James Duggan of Polk County

James P. Duggan (1807-aft. 1880) (“Jas3-1807”)(FS-ID GS68-NYV)1

James W. Duggan (1828-aft 1891) (“Jas4-1828”)(FS-ID G9VK-792)
Tennessee Duggan (1854-1928)) (“Ten4-1854-Duggan)(FS-ID L2WW-CPR)
Henry Wilson Duggan (1866-1938) (“Hen4-1866”)(FS-ID G9VV-1P4)

By: Karen C. Caton, copyright 2023

James P. Duggan (born around 1807, died after 1880 [Jas3-1807]) was the second son of John Duggan
(born around 1770, died around 1829 [John2], who was the son of Hugh Duggan, the immigrant (born
around 1740, died after 1792 [Hugh1] and his wife, Margaret Wilson).2 This article will take a closer look
at Jas3-1807 and distinguish him from James W. Duggan (born around 1828, died after 1891 [Jas4-1828]),
as the families are often confused.
Jas3-1807 and wife Laura McKenzie last appeared on the census in 1880, in Polk Co. (Dist. 7, HH 126).

Their daughter Tennessee was still at home, age 26, along with their oldest son John Calvary Duggan.3
Nancy, Allie, and Henry were also all still at home, all teenagers. The 7-year-old grand-daughter, Lettie,
was probably the daughter of their oldest daughter, Susan Caroline, recently widowed and living next
door to them in 1880.4

1
FS-ID refers to the identification number of an individual on FamilySearch.org.
2
Abbreviated names for the Duggan men reflect first name, and generation (beginning with Hugh1 as the first
generation), with an approximate year of birth appended to distinguish those in the third generation or later,
when cousins share first names. Hugh1 ordered a survey on his land claim in far northern Sevier co., in 1792. A
notice in the Knoxville Gazette on 11 Oct. 1794 referred to a tract of land on the East Fork of Little Pigeon, a branch
of the French Broad, occupied by a certain Widow Duggan (all of the daughters in law were then living).
3
The son John is listed with his new bride, first wife Eliza Brock. Her parents, Silas and Phoebe Parris Brock, are on
same census page, in HH 123. Also on that page is the family of Conrad Farner, HH 120, whose granddaughter
Emeline later married John C. as his second wife.
4
Lettie has not been definitively placed, but it appears that their oldest daughter Caroline, living next door, was a
recent widow with one older daughter and twin babies to deal with. She may have sent Lettie next door to stay with
her grandparents. She stated on the 1900 census that she had given birth to 7 children. Lettie could be one of them.
In 1870 the family of Jas3-1807 was in the same location, enumerated in HH 24. Susan was still at home,
and the listing of Eliza A. in 1870 and ‘Allie’ in 1880 suggests a full name of Eliza Allie Duggan for her –
perhaps being called by a middle name to distinguish her from her new sister-in-law in 1880.

The 1860 census record for Jas3-1807 was also in Polk Co. (Dist. 7, HH 831). The oldest daughter was then
called Caroline, suggesting her full name as Susan Caroline Duggan, and the child after John was called
Ellen in 1860, suggesting Nancy Ellen Duggan as her full name.

Jas3-1807 married Laura in 1852, at about age 45. Their age difference helps
to confirm that the same family is described in these three census records,
despite variances in the children’s names. There is no evidence of an earlier
marriage for him,5 nor other children. The census records offer a good
summary of the family group of Jas3-1807, as set forth to the right.
Jas3-1807 and Laura both died between 1880 and 1900, when their
daughter Tennessee was listed as the head of household in in Polk Co. [Civ.
Dist. 07, HH 60], still next door to her sister Susan Caroline.

5
In 1830 he and several of his siblings lived next to one another in Monroe Co. The female in his home was likely
his sister Margaret, who married Alfred Rhodes by 1834, when the final settlement was signed on John2’s estate.
There was another James Duggan in Polk Co. in 1880. Because there appears to be some connection
between them, and because they are sometimes confused (and their daughters Nancy are often confused)
it is helpful to identify this ‘other’ James, so that the two can be distinguished.
A James Duggan was listed on the 1891 Polk County voter role as age 57 – suggesting a year of birth
around 1834, 6 so he certainly was not Jas3-1807. This was probably James W. Duggan, b. 24 Feb 1828
(Jas4-1828). He was the son of John Duggan b. around 1791 [John3-1791], son of John2’s older brother
Hugh2) who married Jemima Martin. Jas4-1828 was among the children of John3-1791 listed in a family
bible record that has been preserved.7
Jas4-1828 was living in Polk Co. in 1880, and likely was still living
there in 1891. His history, and his family, can be traced through
census records. It is helpful to first take note of the relevant
geography for the area.
- Blount Co. is NE of Monroe Co.
- Graham Co. NC is due east of Monroe Co.
- Monroe, Polk and Bradley Cos. form the SE corner of TN
- Cherokee Co., NC is the western-most point of NC
- Cherokee Co. is south of Monroe Co., east of Polk Co.
- Cherokee Co. is north of Union and Fannin Cos., GA
- Polk Co. TN is north of Murray and Fannin Cos., GA
- Polk and Bradley Cos., TN are north of Murray Co., GA.
Jas4-1828 spent his life within this area. He was born in Blount Co., TN,8 and he married Matilda Brannan
in Monroe Co. in 1849,9 where they lived with a newborn daughter Nancy on the 1850 census, between
his mother, Jemima (widowed with several of the younger children still at home) and his older sister
Malinda Jane, who had married Samuel Miller, on the other side.

6
Tennessee, Enumeration of Male Voters, 1891, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN; available
on Ancestry.com, [database on-line], Provo, UT 2012.
7
http://www.tngenweb.org/monroe/Bible/duggan,john/duggan,john.htm. A copy of relevant pages is attached as
Appendix-1 (Jas4-1828 is the first entry on page 2).
8
See the 1860 census entry, below.
9
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.
Jas4-1828 moved across the state line into Cherokee, NC soon after Margaret’s birth in 1860, where he
was listed on the 1860 census, living between Larkin Brannon, Matilda’s father, and Edward Brannon, her
brother. By then they had four children: Nancy, John, Angelina and Margaret. The county of birth for each
person is a helpful benefit of this record (“Blunt” Co. being Blount Co., TN).

.
Matilda died, and Jas4-1828 married a widow, Delilah “Leila” Rogers Morrow, in Monroe Co. on 28 Jun
1869.10 They are on the 1870 census in Monroe Co., TN. All of the children appear to be from his first
marriage, although birth years are inconsistent -- Margaret was probably born around 1860 and Martha
Matilda (then called “Mattie”) was likely born around 1863, based on earlier and later census records.

10
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm. She
had previously married Wm M. Morrow (his second marriage) in 1852 and had four children with him by 1860.
Their blended family appears on the 1860 Fannin Co., GA Census. They were in Murphy, Cherokee Co., NC when he
died 15 Oct 1863, brutally murdered by Rebels at Morrow Gap. The story is that he was beaten to death in front of
his wife and daughters, and his body was thrown off the mountain’s edge. Her children were apparently grown by
the time she married Jas4-1828. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9587537
 By 1880, Leila had also died, for James was a widower on the 1880 Polk Co. Census (Dist. 7, HH 188). His
age of 52 is consistent with the 1828 year of birth from the family Bible record. Youngest daughter (then
called “Tilda”) was at home, with oldest daughter Nancy (her age was probably 30, not 25). Also with
them are Nancy’s children from her first marriage/relationship (she is marked as ‘single’ on the census).

It isn’t clear who gave the census taker information in 1880, but
clearly there were errors. His parents were not born in Virginia.
Nancy was probably 30. Martha Matilda (previously referred to
as Mattie and Tilda) was “Telico” here. James was listed as 52
years old, although other census records had him older and
younger (1828, consistent with the 1880 census and the bible
record, was used to assign his coded name).

Despite inconsistencies, the younger James in Polk Co. in 1880

was probably Jas4-1828, and the series of census records
attributed to his family are appropriate, for several reasons.

• First, the variance in names for the children is not unusual.

People can be listed with a first name in one census, a middle
name in another – even a nickname in a third.

• Second, there are no competing census records that would

account for Jas4-1828 and his family.

• Third, he married Matilda, and she was with him in 1850 and
1860—surrounded by her family in 1860. He then married
Leila Morrow, and she was with him in 1870 – with his
children. Although he had moved to Polk Co. in 1880, his
older children (those out of the house by 1880) were also
near him in Polk Co.
o John Duggan (Dist. 7, HH 170), 23, lived with his wife,
Katie. This was John Trotter Duggan and Lucinda
Catherine Hood.
o Margaret Duggan (Dist. 7, HH 178) was 19, and lived
nearby with the family of a neighbor, Pendleton Jones, as
a domestic servant.11

11
Margaret would later marry into the Runnion family in 1882 and remain in Polk Co. A marriage record has not
been located, but the 1900 census reports they had been married 18 years.
 o Margaret and her younger sister married Runion brothers. The younger sister, Martha Matilda,
married at 18, license issued in Cherokee Co., NC, where parental information was included:

It appears clear that the two “James” Duggans in Polk Co. in 1880 were Jas3-1807 and his first cousin,
once removed, Jas4-1828.

Hugh1-1740 + Margaret Wilson

Hugh2-1764 m. Sarah L John2-1770 + ____
John3-1790 m. Jemima Martin Jas3-1807 m. Laura McKenzie
Jas4-1828 m. Matilda Brannan Tennessee4 1854
Nancy Ann Duggan Caroline Susan 1850 m. Bassell
John Trotter Duggan 1851 m. Hood John Calvery 1856 m. Brock/Farner
Angelina Duggan 1856 Nancy Ellen Duggan
Margaret Duggan 1860m. Runnions Eliza Allie 1862 m. Farner
Martha Matilda 1862 m. Runnions

Having distinguished the two families (the significance of which will be apparent later), it is easier to
examine the children of James P., son of John2.

1. Caroline Susan Duggan Bazzel (1850-1908)

Jas3-1807 was listed as a single man on the 1850 census. He officially married Laura McKenzie in Monroe
Co., TN on 1 Nov 1852. The 1860 census listed the first four children of Jas3-1807 and “Laury” Duggan --
Caroline, Tennessee, John and Ellen. Caroline Susan Duggan was 10 on the 1860 census, and 21 on the
1870 census. It is unclear whether she was a child of Jas3-1807, born before the formal marriage, thus
whether she was a Duggan descendant. Her descendants are encouraged to join the Project, to help us
look for common segments that might show Duggan ancestry.
Caroline married Asberry Bazzel (Bazzell, Bassel, Basil) around 1870, for their first child Armintia “Mintie”
Bazzel was born the next year. In 1880 she was living next door to Jas3-1807, listed as widow on the Polk
Co. census, under the name Caroline Basil, with Mintie, 8, and twins Florence and Boone with her (age 1).
Lettie, 7, lived next door with her grandparents, and was likely Caroline’s second child, for her sister
Tennessee would later report giving birth to only one child (a son), and John and her other siblings were
all too young to have been Lettie’s parent. Caroline later reported having given birth to seven children –
and census records reflect only six, which also supports Lettie being her second child.

The death certificate for Armintia Duggan Worthey (1871-1951) shows her mother as Caroline Duggan
and her father as Asburry Baswell.

Although Caroline reported that she was a widow in 1880, she would give birth to three more children
who used the same last name, and who considered Asbury Bazzel their father. Another instrument of
interest is the delayed birth certificate for the youngest, Lousinda Jane “Janie” Bazzel, who would later
marry Roscoe C. Plumley. Her delayed birth certificate lists her father as Asbury Bazzel and her mother
as Caroline Smith. This was attested to by her, and her oldest sister, Armintia (Duggan) Worthy, who was
78 years of age in 1949 when this affidavit was executed. This suggests that Caroline’s father may not
have been a Duggan, but it leaves a mystery as to whether Asbury Bassel was indeed fathering children
after 1880 (and thus was alive), which would suggest that Caroline wasn’t really a widow in 1880.
Currently there are few John2 descendants in the Duggan DNA Project, but those enrolled are not showing
matching DNA segment with descendants of Caroline.12
2. Tennessee Duggan (1854-1928)
The 1880 census record for Jas3-1807 includes his daughter Tennessee, 26, still living at home with her
parents in that census. Tennessee Duggan never married, but she had a son, Newton Josiah Duggan, born
14 Apr 1881. Newt was 19 on the Polk Co. 1900 Census (Dist. 7, HH 60), living with his mother Tennessee,
then 46, as head of household. His uncle Henry Wilson Duggan was 35, a widower. Caroline was still next
door with her family in 1900, and John C. was nearby with his second wife and their family (HH 77).13 We
know Newt was Tennessee’s son, and likely her only child. The 1900 the census asked women the number
of children born to them, and still living. She answered 1 and 1. Newt’s father was said to have been born
in North Carolina.

12
We would be looking for Duggan and McKenzie matches. Perhaps when more of those kits are in the project, we
can do a more complete review of the question as to Caroline’s paternity.
13
There was also a William Doogan, age 22 living nearby (Dist. 7, HH 351). Although he has not been found on the
1900 census, one possibility is that he was a son of Henry W. Duggan. Perhaps his mother died, giving birth to him
around 1888. He may have been living with maternal grandparents or a maternal aunt in 1900, and his last name
may have been obscured. This theory is based on two things. First, his descendants have shown up as matches to
other Duggans in the Project. Also, in 1910 he lived next door to Rachel Bryant and her first two children Ethel and
Claud. Ethel was known to have been born from an earlier relationship, and family tradition was that Claude was
Henry’s child. The DNA evidence confirmed what the family already knew—Claude was a Duggan. Henry and
Rachel married later and had two more children. The descendants of Wm Duggan and Arminda “Minnie” Thomas
(who later married Fry and Harkins) are encouraged to participate in the Project to clarify William’s connection as
well. Descendants of his daughters Lillian Yvonne Duggan Dockery and Vinia R. Duggan Hudgins could help to
definitively place this William Duggan.
By 1910, Newt had a new wife and baby. He was listed as 31, head of household, with his wife Ella and
daughter Mozelle. Still in the home were his mother Tennessee, then 53, and his uncle Henry, 45 (Dist.7,
HH 338). John C. and Caroline’s children were also still neighbors (Caroline had died in 1908). Notably, in
this census, Newt’s dad was said to have been born in TN, but it may be that Tennessee wasn’t the one
answering the questions this time.

In 1920, Newt was listed as 39 years of age. His family had grown. Henry was finally out of the house, but
Newt’s mother was still there, listed as age 67. The family probably was still in the home of Jas3-1807.
Newt’s place of birth was shown as NC, and his father’s is GA. Clearly there are inconsistencies.

By 1930, Newt, 51, was a widower, perhaps losing Ella when his son Andy was born. Tennessee had died.

By 1940 Newt would have another wife and several small children to add to his family.
When Newt died, his son-in-law Frank Brock was the informant. The death certificate states that his father
was “Jimmy Duggan.” While it is possible this was a mistaken reference to Jas3-1807, his grandfather, that
James died when Newt was still young. The only other James or Jim Duggan in Polk Co. around the time
of Newt’s birth was Jas4-1828, mentioned above as the ‘other’ or ‘younger’ James in Polk Co. at the time.
When Newt came along he was a widower for the second time, and lived near his second cousin,
Tennessee Duggan, then about 27 years old.

Hugh1-1740 + Margaret Wilson

Hugh2-1764 m. Sarah L John2-1770 + ____
John3-1790 m. Jemima Martin Jas3-1807 m. Laura McKenzie
Jas4-1828 m. Matilda Brannan Tennessee4 1854
Newton Josiah Duggan, b 1881

If Jas4-1828 was the “Jimmy” Duggan noted on Nate’s death certificate, then Nate’s descendants would
have two Duggan lines. We encourage them to join the Project to test this theory.
 3. John Calvery Duggan (1856-1918)

The oldest son of Jas3-1807 is much easier to track. He first married Eliza
Brock14 and they had two children, Josie (1882-1930, m. her cousin, Edward
Brock), and Emma Stacey (1884-1972, m. John Washington Bryson).
Elizabeth died, and John married another neighbor’s granddaughter,
Emmaline Farner. They had eight children together, and lived out their lives
in Polk Co., neighboring Caroline and Tennessee. These descendants have
excellent matches to other Duggan lines.

4. Nancy Ellen Duggan (1858- )

The next child of Jas3-1807 was Nancy Ellen Duggan. She was listed as Ellen
in the 1860 census, and as Nancy thereafter. She was living with her parents
through 1880, when she was reported as 19 (she was probably 21). We find
no record of her after that census. She is not the Nancy Duggan who married
Daniel Cross and died in 1901.

Many online trees confuse Nancy4-1858 (dau of Jas3-1807) with the oldest
child of Jas4-1828—Nancy, born around 1850, who married Daniel Marion
Cross (Nancy5-1850). She reportedly first married Jesse Duggan (not yet
placed, but a likely relative). She was the daughter of Jas4-1828, because
she was living with him in 1880 and had three of her “Duggan” children with
her—the fourth was born in 1881. She later married Daniel M. Cross on 15
Apr 1888. 15 In 1900 she and Daniel Cross were probably living in the home of Jas4-1828, who had died by
then, because she is surrounded by the same neighbors as in the 1880 census record. Two of her children
from her first relationship – listed on the 1880 census with Jas4-1828—appear with the Cross family in
1900,16 making it clear that Nancy Duggan Cross was the daughter of Jas4-1828.

There is no further record of Nancy Ellen Duggan, who likely died without issue.

14
Ellen was the daughter of Silas Brock (1822-1896) and Phoebe “Fereby” Parris (1825-1900), who lived near the
Duggans in Polk Co.
15
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.
16
The last three children are mislabeled in the census, for they are the children of Nancy and Daniel Cross.
 5. Eliza Allie Duggan (1862-1912)

Eliza Allie Duggan was the youngest daughter of Jas3-1807. She married
a neighbor, Christopher Farner, in 1883 in Polk Co. where they lived out
their lives and had six children together. They lived in Dist. 7, not too far
from her siblings, but surrounded by other Farners. Her descendants
have excellent DNA matches to other Duggan lines.

6. Henry Wilson Duggan (1866-1838)

Henry Wilson Duggan was the youngest child of Jas3-1807, and like his
older sisters, sorting out his family requires a little sleuthing. He was in
the home of his parents in 1870 and 1880. Although no first marriage
record has been found, he was back at the homestead living with his
sister Tennessee (and her son Newt) in 1900, where he is listed as a
widower at age 35. Although we do not know who his first wife may
have been, it is possible that she died in childbirth, for there is a William
I. Duggan who is unplaced, and who seems to have had close
geographical ties to this family.

A review of Henry Wilson Duggan must also include a review of his second wife, Rachel Bryant. It is helpful
first to take a closer look at the Polk Co., TN border with Cherokee Co, NC to understand the movements.

The outlined area is Polk Co., TN. In the far eastern part of the county are the towns of Farner, Turtletown,
and Ducktown. These are the communities where the Duggans lived. Just across the state line was the
township of Shoal Creek, and the community of Hothouse.
To offer perspective, the state line
border between Shoal Creek Township in
NC, (outlined on the left) and
Farner/Turtletown in TN is only five miles
long. There were no state highways at
the time, and people seemed to move
back and forth across the state line as if
it had no real significance. Given the
proximity, it is easy to see why people
from ‘different’ states were interacting
as if they were neighbors – because they
were neighbors.

Mary Bryant (1852-1928) was the daughter of John Bryant and Debby Davenport, who married in 1846 in
Union Co., GA. In 1860 they lived in
Fannin Co., GA, just south of
Cherokee Co., NC. Debby’s parents
were reportedly the first settlers in
Union Co., GA, and a historical
marker touts them as such, noting
that they built a 40-foot log cabin
that survived in its perch up on the
mountain for over one hundred
years. By 1870 Debby and John
Bryant were in Hothouse, Cherokee
Co., NC (HH20). In their home at
that time was a 16-year old
daughter Mary. In 1880, they were
still in Hothouse. Mary was listed as 22 (she was likely closer to 26; the age of unmarried daughters was
often shaved). Also in the home in 1880 were two grand-daughters, Rachel (5) and Sarah (4) (HH40).

These girls were likely daughters of Mary, for Rachel’s death certificate named Mary Bryan as her
mother.17

17
Rachel’s death certificate states that her mother was Mary Bryant and her father was William Prince. Tennessee
Death Records, 1908-1958. Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives.
In late 1889, Mary Bryant of Hothouse, NC married Thomas Luther Newman. He had previously married
her younger sister, Lodicia (“Dicey”) on 20 Nov 1880,18 and she had died in 1887, probably just after the
birth of her son Thomas. A license for the second marriage was issued in Cherokee Co., NC for Thomas,
30, and Mary, 32, and the instrument named her parents.

18
North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. NC State Archives, Raleigh, NC.
 By 1900, Mary and
Thomas had added
two children to
those he had with
Dicey. Their home
was then in Fannin
Co., GA, south of
Polk Co., TN.

Mary’s oldest daughter Rachel was not listed in the Newman household on the 1900 census (she would
have been about 25), and she has not
been located on that census. She was
listed on the 1910 census with her first
two children, Ethel (7) and Claude (4).
Next door to her was William Doogan,19
22, who had recently married to Arminda
“Minnie” Thomas and who is believed to
have been the son of Henry Wilson
Duggan (still living with his sister
Tennessee and her son Newt at HH 338).

Rachel Bryant and Henry Wilson Duggan married, just after the census was taken, on 29 June 1910.20

19
William would not live a long life. Born around 1888, he died between 1915, when the last of his two daughters
with Minnie was born (Lillian m. Dockery and Beavers, and Vinia m. Hudgins). Minnie remarried Bob Fry by 1920.
20
Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.
They are listed together on the 1920 Polk Co. census (HH119), with two more children, Clyde and Bert.

All of the children had assumed the Duggan surname. By 1930, the Polk Co. Census (HH130) showed
them still living in the area, with Clyde and Bert still at home. Henry stated that his age at his first
marriage was 25, placing his first marriage at around 1890. That first wife would die and Henry would
move home to live with his sister for an extended term. Rachel, then 50, stated that she first married at

age 20, so thirty years earlier - around 1900. Ethel was born in 1902 and Claude in 1905, both before she
married Henry. Did she have a first marriage? (Her name was still Bryant, and she was shown as single
on the 1910 census).

“Claude” – son of Rachel Bryant Duggan – was Claude Charles Duggan. His descendants have participated
in the Duggan DNA Project, and the results show conclusively that Claude was a Duggan descendant. Two
daughters of Claude, born later in his life, are living at the time of this report, and have tested. The
autosomal DNA tests showed strong matching DNA ties with descendants of the Duggan, McKenzie,
Prince and Bryant lines, all consistent with the placement of Claude as a son of Henry and Rachel.

Additional confirmation was obtained through a Y-Haplogroup confirmation. Claude’s sons are
deceased, but one has a living son who submitted a Y-Test. The results showed that this male-
line grandson had the same Y-Line (I-M223/I-Y7273) as the other Duggan male lines who have
tested. The results are set out on Appendix-2.
The strong DNA matches that Claude’s descendants shared with those of Rachel’s “Newman”
half-siblings,21 and with the more remote Bryant, Davenport, and Prince lines, all confirmed her
placement as the daughter of Mary Bryant/Bryan of Cherokee Co., NC.

There is still some mystery around William I. Duggan. He was born around 1888. Henry indicated
that he was born about 1890, but it is possible that he too was Henry’s child. Henry was a
widower by 1900, it is quite possible that his first wife died following childbirth. William has not
been found on the 1900 census, but he could have been living with his mother’s family, perhaps
his surname being lost on that census. If they raised him, but he maintained a relationship with
his father, it would explain the coincidence that he and Rachel were living in houses next to each
other in 1910—just before Rachel and Henry married. We have found DNA matches between
descendants of Rachel and Henry, and the only descendant of William I. Duggan identified to
date, but more extensive review (involving more of William’s descendants) is needed to evaluate
the theory fully. Initial match data is shown on Appendix-3.

21
Notably, Rachel also shared DNA with the children of Thomas Newman’s first marriage, because their mother
was Rachel’s aunt Dicey.
 APPENDIX-1

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 APPENDIX-2

Generations Basic Y-DNA Advanced

FtDNA Name Ancestor (Line from Hugh1) Match Date
From Hugh1 Haplogroup Test
428332 Tim Dugan
8 Frank2, GeoWm3-1810 m. Nancy Coe
Y-37 I-M223
Timothy Duggan
7 9/11/2015
Y-37 I-M223
Robt2, Wils3-1803 m. Eliz Keeler
Carlton H Duggan
Unk I-M223 3/28/2017
Y-67
Allen Bush 7
Stephen (Allen's son) 8
Robt2, Robt3 m. Cassandra Dunn I-M223
Douglas (Allen's son) 8 I-Y7273
Y-DNA at 23andME
919525 Charles Duggan 7 John2, Jas3-1807 m. Laura McKenzie I-M223 I-Y7273 1/26/2020
Big-Y
Gary Duggan 9
Hugh2, John3-1790 m. Jemima Martin 1/10/2016
Y-37 I-M223
896987 Richard W. Duggan 7
Dan2, Abs3-1811
Y-37 I-M223 I-Y7273 3/24/2019
283763 Edward Brooks Burke 8
Wm2, Hugh3-1790 I-M223 9/11/2015
Y-DNA12

Donald Duggan n/a John Dougan born circa 1785 Dromore,

Y-37 Down, Ireland I-M223 4/19/2019
 Appendix-3

William I Duggan b. around 1888, died before 1920. He Married Arminda “Minnie” Thomas, and
they had two daughters:

• Lillian Yvonne Duggan (Dockery, Beavers) (1913-2002)

• Arvina “Vinia” Duggan (Hudgins) (1915-1990)

The descendants of Henry Wilson Duggan and Rachel Bryant have (to date) identified only one
descendant of William I Duggan with a DNA kit online for matching.

JENNIFER BALZAR
Jennifer’s line from William I Duggan runs like this:
William I Duggan 1888
Lillian Yvonne m. Dockery/Beavers Arvina m. Hudgins
Priscilla m. Balzer
Jennifer Balzer Dubois

She shares 39 cM with Diana and 64 cM with Vickie – both daughters of Claude Duggan b. 1905. If Henry
was the father of both William 1888 and Claude 1905, then they were half-brothers. Diana and Vickie
would have been ‘half’ first cousins with Lillian, and half first cousins twice removed from Jennifer.
Blaine T. Bettinger’s research shows the shared DNA Range for this relationship between 37 and 360 cM.
That would place them within range, albeit on the lower end.

Shared matches confirm that the Duggan line is what connects these families, for the shared matches
include (all from John2’s line or related McKenzie lines):

• Desc. of Eliza4-Farner: Devaughn Jones, Betty Cunningham65, Winford Farner, Kristina Lincoln,
queenpenn20,
• Desc. of JohnC4-Brock: Jewell Bryson, Roger White, K.T. (shenee4856)
• Desc of Chesley McKenzie: Bree King, Frieda86, Melinda Workman