The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia borders Maryland and Virginia. The first European settlers started arriving about 1730.
West Virginia is located in the Appalachians and was originally part of Virginia. The capital and largest city is Charleston. It became a state during the Civil War and was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863.
John Duke
Elizabeth Duke Blue (1747),
William Duke (1749, married Mary Ann Lemon),
Francis Duke (1751, married Sarah Shepherd),
John Duke, Jr. (1753),
Robert Duke (1755),
Mary Duke (1757, died in childhood),
Matthew Duke, (1758),
Margaret Duke (1760),
Mary Duke Foutz
James Duke (1765),
Jane Duke (1767, married Captain James Glenn).
The Dukes were early settlers in, what is now, the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.
William Duke was born on March 17, 1749. He was the son of John and Margaret Duke.
He married Mary Ann Lemon. She was born on January 7, 1756. She was the daughter of Nicholas and Christina Lemon.
Margaret Duke (1778, married Daniel Hendricks),
Francis Duke (1783, married Elizabeth Kendrick),
John Duke (1786, married Lucy Talbot),
Robert Duke (1788, married Anna Newton Moore)
Matthew Duke (1791)
Nancy Duke (1793, married Isaac Clyner).
William died in Berkeley County, Virginia in 1794.
