Jesse Thomas Duke

Brief Life History of Jesse Thomas

Jesse Thomas Duke was born on 7 November 1770, in Kershaw, South Carolina, United States as the son of Robert Moses Duke and Priscilla Ann "Nancy" Crenshaw. He married Mary Suzannah Crenshaw in 1790, in Kershaw, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in District 487, DeKalb, Georgia, United States in 1840. He died in August 1849, in DeKalb, Georgia, United States, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Thomas Duke
1770–1849
Mary Suzannah Crenshaw
1772–1815
Marriage: 1790
John Monroe Duke
1791–1868
Robert Green Duke
1793–1878
Stephen H Duke
1795–1837
Littleberry Robert Duke
1798–1869
Edward S Duke
1800–1862
Tamsey Mary Duke
1802–1862
Seaborn J Duke
1804–1860
Crenshaw Duke
1807–1860
Hiram Duke
1809–1837
Jesse M Duke
1811–1890
Jason Duke
1813–

Sources (11)

  • Jesse Duke, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Jesse Dukes, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  • Public Member Trees

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · Battle of Sullivan's Island

On June 28, 1776, the Battle of Sullivan's Island takes place on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. Since it is so close to Charelston, the battle is sometimes referred to as the First Siege of Charleston. This is the first time that the Americans had a victory against a land and sea attack by the British.

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English duk(ke), duck, doke, dook ‘duck’ (Old English dūce), either from a perceived resemblance (perhaps a waddling gait) or from association with wild fowling. Compare Duck , Drake .

English: from the Middle English personal name Duk or Duke. In northern England this is usually a pet form of Marmaduke. It may alternatively be a survival of one or more Old English personal names, though it is uncertain whether they were still current in the period of surname formation. Old English Ducc(a) is attested in placenames like Duxford (Cambridgeshire) and Duckington (Cheshire), and was perhaps interchangeable with Docc, attested in Doxey (Staffordshire) and Doxford (Northumberland). Duke could also represent Old English Deowuc (as in Deuxhill, Shropshire). A surname from Marmaduke is on record until at least 1881 and derives from the personal name Marmaduke, apparently an Anglo-Norman French pronunciation of Old Irish Maolmaedóc ‘devotee of Maedóc’; see Duckett .

Americanized form of Polish Duk: nickname from dukać ‘to stammer or falter’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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