Very little is known of Matthew Duncan before 1751 when he bought property in Frederick County, Virginia which is now Berkeley County, West Virginia. At that time, he must have been a mature man, making his birthdate before 1730. He had a brother named Seth Duncan who remained in Pennsylvania, and according to one source another brother, and a sister who remained in Ireland. He was of Scots-Irish descent. See Mrs. W. B. (Julia Spencer) Ardery, "The Duncan's of Bourbon County, Kentucky" (Lexington, Kentucky: W. S. Welsh Printing, 1943), pp. 1-15. In Frederick County, Virginia, he lived on Dry Run, a branch of the Tuscorora River, surveyed 24 April 1751 and included 209 acres. He owned land in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Tuscarora Presbyterian Church, and a member of the first grand jury in Berkeley County in 1772. He took part in the Revolutionary War by providing supplies for the Continental Army. He signed a petition of dissenters in 1776 in the Virginia House of Representative. He died intestate in 1793, leaving a widow Sarah, and several children. His children included: Matthew Duncan; Thomas Duncan; James Duncan who married Elizabeth Strode; Joseph Duncan who married Anna Maria McLaughlin; Jane Duncan who married William Wilson; Sarah Duncan who married first Charles Greer married second William Bell; and Seth Duncan who married Ruahama Henshaw. Although he was not known to have left a will, the division of his property is recorded in 1793 in the Berkeley County, West Virginia records. Robert K. Headley, Jr., "General abstracts from 18th Century Virginia Newspapers" (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1987), p. 109.
Very little is known of Matthew Duncan before 1751 when he bought property in Frederick County, Virginia which is now Berkeley County, West Virginia. At that time, he must have been a mature man, making his birthdate before 1730. He had a brother named Seth Duncan who remained in Pennsylvania, and according to one source another brother, and a sister who remained in Ireland. He was of Scots-Irish descent. See Mrs. W. B. (Julia Spencer) Ardery, "The Duncan's of Bourbon County, Kentucky" (Lexington, Kentucky: W. S. Welsh Printing, 1943), pp. 1-15. In Frederick County, Virginia, he lived on Dry Run, a branch of the Tuscorora River, surveyed 24 April 1751 and included 209 acres. He owned land in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Tuscarora Presbyterian Church, and a member of the first grand jury in Berkeley County in 1772. He took part in the Revolutionary War by providing supplies for the Continental Army. He signed a petition of dissenters in 1776 in the Virginia House of Representative. He died intestate in 1793, leaving a widow Sarah, and several children. His children included: Matthew Duncan; Thomas Duncan; James Duncan who married Elizabeth Strode; Joseph Duncan who married Anna Maria McLaughlin; Jane Duncan who married William Wilson; Sarah Duncan who married first Charles Greer married second William Bell; and Seth Duncan who married Ruahama Henshaw. Although he was not known to have left a will, the division of his property is recorded in 1793 in the Berkeley County, West Virginia records. Robert K. Headley, Jr., "General abstracts from 18th Century Virginia Newspapers" (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1987), p. 109.
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