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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
- Henry Duncan -- --, 1664 April 25, 1711
- Nathaniel Duncan -- --, 1650 December 0, 1715
- Susannah Duncan -- --, 1787 December 0, 1854 North Carolina
- Elizabeth Duncan -- --, 1793 December 0, 1870 North Carolina
- Effey Duncan -- --, 1797 December 0, 1850 North Carolina
Duncan Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- John Houser Duncan -- --, 1876 November 11, 1923 North Carolina
- Ray Brown Duncan -- --, 1920 April 14, 1989 North Carolina
- Sarah E Duncan -- --, 1878 June 30, 1950 North Carolina
- Marion Duncan -- --, 1544 December 0, 1620
- Robert Andrew Duncan -- --, 1699 December 0, 1760
