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Duvall Family |
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Mareen Duvall was born about 1630 in France. John Duvall (1652, married Elizabeth Jones). Mareen married Susannah Braseur before 1677. Susannah Duvall (1677), He married Mary about 1693-1694 He arrived in the colonies between 1652-1659. He was a Huguenot. He was transported by William Burgess to Maryland and was an indentured servant to John Covell. On July 25, 1659, he demanded 50 acres for performing his term of service with John Covell. He received 100 acres of land he named Laval. In 1664, he had Middle Plantation surveyed. John Ewen gave him 250 acres, Thomas Parsons gave him 50 acres, and Andrew Skinner gave him 300 acres. In 1665, he and William Young received a land patent for 200 acres called Rich Neck. In March, 1677/78 he obtained 375 acres in what was then Calvert County, Maryland from Thomas Bowdle for 4,000 pounds of tobacco. He also bought Essington, Morley's Grove, and Howerton's Range. He left a will in Anne Arundel County in 1694. He left:
After Mareen died, his third wife, Mary, married Colonel Henry Ridgely.
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 Figurine found at Middle Plantation by William P. Doepkens |
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John Duvall was born in 1652 and was the son of Mareen Duvall. He married Elizabeth Jones. On August 17, 1685 her father gave them the 200 acre plantation, Wilson's Grove, in Anne Arundel at the head of South River. Elizabeth and John's children included: John also had children with Hester Ijams Nicholson. On November 16, 1694, owned Duvall's Range which was 708 acres. In 1696 John was an officer in the Anne Arundel militia. On December 10, 1695, owned Duvall's Delight which was 1,000 acres. In 1698 John was a member of the grand jury. On June 1, 1700 he owned What You Will which was 373 acres. In 1702 he bought Lugg Ox which was a tract of 780 acres in the forks of the Patuxent River. It became their daughter, Elizabeth's dowry. Before 1705 they donated land for the Church of St. Barnabas. When her father died in 1705, she received one shilling. Her daughter, Mary, inherited a cow and calf. In 1705, with his wife's permission, he gave his mistress 233 acres called Burgess Choice. On July 22, 1707 he owned Honest Man's Lot which was 110 acres. In 1708 he was an advisor to the council regarding Richard Clark's treason. In October, 1710, he petitioned the Grand Jury about excessive fees being levied by the court. John died on April 19, 1711 when he was 59 years old. On April 10, 1715, John, Jr. inherited or sold 3,108 acres of Duvall's Delight. Amos Simpson married an Elizabeth Duvall on April 24, 1716 at All Hallows Parish. Amos was born on December 9, 1690. Elizabeth would have been about 50 and Amos about 25. |
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Mareen Duvall (the younger) was born about 1680 at Middle Plantation in Ann Arundel, County, Maryland In 1696 he petitioned the court to allow him to choose his own guardian, but Governor Francis Nicholson denied his request and ordered Henry Ridgely and his step-mother, Mary, to continue as guardians. On October 21, 1701, he married Elizabeth Jacob. She was the daughter of John Jacob and Ann Cheney. On July 12, 1701, Mareen was accused of making "false, scandalous, and infamous libel" against Mistress Eagle. He hired William Dent as his attorney. He won the case. On January 30, 1723/4, Rev. Jacob Henderson granted his "well beloved kinsman," Mareen Duvall at Great Marsh, the plantation Pleasant Grove. He died in 1741. |
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Jeremiah Duvall was born in 1750 in Price George's County, Maryland. He was the son of Benjamin Duvall and Mary Wells. He married Sarah Penn on July 23, 1752 in Queene Ann's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland. About 1787 he led a band of about 30 families (including many of the Cheney family) from Ann Arundel County to Bedford County, Pennsylvania. |
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Aquilla Duvall was born about 1730. He was the son of Lewis Duvall and Eleanor Farmer. He married Elizabeth Ridgely. Elizabeth was born on October 11, 1737 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Aquailla and Elizabeth's children may have included: Frederick Duvall (1755), Aquilla died in 1783 in Montgomery County, Maryland. At the time of the 1790 census, Frederick, Lewis, William were in Montgomery County. |
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