Massachusetts Family Group Sheet for the Capt. Simeon Duncan Family
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Husband: Capt. Simeon DUNCAN
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Birthdate: 23 Oct 1755
Worchester, , Massachusetts
Death date: 22 Feb 1836
Worchester, , Massachusetts
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Father: Simeon Duncan Sr. (1713-1781)
Mother: Bridget Richardson ( -1807)
Married: 11 Apr 1780 Place: Worcester, , Massachusetts
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Wife: Mary BLAIR
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Birthdate: 6 Sep 1760
Death date: 26 May 1813
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Father: Joseph Blair (1727- )
Mother: Mary (Abt 1631-1810)
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Children
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1 M Charles Duncan
Birthdate: 1781
Death date: - Warren
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2 F Mary Duncan
Birthdate: 1783
Death date: 14 Mar 1872 - Worchester, , Massachusetts
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Spouse: Nathaniel Eaton (1781-1833)
Marr: 1 Sep 1805 - Worchester,, Massachusetts
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3 M Simeon Duncan
Birthdate: 1785
Death date: Abt 1870 - Boston, , Massachusetts
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4 F Sally Duncan
Birthdate: 1788
Death date: - Lunenberg, , Vermont
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5 F Nancy Duncan
Birthdate: 1791
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Spouse: Benjamin Thayer ( - )
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6 M Jason Duncan
Birthdate: 1793
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7 M Joseph Duncan
Birthdate: 1797
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8 F Eliza Duncan
Birthdate: 27 Sep 1800
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9 F Clarissa Duncan
Birthdate: 1802
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10 M William Duncan
Birthdate: 1805
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Husband's General Notes
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! Capt. Duncan was a Cooper.
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* "The Duncan Family; Reminiscences of Worcester 1657-1857" by Nathaniel Wall (1877) pp361 & 381-382.
Simeon Duncan Jr. in Worcester, at the age of 21, as the Revolution was underway, enlisted as a private in Captain William Gates' Company of minutemen in September 1776. He enlisted the following year as a bombardier in Colonel Craft's Artillery. And he marched with Captain David Chadwick's company to Hadley, Massachusetts, on the Alarm in Bennington, Vermont on 28 Aug 1777. He was known as Captain Duncan until his death on 23 Feb 1836. Mary died 26 May 1813.
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Wife's General Notes
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! Sister of Robert Blair.
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! The Duncan Family; Reminiscences of Worcester 1657-1857 by Wall (1877) pp381-382
! Nutt's Hist. of Worcester lists a Mary, b. 6 Sept 1760.
She did indeed have a brother Robert and her grandfather was Robert, the immigrant of 1718. Her father was Joseph, who was a Loyalist. Mary, dau/o Joseph and Mary BLAIR at the age of 20, marr Simeon DUNCAN, Jr. in Worcester on 11 Apr 1780. Mary d. 26 May 1813. 10 children: Charles, Mary, Simeon, Sally, Nancy, Jason, Joseph Blar, Eliza, Clarissa and William.
Mary, daughter of Joseph and Mary Blair, was born 6 Sep 1760. At the age of 20, she married Simeon Duncan Jr. in Worcester on 11 Apr 1780. At the age of 21, as the Revolution was underway, Simeon enlisted as a private in Captain William Gates' Company of minutemen in September 1776. He enlisted the following year as a bombardier in Colonel Craft's Artillery. And he marched with Captain David Chadwick's company to Hadley, Massachusetts, on the Alarm in Bennington, Vermont on 28 Aug 1777. He was known as Captain Duncan until his death on 23 Feb 1836. Mary died 26 May 1813. The following are the children of Captain Simeon and Mary (Blair) Duncan Jr.:
1- Charles, born 1780/81
2- Mary, born 1782
3- Simeon, born 1785
4- Sally, born 1788
5- Nancy, born 1791
6- Jason, born 1793
7- Joseph Blair Duncan, born 1797
8- Eliza, born 27 Sep 1800
9- Clarissa, born 1802
10- William.