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- John was born in 1652 and was the son of Mareen Duvall. Harry Wright Newman wrote in Mareen Duvall of Middleton Plantation that John was born in France and and did not come to America at the same time as his family. He may have arrived in November, 1678.
Elizabeth and John's children included:
Elizabeth Duvall Warfield Gaither (1687, married Benjamin Warfield and John Gaither),
Sarah Duvall Farmer (1689, married Samuel Farmer),
Mary Duvall Gaither (1690, married Edward Gaither),
John Duvall (1693),
Mountmillion Duvall (1698, died as an infant),
Mareen Duvall (1698, died as an infant),
Comfort Duvall Griffith (1700, married William Griffith),
Lewis Duvall (1703, married Eleanor Farmer),
Rachel Duvall Waters (1705, married William Waters),
Samuel Duvall (1708), and
Alexander Duvall (1710).
John also had children with Hester Ijams. Hester was born in 1652 and was the daughter of William Ijams and Elizabeth Cheney.
John Ijams, (died young),
Anne Ijams,
and Elizabeth Ijams.
On November 16, 1694, John bought Duvall's Range which was 708 acres.
In 1696 John was an officer in the Anne Arundel militia.
On December 10, 1695, he bought Duvall's Delight which was 1,000 acres.
In 1698 John was a member of the grand jury.
On June 1, 1700 he bought What You Will which was 373 acres.
In 1702 he bought Lugg Ox which was a tract of 780 acres in the forks of the Patuxent River. It became their daughter, Elizabeth's dowry.
Before 1705 they donated land for the Church of St. Barnabas.
When her father died in 1705, she received one shilling. Her daughter, Mary, inherited a cow and calf.
In 1705, with his wife's permission, he gave his mistress 233 acres called Burgess Choice.
On July 22, 1707 he bought Honest Man's Lot which was 110 acres.
In 1708 he was an advisor to the council regarding Richard Clark's treason.
In October, 1710, he petitioned the Grand Jury about excessive fees being levied by the court.
John died on April 19, 1711 when he was 59 years old.
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