"Ancestrees"

John DUVALL ^{3 4 5}

  General Notes:

John purchased the following properties in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland over his lifetime: "Duvall's Range" of 708 acres on Nov 16, 1694; "Duvall's Delight" of 1000 acres on Dec 10, 1695 ; "What You Will" of 373 acres on Jun 1, 1700; "Luggox" of 780 acres in 1702; and "Honest Man's Lot" of 110 acres on July 22, 1707. After his death, his son John appears to have inherited or sold "Duvall's Delight" of 3,108 acres on Apr 10, 1715. He was what you would call "A Man of Property".

Harry Wright Newman conjectures in "Mareen Duvall of Middleton Plantation" that John was born in France and was separated from his father as and infant. If his theory is correct, he is the John who arrived in Maryland from France in November of 1678. This would account for why he was not in the military service like his brother, Mareen "the elder" when there was an Indian uprising shortly before he arrived. It is clear from Mareen's will that John is his oldest son. Mareen "the elder" was simply the oldest of 2 sons that Mareen named after himself by two different wives.

John was the most distinguished of his father's sons. He was an officer in the military of Anne Arundel Co., Maryland in 1696. He was listed as a member of the Grand Jury in 1698. He was an advisor to the council regarding Richard Clark's treason in 1708. In Oct. of 1710, he petitioned the Grand Jury about excessive fees being levied by the court that could not be sustained by debtors either in the form of a tax or for their court fees.

When he married, his father in law gave he and his wife the gift of property called "Wilson's Grove". He added to this property over time and also owned "Duvall's Range, Duvall's Delight, What You Will, Out Quarter, Lugg Ox, and Honest Man's Lott" totaling thousands of acres.

He donated land for the earliest Parish church called the Church of St. Barnabas before the year 1705.

He had 12 children by his wife, but also had a love affair over multiple years with Hester Ijams, a sister of his brother's wife. They had three children together, John (who died young), Anne and Elizabeth. In 1705, with his wife's permission, he gave his "mistress" 233 acres called "Burgess Choice" for her support and the support of his children by her and any others she might have in the future.


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John married Elizabeth JONES, daughter of Justice William JONES and Elizabeth UNKNOWN, on 8/17/1685 in , Anne Arundel, MD.^{1 2}