Rev. William ‘the Martyr’ Duncan

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.

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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.

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William Duncan (1629-1692)

William, 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." Source: http://users.lynchburg.net/sbarry/duncan.html

Born: 7 JAN 1629/30 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Married: c1658 to SusanSarah HALDANE

Died: 1692 in Glasgow, Scotland

Father: John Duncan (1600-?)

Mother: Janet MACARTHUR (c1600-?)

Children:

William DUNCAN II (1659-?) 1 OCT 1659 in Perthshire, Scotland

Charles DUNCAN(1662-?) 6 SEP 1662 in Glen Eagles, Perthshire, Scotland

Henry DUNCAN 1663-?) 14 JAN 1663/64 in Scotland

Susan DUNCAN (11664-?): 28 JAN 1664/65

Thomas DUNCAN (1664-?) 28 JAN 1664/65 in Perthshire, Scotland

Mary DUNCAN (1666-?) 1 FEB 1666/67 in Perthshire, Scotland

Source: http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/William_Duncan_%281629-1692%29

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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.

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William Robert DUNCAN, Reverend (son of John DUNCAN and Janet MacARTHUR) was born 07 Jan 1629 in Perthshire nr the Firth of Tay, Scotland, and died 02 Jan 1690 in Nr Glascow. He married Susan HALDANE on 29 Aug 1657 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland7840, 7841, daughter of Richard Haldane and Mary Kennett.

Includes NotesNotes for William Robert DUNCAN, Reverend: 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.

BIOGRAPHY: ID: I285 Name: William Duncan Given Name: William Surname: Duncan NPFX: Rev. Sex: M Birth: 7 JAN 1627/1628 Death: 1 Jan 1689/90 (beheaded) in Scotland

BIOGRAPHY: 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.

BIOGRAPHY: He married a Sarah Haldane of the Gleneagles noble family.

BIOGRAPHY: Culpepper Co. VA Records and "Green Family Records" indicate that a William Duncan with his brothers Charles, Henry and Thomas immigrated to America between 1690 and 1694. Those four brothers are considered to be the four sons of Rev. William Duncan who died in 1692, as the names and ages readily correspond. It also appears logical that as their father had been persecuted by the Western Whips and Presbyterians, that they were receiving the same treatment, and that shortly after their father's death, they decided to immigrate to America. They first settled in the northern neck of VA which became Belhaven in 1731 and Alexandria in 1749. In 1700 there was a William Duncan and his brother Thomas who were located on a 100 acre plantation on Maryland's Eastern Shore in Somerset County, which they called "First Contentment". Change Date: 21 JAN 2002 at 13:21:21

BIOGRAPHY: Father: John Duncan b: CAL 1600 in Scotland Mother: Janet McArthur b: CAL 1600 in Scotland

BIOGRAPHY: Marriage 1 Susan Sarah Haldane b: 1635 in Perthshire,Scotland Children William Duncan b: 10 JAN 1657/1658 in Glen Eagles,Perthshire,Scotland Charles Duncan b: 6 SEP 1662 in Glen Eagles,Perthshire,Scotland Henry Duncan b: 11 NOV 1664 in Perthshire,Scotland Thomas Duncan b: 28 JAN 1664/1665 in Perthshire,Scotland Mary Duncan b: 1 FEB 1666/1667 in Perthshire,Scotland[2351844.FTW]

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More About William Robert DUNCAN, Reverend: Ancestral File Number: JG9D-03.7842, 7843 Date born 2: 07 Jan 16287844, 7845 Date born 3: 07 Jan 16307846, 7847, 7848, 7849, 7850, 7851, 7852 Date born 4: 07 Jan 1630, Perth, Perthshire Co., Scotland.7853, 7854 Date born 5: 07 Jan 1630, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.7855, 7856 Date born 6: 07 Jan 1630, Perth, Scotland.7856 Date born 7: 07 Jan 1630, Perthshire, Scotland.7857, 7858 Date born 8: 07 Jan 1630, Scotland.7859, 7860, 7861, 7862 Burial: Scotland.7863, 7864 Description: Reverend.7865, 7866 Died 2: 1692, PERTHSHIRE, SCOTLAND.7867, 7868, 7869, 7870, 7871 Died 3: 1692, Perthshire, Scotland.7872, 7873, 7874, 7875 Died 4: 02 Jan 1692, Glasgow, Scotland.7876, 7877 Died 5: 02 Jan 1692, Near Glasgow, Scotland.7878, 7879 Died 6: 02 Jan 1692, Scotland.7879 Record Change 1: 06 Sep 20027880, 7881 Record Change 2: 27 Sep 20027882, 7883 Record Change 3: 23 Dec 20027884, 7885

More About William Robert DUNCAN, Reverend and Susan HALDANE: Marriage 1: 29 Aug 1657, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.7886, 7887 Marriage 2: 16577888, 7889, 7890, 7891, 7892, 7893 Marriage 3: 29 Aug 1657, Glasgow, Scotland.7894, 7895

Children of William Robert DUNCAN, Reverend and Susan HALDANE are: +William H. DUNCAN, b. 01 Oct 1659, Glascow, Lanark, Scotland, d. 1720, Belle Haven, Fairfax or Alexandria Co., Virginia. Charles DUNCAN, b. 06 Sep 1662, Glascow, Lanark, Scotland, d. Abt. 1720, Belle Haven, Fairfax or Alexandria, VA. Henry DUNCAN, b. 11 Nov 1663, Glascow, Lanark, Scotland. Susan DUNCAN, b. 28 Jan 1664, Glascow, Lanark, Scotland. Thomas DUNCAN, b. 28 Jan 1664, Glascow, Lanark, Scotland. Mary DUNCAN, b. 28 Jan 1666.

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Epitaph of Rev. William Duncan - Here lyeth William Duncan (Martr) who for adhering to the word of God and appealing for Christ's kingly government in his house and the covenanted reformation against perjury and prelacy, executed January 2, 1692. Stay passengers, read, here interred dothly lye a witness against poor Scotland's perjury, whose head once fixed upon the bridge post, stood proclaiming vengenace for his guiltless blood.

Revere nd William Duncan, Presbyterian minister, refused to take the Jacobite Oath and was martyred, beheaded, by order of King Charles II, a Catholic who regarded Presbyterian Covenanters with extreme aversion. The records which this writer has access to states that this particular branch of the Duncans were descended from the Reverend William Duncan, who was born in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, January 7, 1630; was the progenitor of the Duncan family that settled in the British Colony of Virginia in ca 1694. He married in 29 August, l657, in Glasgow Scotland, Sarah Haldane, daughter of Haldane of Gleneagles, Pass of Killicrankie (ancestory Perthshire). Extracted from the Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Rev. William Duncan, M.A., (King's College, Aberdeen, 1648); assistant at Auchindoir 21 October 1652; admitted prior to 18th October, 1653, to Kildrummy; admitted before the 18th July, 1666; outed at the Revolution. Beheaded at Rullion Green Jan. 2, 1692, buried in Cemetery at foot of Mt. Shiehalion, Perthshire, Scotland. The children of Rev. William Duncan and Sarah Haldane Duncan were: "William Duncan II, Charles Duncan, Thomas Duncan, and daughter, Mary Duncan..

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William Duncan I is a member of Clan Duncan.

Rev. William Duncan:

Parents: Son of William and Janet who survived him. [1] From: GAshley923@aol.com Subject: [R-M222] Check out Rev William Robert Duncan (1628 - 1690) - Find AGrave Memorial Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 09:31:01 -0500 (EST)

Rev William Robert Duncan (1628 - 1690) - Find A Grave Memorial Birth:

Jan. 27, 1628

Perth

Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Death: Jan. 1, 1690

Glasgow

Glasgow City, Scotland

Alternate Birth date: January 7, 1630 Alternate Death date: January 2, 1692

THIS BIOGRAPHY IS FROM: MICHELLE ABBEY-PRESCOTT, ANOTHER GRANDCHILD OF 

WILLIAM DUNCAN:

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.

William Robert Duncan and Susan Haldane had the following children
William H. Duncan 1659 – George Duncan 1660 – Alexander Duncan 1661 –

Susan 

Duncan 1661 – Charles Duncan 1662 – Henry Duncan 1663 – Thomas Duncan 

1665 – 

John Duncan 1675

Family links:

Spouse:

Sarah Susan Haldane Duncan (1635 - 1701)*

Children:

Henry Duncan (1664 - 1725)*

*Calculated relationship
Burial:

Mount Shiehaliob 

Perth

Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Created by: Linda Delahanty Schrader...

Record added: Oct 13, 2010 

Find A Grave Memorial# 60040920

With love for my 7th (?) great grandfather.

- Candy Wood 

Added: Sep. 12, 2013

My 10th great grandfather. He 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 i...(Read more)

- michellerenee68 

Added: Oct. 15, 2012

For my GGGGGG Grandfather, with love.

- Linda Delahanty Schrader & Dennis Schrader 

Added: Oct. 13, 2010

Birth: June 7 1613, Perthshire Scotland,[2]

Marriage August 29 1636 - Susan Haldane, Glascow Scotland (Daughter of Richard Haldane and Mary Kennet)[2]

Death: Unknown - Estimated 1690-1694 in Scotland

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HIS BIOGRAPHY IS FROM: MICHELLE ABBEY-PRESCOTT, ANOTHER GRANDCHILD OF WILLIAM DUNCAN:

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.

William Robert Duncan and Susan Haldane had the following children

William H. Duncan 1659 – George Duncan 1660 – Alexander Duncan 1661 – Susan Duncan 1661 – Charles Duncan 1662 – Henry Duncan 1663 – Thomas Duncan 1665 – John Duncan 1675

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Birth: Jan 7 1630 Perthshire, Scotland; Death: Jan 2 1692Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Occupation: Covenant Presbyterian Minister of Glascoe Marriage: Marriage to: Susan Sarah Haldane Aug 29 1657 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Burial: At the foot of Perthshire, Scotland Parents: John Paule Duncan 1600 - 1684 JANET Duncan (born Mac Authur)1600 - 1684 Wife: SUSAN SARAH Duncan (born Haldane)1635 - 1669 Siblings: Alexander Duncan1629 - ?; Thomas Duncan 1632 - ?; James Duncan1640 - 1687; Isabel Duncan1648 - ?; Janet Yowng (born Duncan); 1650 - ?; Alexander Duncan; 1656 - ?; Henry Duncan; 1632 - ?;Patrick Duncan 1635 - ?; Catherine Duncan1646 - ?; John Duncan1648 - ?; Margaret Duncan;1654 - ?

Children: William R. Duncan II 1659 - 1714; Charles Duncan 1662 - 1720; Thomas Duncan1665 - 1720;Mary Duncan 1667 - ?;George Duncan1661 - ?;Henry Duncan 1663 - ?; Susan Duncan 1665 - ?; Andrew Duncan 1680 - ?

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