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Note from Pam Wilson (curator and descendant):
HENRY DUKE was born 1640-1645 in Jamestown, Virginia, and died March 09, 1714 in Virginia.
He was by most reports the son of Thomas Duke (1616-1665), (this Thomas Duke), immigrant to Nansemond Co, Virginia from Kent, England. There seems to be great confusion as to whether his mother was Mary Barham, Mary Hampton or Marcella Herbert. Still looking for a definitive and well-documented source. However, other family trees claim different ancestries. One says, "Henry Duke, the Virginia descendant of the branch of the Duke family of Suffolk County England, which comprises the first section of our genealogical record, emigrated from England first to Bermuda and then to York County, VA and later removed to James City County."
He married ELIZABETH SLOANE [Disproved] c.1665 in Virginia. She was born c.1642.
Elizabeth Soane was previously attached as James Duke’s mother. This claim is widely repeated but is disputed. Evelyn Duke Brandenburger in her 1979 book The Duke's Vol. 1 misinterpreted historical documents and came to the conclusion that Thomas Duke's mother, the wife of Henry Duke, was most likely Elizabeth Soane, but that is disproved by a document entitled "Settling The Debate On Who Elizabeth Soane (IV) Married."
Henry Duke,Esq & his wife had the following children:
1) Thomas Duke;
2) Henry Duke born about 1666 married Elizabeth Taylor;
3) James Duke born 1675 married Mary Byrd;
4) Edmund Duke;
5) Elizabeth Duke born 1674 who married 1. James Mason 2. Ethelred Taylor;
6) Marston Duke.
[The following seems to need to go with a different profile:
William Duke disposed of his property in Brunswick County, Virginia in 1742 and with his wife and his son Samuel and his wife went to North Carolina where he was granted 300 acres in Edgecombe County (Granville County in 1746), where he was later joined by his other sons who also received grants of land. He died in 1773 or soon thereafter.
His parents dying when he was a small lad, and the estate passed, according to English law and custom, to his oldest brother, William Duke was left poor and brought to Virginia by his relative Col. William Byrd, of Westover on James River who reared him and gave him the rudiments of a good business education and better than all taught him to work.
Henry was awarded the title of Col. Henry Duke, Esqr. in or near 1690. There are many transactions of his recorded in Virginia. Clearly he was a man of wealth and influence. He and his son's wife's father, Col. William Byrd, Esqr. both served in the Council of Virginia for many years. Col. Henry Duke and Col. William Byrd are among the founders in 1693 of "The College of William & Mary" (named after King William and Queen mary of England)
1640 |
July 8, 1640
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James City, King William, Virginia, USA
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1660 |
1660
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James City County, Virginia Colony
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1668 |
1668
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James City, Royal Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
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1668
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Charles City, Charles County, Virginia, United States of America
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1672 |
1672
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James City, Virginia, British Colonial America
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1676 |
1676
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James City, , Virginia, USA
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1677 |
January 16, 1677
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James City County, Virginia Colony
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1678 |
1678
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James City, , Virginia, USA
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1713 |
January 27, 1713
Age 72
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Prince George County, Virginia
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