Family Group Record for Simeon Duncan Capt. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Husband Simeon Duncan Capt. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 23 Oct 1755 - Worchester, , Massachusetts Died: 22 Feb 1836 - Worchester, , Massachusetts Buried: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Father: Simeon Duncan Sr. (1713-1781) Mother: Bridget Richardson ( -1807) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Married: 11 Apr 1780 - Worcester, , Massachusetts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wife Mary Blair -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 6 Sep 1760 Died: 26 May 1813 Buried: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Father: Joseph Blair (1727- ) Mother: Mary (Abt 1631-1810) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Children -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 M Charles Duncan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 1781 Died: - Warren Buried: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 F Mary Duncan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 1783 Died: 14 Mar 1872 - Worchester, , Massachusetts Buried: Spouse: Nathaniel Eaton (1781-1833) Marr: 1 Sep 1805 - Worchester, , Massachusetts -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 M Simeon Duncan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 1785 Died: Abt 1870 - Boston, , Massachusetts Buried: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 F Sally Duncan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 1788 Died: - Lunenberg, , Vermont Buried: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 F Nancy Duncan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 1791 Died: Buried: Spouse: Benjamin Thayer ( - ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 M Jason Duncan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 1793 Died: Buried: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 M Joseph Duncan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 1797 Died: Buried: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 F Eliza Duncan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 27 Sep 1800 Died: Buried: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 F Clarissa Duncan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 1802 Died: Buried: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 M William Duncan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: 1805 Died: Buried: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Husband's General Notes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- !Capt. Duncan was a Cooper. SOURCES: "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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wife's General Notes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sister of Robert Blair. SOURCES: !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 FBouley@prodigy.net