Duncan, Richard

  • DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY ARTICLE: J. K. Johnson, “DUNCAN, RICHARD,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–. https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/duncan_richard_5E.html
  • DCB profile notes:
    • Army officer, merchant, judge, and office holder; b. in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, son of John Duncan and Maria March; m. October 1784 Mary Wright in Montreal, Que., and they had one son and one daughter; d. February 1819 near Schenectady, N.Y.
    • Though his family remained in Schenectady throughout the revolution Duncan was an active loyalist. In June 1776 he assisted Adjutant General Allan Maclean’s escape to Canada and the following year he joined John Burgoyne’s army at Saratoga (Schuylerville, N.Y.).
    • After the surrender on 17 October, Duncan travelled to the province of Quebec where he was commissioned captain in the first battalion of Sir John Johnson’s King’s Royal Regiment of New York. At the conclusion of the war he went on half pay and settled at Rapid du Plat (Mariatown, Ont.). For his services he and his family received large quantities of land, to which he added more by purchase.
  • United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=2440
  • Find a GRAVE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/275372551/richard-duncan