Hello,

Cindy Crigler, a distant cousin, posted the following on Duff Genforum.
 Cindy is a descendant of Daniel MARR and Susannah DUFF.  Susannah was
the widow of Berryman Jennings.  I am a descendant of Susannah's
brother, John DUFF, who married Mary WHEATLEY  7 Jan 1788 in Fauquier
Co., VA.  They moved to Old Rocky Hill, Barren Co., KY in the late
1790s.  Does anyone have any information on these folks?

This is from Some Prominent Virginia Families, Vol. 1-4 by Louise
Pecquet du Bellet, Lynchburg, VA: J. P. Bell Company, 1907.  It is
Volume IV, Chapter III on the Washington family [pages 46 - 68], and
then the section on the Duff family, Pages 69 - 72:

"In 1712 Robert Green and his uncle William Duff came to VA and settled
in King George Co.  Among his descendants was Judge William Green,
President of Court of Appeals, and a warm friend of Judge Daniel Smith.

"Each named a son after the other. Daniel Smith Green was a surgeon US
Army before the war.  Judge Daniel Smith named one son John William
Green Smith after Judge William Green.

"William Duff had a brother, James Duff, b. 1716. Married Mildred Tutt,
of Culpeper Co., VA, 1738. They had a son:

"I. John Duff, b. 1739. Married Sarah Nash, in 1760. They had issue:

"I. James Duff, b. April 15, 1761. Married Elizabeth Strother, b. July
20, 1773.

"II. Susannah Duff, b. Aug. 23, 1763. Married, first, Benjamin Jennings;
second, Daniel Moar [should be MARR], July 12, 1786. She was the
ancestor of John Oillard [sould be John Quincy MARR], who shed the first
blood of the war for secession.

"III. George Duff, b. 1765; d. 1886, unmarried.

"IV. John Duff, b. 1768, moved to KY.

"Ann Pendleton Slaughter((5)) (Robert((4)), Col. James((3)),
Robert((2)), Robert((1))). Married (in 1811) John Dabney Strother. They
had issue:

"I. Elizabeth Strother.  Married (in 1834) Enoch H. Hunter.

"II. Mary Strother.  Married (in 1837) Henry Glascock.

"III. Margaret Strother. Married William A. Slaughter, of Hodgensville,
KY, son of Robert Coleman Slaughter, of Hardin Co., KY, and his wife,
Nancy, daughter of Thomas Haynes.

"IV. Dr. Robert T. Strother.  Married Miss Whitney, daughter of Mrs.
Gen'l Edmond Pendleton Gaines by her first marriage.

"V. Sarah Strother. Married Frank Bealmear, of Nelson Co., KY

"VI. Maria Strother. Married William Howard, of Lee's Summit, Mo.,
previously of Jefferson Co., KY; one child, Anna Howard.

"VII. Dr. William D. Strother. Married Miss Julia Saunders, of Bullitt
Co., KY Issue:

"I. Mary Elizabeth Strother. Married Joseph Field.

"II. Dr. Joseph Saunders Strother. Married Miss Cowherd.

"III. Hon. John D. Strother, Lee's Summit, Mo.; attorney, and member of
MO Legislature.

"IV. George Beauregard Strother, attorney, Belter, MO

"V. Howard Strother, attorney, Belter, MO

"VI. Benjamin F. Strother, insurance agent, Kansas City, MO

I also found this information this evening at the Fort Worth Public
Library, but their copy of the book was on microfiche and they don't
have any method of making "hard" copies of the information.  The next
section is on the STROTHER family.

Is this information correct?  Is the John DUFF who went to KY the one
who married Mary WHEATLEY???

Thank you, and have a good evening.

Sharon Clark
Fort Worth, TX
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