On Saturday, May 31, 2003, at 12:47 AM, Deloris Williams wrote: > It does look to me that your 1850 Green B. Duke is the one who > married Rebecca Robertston in 1806. The 1850 census in Warren County > had a > lot of , let us say "lies" told about ages. I had several relatives who > were off by as much as 25 years! Thanks, Deloris, In this case, I don't see any particular problems with the ages given in the 1850 for Green B. Duke & Rebecca. The age of 69 would place Green B. born ca 1781, which would then place him at about age 25 at the time of an 1806 marriage to Rebecca Robertson, who seems to be roughly a year younger. Next door in 1850 seems to be their daughter, Elizabeth Henry (some spell it Henri) Duke (age 35) and husband Elzey W. Hicks (age 32). Their ages, as listed in the census, are consistent with the information on their gravestones which show Elizabeth born 15 Dec 1815 and Elzey born 31 July 1818. (FYI, my line descends through Elizabeth and Elzey). I am not sure of the identity of the Fanny Harrison (age 40) in the household of Green B. & Rebecca Duke. She would have been born ca 1810, making her the right age to be a child of Green B. & Rebecca. But the information I have (I believe the source is Evelyn Duke Brandenberger's books) shows only two children - both daughters - for Green B. & Rebecca, i.e. Elizabeth Henry and a Mary. This Mary is said to be the Mary Duke who md 21 Dec 1833 in Warren Co to Benjamin Johnson Jr. Most likely, this would be the family living on the OTHER side of Green B. Duke and Rebecca in 1850 - i.e.: 1850>>NC>>Warren Co>>Sandy Creek Township: pg 3B (stamped); enumerated 25 July 1850: household #46 Benjamin H. JOHNSON, 39, farmer, (no propty val listed) Mary " , 38 William H. " , 15 James F. ", 14 Rebecca A. ", 12 Ashal(?) P. ", (female), 10 Benjamin G. ", 8 (con't next page, 4A, same family): Mary A. Johnston, 4 [**note spelling is changed to JohnsTon, but this does appear to be the same family) Fanny C. ", 8 months next household (#47) is Green B. Duke & Rebecca, followed by #48 Elzey Hicks & Elizabeth & family. So I wonder if Fanny Harrison could be another daughter - who perhaps had married a Harrison? However, I have not located a marriage record to support this. I am not aware of there being a last will & testament for Green B. Duke, but I have not sought to locate a possible estate record which may well sort some of this out. It also seems possible that Fanny could be a relation of Rebecca's. I do find a marriage (1802) of a Hixey Robertson to a James Harrison, so perhaps the relationship is in the Robertson line - perhaps Hixey & Rebecca were sisters, making Fanny the niece of Rebecca? (I have not done any research on the Robertson line). Other Sandy Creek households very nearby include: at #42 Ransom Duke (30) & family at #45 Authur RobINson (53) & family a little further away at household #34 is the Samuel Duke (54) family. at #60 are Richard (74) & Tabitha (68) Duke. Ransom (30), Samuel (54), Green B.(69), & Richard (74) are the only Dukes in Sandy Creek Township in 1850. -Sandy

Sandy, this last statement about the Ransom family living close by kind of makes it more possible that the scenario I gave of Mary Ransom marrying into this particular Duke family, is the correct one. That Mary was descended from Burchett Green and Seymour Ransom, while Burchetts father was William Green of Warren County who died in 1799. This particular William Green was also a son of Thomas Edward Green, who is said to have also been the father of Mary Green who married William Duke. As I said, this is not my line and I've done very little research on them, but it is fascinating at all of the connections. Deloris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy" <teylu@earthlink.net> To: "Deloris Williams" <vze3zfbd@verizon.net> Cc: <NCWARREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 12:11 PM Subject: Re: [NCWARREN-L] DUKE - the various Green Dukes Other Sandy Creek households very nearby include: > at #42 Ransom Duke (30) & family > at #45 Authur RobINson (53) & family > a little further away at household #34 is the Samuel Duke (54) family. > at #60 are Richard (74) & Tabitha (68) Duke. > > Ransom (30), Samuel (54), Green B.(69), & Richard (74) are the only > Dukes in Sandy Creek Township in 1850. > > -Sandy > >