I'm sending this post to the Harris-Hunters-L list with a copy to the Duncan-L list in hopes that someone might have an interest in responding... I've been following, with interest, the many discussions (HARRIS-HUNTERS-L) on the family of Christopher Harris from Albemarle Co., Va./Madison Co., Ky. and his two wives, Mary Elizabeth Dabney and Agnes McCord. I don't know if there is any connection yet or not to my Buckingham Co. Harrises (ggg-grandfather David H. Harris, b. bet. 1814-1820 Buckingham Co., Va., m. Mary Jane Thomas, b. 1820 Buckingham Co., Va.) but I'm always looking for clues to a possible link. My main Harris/Duncan connection is through my great-grandparents, Mary Rebecca Harris (daughter of Alexander Benjamin Harris and grand-daughter of David H. Harris) and William Archer Duncan, who were married in Buckingham Co. in 1896. In researching the Duncan side of my family, however, I learned of another Harris/Duncan connection. My gggg-grandfather, Fleming Hall Duncan (1774-1826 Amherst Co., Va.), had a nephew (son of William Duncan and Sally Henley), Dr. William Henry Duncan (1803-1892), who married Susannah Woods Harris, daughter of John Harris and Margaret Maupin and grand-daughter of Christopher Harris and Agnes McCord of Albemarle Co., Va./Madison Co., Ky. I am very interested in this connection and any relationship between the Harris and Duncan families. My Fleming Hall Duncan's brother, William (1776-1846), was a Baptist minister from Amherst Co., Va. who left that area of the country in 1830 with his family and headed westward (through Kentucky) eventually! settling in Callaway Co., Mo. Now, here is what initially led me to this post (although I am very interested in any information regarding any of these families): Susannah Woods Harris (1808-1893) had an older brother, William (1805-1872), who married Malinda Duncan of Madison Co., Ky. and I believe Malinda is the daughter of John Duncan (b. 1790, Otter Creek, Madison Co., Ky.) and Lucy White. With two Harris siblings (Susannah and William) marrying two Duncans (Dr. William, son of William Duncan and Sally Henley, and Malinda, daughter of John Duncan and Lucy White), I am curious about the relationships between these families in Madison Co., Ky. and their connections back to Va. (Harrises from Albemarle Co., Va. and my Duncan family from Amherst Co., Va. which was formed from Albemarle Co. in 1761.) I am not very familiar yet with the family of John Duncan (b. 1790) who married Lucy White so, if anyone has information on this Duncan family and how they might relate to the family of Dr. William Henry Duncan (b. 1803, married Susannah Woods Harris) and his ancestors (William, John, John of Amherst Co., Va.), I would appreciate any help you can give. Also, it appears that William Harris and Malinda Duncan had a son, John Duncan Harris (b. 1829, Madison Co., Ky.), who married Nancy Jane White, daughter of Valentine White and Jane Harris Gentry (daughter of Richard Gentry and Jane Harris; grand-daughter of Christopher Harris and Agnes McCord.) Interesting! Can anyone shed some light on these Harris/Duncan connections? Any information you can share would be much appreciated. Thank you! Happy New Year to Harris-Hunters and Duncans everywhere! Dave Duncan

Dave, Of interest to you may be that the Honorable John Duncan Harris, b 29 Dec 1829, in Madison Co, KY was the only child of William and Malinda Duncan Harris. RE: Author: Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, 3rd edition, 1886 "HON. JOHN D. HARRIS was born December 29, 1829, three miles south of Richmond, Ky., and is the son and only child of William and Malinda (Duncan) Harris. The former, William Harris, was born in East Madison County, May 16, 1805, and was a son of John and Margaret (Maupin) Harris, natives of Albemarle County, Va., who came to Kentucky about the year 1790. He (John Harris) acted as associate judge, assisted in laying off the town of Richmond, and was a man of more than ordinary prominence. He was born March 14, 1765, and his wife, Margaret Maupin, February 1, 1767. They were married June 23, 1785, and to them were born nine children, as follows: Robert, born October 27, 1786; Christopher, born April 1, 1788; Overton, born November 24, 1799; Betsy, born September 30, 1791; James, born May 1, 1794; John M., born December 30, 1795; Frances M. born March 26, 1802; William, born May 16, 1805; Susanna W., born May 10, 1808." >From same source: "William Harris, the father of subject, was a man of considerable local prominence. He represented Madison County in the Lower House of the Legislature in 1850, and for twenty years held the office of school commissioner. He was a wealthy farmer, enterprising and progressive, and a public-spirited citizen. He died October 25, 1872. His wife, Malinda Duncan, was a daughter of John and Lucy (White) Duncan, one of a family of six children, as follows: Malinda, Elizabeth (Taylor), Emily (Goodloe), John A., Lou Ann (Hart), and Olivia (Gregory)." It's not much, but I hope it helps a little. Wanda Flesher On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Dave Duncan <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm sending this post to the Harris-Hunters-L list with a copy to the > Duncan-L list in hopes that someone might have an interest in responding... > > I've been following, with interest, the many discussions (HARRIS-HUNTERS-L) > on the family of Christopher Harris from Albemarle Co., Va./Madison Co., Ky. > and his two wives, Mary Elizabeth Dabney and Agnes McCord. I don't know if > there is any connection yet or not to my Buckingham Co. Harrises > (ggg-grandfather David H. Harris, b. bet. 1814-1820 Buckingham Co., Va., m. > Mary Jane Thomas, b. 1820 Buckingham Co., Va.) but I'm always looking for > clues to a possible link. > > My main Harris/Duncan connection is through my great-grandparents, Mary > Rebecca Harris (daughter of Alexander Benjamin Harris and grand-daughter of > David H. Harris) and William Archer Duncan, who were married in Buckingham > Co. in 1896. In researching the Duncan side of my family, however, I > learned of another Harris/Duncan connection. My gggg-grandfather, Fleming > Hall Duncan (1774-1826 Amherst Co., Va.), had a nephew (son of William > Duncan and Sally Henley), Dr. William Henry Duncan (1803-1892), who married > Susannah Woods Harris, daughter of John Harris and Margaret Maupin and > grand-daughter of Christopher Harris and Agnes McCord of Albemarle Co., > Va./Madison Co., Ky. I am very interested in this connection and any > relationship between the Harris and Duncan families. My Fleming Hall > Duncan's brother, William (1776-1846), was a Baptist minister from Amherst > Co., Va. who left that area of the country in 1830 with his family and > headed westward (through Kentucky) eventually! > settling in Callaway Co., Mo. > > Now, here is what initially led me to this post (although I am very > interested in any information regarding any of these families): Susannah > Woods Harris (1808-1893) had an older brother, William (1805-1872), who > married Malinda Duncan of Madison Co., Ky. and I believe Malinda is the > daughter of John Duncan (b. 1790, Otter Creek, Madison Co., Ky.) and Lucy > White. With two Harris siblings (Susannah and William) marrying two Duncans > (Dr. William, son of William Duncan and Sally Henley, and Malinda, daughter > of John Duncan and Lucy White), I am curious about the relationships between > these families in Madison Co., Ky. and their connections back to Va. > (Harrises from Albemarle Co., Va. and my Duncan family from Amherst Co., Va. > which was formed from Albemarle Co. in 1761.) > > I am not very familiar yet with the family of John Duncan (b. 1790) who > married Lucy White so, if anyone has information on this Duncan family and > how they might relate to the family of Dr. William Henry Duncan (b. 1803, > married Susannah Woods Harris) and his ancestors (William, John, John of > Amherst Co., Va.), I would appreciate any help you can give. > > Also, it appears that William Harris and Malinda Duncan had a son, John > Duncan Harris (b. 1829, Madison Co., Ky.), who married Nancy Jane White, > daughter of Valentine White and Jane Harris Gentry (daughter of Richard > Gentry and Jane Harris; grand-daughter of Christopher Harris and Agnes > McCord.) Interesting! Can anyone shed some light on these Harris/Duncan > connections? > > Any information you can share would be much appreciated. Thank you! > > Happy New Year to Harris-Hunters and Duncans everywhere! > > Dave Duncan > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- For Freedom's Sake - Love God, Love America