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Mareen Duvall

1625–1694

Donald's 8th great-grandfather · Gaither line (Gertrude Joyce Gaither)

Life events

Born20 Jan 1625Nantes, Departement de la Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
Born1630Nantes, Departement de la Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
Married to Marie Parran (Mary) Bouth-DuVall1658Normandy, France
Married to Mary Parran1658Normandy, France
Married to Marie Parran (Mary) Bouth-DuVall1658Normandy, Normandie, France
Died05 Aug 1694Middle Plantation, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States

Dates and places as recorded in the family tree file.

How this person connects

  1. Mareen Duvall 1625–1694
  2. Capt. John Duvall 1660–1711
  3. Elizabeth Duvall 1687–1770
  4. John Gaither 1720–1751
  5. Benjamin Gaither 1744–1788
  6. Zachariah Gaither 1772–1843
  7. Elijah Gaither 1816–1863
  8. William Henry Jackson Gaither 1862–1932
  9. Gertrude Joyce Gaither 1895–1983
  10. Joyce Oleana Hartman 1927–1986
  11. Donald Eugene Norman 1947–2026

Family

Spouse: Mary Parran 1634–1694

Children:

Research notes

Robert's notes from the family tree. They summarise published and online sources and have not all been checked against original records.

Tree cleanup (May 2026): detached from fabricated noble French ancestry (the 'Count'/'Lord of Anjou' Duvall line). His documented origin is Nantes, France; pre-immigration parentage is unverified. Mareen Duvall (b.~1630) is the earliest confirmed ancestor on this line.
RESEARCH NOTE: Mareen Duvall, 'the Emigrant.' Born Marin Duval near Nantes, France, c.1625; a French Huguenot (Protestant) who fled religious persecution. Arrived in the Province of Maryland 28 Aug 1650, transported by Col. William Burgess as an indentured servant. Freed by 1659; patented his first tract 'Lavall' (1659/60) and the 600-acre Middle Plantation on the South River (1664), Anne Arundel Co. Prosperous planter and merchant holding several thousand acres. Ancestor of Harry Truman, Barack Obama, Warren Buffett, Justice Gabriel Duvall, Wallis Simpson and actor Robert Duvall. Died 1694. Sources: Wikipedia; J.D. Warfield, Founders of Anne Arundel & Howard Counties (1905); Society of Mareen Duvall Descendants.

Sources cited in the tree

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