Re: Elizabeth BRECKENRIDGE- b.1783 (DUNCAN)
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Elizabeth BRECKENRIDGE- b.1783 (DUNCAN)
1/18/00
Elizabeth Breckenridge, born February 1, 1783, married, October 20, 1803, in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Matthew Duncan, eldest child of James and Elizabeth (Strode) Duncan, who was born in Virginia September 24, 1778.The annals of Platte County, Missouri, state that on "November 11, 1826, a company of 93 emigrants arrived (in Clay County) from Bourbon County, Kentucky, led by Captain James Duncan and including Matthew Duncan his son, and others."Clay is one of the Missouri counties included in what is termed the Platte Purchase.Matthew Duncan died in Clay County January 27, 1844, his wife Elizabeth very shortly thereafter, June 10, 1844.