Duncan of Summerset Co., yeoman, do grant, bargain, sell, etc. to said Samuel Duncan & his heirs & assigns all my right, title, etc. to the warrant and land thereby granted and surveyed or to be surveyed and all rights, markers and appertenances; dated 24 April 1797; wit. Philip King, James Wells. Personally appeared 25 April 1797 in Somerset Co. before James Mills, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Please, and ack. the deed. Recorded April 17, 1799.
HISTORIES before 1923
"History of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its pioneers and prominent men." by Joseph Shippen; pub. Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884, 780 pgs (LH11287, HeritageQuest images 6/2007; FHL book 974.87 H2w and film 873,502)
Did not copy Civil War soldiers
Pg.412: Somerset County. Bench and Bar. Samuel Duncan (of Bedford, Pennsylvania), admitted November, 1801.
Pg.476: Brother's Valley. Berlin was incorporated as a borough in 1837. The following is a list of the taxable inhabitants of Berlin borough in the year 1837: Jas. Duncan; ... John Duncan; ...
Pg.495: At the organization of Somerset county, Quemahoning included about one-sixth of the territory of the county. In 1796 the taxables were as follows: Samuel Duncan, ...
Pg.509: Jenner. Hopewell Methodist Episcopal Church -- Fream family ... joined by Edward, Mathew and John Hare and Samuel Duncan and their families. The lot on which the church stands and the burying ground adjoining were sold by Matthew Hare and wife to Samuel Duncan, John Hare and William Dalley, a son-in-law of Moses Fream, who were the first trustees. The deed bears date May 31, 1827, and the price paid was five dollars.
1887 "Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington County, Iowa : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county" pub. by Acme Publ. Co. (FHL book 977.792 D3p)
Pg.508-9: ALEXANDER DUNCAN, of Washington, is another one of the truly representative pioneers of Washington County, having made this his home since 1847, a period of forty years. He is a native of Ireland, born in 1813, and is the son of John and Elizabeth Duncan, both of whom were also natives of that country. When Alexander was about seven years of age, the family emigrated to America and located in Somerset Co. PA, where they remained eight years, and then moved to Washington County, in the same State. In 1833 they removed to Richland Co. OH, where Mr. Duncan died in his one hundredth year. Mrs. Duncan died in Coshocton Co. OH, from a cancer, in her 86th year. .... They were both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were among the first to embrace that faith in the days of John and Charles Wesley. Five children were born unto them, of whom two are yet living -- Samuel, now living in Missouri, and Alexander, in Washington, Iowa. (MAD: see Washington Co. IA for more)
REFERENCES FROM OTHER LOCALITIES
Richland Co. OH Deed (FHL film 386,085)
11-49: 23 Feb. 1833, Samuel (X) Duncan and wife Margaret (X) of Jerman Twp, Somerset Co. PA, to Alexander Duncan of Richland Co. OH, $1, T21 R17, SE 1/4 Sec. 31, 150 acres; land was a patent cert #720 rec. Vol.2 pg.212. Wit. John McMullan. Recorded Somerset Co. PA.
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