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The Family Garden
Notes
John DUGGAN JR
John II and his brother William made their first record together in
Tyrell County,NC when they purchased from Captain Edmund Smithwick 620 acrs of land for 250 pounds. John bought other land in 1735 and 1752. He received two land grants in 1743. Both of these grants were for 100 acres each and in Bertie Co., on the island of Coronum (Coronia).
John served on the Grand Jury 1738 and 1739. On May 8, 1753 he also
served at a Coroner's Inquest. Marey (sic) Pagit was "killed" by the
Unresistible vapor and force of thunder and lightening". The Inquest was
held in Tyrrell Co. on the above date with "edmund Smithwick, J.P. acting
coroner". Among the jury were: William Gardner, Esq., foreman, Mr. John
Duggan, Mr. John Smithwick, Mr. Luke Mizell and Mr. John Griffin.
John Duggan made his will March 3, 1763 and did not list a wife. It is a
reasonable assumption that her maiden name was Lanier. There was a long
established Lanier family in Tyrrell Co. and one of their sons was named
Lanier Duggan. John listed 9 children in his will .John Duggan Jr.,
Executor of his father's will, never married and his will was probated at
the December term of Court in 1763. His father left him a tract of land
known as Poplar Neck and all cattle and other creatures known to be his
and a feather bed.
He died from yellow fever.
*Source: Internet
Mary LANIER
Some records indicate that her first name was not known.
Lanier DUGGAN
Lanier Duggan m. John Hyman. Lanier died ca May 1763, Tyrrell Co., NC.
*Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~duggan/1414-r.txt
John SWAIN
There are two entries for John Swains listed as Jurymen (freeholders) in Chowan Precinct, NC 1723.
*Source: History of NC from 1663-1729.
John DUGGAN SR
Two Bertie County documents show that the senior John had immigrated to North Carolina before 1725: August 12, 1725: Henry Speller to John Duggan, 60 pds. for 250 A. on Smithwick's Creek adj. Richard Swain, Edmond Smithwick. Wit: William Charlton, William Charlton Jr. April 25, 1729 [May 5, 1729]: … 100 acres … for the love and affection...unto William Robinson and wife Mary during their lives...[then] to William Robinson Jr. ... my godson .… That plantation where the Robinsons now live on South Morratuck River and Devil's Gut Swamp. Wit: John Duggan, John Marden In 1763 John died of malaria (or yellow fever?). In his will of that year, his wife is not mentioned. His children were John, William, Lanier, Aaron, Elizabeth, Millicent, Ann, and "three small girls". In another document concerning the will, Henry Robertson is among those appointed to divide the estate. In this document a Josiah Duggan is placed under the care of William Hyman and Rhodia, John Duggan's daughter, is to remain with Hyman.
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The Duggans, according to the Irish Chronicles, trace their descent
through Ir, for whom Ireland is named and his father, King Milesius of
Spain, who married Scota, the daughter of Pharoah Nectanebus. The
Milesian invasion of Ireland occured around 1000 BC or around the time of
King Solomon in the Bible. Duggan is one of the anglicized spellings of
Dubhagen, meaning "Dark-featured, small sized man". John Duggan I,
settled in Albemarle County as recorded in a deed dated August 9, 1725
from Henry Speller. John paid the sum of sixty pounds current money for
two hundred fifty (250) acres of land situated and lying on a certain
creek commonly called Smithwick's creek adjoining the land of Richard
Swain and bounded by the line of a track of land pattented by Edmond
Smithwick on the same creek.
*Source: Internet
William DUGGAN
William who was b. 1720 in Ireland, m. to Mary Smithwick on the ship to America in 1738. William died 1754 in Bertie County, NC. They had six children; Chloe Claona (my ancestor), Elizabeth, Phereby, Sarah, Martha and William. Chloe was married to William Cone.
*Source: Genforum
Robert LANIER
Robert Lanier, son of Robert and Rebecca Lanier,was probably the oldest son. He was in Charles City County in February of 1688 as his name appears on several recorded deeds. He appears first in the tithes of Surry County in 1694. Robert was residing with with Richard Jordan at this time. In 1695 Robert married Sarah Barker, daughter of John and Grace Barker. They moved to Prince George County and in 1711 went to Chowan District, North Carolina.
*Source: Internet
NOTE - Surry County was formed from Charles City County.
William DUGGAN
The Irish surname DUGAN or DUGGAN is an anglicisation of Gaelic O'Dubhagain "decendant of Dubhagan", the latter being a personal name (dubh "black"). Once everyone was known by a single name but this led to cofusion and so an extra name was adopted. Thus a man named Brian who claimed descent from one Dubhagan might be known as "Brian descendant of Dubhagan-or--Brian O' Dubhagain", the additional name eventually becoming hereditary as your surname. Duggan. *Source: Internet
Robert LANIER
Robert Lanier, son of Clement Lanier and Hannah Collett of Greenwich, County Kent, England, baptized May 22, 1642, was a younger brother of John Lanier who came to Virginia by 1656. He was in the Barbados before 1678. The sons of Robert and Rebecca Lanier , Robert, Lemuel, and Clement, were the next Lanier immigrants of this line to Virginia.
Robert and Rebecca sailed first to Barbadoes and later to Virginia.
Lemuel LANIER
Lemuel's first record is a Petition from Sandy Point, Chowan District, North Carolina, July 13, 1719, asking for land. On April 5, 1720, Lemuel Lanier and Mathias Tobias Swanner were granted a patent in Bertie District; in 1733 he was granted a Crop mark there. On April 20, 1745, Lemuel Lanier was granted 350 acres of land in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Very shortly after, Granville County was formed from Edgecombe and Lemuel Lanier was in the new county. He was Justice of the Peace for many years. He left no will or other record. No record of a wife or family has been found; Lemuel and Mathais T. Swanner were close friends, and in the latter’s will he names a son Lemuel, and a wife Jane. Whether Lemuel was named for friendship or his mother Jane might have been a daughter of Lemuel Lanier has not yet been determined. Lemuel Lanier was living July 27, 1762, when he witnessed a deed for Benjamin Lanier, son of Bird Thomas and Mary Lanier of Surry County, Virginia, enroute to Duplin County, North Carolina.
*Source: "Lanier" by Louise Ingersoll
Clement LANIER
Clement was baptized in St. Michael's Parish, Barbadoes on August 21, 1678. Came to Virginia with his brothers, Robert and Lemuel, and lived in
Charles City County until Surry County was formed from it in 1702.
*Source: Internet
John LANIER JR
John Jr (II) was born in 1655 in England and came to America as a small child with his parents. In 1683 he and Peter Wyche patented 1482 acres in Charles City County for transporting 30 persons. When Prince George County was formed in 1702, this land was then in the new county, where John Lanier was listed on the Quit Rent Rolls of 1704 as having 700 acres. This land lays a few miles west of Garysville, and southeast of Hopewell, Prince George County, Virginia.
John Lanier lived all of his life in what is now Prince George County, and died there about 1719. His will was dated January 5, 1717, and probated April 14, 1719 in Prince George County.
*Source: "Lanier" by Louise Ingersoll
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WILL OF JOHN LANIER:
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN: I, John Lanier, in the County of Prince George Co., being verry weak and ailling in Body but in perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God therefore it is appointed for all men once to dye, I do make and ordain this my last will and testament that it is to say principally and first of all, I give and bequeathe my sould into the hands of god that gave it, and for my body I commend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian Like and Decent manner, to the Discretion of my Executor -- nothing Doubting but at the generall resurrection, I shall receive the same again, by the mighty power of God, and as toucjing with Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless in this Life, I give Devise and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form --
First, I give to my son Robert Lanier, one Shilling
Secondly, I give to my son John Lanier, one Shilling
Thirdly, I give to my son Sampson Lanier twelve Shillings
Fourthly, I give to my Daughter Sarah Brewer one Cow or Heifer of three years old
Fifthly, I give to my grandson John Lanier, the son of Nicholas Lanier, my son, a feather bed and holster and blanketts and ruggs all new and good and a small gunn well fixt, and I give to him two pewter Dishes and Bason and One Chest with lock and key and Six Spoons, One Iron pott and potthooks, and frying pan and a small pair of Stillyards and two Combs and a young Horse of three years old and three sheep.
Lastly, I give to my son Nicholas Lanier, all the land I now live upon, and all my land on the Otterdams to him and his heirs forever, and I give to my son Nicholas all my movables and immovables. I do make my son, Nicholas Lanier, my whole and sole Exor. of my Last Will and Testament . to see that it is perfomed As Witness my hand and seal this the 5th. of Jany, of 1717.
John Lanier, Sealed with red wax
William Peebles his marke X
Henry Peebles
Thomas Burrow his marke X
At a court held in Merchantshope for the County of Prince George on the second Tuesday in April being the fourteenth Day of the said month Anno. Do,. 1719.
*Source: Deeds etc. 1713-28, page 304, Prince George Co. VA.
John LANIER JR
John Jr (II) was born in 1655 in England and came to America as a small child with his parents. In 1683 he and Peter Wyche patented 1482 acres in Charles City County for transporting 30 persons. When Prince George County was formed in 1702, this land was then in the new county, where John Lanier was listed on the Quit Rent Rolls of 1704 as having 700 acres. This land lays a few miles west of Garysville, and southeast of Hopewell, Prince George County, Virginia.
John Lanier lived all of his life in what is now Prince George County, and died there about 1719. His will was dated January 5, 1717, and probated April 14, 1719 in Prince George County.
*Source: "Lanier" by Louise Ingersoll
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WILL OF JOHN LANIER:
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN: I, John Lanier, in the County of Prince George Co., being verry weak and ailling in Body but in perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God therefore it is appointed for all men once to dye, I do make and ordain this my last will and testament that it is to say principally and first of all, I give and bequeathe my sould into the hands of god that gave it, and for my body I commend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian Like and Decent manner, to the Discretion of my Executor -- nothing Doubting but at the generall resurrection, I shall receive the same again, by the mighty power of God, and as toucjing with Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless in this Life, I give Devise and Dispose of the same in the following manner and form --
First, I give to my son Robert Lanier, one Shilling
Secondly, I give to my son John Lanier, one Shilling
Thirdly, I give to my son Sampson Lanier twelve Shillings
Fourthly, I give to my Daughter Sarah Brewer one Cow or Heifer of three years old
Fifthly, I give to my grandson John Lanier, the son of Nicholas Lanier, my son, a feather bed and holster and blanketts and ruggs all new and good and a small gunn well fixt, and I give to him two pewter Dishes and Bason and One Chest with lock and key and Six Spoons, One Iron pott and potthooks, and frying pan and a small pair of Stillyards and two Combs and a young Horse of three years old and three sheep.
Lastly, I give to my son Nicholas Lanier, all the land I now live upon, and all my land on the Otterdams to him and his heirs forever, and I give to my son Nicholas all my movables and immovables. I do make my son, Nicholas Lanier, my whole and sole Exor. of my Last Will and Testament . to see that it is perfomed As Witness my hand and seal this the 5th. of Jany, of 1717.
John Lanier, Sealed with red wax
William Peebles his marke X
Henry Peebles
Thomas Burrow his marke X
At a court held in Merchantshope for the County of Prince George on the second Tuesday in April being the fourteenth Day of the said month Anno. Do,. 1719.
*Source: Deeds etc. 1713-28, page 304, Prince George Co. VA.
John LANIER SR
John Lanier Sr. - known among the family as John the Emmigrant
John moved to Virginia, and his brother Robert to Barbados. All of Robert's sons later came to Virginia also. These two brothers are given credit for being the initial ancestors of nearly all the Laniers in America. Sometime before his emigration from England to America in 1656, he married Lucreece __?__ (last name unknown, but thought to be either Bassano or Lanier and also a descendant of the same line). John and Lucreece, along with infant son John, were transported to America in 1656 by Howell Pryce. They took up residence in Charles City Co., VA, assumably to raise tobacco.
*Source: (Colonial Abstracts, Vol II, p33). In one of the fragments of Charles City County Records (many records having been destroyed), it shows that John and Lucreece Lanier were transported by Howell Pryce, who received his patent in April 1657, for transporting 47 persons, for which he received 2350 acres of land. Sometimes it was several years before these patents were recorded, in some cases as much as 18 years, so the Laniers were in Virginia by 1656 at the latest.
No records have been found in London or East Greenwich of the marriage of John to Lucreece, or the birth of their oldest son, John, Jr., whose birth about 1655 is as yet unknown as to whether he was born in England or Virginia. With the loss of the Charles City County, Virginia records, no answer can ever be found there.
John and Lucreece Lanier were not the first Laniers in Virginia. Before 1638 Mark Lanier had been transported by Lieut. Francis Mason to Norfolk, Virginia. In May 1641, Marke Laneere, in testifying for Tristam Mason, deposed that he was 24 years old, making him born about 1617. The record of his baptism has not been found in or around London, but with the name of Mark, he could only be the grandson of John and Frances (Galliardello) Lanier, and the son of Mark Anthony Lanier living in Stepney, London before 1660. Mark Anthony Lanier died in Stepney 1660.
John and Lucreece Lanier lived in Charles City County, on the south side of the James River. Most of the records of the county have been lost, but a few fragments remain. The second mention of them is an inquest held in the Court of William Bird, to investigate the death of their infant daughter, Katherine, who was strangled in her bed "on a hot May day". The verdict was returned June 6, 1665.
The next record of John Lanier is in 1676, when he and John Woodlief were sent by the men of Charles City to see Governor Berkeley about getting some help in defense against Indian raids. The Governor refused their request for aid, and called them "fools and loggerheads". He also claimed, with some justice, that western Virginians killed both friendly and hostile Indians, precipitating the Indians to attack. As a result, a man named Nathaniel Bacon was asked by the colonists to lead a force against the Indians, which was successful. After doing so, he and his followers unsuccessfully urged the governor to make reforms in colonial policies. Governor Berkeley called Bacon a rebel, and Bacon and his followers (of which John Lanier was one) returned and burned Jamestown. Bacon's Rebellion, as this was known, led to the removal of the governor and to colonial reforms, although some historians dispute many of the charges against Berkeley.
With regards to the above-mentioned episodes, John Lanier, Sr. was then 45 years of age. From a manuscript in the Library of Congress, written by "T.M." (Thomas Matthews) 20 years after the Rebellion when he was at least 60 - 70 years old, he said that (during the rebellion) "he was too old (being about age 40-50) to camp out at Jordan's Point, and that was left to the young men". He also wrote that Nathaniel Bacon was not yet 30 and was in command of the group. This seems to show that there could have been two John Laniers involved in the Rebellion; an older one with sufficient dignity and authority to represent the people of Charles City to the Governor, and a younger one of 22 years (perhaps his son) who joined the fighting forces of Nathaniel Bacon.
*Source: "Lanier" by Louise Ingersoll
John Lanier and his wife Lucreece were transported to VA by Howell Pryce in 1656 (Colonial Abstracts, Vol. II, p33); they brought John (Jr.), their baby son. John and Lucreece, though their circumstances were reduced in the (English) Civil War and thereafter, were
accustomed to a royal environment. Surely, they anticipated a stylish English country experience in the New World-- hardly the primitive circumstances they encountered. They were ill-prepared for carving a successful entreprise from the Virginia frontier wilderness.
The couple settled in Charles City Co.,VA on the south side fo the James River, probably to raise tobacco. By the 1670s, times were tough for the planters on the frontier. They
no longer enjoyed happy relations with the Natives of the area. The market was down for tobacco; Sir William Berkeley, Governor of the British Colony, imposed heavy taxes on the colonists; he refused to allow elections; and now Indian attacks! John Lanier and his son John, Jr. participated in Bacon's Rebellion to protest the refusal of Berkeley to provide protection from the Powhatan Confederacy. The planters were not allowed to retaliate.
In April of 1676, men of the south side of the James River met at Jordan's Point (near present-day Hopewell in Prince George County). John Lanier and John Woodlief were
chosen to meet with the Governor in Jamestown. They asked Berkeley for permission to act against the Indian attacks. Berkeley called them "fools and loggerheads"! It is ironic to note that the very superior Berkeley took offense at having to deal with such shabby rabble as he
called the settlers. How far our Laniers had come! From royalty to rabble!
But the situation was far more serious. The two representatives returned to the James River camp and reported Berkeley's response. The group was comprised of men who had come to the colony with royal grants -- like John Lanier-- and former indentured servants.They were
joined by a wealthy planter Nathanial Bacon who lived on the opposite side of the river. Bacon took command and led attacks against the Pamunky tribe. And won! Bacon entered Jamestown as a hero; he was condemned by the Governor. Subsequently there was another war of sorts-- this time, the rebels against Berkeley-- the freeholders against the elite of the colony. Eventually a force of 500 Bacon followers, free men with servants and slaves added to their numbers, laid seige on Jamestown and burned it. Many of the rebels were hanged or imprisoned by Berkeley. British ships sent by Charles II arrived to settle the rebellion; at that point all the surviving rebels surrendered. It is not recorded how our John fared after the rebellion. His son survived, we know. You can visit Bacon's Castle, the mansion occupied by the Rebels; the house, built in 1655 by Arthur
Allen, still stands. You can see Bacon's Castle if you go to the Jamestown Rediscovery
site. *Source: Internet
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