Individual Notes
Note for: Nancy Duke, 30 JUN 1878 - 07 AUG 1918
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Individual Note: According to Genealogy data received in 2002 from Pat Corson, Nancy Dukes birth name was "Nannie James Duke"
Appendix D Item 1 Submitted by Pat Corson (Nancy Fritts's Cousin)
His DESCENDANTS AND CONNECTIONS [31]
DESCENDANTS OF COL. HENRY DUKE' OF JAMES CITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COUNCIL AT WILLIAMSBURG
Search out the virtues of thy family,
And, to be worthy of thy fathers' name,
Learn of the good they did, and do the same,
For if you bear their arms, and not their fame,
Those ensigns of their worth will be your shame. - Tennyson.
HENRY DUKE,(1) the Virginia descendant of the branch of the Duke family of Suffolk County, England, which comprises the first section of our genealogical record (pages 3 to 10, ante), emigrated from England first to Bermuda and then to York County, Virginia, and later (in 1653) removed to James City County. The first mention of his name in the records (at least in those that still remain) of -that county is in 1680 when he is listed as one of the justices of James City County and in 1699 he was commissioned as sheriff. A list of Virginia military officers for 1698 in James City County shows Capt. Henry Duke with 77 men under Col. Daniel Parke. On July 25, 1690 (as Capt. Henry Duke), he was ap inted by Gov. Francis Nicholson to solicit subscriptions for building a college and free school in the colony (William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. VII, page 160). He was a member of the House of Burgesses representing James City County from 1692 to 1699, and in 1702 he was appointed a member of the Royal Council of the colony by Queen Anne and later designated as judge of the Admiralty Court. As a member of the Royal Council he sat in judgment at the trial of Grace Sherwood, accused of being a witch (Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 111, page 400). He and his son, Henry Duke, Junr.,2 were examiners of the will of Col. William Byrd, Sr., and made certificate at "Westopher", Charles City County, Va., on January 12, 1704/5, and he was appointed by the Council to examine the accounts of William Byrd I as Auditor General of the Colony at his death. He signed as a witness to Articles of Agreement between John Custis and William Byrd II on February 4, 1711.
In the Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. 1, page 236, appears the following commission of Henry Duke' as sheriff of the county of James City.
VIRGINIA, SCT: (Seale)
William the Third, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc.
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Wee doe hereby Commissionate, authorize and appoint you to be Sheriff of James City County for this present year, one thousand six hundred Ninety & nine, and that you be accordingly sworn as soon as conveniently can be. And before you be admitted to the office of Sheriff of the said County of James City You enter into bond before Our justices of the Peace of the said County with Good and Sufficient Security in the penale sume of One hundred thousand pounds of Tobacco to Us, Our heires and successors, to render to Mr. Auditor Byrd or such others as shall be appointed by Us to receive the same, a particular, perfect and full account of all Our Revenues and dues in the same County during the time of your Sherivalty. And also that you shall due payment make of all such Publick dues as shall be Levied in the aforesaid County of James City unto the several persons that shall be appointed to receive the same. And full performance make of all things belonging to the office of Sheriff of the aforesaid County. And We do hereby command all Our officers, both civill and Military, and all other Our subjects that are Inhabiting the sd. County and others Actually there to be aiding and assisting to you, the sd. Henry Duke as Sheriff, all things relating to the office of Sheriff of the aforesaid County.
Witness Our Trusty and welbeloved Francis Nicholson, Esq'r, Our Lieut & Governor Genll of Our Colony and Dominion of Virginia at James Town, under the Seale of Our Colony, the seventh day of June, in the eleventh yeare of our Our Reign, Anno ye Dom., 1699.
FR. NICHOLSON.
To Our Trusty and welbeloved Francis Nicholson, Esqr. Our Lieuten (t) and Govern, General of Our Colony & Dominion of Virginia in America, or To Our Commander in chief of Our said Colony for the time being.
The following is a copy of the commission of Henry Duke' as a Councilor of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia granted by Queen Anne in the first year of her reign, taken from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. XXIII, page 40:
ANNE R.
Trusty and well beloved, We greet you well:
Whereas we are well satisfied of the Loyaltie, Integrity and Ability of Our Trusty and welbeloved Henry Duke, Esqr., We have therefore thought fitt hereby to signify Our will and pleasure to you that forthwith upon receipt hereof you swear and admitt him the said Henry Duke to be one of Our Council of Our Colony and Dominion of Virginia. And for so doing this shall be your Warrant. And so we bid you farewell.
Given at Our Court at St. James's this 21st day of May, 1702, in the first year of Our Reign.
By Her Mat(y)'s Command,
NOTTINGHAM.
The Land Office records in Richmond, Va., show grants of many thousands of acres to Henry Duke along the Cliickahominy River in James City and New Kent Counties.
On October 23, 1690, as Capt. Henry Duke, he received patent for 1,000 acres on the south side of Chickabominy touching Webb's Run. (Book 7, page 123.)
On October 20, 1704, a land patent was issued to him for 1,168 acres in St. Paul's Parish, New Kent County, which was formed in 1654 from York and James City Counties. This was on Licking Hole Swamp, a branch of the Chickahominy. (Book 8, page 611.)
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April 28, 1711, a parent was issued to him for 82 acres on the west side of the Chickahominy near Webb's Run "along his own land".
Col. Henry Duke, is frequently mentioned in the records with "Henry Duke, Jr., Gent," who was undoubtedly his son and was his heir-at-law upon the death of his father 1713/14. In 1694 "Henry Duke, Gent," received a patent of 736 acres.
The Quit Rent Roll for New Kent County, 1704, shows: Henry Duke, Esq., 375 acres. Henry Duke, Esq., 170 acres.
The following patents show the location of land owned by Col. Henry Duke which afterwards became situated in Hanover County after its formation from a portion of New Kent in 1720. The patents were granted to others but the lands adjoined that of Col. Duke which descended to his son, Henry Duke, Jr.
Patent to John Higgason for 2,087 acres, issued October 26, 1699, and renewed October 31, 1716 (Book 10, page 308): "beginning at a pine on the north side of the South River, being a corner late of Henry Duke, Esqr., then along said Duke's line, north 37 degrees East 144 poles, thence along another line of the said Duke "to a gum in the New Found River, thence up the river, the meanders -thereof "
Patent to John Kembrow for 426 acres, issued December 23, 1699 (Book 10, page 228): "Beginning at a corner white oak of Mr. Overton's on the north side of the Southanna River * * * then along Overton's land North * * * to a Black Gum of Joseph Peers, then along Peers' line South 42 degrees * * * to a pine * * * to a Red Oak * * * to a Black Oak * * * to a Red Oak of John Glenn, along Glenn's line-West * * * then South to a White Oak of Andrew Spratling * * * to a Hickory standing on the said South River, thence down the meanders thereof."
Patent to Robert Harris for 100 acres, June 16, 1727 (Book 13, page 149): "Beginning at a corner Gum upon the New Found River belonging to Col. Henry Duke* thence along said Duke's line North * * * to a corner Hickory upon New Found River, thence down the said river as it windeth to the place first began."
Henry Duke, was either a younger son of Sir Edward Duke, the first Baronet, and one of his trwenty-nine children as he was stated by the English historian Wotton to have bad, or a nephew. One writer states that he was a cousin of Elizabeth Duke, Sir Edward's daughter who married Nathaniel Bacon, while another account states that be was her brother. However, he was undoubtedly of the family of the Dukes of Benhall, Suffolk Co., Eng., as his grandson, Clevears Chisholm Duke," of Louisa County, Va., wore a seat ring bearing the arms of Sir Edward's family and his silverplate, some of which was in the possession of descendants, was engraved with the coat-of-arms of that family.
John Duke, Sr., of York County, Va., and William Duke, of Surry and later of Charles City County (living in that portion which afterwards was
*This refers to Henry Duke, Jr., as Col. Henry Duke, the Councilor, died in 1713/14 and his son was thereafter known as Col. Henry Duke.
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named Prince George County, lying south of the James River), and who married Hannah Grendon as her third husband (mentioned later, page 267), may have been cousins of Henry Duke,, the Councilor.
John Duke, Sr., of York County, married about 1669 Jane, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel John Scarsbrook and his wife, Elizabeth Bushrod. Another account states that she was the daughter of Colonel Scarsbrook and Mary Martiau, who was the third child of Captain Nicholas Martiau (or Martian), of York County, Va., and his wife Elizabeth, and sister of Elizabeth Martiau who married in 1641 Col. George Reade. (See note under No. 3, page 123, post.) In the will of Colonel Scarsbrook, probated June 24, 1679, in York County, Va., he mentions, without naming them, "the children of my daughter, Jane Duke". John Duke, Sr., died in York County in 1679 and his widow married Thomas Mountfort, who was appointed administrator of the estate. A son of John Duke, Sr., was John Duke, Gent., born about 1671, who married before 1694 Susannah Goodwin, daughter of Maj. James Goodwin (died about 1678) and his first wife, Rachael Porter. The will of James Goodwin's second wife, who died September 2, 1701, names daughter Susannah Duke and grandchildren, James and Elizabeth Duke (see William and Mary Quarterly, October 1897, page 7, and April, 1894, page 275).
A conveyance of land by John Duke, Jr., and his wife, Susannah Duke, to Thomas Mountfort, his stepfather, was witnessed by Henry Duke, his brother. Reference to this Henry Duke will be noted later.
Numerous published accounts have stated that Colonel Henry Duke' married Lydia Hansford, daughter of Charles Hansford, of York County, Va., and his wife, Elizabeth Foil 'or, but grave doubt has been cast upon this 'statement by Mrs. Jane Morris, of Little Rock, Ark., in her book, The Duke-Symes Family, recently published, in which she states: "But it does not seem that Colonel Henry Duke, Councilor, married Lydia Hansford. In his will * * * proved July 24, 1702, Capt. Charles Hansford makes provision for a 'livelyhood' for his son-in-law, Mr. Henry Duke. Surely such a bequest would not have been made for Col. Henry Duke, or even for his son Henry. Col. Henry Duke was of great distinction and wealth. He was already married in 1681, at least."
"Lydia Hansford was a daughter of Captain Charles Hansford and his wife Elizabeth Folliot who married firstly Josias Moody. Mr. Moody died in 1677. * * * She married Captain Hansford in 1677 or 1678. Rev. Edward Folliot, in his will dated 1687 (York County record), left legacies to his daughter Elizabeth Hansford, to his granddaughters Elizabeth Moody, Martha Hansford, and Lydia Hansford."
This reference in the will to "Lydia Hansford" would point to the conclusion that -she was not married at date of her grandfather Folliot's will.
In Secret Diary of Colonel William Byrd of Westover, Virginia, 1709-1712, Col. William Byrd 11 refers to tile wife of Col. Henry Duke, as "his old
countess" and as having "grown very deaf, so that the Colonel conceives some hope of outliving her". Lydia Hansford could not have been an old woman at this date as she probably was not born before 1679.
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In his will Capt. Charles Hansford states: "That my desire and will is that my two sons-in-law, Mr. Henry Duke and Mr. Samuel Hill, have land allotted for each of them, a sufficient quantity for them to have a livelyhood out of for the full time and term of seven years apiece after my decease."
Mrs. Morris continues: "It cannot be said -positively that this Henry was John and Jane (Scarsbrook) Duke's son. But he was certainly the Henry Duke who married Lydia Hansford, as he is shown here [in the Quit Rent Roll of York County, Va., 17041 with Samuel Hill, and each with a small dividend of land willed to him by Capt. Hansford for a 'livelyhood' * * * " as was the 100 acres bequeathed to his son, John Hansford", all part of the land upon which Captain Hansford lived.
This compiler, a descendant of Col. Henry Duke' in the 8th generation, is inclined to accept the conclusion arrived at by Mrs. Morris.
However, since Lydia Hansford has by many historical writers been stated to have been the wife of Col. Henry Duke,, the Councilor, we have thought it appropriate (and because of the fact that we have the data available) to here record the lineage of her family from Edward 1, King of England, and through him to the Norman and Saxon Kings, to Woden, and to Noah and to Adam. (These royal lineages can be found in the Appendix at the latter part of this book, beginning at page 377.)
LINEAGE
I EDWARD 1, "Longshanks", King of England 1272-1307, born in 1239, married Princess Eleanor, daughter of Ferdinand 111, King of Castile and Leon (see No. 21 in Line of Descent from the Spanish Kings, Addenda, page 421).
2 THOMAS PLANTAGENET, of Brotherton, who died in 1338. He married Alice, daughter of Sir Roger Halys. Their daughter,
3 MARGARET PLANTAGENET (died 1379), married Lord John Segrave (died 1353). Their daughter,
ELIZABETH SEGRAVE married John, fourth Lord Mobray (died 1369).
5 THOMAS MOBRAY, Duke of Norfolk (died 1400), married Elizabeth FitzAlan, sister of Thomas Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel.
6 ISABEL MOBRAY married James Berkeley, sixth Lord, born in 1394 and and died in 1463.
7 MAURICE BERKELEY, third Baron, born in 1436 and died in 1506, married Isabel, daughter of Philip Mead, of Bristol.
8 ANNE BERKELEY married Sir William Dennis.
9 ELINOR DENNIS married William Lygon, died in 1567.
10 KATHERINE LYGON married Thomas Folliot, died 1617. She was a sister of Margaret Lygon who married Sir Henry Berkeley, of Bruton, in Somerset, born in 1531 and died in 1601, and they were grandparents of Sir William Berkeley, Colonial Governor of Virginia, 1642-54 and 1661-76. ,
11 SIR JOHN FOLLIOT married Lucy Aylmer, daughter of Right Rev. John Aylmer, Bishop of London. Their fourth child,
12 EDWARD FOLLIOT, born in 1610, was a graduate of Oxford and rector of
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Northants in 1634. He came to Virginia and was minister of Westover Parish in Charles City County and of Hampton Parish in York County. His will was probated in York County in 1690. His daughter,
13 ELIZABETH FOLLIOT, married first Josias Moody (or Mode), of York County, whose will was probated in 1677, She married secondly Captain Charles Hansford, born in 1647, youngest son of Col. John Hansford who was a prominent merchant and planter of Hampton Parish in York County and was a justice in 1655, whose will was probated in 1661. He left four sons and three daughters. His widow married secondly, October 10, 1661, Edward Lockey, a tobacco merchant. Another son of Col. John Hansford was Major Thomas Hansford, one of the chief supporters of Nathaniel Bacon "the Rebel", who was captured and executed by order of Governor William Berkeley, mentioned ante. One of the daughters of Col. John Hansford was Elizabeth Hansford who married in 1663 Randall Holt, son of Randall Holt, Sr., the emigrant, who came to Virginia in 1620 as a boy of 13 years. They lived at "Hog Island", Surry County, Va. (See Holt lineage, page 47.) Another daughter of John Hansford was Mary Hansford who married Dr. Thomas Robins (living 1674), son of John Robins, of Elizabeth City County, Va. (member House of Burgesses 1647-1649), and grandson of John Robins who died on a voyage to Virginia in the Margaret and John in 1622.
Capt. Charles Hansford was a justice of York County, Va., and a man of means. His children were:
i Charles Hansford, Jr., whose will was probated June 15, 1761. His wife was Susanna - and they had:
a Charles Hansford 111, who lived until 1778 and had
(1)Richard Hansford.
(2)Benjamin Hansford.
(3)Elizabeth Hansford, married Rev. John Camm, born in 1718, son of Thomas Camm, of Hornsea, Yorkshire, England. John Camm came to Virginia prior to 1745. He died in 1779.
(4)Mary Hansford,
(5) Martha Hansford. b Lucy Hansford.
ii William Hansford, who was willed by his father a tract of land at the head of Felgate's Creek. He removed to Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
iii John Hansford.
iv Lydia Hansford, married Henry Duke, of York County.
v Daughter (her Christian name is not given in her father's will), married Samuel Hill.
vi Elizabeth Hansford, married Randall Holt, Jr., Surry Co. (See No. 2, page 47.)
vii Mary Hansford, married Dr. Thomas Robins.
(Possibly not mentioned in order of birth.)
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In connection with the above, an interesting article appeared in the magazine section of the Richmond Times-Dispatch of December 4, 1938, relative to Elizabeth (Betsy) Hap ' daughter of Charles Hansford 111, mentioned p. 36. As related by the late Lyon Gardiner Tyler in an address to the New England "Antiquarians", "because IF its likeness to the famous story of Priscilla Mullins (Molines], Miles Standish, and John Alden", Betsy Hansford was the Cavalier counterpart of the Pilgrim maiden who knew her own mind and heart as well as how best to obtain her desires. The story in part follows:
"At the head of the clergy in Virginia in 1769 stood John Camm, then professor of divinity in the College of William and Mary at Williamsburg and afterwards its Royal President. * * * The great romance of his life came to him in the following remarkable manner at the age of 51 years as an old bachelor. Mr. Camm bad, in addition to his college duties, the charge of a church near the Hansford Ordinary. Among his parishioners was this descendant of John Hansford, Miss Betsy Hansford, whom he had baptized in his early rectorship. A young friend who had * wooed Betsy without success persuaded the worthy parson to aid him with his influence as the family religious guide. * * * 'His per- suasion had no effect, however, and the young lady finally suggested that if the parson would go home and look at 11 Samuel, chapter xii, verse 7, he would be able to divine the reason for her refusal. Mr. Camm. did as he was directed went back to college and 'searched the Scriptures', and found these significant words staring him in the face: 'And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man.' The sequel is told in an item in the Virginia Gazette in July, 1769, announcing the marriage ceremony of Rev. John Camm to Miss Elizabeth Hansford. One may observe here that the young lady must have been quite familiar with her Bible. Certain it is that she knew how to apply Scripture when, unwittingly, she imitated Priscilla Mullins by saying to the Rev. Mr. Camm, in effect, the equivalent of 'Why don't you speak for yourself, John?' But in Miss Betsy's case the Bible of 11 Samuel spoke more eloquently"
ROYAL DESCENT
Lydia Hansford who is stated to have married Col. Henry Duke' was, in direct line, descended as follows (see Addenda, pp. 378-434):
Generations
13 from Edward 1, King of England 1272-1307.
14 " Ferdinand 111, King of Castile and Leon, Spain, whose daughter, Princess Eleanor, married King Edward I.
28 " Roderigo de Bivar, "El Cid", through Ferdinand 111.
33 " Garcias Ximenes, King of Superarabia, A. D. 758, through Ferdinand 1,11.
18 "Maud, daughter of Henry 1, King of England, who in 1128
married Geoffrey Plantagenet, 11th Count of Anjou.
27 " Tertullus (or Tortulf), Count of Anjou, 850 A. D., through Geoffrey Plantagenet. (Green's History of England.)
20 " William the Conqueror, 7th Duke of Normandy, and King of England 1066-1087, through Maud, daughter of Henry I.
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Generations
25 from Rollo the Dane, 1st Duke of Normandy, through William the
Conqueror.
30 "Sveide, Norse King 700-780, through Rollo the Dane.
27 "Alfred the Great, Saxon King of England 871-901, through
Maud, daughter of Henry 1, King of England.
29 "Egbert, Saxon King of England 775-829, the first sole monarch
of England, who defeated the Danes, through Alfred.
39 " Cerdic, Saxon King, who defeated the Britons 508 A. D., through Egbert.
48 - Woden (or Bodo), King of Saxony, Germany, who reigned 256-300 A. D., descended from Eric the Goth. (Saxon Chronicles.)
57 " Harderich, King of Saxony, in Germany, go to 4 B. C., through Woden.
20 - Malcolm 111, King of Scotland, 1057, through Maud, daughter of Henry 1, King of England 1100-1135.
112 " Noah, through the Irish and Scottish kings to Japheth, son of Noah (see Addenda, pages 378 to 387), to Malcolm III. (It is difficult to determine the number of generations to Noah, as authorities do not agree, due to the confusion as to whether the numbers refer to generations or to successive kings or chiefs. See O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees, O'Clary's Irish Genealogies, Betham's Sovereigns of the World, and Hartland's Royal Houses of Europe.)
121 - Adam, through Noah. (Genesis, Chapter V.)
27 " Baldwin 1, Count of Flanders and King of Jerusalem, through Maud, daughter of Henry I, King of England, son of William the Conqueror.
30 - Charlemagne, crowned Emperor of the West by Pope Leo III on Christmas day 800, conquered the Saxons in England and imposed on them the Christian faith, through Judith, daughter of Charles Calvus, King of France, who married Baldwin 1, King of Flanders.
33 " Pepin le Gros, A. D. 714, through Charlemagne.
56 " Marcomir IV, A. D. 149, through Pepin de Gros.
80 - Anterior, King of the Cimmeranians, B. C. 443, through Marcomir IV.
131 " Noah, through Antenor, King of the Cimmeranians (subject to same comment above concerning Irish records).
140 " Adam, through Noah. (Genesis, Chapter V.)
20Edward "the Exile", 'Saxon King of England, who married
Agatha, daughter of Heinrich 111, Emperor of the Holy Roman
Empire, and their daughter Margaret, who married Malcolm 111,
King of Scotland.
24Otto 1, the Great, Emperor of Germany 916-973, through Hein-
rich 111.
50Osmond, King of Denmark 341-331 B. C.
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Generations
19 from Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Clare, who married Isabel Marshall, daughter of William le Mareschal (or Marshall), third Earl of Pembroke, Protector of England, and his wife, Isabel de Clare, daughter of "Strongbow" " .
21Richard de Clare, "Strongbow", 2d Earl of Pembroke, appointed
justice of Ireland by Henry 11, King of England, through Isabel
Marshall, his granddaughter. He married Eva, daughter of
Dermod McMurrough, King of Leinster.
Noah, through Dermod McMurrough (subject to comment above) (O'Hart's Irish Pedigrees).
Adam, through Noah. (Genesis, Chapter V.)
56 - Marcomir IV (see above), married Athildis, daughter of Colius of Rome.
62 " Mark Antony, the Triumvir, through Athildis.
69 - Numerius Julius Caesar, the first of the Caesars.