Duncan Oliphant, Man of Mystery

Have you traced your line back to Duncan Oliphant who arrived on Staten Island circa 1695? Here's a place to have fun by sharing and comparing your line with others.

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Permalink Reply by C on March 9, 2010 at 10:07pm

Hi, Kathy:

Please contact me at cpalm64@hotmail.com. I wanted to share with you (hopefully you are a blood relative of S.D. Oliphant) an original, hand-written journal that belonged to Lt. Col. Samuel Duncan Oliphant, 8th Pennsylvania Volunteers, in 1861-1862. Thank you.

Permalink Reply by ken middleton on March 17, 2010 at 4:56pm

Kathy, We need male Oliphant from this line to have their DNA tested to seei fthere is a connection before they came to America with the Duncan Oliphant line. ken

Permalink Reply by Kathy Duncan Cawley on March 17, 2010 at 7:40pm

I actually found a living descendent of S.D. through his brother Stephen Duncan Oliphant. I have been trying to reach him to give him the hand written journal that Chris Palm has so generously offered. I have a phone# which is valid but reached his answering machine.
If you would like to reach me directly, my e-mail address is nyfromca@aol.com
Thanks,
Kathy Duncan Cawley

Permalink Reply by ken middleton on March 17, 2010 at 4:50pm

Alex, There are descendents of this line in NJ. Samuel Duncan hasd ten sons and his ife died. He remarried Buleah Oliphant from Duncan Oliphant's line and she raised hi sons. ken

Permalink Reply by ken middleton on March 17, 2010 at 4:47pm

Richie, I have just published a book called "THE OLIPHANTS OF NEW JERSEY" Roddy will vouch for the quality of the research; he wrote the preface. Your James is my David's younger brother and I have a lot of info on James' line. Will be glad to share. The book is for sle at $27.95 plus shipping. ken middleton

Permalink Reply by Richie C. on March 19, 2010 at 11:34am

Ken,
I sent you a message asking if there's a website for your book. If so, I'll put it on the main group page.

I don't know much about my James Oliphant at all. Just that he was the baby. I have death dates for him and his wife in Virginia, but I think they must be wrong, because those dates make them both very old (in their 90s).

Permalink Reply by ken middleton on March 19, 2010 at 12:49pm

Richie, I do not have a website! Send me your regular e-mail and I will send you the chapters on Duncan and his family from one of my later drafts. I have info on James' line that I could put on this public forum, if you like. I have the children and sometimes grandchildren of James' four sons and their stories. James, for example, once got into a tussle with his wife Jane oer the musket, when they spotted a flock of wildturkeys feeding in their yard. During the tussle, the musket was broken and the birds escaped. They both complained about this for years and years. Kinda sounds like the Beverly Hillbillies' Granny and Jethro. ken

Permalink Reply by Eric Oliphnat on November 17, 2010 at 12:39pm

Ken:

Wondering if you book on the Oliphants of New Jersey shows any relation to the Oliphants of Sabine Co., TX. If so I would be interested in your book.

eboliphant@yahoo.com

Regards,
Eric Oliphant

Permalink Reply by Eric Oliphnat on August 23, 2010 at 11:38am

What do you all think of this? See any common errors from using Ancestory.com? I feel pretty sure upto Wilford Oliphant b. 1842 Sabine, TX as this matches what my father has shared with me...past that it relys on others family trees heavily...

Does anyone have good information form Duncan's lineage?

I'm pretty new to this so thanks in advance.

Eric Brandon Oliphant (Me)
b. 15 May 1972 Washington, D.C., USA
d. -

Willis F Oliphant
b.2 Jan 1935 MS
d. -
Resides Leake Co, MS, USA

Jefferson Davis Oliphant
b. 6 Oct. 1901
d. Oct 1978
Resided Leake Co, MS, USA

Willis Perry Oliphant
b. 1878 in Leake Co, MS, USA
d. ?
Married Emit T. Oliphant b. 1878
Resided Leake Co, MS, USA

Wilford Oliphant
b. Mar 1842 Sabine Co, TX, USA
d. 1918 Meridian, Lauderdale Co, MS, USA
Married Melvina Oliphant b. 1847 GA, USA
Resided MS/TX

Willford David Oliphant
b. 11 Nov 1801 SC, USA
d. 8 Sept 1853 Sabine Co, TX, USA
Married Martha Davenport b. 13 Nov 1805
Resided SC/TX

Robert Oliphant
b. 19 Feb 1771 Rowan Co, NC, USA
d. 17 Aug 1841 San Augustine, San Augustine Co, TX, USA
Married Abigail Davenport b. 1 Jul 1783 d. 12 Jul 1841

John Oliphant
b. 1740 Amwell, Huterdon Co, NJ, USA
d. 12 Feb 1783 Rowan Co, NC, USA
Married Elizabeth Allison b. 23 Jan 1746 Lancaster PA, USA d. 12 Feb 1783 Rowan Co, NC, USA

John Oliphant
b. 1715 Statten Island, Richmond Co, NY, USA
d. 1784 Rowan Co, NC
Married Jean b. 1719 Amwell, Huterdon Co, NJ, USA d. 1765 Rowan Co, NC, USA

Duncan Oliphant
b. 1682 Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
d. 7 Aug 1734 Amwell, Heterdon Co, NJ, USA

Permalink Reply by Eric Oliphnat on February 2, 2011 at 1:10pm

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It appears my early assumptions are incorrect, I can only trace back to Robert Oliphant 1771-1841, the earlier Johns and Duncan are not supported by DNA.