Jacob Duvall

Jacob Duvall, the 3rd Great Grandfather of Ellis Duvall, was born to Mareen Duvall the Younger and Elizabeth Jacob Duvall in Queen Anne's Parish, Prince Georges County, Maryland on 19 April 1715.  http://files, usgwarchives.org/md/princegeorge.  At some point he moved to Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and we find him in the 1790 census.  He died there 07 March 1796.

He married probably Mary Miles about 1740.  Some researchers believe he was married to Mary Bourne.  If Miss Bourne was his wife, her parents were probably Thomas Bourne & Elizabeth Sinnett. Jacob Duvall & John Miles Duvall both had sons named Sinnett which mitigates toward there being a Sinnett in the family. Need more research on this. But, John Miles Duvall may have been named after his mother, Mary Miles. Also, Mary Bourne was born before 1702, and Jacob Duvall was born 1715, so highly unlikely they would have married.


We do know that Jacob inherited 300 acres of Pleasant Grove from his father which he sold when he moved to St. Mary's County in 1743.  We also have record of  an assessment for 260 acres in Anne Arundel County known as Huntington Hundred.  We know of at least three children born to Jacob Duvall and his wife Mary; all were probably born in Anne Arundel County (but possibly St. Mary's County), Maryland:  John Miles Duvall, the 2nd Great Grandfather of Ellis Duvall, was born about 1745; Sinnett Duvall was born about 1747; and Priscilla Duvall was born 09 November 1755.  Jacob Duvall is believed to have died 07 March 1796 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

It is not known how Jacob Duvall's property was disposed at his death.  He died after his son John Miles, so it would not have been him who inherited.  By the time of Jacob Duvall's death John Miles' wife and family had migrated to Kentucky, and John Miles Duvall's wife had remarried.