Here's an obscure question. My husband's ancestor was a John Duncan/Dunkin who was probably born in New Jersey -- possibly Trenton -- in the early 1700s. No records, of course. Some say he could have been born in Scotland or on shipboard. His father was supposed to be called William Duncan and was probably a Baptist minister. Lots of maybes and probablies here. Has anyone any ideas on how we might track down this William Duncan? We have noted that several descendants have the bent little finger that has been observed in the Robertson/Duncan clan. Sheila

Donald wrote: >Here's an obscure question. My husband's ancestor was a John Duncan/Dunkin >who was probably born in New Jersey -- possibly Trenton -- in the early >1700s. No records, of course. Some say he could have been born in Scotland >or on shipboard. His father was supposed to be called William Duncan and was >probably a Baptist minister. Lots of maybes and probablies here. Has anyone >any ideas on how we might track down this William Duncan? We have noted that >several descendants have the bent little finger that has been observed in >the Robertson/Duncan clan. >Sheila > I have only one DUNCAN that crossed paths into my SMALL family, not much help here: Descendants of Grace Duncan 1 Grace DUNCAN b: 1760 Scotland d: Unknown .. +John SMALL, Jr b: in Clunie, Perthshire, Scotland .... 2 Mary SMALL b: 02 Jan 1774 in Clunie, Perthshire, Scotland d: Unknown in Clunie, Perthshire, Scotland ........ +Henry FLOOD m: 04 Nov 1796 in Clunie, Perthshire, Scotland .... 2 Jean SMALL b: 13 Nov 1775 in Clunie, Perthshire, Scotland d: Unknown in Clunie, Perthshire, Scotland .... 2 Patrick Peter SMALL b: 30 Jan 1782 in Clunie, Perthshire, Scotland d: 28 Dec 1866 in Mill Hill Farm, Perthshire, Scotland ........ +Betty RODGERS b: 24 Aug 1802 in Liff, Forfarshire, Scotland d: Nov 1823 in Kingoudie (Dargie), Perthshire, Scotland .... *2nd Wife of Patrick Peter SMALL: ....... +Isabel RATTRAY later, Jim Small http://www.angelfire.com/ia/smallclan > >