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About Capt. Henry Duke, II
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130584566/henry-duke
Reference: Henry Duke Councilor, by Walter Garland Duke, Richmond, VA: The Dietz Press, Inc., 1949
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NOTABLE SOUTHERN FAMILIES
VOLUME III
COMPILED BY ZELLA ARMSTRONG
The Lookout Publishing Company CHATTANOOGA 1926
DUKE
THE Duke family is of Norman origin, the name deriving from titular designation. As a surname it is among the most ancient of those borne by English families. It appears in the Domesday Book and is continually chronicled during the reigns of the Norman Kings following the making of the great document which means so much to historians and genealogists.
The Family of Duke acquired many estates in England and held positions of importance. Descendants of the Dukes who distinguished themselves under the Royal banner in the civil conflicts became allied by marriage with the Royal house. Edward Duke of that period was rewarded by Charles II with Knighthood and a Baronetage for his allegiance.
As early however as King Richard I the Dukes were occupying positions of trust. In the fourth and fifth years of Richard I, Peter Duke was Sheriff of London, serving in the time of King John.' Peter's son was Roger Duke and strange to say he also became Sheriff of London, which they must have thought by that time was the family office. Roger was Sheriff in the time of Henry III, and after he had served one year as sheriff he was made Mayor of London. London was even then a very great city. Roger served as its Mayor for four years, the twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth years of the reign of Henry III.
Roger Duke's son Walter Duke established himself in Brampton in the time of Edward III. He was from this period known'as Walter Duke of Brampton and did homage for his land in Shadingfield. His son named for his father, Roger Duke, continued to reside on the' family estate. For many generations thereafter the family is associated with Brampton and Shadingfield, though they continue to increase their property.
Roger Duke's eldest son and heir was Robert, who held the land in the time of Henry VI. Robert's eldest son and heir was John Duke.- He married Joan, daughter and heiress of Spark of Astacton, County Suffolk. They had a son, Thomas Duke, Esquire, of Brampton. He" married twice, first an heiress of the house of Woodwell. His second wife was Margaret, daughter and heiress of Henry Baynard, Esquire," of Speekshall, County of Suffolk. Thomas Duke s son and heir was William Duke, who married Thomasine, daughter of Sir Edmund Jenny, of Knottishall, Suffolk.' They had a son, George Duke. George Duke married Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Blennerfiattet, Knight of Fronshell.
George and Anne Duke had at least two sons, George and Edward. Edward the eldest son and heir, known as Edward of Brampton and Shadingfield, added to the family estate by purchasing Benhall in Suffolk. He married Dorothy, daughter of Sir Ambrose Jermyn, Knight of Rosbrook, Suffolk. Edward died in 1598. He named his son Ambrose Duke for the grandfather (Sir Ambrose Jermyn). He is known as Ambrose Duke of Benhall. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Bartholomew Calthorpe, Esquire, of Suffolk. She was a co-heir to her father's estate. Ambrose Duke died in 1610 and Elizabeth his wife died ia the following year. Their son was Sir Edward Duke of Benhall, Brampton and Worlingham. He was Knighted by Charles II, and later was made baronet by the same monarch. He married Ellen, daughter and co-heir of John Panton, Esquire, of Burnslip, Denbigh. They had several children, among them, Sir John Duke, Baronet, their eldest son and heir, Thereafter the English family traces through his line. Another son was Col. Henry Duke from whom the American family comes
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Duke-1364
Henry Duke really did have two sons named John. The sons often signed the same documents when settling family affairs. The oldest, Major John Duke, is believed to be a son by Henry's unknown first wife. The second son John was always known as John Taylor Duke and was named for the father of his mother Elizabeth Taylor. Honoring Capt. John Taylor was probably not just a matter of affection but respect since the family moved to the lands left to Elizabeth at Martin’s Brandon, taking up the very profitable estate there. Martin’s Brandon Parish was in the part of Charles City Co VA that in 1702 became Prince George Co. This may have been the James River plantation “Flower de Hundred."
Capt. Henry Duke of Martin’s Brandon, died in about 1718. ::Prince George Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Prince George, Virginia[6]
In 1727 Elizabeth Duke, administratrix, provided an accounting fo the estate of Capt. Henry Duke, with Debts of 244.3 pounds and an inventory of 129.16.2 pounds.[7]
Elizabeth next married Randle Platt.
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Capt. Henry Duke, II's Timeline
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James City, Royal Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
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1706
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Prince George, Prince George County, Virginia, Colonial America
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1714
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Virginia
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1715
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Louisa, Virginia, USA
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1717
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Brunswick , Virginia
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1718
Age 50
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Prince George, Royal British Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
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