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Esther Ethridge [widow] m. Jun 24, 1799 Adams Co. Miss. Terr. b. d. by 1820? ?Adams Co. Miss. Terr. |
John Nicholas b. Jun 18, 1800? ?Miss. Terr. d. after Jun 18, 1814 ?Miss. Terr. |
Stephen b. by 1804 ?Adams Co. Miss. Terr. d. after 1853 ?Adams Co. MS |
son b. after 1804 ?Adams Co. Miss. Terr. d. after 1820 ?Adams Co. MS |
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son b. after 1804 ?Adams Co. Miss. Terr. d. after 1820 ?Adams Co. MS |
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Frances Sophia Mather m. by 1809 ?LA b. 1784? d. Jul 19, 1831 |
Frances Sophia b. 1809 ?NC d. 1846? Red River Co. TX |
Hannah b. d. |
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Elizabeth b. 1815 d. |
Abner Lawson Hamilton b. 1815 d. |
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Abner was a son of Seth Duncan Sr. (1730-1793) and first wife Elizabeth
McCleary (1734-1780) who had children born between 1751 and 1775 in
Abbottstown, York Co. (now Adams Co.) PA. Seth's
will will, dated Sep 25, 1785, mentions
current wife Christiana, and children of age, James, Hannah married to John Nichleson,
Seth, and Matthew. Four Children mentioned not of age (born after 1763) were
William, Martha when 18, Abner Lawson, and John. The will was proved Mar 31, 1794
[rootsweb, website]. |
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In May 1782, "Thomas Ethridge,
wife & children" arrived via flatboat at Natchez with 4 "individuos" and
no "esclavos", that is no slaves [Natchez Court Records].
A total of
13 families
were recorded by Spanish authorities as arriving, and the record was signed by
Grand-Pré on Jul 6, 1782. |
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On May 16, 1782 Thomas Ethridge made a
deposition to
the Natchez District Commandant responding to questions regarding the arrival of
families on flatboats down the Mississippi River [Farrell Family History website]. |
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Map of
the Natchez District as it may have looked between 1779 and 1799. |
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According to a translation of the 1792 Spanish Census for the Natchez District,
there is no Ethridge household, but there is a "Jorge Aldrige" household
with 2 White members, and no Blacks, living on 361 arpents of land in the Second
& Sandy Creek area (Adams and Franklin Co. after 1802). There is also an
"Erange" household in Buffalo Creek which is in the part of Adams Co. that
became Wilkinson Co., with no land and one White person, possibly Thomas'
widow [Adams Co. Gen. Hist. Network]. |
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1895 Map
of Natchez from the Ancestral Trackers
website, shows the likely routes of the Second and Sandy Creeks in 1792. |
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On Jun 24 or Sep 16, 1799, Abner married Esther Ethridge, the widow of "David Eldridge" who
had a Spanish grant of 400 acres on Bayou Sara in 1797, "40 miles from Fort, b.
[bordered] by James Mather" the father of Abner's second wife.
The service was performed by William McGuire.
They may have had 5 children at least up until 1815 when Eliza was born.
Abner Lawson Duncan, who died in 1823 was a prominent Louisiana attorney,
businessman, politician and aide-de-camp to General Andrew Jackson during the
Battle of New Orleans. David Eldridge was the son of
Thomas Ethridge.
Abner and Esther sold the 400 acres on Bayou Sara on Mar 24, 1804 [McBee, p. 445]. |
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Bayou Sara no longer exists because the Mississippi River now runs through it.
In 1820 it was partly in Wilkinson Co. MS (formed in 1802 from a part of Adams Co.)
and a part of West Feliciana LA, south of the town of Natchez
(see present day map
for location of Wilkinson Co. and
present day map
for location of West Feliciana Parish. |
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Abner's second wife was the daughter of James Mather (1747-1821), who was born
in Northumberland England and died in St. James Parish LA. |
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In the 1792 Spanish Census for the Natchez District, there is a "Jaime Mather"
household with 2 White members, and no Blacks, living on 600 arpents of land in
the Bayou Pierre section that became part of Claiborne Co. MS. |
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In 1810, there were two Ethridge or Aldridge households in the Franklin Co. MS
1810 Census: "Godfree Etherage" (page 6): 1 male and 1 female over 21, 1 male under 21, and no slaves. In 1816 for the same county, on page 6, line 36, he had one more person, a female under 21. "Thomas Aldridge" in 1810 (page 4): 1 male over 21, 1 female over 21, 1 male under 21, and no slaves. In 1816 for the same county, on page 9, line 5, Thomas had 2 more males under 21. Sons Godfree and Thomas would have both been born by 1789. |
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On Jun 18, 1814, son John Nicholas "was bequeathed money for a liberal education"
to start when he reached aged 14, by Richard Butler of New Orleans, a friend
of Abner [Flowers, MS High Court Errors and Appeals 1799-1859, p. 262-265]. |
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In the 1820 Adams Co. MS Census, on
page 6,
(line 27), there was a household headed by "Stephen Duncan" aged 16-26,
with 2 other males aged 16-18 [?brothers and sons of Abner's first wife], with
many slaves [MDAH, 1820 Adams Co. Census]. In 1830, Stephen was probably
married since he headed a household in Adams Co. with 3 white males and three
white females, with only one taxable [MDAH, 1830 Adams Co. MS Census].
In 1853, the "S. Duncan" household had 2 white males and 1 white female
[MDAH, 1853 Adams Co. MS Census]. |
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Daughter Frances married Frederick Conrad (1795-1865). |
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Sources: Adams Co. Mississippi Genealogy & History Network, "1792 Census for Natchez District (under Spanish Government control)", 2009, 1792 Census. "George W. Humphreys Bible", Claiborne MS Bibles, photostat of original bible, recorded 1957 by May Wilson McBee, in Mississippi Genealogy Trails, website. Cumberland Compact, original document signed May 13, 1780, Washington County NC, website. Clayton, Prof. W.W., History of Davidson County Tennessee, reprod. 1971 by Charles Elder, Nashville TN. Dobson, Mary Ann (Duncan), "Duncan research files", genealogy bug, rootsweb website, rev. Nov 21, 2010. . Drake, Doug, Jack Masters and Bill Puryear, Founding of the Cumberland Settlements, The First Atlas, 1779-1804, Warioto Press, 2009, pp. 23, map E7. Lewis, J.D., "John Etheridge" in "The American Revolution in North Carolina", 2012, The privates,etc., website. McBee, May Wilson, comp., "Land Claims", in Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805, Book F, p.21. McBee, May Wilson, comp., Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805, Greenwood MS, 1953, v. 2, numerous ref. MS Dept. Archives & Hist. (MDAH), 1820 Adams Co. MS Census, website, microfilm. MDAH, 1830 Adams Co. MS Census, State Census Returns 1818-1880, website, microfilm. MDAH, 1853 Adams Co. MS Census, State Census Returns 1818-1880, website, microfilm. MDAH, Will Book Vol. 1, Adams Co. Courthouse, Natchez MS, microfilm, Apr 1816. MSGenWeb, Natchez District 1792 Census Index, comp. by Ellen Pack, Index, transcribed and translated from Spanish. National Archives, "Washington Papers", website, footnote 7, on General Orders 23 Oct 1778. Potter, Dorothy Williams, Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823, Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1982, p. 342. TNGenWeb, "Blount County, Tennessee", Rev. War Pensions, "John Etheridge", website. Tuller, Roberta, "1777 Petition of Holston Men", in An American Family History, website, Amazon Services, 2020. Univ. of NC, Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, "Roster of the Troops in the Continental Army", vol. 16, on website, 1st Reginment, pp. 1006, 1009, 1049, 1052. Wells, Carol, Natchez Postscripts 1781-1798, Heritage Books, pp. 101, 144-5, 151, |
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