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Rev. William Duncan 
Birth: 7 JAN 1629/30 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland 
Death: 1692 in Glasgow, Scotland

Wife: Susan\Sarah HALDANE 
Parents: John DUNCAN & Janet MACARTHUR

** William was also known as the Reverend William Duncan, was born January 07, 1627/28 in Perth near the Firth of Tay, Perthshire, Scotland. He was beheaded January 02, 1690/91 near Glasgow, Lanard, Scotland. William fell martyr during the religious troubles that afflicted Scotland at the time Charles the Second was restored to the throne, and William refused to take the Jacobite oath. He received his degree in theology from the King's College at Aberdeen on 1648. When William was ejected from office for informing against members of the resistance to Episcopalianism, his children fled to Virginia where they settled in the region of Northern Neck.

Children:

1. William DUNCAN II b: 1 OCT 1659 in Perthshire, Scotland
2. Charles DUNCAN I b: 6 SEP 1662 in Glen Eagles, Perthshire, Scotland
3. Henry DUNCAN b: 14 JAN 1663/64 in Scotland
4. Susan DUNCAN b: 28 JAN 1664/65
5. Thomas DUNCAN b: 28 JAN 1664/65 in Perthshire, Scotland
6. Mary DUNCAN b: 1 FEB 1666/67 in Perthshire, Scotland

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Posted 16 Dec 2013 byppidlypchak

This was found at http://users.lynchburg.net/sbarry/duncan.html

 

Rev. William Duncan 
Birth: 7 JAN 1629/30 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland 
Death: 1692 in Glasgow, Scotland

Wife: Susan\Sarah HALDANE 
Parents: John DUNCAN & Janet MACARTHUR

** William was also known as the Reverend William Duncan, was born January 07, 1627/28 in Perth near the Firth of Tay, Perthshire, Scotland. He was beheaded January 02, 1690/91 near Glasgow, Lanard, Scotland. William fell martyr during the religious troubles that afflicted Scotland at the time Charles the Second was restored to the throne, and William refused to take the Jacobite oath. He received his degree in theology from the King's College at Aberdeen on 1648. When William was ejected from office for informing against members of the resistance to Episcopalianism, his children fled to Virginia where they settled in the region of Northern Neck.

Children:

1. William DUNCAN II b: 1 OCT 1659 in Perthshire, Scotland
2. Charles DUNCAN I b: 6 SEP 1662 in Glen Eagles, Perthshire, Scotland
3. Henry DUNCAN b: 14 JAN 1663/64 in Scotland
4. Susan DUNCAN b: 28 JAN 1664/65
5. Thomas DUNCAN b: 28 JAN 1664/65 in Perthshire, Scotland
6. Mary DUNCAN b: 1 FEB 1666/67 in Perthshire, Scotland

Rev William Duncan

Posted 16 Dec 2013 byppidlypchak

From: WRFC71A@prodigy.com (MRS BEULAH A FRANKS)
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 23:25:57, -0500
Subject: KY-F: BIO: Duncan Family - Jessamine Co

Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887,
Jessamine Co.

DUNCAN FAMILY. It has been truly said "Those lives that are without
striking incidents are nevertheless worthy of record." That portion of
history which is denominated biography has particular claims upon the
historian, and truth is but a matter of common honesty. Rev. William Duncan
was born in Perthshire, Scotland, January 7, 1630. He fell a martyr during
the religious troubles that afflicted Scotland at the time Charles II was
restored to the throne of his ancestors. Rev. William Duncan had a
grandson, William Duncan, who was born in Scotland, April 19, 1690, and
settled in the colony of Virginia in the year 1719. He was married to Ruth
Rawley February 11, 1722. Rawley Duncan, born in Culpeper County, Va.,
November 23, 1724, was the grandfather of the late William Duncan of
Jessamine County, who died in 1863, and was born in Jessamine County,
January 1, 1788. William was married to Miss Nancy Blackford, daughter of
Benjamin Blackford, in 1813. The following are the names of his children
in their order: Ryan, born November 6, 1814; Margaret, January 14, 1817;
Catherine, July 17, 1819 Sally Ann, October 21, 1821; James B., February 7,
1824; Robert, September 8, 1826; Benjamin S., February 13, 1829; Charles
W., April 28, 1831, and Mary D., September 25, 1834. Robert and Benjamin
are the only sons now living. Mrs. Kate Bourn and Mrs. Sallie Scott, the
only daughters. Robert Duncan was married to Miss Virginia Nave, youngest
daughter of Jonathan Nave, in 1865. The names of his children are Maggie
Florence, Robert Jacob, Lizzie, Miranda and Emma Besueden. Benjamin S.
Duncan was married to Lucy A. Funk, youngest daughter of John Funk, May 22,
1856. His children are: Allen B., Carrie B. and John W. Duncan. Allen B.
Duncan married Miss Georgia Proctor, daughter of J. W. Proctor, cashier of
the First National Bank of Danville, Ky. Carrie B. Duncan married David
Bell, son of Dr. Bell and grandson of the late Judge Robertson, both of
Lexington, Ky. J. W. Duncan is not married. Charles Duncan, the
grandfather of Robert and Benjamin, was born at Culpeper C.H., Va., October
8, 1762. He settled in Jessamine County in 1787, where he reared a large
family, and died during a visit he made to Washington, Ind., July 12, 1829.
Sallie A. Duncan, daughter of William and Nancy Duncan, whose sketch
appears elsewhere, was married to Robert Carlisle, in 1851; he was a native
of Fayette County, Ky. His father was Robert Carlisle, who was born in
Virginia, and John G. Carlisle is a nephew of Robert Carlisle, Sr. R. G.
Carlisle was a school teacher in this county about 1850. He was born in
1820, and his death occurred in 1864. One child born to Robert G. Carlisle
survives, Lizzie G., married to James A. Hulett, of Jessamine County.
Sallie A. Duncan's second marriage was to Willaby S. Scott, who was born in
Bourbon County, Ky., in 1815, died in 1882, leaving three children: Sallie,
Carlisle and Eliza. Mrs. Scott owns seventy acres of fine land in
Nicholasville Precinct. B. S. Duncan owns 380 acres in the same precinct.


Beulah Wiley Franks wrfc71a@prodigy.com

Reverand William Duncan's Stand Against the Jacobites

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William Duncan's Stand Against the Jacobites

 

 Reverend William Robert Duncan was born January 7, 1628 in Perth, Firth Of Tay, Perthshire, Scotland and died January 1, 1690 in Glasgow,  Lanard, Scotland - Beheaded.  He was buried  at the Foot Of Mount Shiehaliob, Perthshire, Scotland.  He was a Covenant Presbyterian Minister of Slascoe, Scotland who refused to take a Jacobite Oath when ordered to do so by King Charles of England. In accordance with the King's orders he was beheaded and buried as a martyr and his family fled the country to the Northern Neck of Virginia in the United States. He married August 29, 1657 in Scotland to Susan Sarah Haldane who was born 1635 in Perthshire, Perth, Scotland and the daughter of Richard Haldane (b. about 1609 in Gleneagles Pass, Killiecrankie, Scotland) and of Mary Kennet (b. about 1610 in Scotland).   

William Duncan, the son of John Duncan, was born January 7, 1627/28 in Perth near the Firth of Tay, Perthshire, Scotland. He was beheaded January 2, 1690/91 near Glasgow, Lanard, Scotland. William was also known as the Reverend William Duncan. He fell martyr during the religious troubles that afflicted Scotland at the time Charles the second was restored to the throne and William refused to take the Jacobite oath. He received his degree in theology from the Kings College at Aberdeen in 1648. When William was ejected from office for informing against members of the resistance to Episcopalianism, his children fled to Virginia where they settled in the region of Northern Neck. He married Sarah Haldane, daughter of Richard Haldane and Mary Kennett, on August 29, 1657 in Scotland.

The word Jacobite comes from the latin Jacobus (Jacob's), or James' from the Royal House of Stuart. The followers of the James' (James V through to VII) were therefore known as Jacobites. Jacobitism is, however, more than merely a belief that a different person has best right to the throne. It is also a radically different understanding of the place which the monarch and the monarchy have within society. Jacobites reject the idea that the king has his authority delegated to him by Parliament. Many hold that the king's authority comes directly from Almighty God.

Jacobites were adherents of the exiled branch of the Stuart Dynasty who sought to restore James II and his descendants to the English and Scottish thrones after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Theoretical justification for the Stuart claim was found in the writings of the Nonjurors, who maintained the principles of hereditary succession and the divine right of kings. But the Stuarts' continued adherence to Roman Catholicism, the rash and incompetent leadership of their military ventures, and the duplicity of foreign courts cost the Jacobite cause much support.

The situation was like this: England had been ruled by Protestant Queen Elizabeth I, she was succeeded by James I of England (James VI of Scotland). Catholic and Protestant divide not only in England but also in Scotland, Ireland and to a lesser degree France and Germany was the worst it had ever been. Support within all these countries for one family over another was across the board. Protestant support in Scotland and England was heavier than that of the Catholics. Both countries were under the rule of the Stuarts and this did not run well with the protestant parliament of the more powerful English. The Stuarts were eventually exiled and forced to retire to France due to the support of the Act of Union which basically forced Scotland to accept a situation that was not in their favour. Queen Anne died without an heir and the Act of Union, amongst other things, allowed the German House of Hanover to take the crown. This was something that the English desperately wanted, as it was regarded then that Catholicism was closer to evil than good.

Jacobitism also has its roots, in a way, in the religious situation of the time. Scotland and England of the seventeenth and eighteenth century were predominantly Protestant, but from 1685 to 1688 they had a Catholic king, James VII of Scotland and II of England. The people were highly suspicious of him, and were afraid of how safe their Protestant faith would be under a Catholic king. William of Orange was therefore called by the Whig party to invade England, and he became the new, Protestant king in 1689. James then fled to France. Most of England and the Lowlands(The Nobility) of Scotland supported the new king, but there were those, especially in the Scottish Highlands (The Local Clans), who remained true to James, whom they thought to be their legitimate monarch, and eventually acted to have him restored as the king. This was the beginning of the Jacobite movement. (Fitzroy Maclean, Scotland: A Concise History, pp. 138-139)

The first Jacobite attempt at the restoration of James VII came in 1689. Highland clans loyal to James had been assembled, and troops were sent by William to pacify them. In the battle in Killiecrankie, the Jacobites managed to drive the government troops away, but the commander of the Jacobites, Viscount Dundee, was killed in the battle, and because the army was left without a leader, they lost the advantage they had gained by the victory in the battle, and had to withdraw. However, the government remained uneasy about the situation in the Highlands, and tried to take control of the area with measures which included an order that the chiefs of the clans had to take an oath of allegiance to King William. Only two chiefs failed to take the oath by the date required, and one of them, MacIan of Glencoe, was made a threatening example to the rest of the clans: many of the members of his clan were murdered by government troops in what became known as The Massacre of Glencoe. The king did gain some more control over the Highlands with his measures, but especially the Massacre of Glencoe also turned many Scottish people against the king and was a source of very critical comments. This probably served to increase the popularity of the Jacobite cause in Scotland, even in the Lowlands, and probably was one of the reasons why the most serious rebellions, those of 1715 and 1745-6, came about. (Maclean, pp. 139 - 146.)

The Glorious Revolution in English History: The events of 1688-89 that resulted in the deposition of James II and the accession of William III and Mary II to the English throne. It is also called the Bloodless Revolution. The restoration of Charles II in 1660 was met with misgivings by many Englishmen who suspected the Stuarts of Roman Catholic and absolutist leanings. Charles II increased this distrust by not being responsive to Parliament, by his toleration of Catholic dissent, and by favoring alliances with Catholic powers in Europe. A parliamentary group, The Whigs, tried to ensure a Protestant successor by excluding James, Duke of York (later James II), from the throne, but they were unsuccessful. After James's accession (1685) his overt Catholicism and the birth of a Catholic prince who would succeed to the throne united the hitherto loyal Tories with the Whigs in common opposition to James. Seven Whig and Tory leaders sent an invitation to the Dutch prince William of Orange and his consort, Mary, Protestant daughter of James, to come to England. William landed at Torbay in Devonshire with an army. James's forces, under John Churchill (later duke of Marlborough), deserted him, and James fled to France (Dec., 1688). There was some debate in England on how to transfer power; whether to recall James on strict conditions or under a regency, whether to depose him outright, or whether to treat his flight as an abdication. The last course was decided upon, and early in 1689 William and Mary accepted the invitation of Parliament to rule as joint sovereigns. The Declaration of Rights and the Bill of Rights (1689) redefined the relationship between monarch and subjects and barred any future Catholic succession to the throne. The royal power to suspend and dispense with law was abolished, and the crown was forbidden to levy taxation or maintain a standing army in peacetime without parliamentary consent. The provisions of the Bill of Rights were, in effect, the conditions upon which the throne was offered to and accepted by William and Mary. These events were a milestone in the gradual process by which practical power shifted from the monarch to Parliament. The theoretical ascendancy of Parliament was never thereafter successfully challenged.

Battle of Killicrankie: Prior Events: John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee ("Bonnie" Dundee) heard that Blair Castle had been taken by Patrick Stewart of Ballechin and made for the castle. Whoever had the castle controlled the Garry pass. General Mackay, the Redcoat's army commander was also aware and made to retake the castle. The scene was set! The year was 1689 and the 17th century was a troubled time in Scotland. James II of Scotland/VII of England had fled to France on William of Orange's, invited, invasion. England was happy for William to be king but Scotland was divided. The Stuart line had ruled for 300 years and the Jacobites (mainly Highlanders) were not ready for a Protestant king. A convention was called in order to decide who Scotland should have as monarch (it was to finally to opt for William and Mary). When Claverhouse was summoned to the convention, in Edinburgh, from his home, at Dudhope, he refused to attend and left with his supporters. He then set about gathering an army. The Battle: After much chasing around, by Mackay, they eventually waged battle that day, 27th July 1689. Dundee had reached Blair first and headed South for the pass. He took up a position, on a ridge, up to the right of the pass exit. Mackay, meanwhile, turned to face the threat and advanced to level ground below the Jacobites. He could not attack, only a madman would contemplate attacking uphill. Dundee waited. Remember, he is to the right of the pass, facing West, into the sun. He waited hours, until the sun had gone down enough to be out of his troop's eyes. Mackay had 3,000 troops and cavalry, Dundee had 2,500 troops (4 clans and 300 Irishmen). He offset this rather one sided balance by thoughtful tactics. At the right time the Highlanders loosed off what musketry they had and charged. Now, the government troops were mainly raw recruits and probably unused to their new weapon, the bayonet. Imagine it, you have fired a hail of bullets at this screaming, broadsword wielding mass of Highlanders and they're still coming at you. You fumble with a new-fangled piece of kit, trying to screw it on the end of your musket and they're still screaming, still charging hell for leather down at you. By the time you start to react to this threat they're on you. What do you do? You run for it, that's what you do, and that is precisely what the government troops did! The government line broke and the Jacobites began a rout toward the River Garry, the water of which turned red that day. Mackay, a typical British army officer of the time, called his troops cowards for breaking so easily while he effected a hasty retreat. The victorious Highlanders did not know that their leader, Dundee, had been mortally wounded. They had lost 900 men while the Government side lost 2,000 men, half his army. Unfortunately this was a case of winning the battle but losing the war as, without their leader, the Highlanders were lost and went on to eventual defeat at Dunkeld.

 

Notes:

Posted 16 Dec 2013 byppidlypchak

The Reverend William Duncan was a man who came from a well to do family,however because he was the second son he did not inherit the family's wealth. Instead he was trained to become a minister, a position of some influence, although his older brother would have lived much better. He received his degree in theology from the King's College at Aberdeen on 1648. His Duncan family's arms are also the arms of the ancient Duncan family who ruled Scotland as kings. The first of his family by that name was Duncan " The Meek " King of Scotland, who reigned 1034 -1040. 
William was a Covenant Presbyterian Minister of Glascoe, Scotland. He fell martyr during the religious troubles that afflicted Scotland at the time Charles II was restored to the throne, and William refused to take the Jacobite oath. He was beheaded January 02, 1690/91 near Glasgow, Lanard, Scotland, and buried as a martyr in a cemetery at the foot of Mount Shiehaliob in Perth Scotland.
When William was ejected from office for informing against members of the resistance to Episcopalianism, his grown children fled to Virginia where they settled in the region of Northern Neck.


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Tingli789 We do come from strong stock. My Mother lived 100 years and sisters 100 and 102. My Duncan father was 95 when he died. We'd better take good care of ourselves if we're going to last that long.

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LIves89 Yes ladies I am 90 and just recently placed in a nursing home. Still doing family history.

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Tingli789 May God continue to bless you, Lives89.

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Terry Duncan yes, blessings and joy to you Lives89! From one Duncan to another!

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LIves89 Thank You

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