James Duncan - Revision history

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	<center>Long has our Isle with martial fame been crown’d –		<center>Long has our Isle with martial fame been crown’d –

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 A truth the neighb’ring Gauls too oft have found,
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 Then, when the peaceful olive-branch shall come,
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 <div align="right">(James Duncan Papers, Folder 6)</div>

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 == Early Life ==
 James Duncan’s date of birth is at present unknown. His uncle seems to have played a significant role in his upbringing, suggesting his parents died early. He may have married late, but based on his date of marriage and his own account of his years at sea, he was probably born in the 1730s.
 His sister Jean married William Allerdice and they lived near Banff, which may suggest where James Duncan grew up. Her maiden name was Munro, which seems to suggest the adoption of a guardian’s name by one of them.

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	=== Pedigree Chart ===		=== Pedigree Chart ===
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−	~~<div align="right">William Allerdice =</div>SarahCatharineJames DuncanJames Duncan GibbThomasBeniahEuphanaMargaretAnn~~
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−	<nowiki>= Joseph Lachlan</nowiki>Eliza Isabella LamotteJames Marriot Duncan JrThomas TennantAnnRobertGeorgeSarah? Lamotte = sister<center>Rebekah = James Marriot Duncan</center>Joseph JrThomas Gibb = MargaretAnn Gibb<center>Jean Munro</center><center>'''James Duncan''' =</center>Jean = ? StewartAnn = ? Laird

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 * Bequest to George Dickinson, son of Thomas Dickinson, a minor - £100. (James Duncan Papers, Folder 11)
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 Duncan entered the Navy during the Seven Years War.

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 . . . having been in his service as a clerk and assistant, that I continued with his son James Marriot Duncan a considerable time. . . (Statement of Joseph Lachlan, 20 October 1840, James Duncan Papers, Folder 16)
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 September 1801 – Duncan must have been unwell by this time, since he signed a power of attorney to his son. (James Duncan Papers, Folder 10)
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 October 1803 – Duncan died at Roehampton House.
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+== Will ==
 Duncan’s will was prepared 5 April 1802. His executors were named as Thomas King of Brunswick Square; Robert George of Park Place, St James’s; William Albany Otway of Queen Ann Street; and William Comerford Clarkson of Doctors’ Commons.
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 The executors of the will, £100 each. (TNA Prob. 11/1399)
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 The will was proved on 13 October 1803.

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-== 5.1 Joseph Lachlan ==
+== Joseph Lachlan ==
 Joseph Lachlan was born 18 June 1774, the son of Robert and Sarah Lachlan. He married Ann Duncan’s niece, Ann Gibb in 1800.
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 . . . having been in his service as a clerk and assistant, that I continued with his son James Marriot Duncan a considerable time. . . (Statement of Joseph Lachlan, 20 October 1840, James Duncan Papers, Folder 16)
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-== 4.1 Ships ==
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 In 1787, he may have had shares in the ''Venus'', a ship of 215-ton burthen, along with Robert Mangles and the Master, Thomas Black. The address of this James Duncan was Paradise Street, Rotherhithe. (TNA BT107/8, No.623 of 1787)
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 In January 1798, Duncan had a minority shareholding in the ''Nancy'' sloop. Other owners included James Shaw and Samuel Douglas of America Square, William Tod and John Henderson, merchants, and William Christie, biscuit baker. (TNA BT107/11, No.243 of 1798)
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-=== 4.2.1 George Street, Tower Hill ===
+=== George Street, Tower Hill ===
 From 1796, he leased a residential house and counting house on Tower Hill. The value of the household furniture at Duncan’s house on Tower Hill was declared for stamp duty purposes in 1813 as £200. (James Duncan Papers, Folder 11)
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 It is unclear when this property was purchased, but not long before he died in 1803. When the property was auctioned following his death, it was described as follows:
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 The value of the household furniture, plate, linen and other stock at Roehampton House was declared for stamp duty purposes in 1813 at £800. (James Duncan Papers, Folder 11)
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