Dukes of Virginia, a Reassessment by Lynn Teague
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Duke Reassessment

On the South Side of the James River

John Duke of Isle of Wight Co., VA

The Isle of Wight Duke family was supposedly (EDB) begun by William Ducke, who was imported by Justinian Cooper in 1639, in exchange for land at the head of Lawnes Creek (VA Land Patents Book 1, part 2, p. 681). This is probably untrue. There is no further mention of him in Isle of Wight Co VA records.

John Duke I

John Duke appears in the deed records in 1665, when Jeremiah Rutter sold 300 acres on the Cypress Swamp in what was then Nansemond Co VA to John Duke (VA Land Patent Bk. 5, p. 265). Capt. Thomas Goodwyn received a grant adjoining John Dukes, Chuckatuck Parish, Isle of Wight Co (VA Land Patent Bk. 6, p. 6 and p. 111). They were living on the boundary of Isle of Wight and Nansemond counties.

In short, within two years of the first land grant to Thomas Duke Jr in the same parish on the same river, within a few miles of one another, John Duke received his first land grant. This John Duke is certainly the brother of Thomas Duke Jr of Nansemond.

On 23 Sep 1689 John Duke of Isle of Wight County sold to John Burnet, shoemaker, of the same county, "a parcel of land . . . containing fifty acres thereabouts, which land my father John Duke, deceased, formerly bought of Jeremiah Rutter of Chuckatuck then in Nansemond County, being out of a patent of three hundred acres lying and bounded by the land of John Goseling (Goslin) and the house of my father John Duke where he was situated, etc." Witnessed by William Bradshaw and Richard Beale and signed by the marks of John Duke, Bridgett Duke (wife of John Duke, Jr.) and Elizabeth Mercer (Isle of Wight Deed Bk 1, p. 25).

Elizabeth Mercer was John Duke's widow, remarried after his death to Robert Mercer. Robert Mercer was granted land on the Myery Branch on the south side of the Main Blackwater Swamp adjacent John Holliman and William Edwards (VPB 12 p217-218). Holliman's land was on the boundary of Surry Co and Southampton Co (VPB 33 p611-612). In 1724/25 a William Edwards owned land adjacent Robert Mercer and John Halliman on Myery Branch on the south side of the main Blackwater Swamp (VPB 12 p217-218; VPB 15 p192-193). In 1717 James Mercer had acquired land adjacent William Kinchen and George Williamson on the south side of the main Blackwater Swamp (VPB 10 p371). His will was dated 1734. There are Southampton Co VA wills for a John and Robert Mercer in 1775, and another for a John Mercer in 1789.

It seems unlikely that John Duke Jr. was the only child of John Duke and Elizabeth Duke (Mercer), but others have not been identified.

William Boddie and his wife Elizabeth on June 9 1694 sold to Nicholas Carey land on Cypress Swamp adjacent land formerly sold to John Duke and formerly called Jackson's Plantation." (Isle of Wight Co VA DB 1, p.111). George Breen and William Greene witnessed the deed.

William Boddie and his wife Elizabeth Boddie of Isle of Wight County then sold to John Duke "that plantation which Henry Kinge lately lived on. The said plantation and woodland ground is bounded thus . . . over against John Jackson's ould plantation . . . whether the plantattion be one hundred acres or two hundred acres . . . we do not know." The deed was witnessed by Anthony Davis, William Fowler and Walter Howell and proved 21 Oct 1689 (Isle of Wight Co VA Deed Bk 1, p. 21). ¹

William Boddie's lands were principally located on and between the western branch of the Nansemond River and the Cypress Swamp.² Anthony Fulgham, who owned land with Sylvester Thacker, owned land adjacent Boddie on the western branch of the Nansemond.³

In 1641/42 Richard Jackson had received a grant for 450 acres near Justinian Cooper, through assignment of rights from Thomas Stamp and John Sweet; Cooper's lands were principally at the head of Lawnes Creek (VPB 1 pp. 454, 772, 874), but he owned numerous parcels in Isle of Wight County. Henry Kinge had received an 18 Apr 1688 grant for "1000 acres on the first branch of the Blackwater &c. 750 acres of this land being formerly gtd. by patt. to John Sweet dated 26th of Septr. 1643." John Sweet received 650 acres adjacent Justinian Cooper and Francis English on the blackwater in 1642 (VPB 1 p858). [The term "the blackwater" was not confined to the Blackwater River at this time; that is usually referenced more specifically as "the main Blackwater Swamp.") This suggests that John Duke and his family moved farther down the James River toward Surry Co VA.

In 1693 William Duke and Mary Duke witnessed a deed of gift of Thomas Mann to Sarah Mann of 100 acres on Curawaok Swamp (Isle of Wight Deed Book). This William Duke may be William Duche, Dutch founder of an Isle of Wight family. That family frequently spelled their name "Duck."William Duck is listed in the 1704 quit rent rolls for Isle of Wight County.

On 15 Apr 1704 John Duke of Isle of Wight Co witnessed a will including a bequest for land purchased from Edmond Palmer, John Portis, Sr., and Henry Martin, subsequently probated 9 Jan 1706⁴:

"JONES, Ann: Leg. son John the 300 A. purchased of Edmond PALMER, John PORTIS, Sr. and Henry MARTIN; son Abraham; son John's three children, Joseph, John and Ann; Daughter ANN BARNES. Capt. Arthur SMITH and Henry APPLEWHITE, Overseers. D. April 15, 1704. R. January 9, 1706/7. Witnesses: John WATTS, John Duke, Henry APPLEWHITE." Page 477

On 5 Feb 1672 Edmund Palmer received a grant for land in Isle of Wight Co near John Portis, Arthur Smith, Anthony Matthews and "Mr. Bodies" (VPB 6 p443). This is doubtless William Boddie. John Portis and Henry West were granted 900 acres in 1673, situated on "some of the Blackwater branches."⁵ In 1684 Palmer's land adjoined a 3350 acre grant to William Boddie between the western branch of the Nansemond and the Cypress Swamp (VPB 7 p394-395). On 28 Oct 1643 Henry Watts received 157 acres on Pagan Point Creek.⁶ In 1674 Henry Applewhite was granted 300 acres in Isle of Wight county adjacent Robert Edwards and William Bodie.⁷ It is likely that this property was close to Cypress Swamp, probably on the western side. Robert Edwards was, with his brother James, founder of a large Isle of Wight Edwards family without a known connection to the family of William Edwards who was the third husband of Elizabeth Duke Mason Taylor.

A later deed indicates a Seacock and Lightwood Swamp area location for a descendant of the original John Portis:⁸

John PHILLIPS of Surry County, Virginia to BENJAMIN HOLDEN dated 7 Nov 1751. 20 acres on the south side of Seacock Swamp adj. Lightwood Swamp, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREWS, John PORTIS, JOSEPH John RAVELLS, and Long Branch (patent to sd. John on 29 Aug 1757), S: John (-) PHILLIPS, W: no witnesses

In 1713 Richard Jackson acquired land on the Blackwater Swamp near Edward Boykin (VPB 10 p99-100). A later deed to Thomas Moore shows that this grant was near Terrapin Swamp, a tributary of the Blackwater near the Surry County boundary (VPB 12 p451). In 1734 Joseph Turner was granted land adjacent William Kinchen and Edward Boykin on Tuckers Swamp (VPB 15 p344). On 25 Sep 1750 Thomas Joyner was granted land on the south side of the Blackwater Swamp adjacent Edward Kinchen and Joseph Turner (VPB 33 p963-964).

In 1725 a John Jackson with later Duke family ties lived near William Kinchen on Meadow Branch, and consequently near Robert Mercer and Elizabeth Duke Mercer:

ref VPB 12 p448-449

dat 24 Mar 1725/26

frm Hugh Drysdale

to John Jackson of Isle of Wight County

con 15 Shill.

re 145a on the S side of the Main Blackwater Swamp in sd Co.

loc 127080 -39560 F127 L0 P255

pt A) pine on the E side of the Meadow branch a Corner Tree

!of William Kinchins Land

!thence Crossing the Branch by Kinchins Line

ln S75W; 86P; William Kinchin Cross Meadow Br.

. . .

And also near Robert Harris:

typ patent

ID eSN#

ref VPB 26 p579-581

dat 20 Aug 1748

to Thomas Atkinson

con 35 Shill.

re 350a Isle of Wight Co. on the S side of the Main Blackwater Sw.

loc 127094 -39721 F127 L0 P255

pt A) pine on the E side of the Meadow Branch a Corner of

!William Kinchin's and James Atkinson's Lands

ln N75E; 22P; James Atkinson, frm Wm Kinchin's c.

pt B) red oak

ln S60E; 98P;

pt C) Lightwood post

ln NExE; 144P;

pt D) pine

ln N; 174P;

pt E) pine a line tree of Robert Harris's Land

ln S70W; 176P; Robert Harris

. . .

pt I) maple on the side of the Meadow Branch

!a Corner Tree of John Jacksons Land

!and down the Run of sd Branch to the beginning

lm ;; down Meadow Br. fm John Jackson's c.

end

And

Southampton Co Deed Book. Pages 86-88: John and William Jackson to John Clayton, joiner, dated 8 Jan 1756

145 acres on the north side of the main Blackwater Swamp adj. The east side of Meadow Branch and William Kinchen (land taken up by John Jackson), S: John (I) Jackson and William (I) Jackson, W: Richard (signed) Kello, Thomas (signed) WilliamSON, and Richard (signed) Baker

Ethelred Taylor, husband of Elizabeth Duke Taylor, left land on Lightwood Swamp to his son Ethelred Taylor II, who married Patience Kinchen.⁹ Lightwood Swamp is immediately south of the Blackwater along the Surry Co border. Thomas Williamson was the son of George Williamson Sr. and Hester Bridger, daughter of Joseph Bridger and Hester Pitt. George Williamson was the son of Robert Williamson and Joan Allen. George Williamson's land was adajcent that of William Kinchen and the Mercer family (VPB 10 p371). In 1725 John Jackson received land adjacent William Kinchen (VPB 12: 448-449). Richard Jackson also owned land on Tarapin Branch (VPB 12 p451).

John Duke Jr. and his wife Bridget had sons James, John and Robert Duke. His daughters names are unknown. His will was recorded on 3 Aug 1720 (Isle of Wight Co VA Great Book p. 53, part 2). An inventory of his estate was returned by Bridgett Dukes, Administratrix, and recorded on 27 Feb 1720/21 (Isle of Wight Co VA Wills, Deeds, etc. Great Book 147- 1800, part 2, page 67.) Given the location of John Duke's land and also of Elizabeth Duke Mercer, he would have been well acquainted with the families of Ethelred Taylor and Elizabeth Duke Taylor, of the Kinchens, Jacksons, Williamsons, Harris, Claytons and so forth.

James and Robert Duke, sons of John Duke of Isle of Wight Co VA, were in Bertie Precinct NC in 1739.

On 1 Nov 1730 Bartholomew Shavers deeded 200 acres of land on the Roanoke (Marrotoch) River to Benjamin Duke and Henry Wooten (Bertie CO NC Deed Book C, p. 293). A Robert Duke grant in Bertie County NC followed in 1737:

13 Feb. 1737, Bertie County Grants E, 202

Richard Pace, Jr. to Robert Dukes 200 acres (part of a patent to John Green of 640 acres on northside of Yawmehoke Swamp on 1 March 1719, part of patent sole to Ralph Mason and from Mason to Richard Pace, Sr. and part sold to Bartholomew Chavas then from Chavas to Barnaby Mackinne, Sr. and this part from John Green to Richard Pace, Jr. for 200 acres; then to Robert Dukes so that all Robert Duke's part of patent is on the northside of Yawmehoke Swamp. (The Yawmehoke Swamp is the bonds between Richard Pace, Sr. and Barnabe Mackinne.

The 1739/40 list of jurymen for Bertie Precinct, North Carolina contains the names of Benjamin Duke, Robert Duke, and James Duke. Robert and James were the brothers of John Duke the Elder of Brunswick Co VA, and Benjamin Duke was a son of Robert Duke.

After 1741 Robert Duke's land was in Northampton Co NC. On 4 Aug 1761 Robert Duke Sr. sold to Robert Duke Jr., 100 aces adjoining the land of John Thomas (Northampton Co NC Deed Book 3, p. 84). Robert Duke Sr. married Isabel Vinson, daughter of Thomas Vinson.

The 1763 will of Robert Duke of Northampton County NC provided for sons Samuel, Benjamin, John, and Robert and daughters Elizabeth Fullen, Monen, and Mille. ¹⁰

In 1778 Robert Duke Jr. "of the County of Halifax" was executor of his mother's estate, establishing that he was still in North Carolina at this time (Northampton Co NC Deed Bk 7, p. 366).

James Duke of Stanley County, NC was a Revolutionary War soldier who in his pension application noted that he was born in 1764 in Northampton Co NC, and that his father died when he was about 18 months of age. This conforms to the death of Robert Duke Sr.¹¹

Benjamin Duke disappeared from North Carolina records and might be the Benjamin Duke found in the Georgetown SC area in 1745.

Samuel Duke appears in the early Bertie County records, witnessing a deed from William Baldwin to John Williams on 12 Jan 1735.¹² A Samuel Duke was on the Tax List of Halifax Co NC (adjoining Northampton) in 1781. William and Matthew Kinchen were also present in early Bertie County, acquiring land with James Turner. J.Edwards was witness.¹³

Samuel Duke who EDB believed to be the son of William Duke was on the Granville Co list of titheables for 1750 and 1755, and on the muster roll for the militia in 1754. EDB states that a court paper from Granville Co. identifies William Duke as security for a debt by Samuel Duke.¹⁴ Samuel's sons names were Britain, Burwell, Starling, and Harrell, as well as descendants with the given name Green. Samuel may have married a daughter of William or Nathaniel Green, since the name Green is common in his line. EDB estimates that Samuel Duke who she identifies as the son of William Duke was born in about 1722. If there is one Samuel Duke she is wrong on both counts.

John Duke and his mother Bridgett Duke were in Brunswick Co VA by 1728, where he was an adjoining landholder to John Jackson, and also to William Duke.. A grant to Ralph Jackson "of Surry County" on Reedy Creek was dated 1726 (VPB12p520), as was one to Thomas Jackson (VPB12p520). The Jacksons obtained grants in Surry Co before moving on to Brunswick Co VA. John Jackson grants on Reedy Creek in Brunswick Co VA are well documented (VPB13p358-359, VPB19p671-672). Peter Tatum of Surry County also obtained a grant on Reedy Creek on 28 Sep 1728, adjacent Thomas Jackson (VPB14p76), and another in 1748 (VPB26p562-563). There were numerous other Jackson family grants.

Ralph Jackson died in Brunswick Co and his will of 4 Apr 1744 was witnessed by Bridget Duke, John Douglas, and James Robinson and proved by the oaths of John Duke and Bridget Duke (Brunswick Co VA Will Bk 2, pp. 100-101). Ralph Jackson had been granted land in Dinwiddie Co VA adjacent the Jones and Wall families (VPB 9 p149). He received land on Reedy Creek, Brunswick Co VA, in 1726 (VPB12p520).

The sons of John Duke the Elder include John Duke Jr., who married Mary Duggar (Brunswick Co VA Will Book 7, p. 467). John Duke Jr. did not leave Virginia until 1774, He appears on the 1776 tax list of Bute County. John Duke the Elder and his wife Ruth left Burnswick Co VA and moved to Bute Co NC. On 1 mar 1762 John Duke bought from William Duke 500 acres of land in Bute County. This was witnessed by Benjamin Duke and Bed. Green (Bute Co NC Deed Bk 2, p. 211).

In Feb 1775 the hands of Benjamin and Jacob Duke were ordered to work on the road from Hawtree to Robert Caller (Bute Co Minute Book). Samuel Duke(s) Jr. left a will in Muhlenbuyrg County KY in which he identifies sons John, Sampson, Jacob, William, and Benjamin and daughters Elizabeth Groves and Pashence Williams.¹⁵

In 1779 John Duke the Elder sold land in Bute Co NC to Lewis Scarbrough, with witnesses Simon, Benjamin, and Joel Duke (Warren Co NC Deed Bk 7, p. 228). These were the sons of John Duke the Elder.

John Edwards, Sampson Lanier, and John Petway

Eventually the parish of St. Andrews in Brunswick Co was paying for the care of Bridget Duke, a "poor person," in her old age. The Vestry Book of St. Andrews Parish, Virginia contains notes of this kind for 1750, 1752, 1755, 1756, 1758, 1758, 1760, and finally 1762.¹⁶ However, on 4 Nov 1752 and 25 Sep 1753 John Edwards received payment for her care.

In 1747 John Edwards received a grant adjacent John Duke and Robert Munford on Reedy Creek, Brunswick Co VA (VPB28p155-156). In 1756 and 1761 Charles Edwards received land in the same area (VPB33p261-262; VPB34p1056). A1788 deed shows that John Edwards' wife was Ruth Edwards, and that by that time a Mathew Edwards was also present in the place variously called Reedy or Dukes Creek (Brunswick Co Deed Book 15: 145). It will be recalled that John Edwards owned land adjacent Robert Mercer and George Williamson on the south side of the Blackwater in Isle of Wight Co VA (VPB 12 p217-218), probably as the heir of a William Edwards who owned land in the same location earlier.

The Edwards families are very difficult to sort out. William Edwards and Maj. Arthur Allen received 800 acres on the south side of the main Blackwater Swamp at the fork of Tuckers Swamp on 25 Apr 1701 for transportation of 16 persons to Virginia (VPB 9:330-331). On 28 Oct 1702 William "Kintching" received land adjacent this same Arthur Allen on the south side of Blackwater Swamp (VPB 9:458). William Edwards "of Surry County" also owned land on the south side of the Blackwater, on Round Hill Swamp, (for example see VPB 10:174). That William Edwards left his son Micajah Edwards land on the south side of the Blackwater Swamp in Nottoway Parish "known as Cippahawk and Tarrapin" along with his land on the Nottoway River. Micajah Edwards obtained 980 acres formerly granted his father William Edwards on the south side of the Nottoway River in Isle of Wight Co VA in 1745 (VPB 22 p575-576). In 1789 a John Edwards left land adajcent William Simmons, William Jackson, and Matthew Williamson to his son Micajah, and left his son Joel and Newit other lands (Southampton Co VA Will Book IV: 346). These are members of the family of William Edwards who married Elizabeth Duke.

However, the John Edwards who cared for Bridget Duke may have been the son of William Edwards of Nottoway Parish, whose will was recorded 14 Feb 1750/51 and recorded heirs John, Elizabeth,, William and Thomas Edwards (Southampton Co Will Book 1, p. 33). In 1724/25 a William Edwards owned land adjacent Robert Mercer and John Halliman on Myery Branch on the south side of the main Blackwater Swamp (VPB 12 p217-218; VPB 15 p192-193).

In any case, the Edwards connection continued into North Carolina. Later Mary Myrick, daughter of Francis Myrick Sr. married John Duke, son of William Duke of Bute Co NC, who died between 1755 and 1764. She then married Matthew Edwards (EDB 1979: 156, 431). A Matthew Edwards had land adjacent Kinchen Taylor in Nottoway Parish, Southampton Co, on the Nottoway River near the Cypress Swamp (CGB 16 p414-415).

On 11 Apr 1755 John Petway and Sampson Lanier are listed as having maintained Bridget Duke. John Petway was born about 1717 in Surry Co VA and married Elizabeth Bailey Mabry, daughter of Hinchia Maybury and Frances Parham. John Petway's sister, Mary, married James Mason, son of James Mason and Elizabeth Duke. The Petways owned land on Pigeon Creek adjacent Syon Hill, William Edwards, and Thomas Binns (VPB 7 p370, VPB 7 p408), on Green Swamp adjacent William Edwards and Syon Hill (VPB 7 p377), on Green Swamp adjacent John Clark (VPB 7 p377), and on Crouches Creek and Round Island adjacent Henry Hart and George Foster (VPB 7 p576, VPB 6 p107). Land granted on 20 Apr 1684 to William Edwards on Pigeon Swamp was near that of the Petways (VPB 7:370). James Mason Jr., son of James Mason and Elizabeth Duke Mason, married Mary Petway, daughter of Robert Petway and Ruth Gwaltney.

Sampson Lanier Sr. was a brother of John Lanier who married Elizabeth Byrd, daughter of Thomas Bird and Hannah Grendon. He was born in Charles City Co., married his wife Elizabeth Washington, daughter of Richard Washington, in 1706 in Surry Co Va, and died after 8 Jan 1742 at Brunswick Co VA.

In 1709 John Lanier and his wife sold land bounded by Bland Creek and Upper Chippokes Creek with George Nicholson as a witness. In 1719 Sampson Lanier Sr. was overseer of the will of Robert Nicholson in Surry Co VA (Surry County Wills Bk 7, p. 244). Robert Nicholson received land on Upper Chippokes Creek from George and Sarah Lee of James City Co, his parents-in-law (Surry Deed & Will Book 3 p. 90). In 1688 he received land on Upper Chippokes, Swan Bay, from his brother George (Surry Co Deed Bk 4, p. 50).

Robert Nicholson obtained land adjacent Edward Harris on the Lightwood Swamp south of the Blackwater before 1756 (VPB 33:334-335). Lightwood is over the Isle of Wight Co boundary near Seacock Swamp. Edward Harris was the uncle of Matthew Harris, who inventoried the estate of Richard Hazelwood in 1760, and the father of Daniel Harris, who was in North Carolina by 1753 with Richard's son George Hazelwood. Ethelred Taylor II also owned land on Lightwood Swamp,¹⁷ and John Duke of Isle of Wight Co
VA was nearby after his move from the James River.

In 1721 Sampson Lanier bought land on Trumpet Branch adjacent Mr. Barker and the Reedy Branch from Thomas Hunt Jr., with William Marriott and John Windom witnesses (Surry County Deeds, Wills, etc. #7, p. 385). In 1725 Sampson Lanier witnessed a deed from James Washington to Nathaniel Harrison, esq. This was for land on the south side of Three Creeks and north side of Little Creek in Lawnes Creek Parish, bounded by William Raines and the Rocky Run (being part of a patent dated 22 Feb 1724) (Surry Counbty Deeds, Wills, etc. #7, p. 591). (William Raines was previously associated with both Elizabeth Taylor Duke and James Duke.)

Richard Washington's will gives Elizabeth Lanier 200 acres on the west side of Mill Branch "where she now lives" and her husband Sampson Lanier 200 acres in Isle of Wight Co on Flaggy Run and various other bequests.(Surry Co Will Book 7, p. 583). Mill Branch crosses the Surry - Isle of Wight boundary northeast of the Blackwater River. This would have placed her no more than about 5 miles from the John Duke family. Sampson Lanier's brother, John Lanier, married Elizabeth Byrd, daughter of William Byrd and Hannah Grendon. Hannah married William Duke after the death of William Bird.

However, Sampson Lanier acquired a grant on Three Creeks in Brunswick Co, This is likely where he was living at the time that he cared for Bridget Duke, who lived on adjacent Reedy Creek:

typ patent

ref VPB10p392

dat 12Jul1718

to Sampson Lanier of Surry County

con 15sh.

re 150a on S side of the three Creeks in sd County

loc -19252 -3568 F127 L0 P255

pt A) 2wo&spo growing together near sd Creek Side

. . .

John Raines or Rainey was adjacent Sampson Lanier in this location (VPB11p185). In 1724 Adam Tapley acquired land on the north side of Three Creeks (VPB12p224-225). In 1766 Robert Ruffin acquired land near both Three Creeks and Reedy Creek, and adjacent DeBerry, Parham and Mabry (VPB36p961-962).

John Duke's 1739 grant on Three Creeks and the Watery Branch adjacent the Governor's Road was in Brunswick Co adjacent Charles Kimball (VPB18p494-496). Isaac House was also in the portion of Three Creeks that was in Brunswick Co (VPB27p503-505).

John Petway was born about 1717 in Surry Co VA and married Elizabeth Bailey Mabry, daughter of Hinchia Hinshaw Maybury and Frances Parham. The closest identifiable relationship of John Petway and the Duke family was the marriage of Petway's sister, Mary, to James Mason, son of James Mason and Elizabeth Duke.

Surry County land belonging to a John Edwards was close to that of Robert Ruffin and to a 1658 grant to William Harris of Surry Co (VPB 7:27). He was close to Thomas Binns (VPB 4: 102-103). On 16 Apr 1690 a John Edwards was granted land on the northwest side of Pigeon Swamp (VPB 8: 101).

Altogether we can see that this places together in the early 1700's on the Blackwater River near the Isle of Wight Co VA boundary with Surry Co, the following:

• Elizabeth Duke Mercer, mother of John Duke,

• William Kinchen (whose daughter Patience married Ethelred Taylor II),

• Ethelred Taylor and his wife Elizabeth Duke Taylor, sister of Capt. Henry Duke of Prince George county,

• The family of Robert Harris (which includes Daniel Harris associated with Randolph Hazelwood and Matthew Harris who inventoried the estate of Richard Hazelwood),

• John Jackson (who later owned land in Brunswick Co VA adajcent John Duke the Elder, son of John and Bridget Duke),

• John Clayton (who inventoried the estate of Richard Hazelwood),

• John Edwards, who cared for Bridget Duke in Brunswick Co VA and who may have been related to William Edwards who married Elizabeth Duke Mason Taylor,

• Sampson Lanier, who cared for Bridget Duke in Brunswick Co VA,

Subsequently, in Brunswick Co we have William Duke, John Duke of Isle of Wight County, and John Duke heir-at-law of Capt. Henry Duke within a few miles of one another.

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