DUKE
In Thoren's Family Tree
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Generation
One THOMAS DUKE1 was apparently the
first of my
Duke line in America. Records indicate that
he was from
County Kent, England, and was found in James
City County,
Virginia by 1651. His wife was believed to be
Mary BARHAM,
also of County Kent, England. Their known
children were: 1)
Henry b 1640-1645; and 2) John. After his
death, his widow
married Thomas Wade.
Generation Two COL HENRY
DUKE2was refered to early as
Captain, and later
in life as Colonel Henry Duke. He was the son
of Thomas
DUKE
and Mary BARHAM. He was born probably between
1640-1645. He
married Elizabeth MARSTON and they had the
following
children: 1) John; 2) Henry; 3) James; 4)
Thomas; 5)
Elizabeth; and possbly 6) Edmond; and 7)
Marston. Col Henry
DUKE had large land holdings in James City
County,
Virginia,
and in 1694 he was a member of the House of
Brugess. He
died
early in 1714.
Generation Three JAMES
DUKE3son of Col Henry DUKE and
Elizabeth
MARSTON.
He was born in James City County, Virginia.
He was a
Justice
of the Peace in James City County, and when
that part of
the
county became Charles City County he was
Justice of the
Peace there also. He married about 1700 to
Mary BYRD and
they had several children: 1) William; 2)
Edmond; 3) Henry;
4) Anne; 5) Mary; and 6) Sarah. James DUKE
died in 1751 in
Charles City County, Virginia and his widow
married again
to
Richard Corbett. Generation Four WILLIAM DUKE Sr4 son of James
DUKE and Mary
BYRD was born about 1700/01 in Charles City
County,
Virginia. When he was about nine years old he
was sent to
be
raised and educated by his Uncle Colonel
William Byrd. By
1727 he was living in Brunswick County,
Virginia. His first
wife is believed to have been named Thamar
and she died
about 1737. They had several children. 1)
Thamar; 2)
William; 3) Samuel; 4) John; and 5) Joseph.
He married
second the widow Elizabeth Bartholomew. In
1744 he sold his
land in Brunswick County, and moved to North
Carolina with
his sons and other family members. He died in
early
1775. Generation
Five JOSEPH DUKE5 was probably born
sometime in
the
1720s. He was the son of William DUKE Sr and
his mother's
name is believed to have been Thamar (maiden
name unknown).
The wife of Joseph is unknown, but they had a
large family:
1) Major; 2) Mary; 3) Alice; 4) Delilah; 5)
William; 6)
Buckner; 7) Martha; 8) Isham; 9) Sherrod; 10)
Hardy: 11)
Ransom; and 12) Repps. In 1745 he and other
family members
moved to what was then Granville County,
North Carolina.
This area later became Bute County, and even
later Warren
County, North Carolina. He wrote his will In
Jan 1778, and
it was proved in the Warren County court Aug
1779. Generation Six MAJOR DUKE6 was the son of
Joseph DUKE. He
was
probalby born in the 1740s in Bute County,
which later
became Warren County, North Carolina.
Sometime about 1780
he
sold his property there and went to Union
County, Old 96
District, South Carolina and appeared there
on the 1790
census. He married before 1771, but the name
of his wife is
not known. They had a large family, but not
all of the
children have been proven or named so far.
Here are some
who
are believed to be the children of Major
DUKE: 1) William b
4 Jul 1776; 2) John; 3) & 4) two unnamed
daughters who
married men named Boatman; 5) a daughter woh
married a
Murphy; 6) James; and 7) Hardiman. Other
possible children
were 8) Thomas and 9) Michael. Generation Seven WILLIAM B.
DUKE7 was probably born 4 Jul 1766
in South
Carolina. His wife was Jane McLAUGHLIN. The
children of
William and Jane were: 1) James born 1788;
2) John b 1790; 3) Charles b 1792; 4) William
M. b 1796;
and
5) Wiley b 22 Mar 1798. They were living in
Franklin
County,
Alabama in 1820, Marion County, Alabama in
1830, and by
1840
they were in Itawamba County, Mississippi.
Jane died before
1830 and William died 1847 in Mississippi and
is buried in
Old Duke Flats, Fulton, Itawamba County,
Mississippi. Generation Eight JOHN
DUKE8 son of William DUKE and Jane
McLAUGHLIN
was
born about 1790 in Laurens County, South
Carolina. He
married about 1809 in Franklin County,
Tennessee to Mary
Jane METCALF. John and Mary Jane had five
known children:
1)
Elizabeth b 17 Sep 1810; 2) William
Kuykendall b 28 Dec
1812; 3) Eleanor b 16 Aug 1816;
4) Ann b ca 1819; and 5) John b 2 Jan 1822.
John died
before
1844 in Yalobusha County, Mississippi and
Mary Jane died 24
Dec 1866 and is buried in Pine Valley,
Yalobusha County,
Mississippi. A tombstone for John has not
been found, but
it
is believed that he is buried there too. Generation Nine ELEANOR
DUKE9 the daughter of John DUKE
and Mary Jane
METCALF, was born 16 Aug 1816. Exactly where
is not known
at
this time. She married Presley Wren THORNTON on
19 Dec 1833, possibly in Fayette County,
Alabama. They must
have moved to Yalabusha County, Mississippi
soon after the
marriage. Presley and Eleanor had ten
children: 1) John
Marshall b 7 May 1835; 2) William Henry b Feb
1837; 3)
Wiley
D. b ca 1839; 4) Presley Wren Jr b 8 Aug
1841; 5) David b
ca
1843;
6) Robert b ca 1846; 7) Mary Elizabeth b ca
1849; 8) James
Presley b 16 Aug 1852; 9) Abraham M. b Sep
1855; and 10)
Grace b ca 1859. Presley died 14 Jul 1883 and
Eleanor died
20 Mar 1885. They are both buried in the Turkey
Creek Cemetery
in
Pine Valley, Mississippi. <<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>><<<>>>
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