Mareen Duvall the Younger in Adulthood

Mareen Duvall the Younger must have been somewhat rebellious.  This is not surprising though since he had lost his parents at a young age and had been forced to live with his stepmother and her new husband during his teen years.  In Newman's Mareen Duvall of Middle Plantation we read:

"Mareen Duvall once aroused a woman's scorn in the form of Mistress Mary Eagle, the wife



of Robert Eagle, who had previously been the wife of James Orrick, then deceased, and whose son,


William Orrick, had already contracted bonds of matrimony with Mareen's sister Catherine. It was


declared that on July 12, 1701, at South River Mareen Duvall had made "false, scandalous, and


infamous libel" in writing against Mistress Eagle who had always conducted herself in a very


upright and virtuous manner. Some of the accusations are unprintable, but one was an "impudent


strumpet." Duvall secured Colonel William Dent, of Charles County, one of the outstanding


barristers of that day to defend him. The case was presented before the Judges of the Provincial


Court on April 27, 1703, but the accusations could not be proven and Robert Eagle and his wife not


only lost their case, but the court decreed that Mareen Duvall recover damages against them for an


unstated quantity of good, merchantable tobacco."

Mareen the Younger had inherited 300 acres in his father's estate.  In 1732 the Rev. Jacob Henderson deeded him a tract of land known as "Pleasant Grove" which comprised 1,632 acres.  Mareen the Younger began describing himself as "Mareen Duvall Sr. at the Great Marsh".

On 21 Oct 1701 at All Hallow Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland Mareen the Younger married Elizabeth Jacob, daughter of John Jacob Sr. and Anne Cheney (Cheyney).  It is believed that John Jacob Sr. emigrated from England to Anne Arundel County about 1665.  Elizabeth's mother Anne Cheney was born in Maryland about 1660, the daughter of Richard Cheney and Charity Wood, who were both born in England.

Mareen Duvall the Younger and Elizabeth had the following children:  Mareen, Susannah, Elizabeth, Samuel, Anne, Benjamin, John, Jacob, Mary, Lewis, and Gabriel.  The direct ancestor to Ellis Duvall is Jacob Duvall.
Mareen Duvall the Younger died on 09 June 1741at Pleasant Grove, Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George County, Maryland. His wife Elizabeth, who was born about 1683, died at Pleasant Grove in February 1752.  Both left wills devising real and personal property to their children.