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Duncan Family History
Duncan Genealogy & Family TreeDuncan is a Scottish surname from Forfarshire, Scotland, where the family descended from Dunchad the Abbott of Iona in the 8th Century. It comes from the Gaelic donnchad which means “brown warrior.” In recent years, it is often used as a given name. The family motto is Disce pati which means “learn to suffer.”
Other spellings include “Duncans,” “Dunecan,” “Dunckans,” “Dunkan,” “Dunekan,” “Dunckane,” “Dunkane,” “Duncin,” “Duncen,” and “Duncine.” Notable people with the surname include British actress Lindsay Duncan (About Time, Alice in Wonderland, Under the Tuscan Sun), American baseball player Dave Duncan (Arizona Diamondbacks), American dancer Isadora Duncan, and American actor Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile, Sin City, Armageddon). The first Duncan to come to America was Nathaniel Duncan in Massachusetts in 1630.
Duncan Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Jesse Estes Duncan -- --, 1862 Tennessee
- Cyrus Lee Duncan -- --, 1917 June 7, 1996 Missouri
- Raymond Duncan -- --, 1907 April 10, 1916 Kansas
- John Duncan -- --, 1802 March 4, 1872
- Janie Rebecca Duncan -- --, 1887 September 16, 1951 North Carolina
Duncan Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Mary Duncan -- --, 1784 May 5, 1852 Virginia
- John Duncan -- --, 1804 October 24, 1887 Ohio
- James Duncan -- --, 1726 December 0, 1818
- Levi Duncan -- --, 1908 February 2, 1946 Tennessee
- Elisha Dabney Duncan -- --, 1839 October 28, 1924 South Carolina
