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173 said John Keen having died intestate leaving above
named grantors his lawful heirs. (35, G. W. R. 35, p. 574). Issue: (498-504) Louisa, James, Esther, Anna
Holmes, Ellen, Sarah and John H. 224. Robert Dungan, 96, son of Jonathan and Mary (Holme)
Dungan, b. 1772, d. Sept. 1, 1857, aged 85 years. m. 1796, Deborah Stevens, b.
1782, d. December 3, 1860, aged 78 yr. (From Bible of their son James Howard
Dungan): Deborah Stevens was probably a granddaughter of
Benjamin and Deborah (Dungan) Stevens, whose sons Thomas and Isaac were in
Western Pennsylvania. (See will of John Dungan, of Washington County, Pa.).
She was but 14 years of age when she married, and she advised that other young
girls of this age should not follow her example; not that her married life was
unhappy, but she recognized having missed a period in her life which all young
girls should enjoy before settling down to the responsibilities of married
life. Robert Dungan went to western Pennsylvania in 1794, with the military
force sent to quell the whiskey insurrection. According to Col. Warren Scott
Dungan, he was accompanied by a brother, either Thomas or Jonathan. He was a
resident of Second Moon Township, Beaver County, Pa., in 1802. (285 Vol. 2, p.
1217). He was a brother of Benjamin Dungan, who married Anna Miller, as was
testified to in a letter written by Benjamin's grandson, Rev. George W.
Dungan, late of Narberth, Pa. (Folker MS.) Issue: (505-514) Hon. Thomas, Deborah, Wilson,
Sarah, George Washington, Joseph, Jane, Mary, John G. and James Howard, and
several others who died young. 225. Thomas Dungan, 96, son of Jonathan and Mary (Holme)
Dungan, b. circa 1776, d. Nov. 6, 1841. m. Oct. 21, 1799, (300 of Oct. 30)
Mary Miller, d. May 6, 1803, (297) daughter of Henry and Mary (
? ) Miller. (32 R. D. D.
Vol. 12, p. 271). Oct. 9, 1840, Henry Miller Dungan, of Morgan
County, Va., and Elizabeth B. his wife; George Crowther, of Columbiana County,
Ohio, and Elizabeth his wife, formerly Elizabeth Dungan, conveyed a property
to Michael F. Clark, of Philadelphia. The deed recites that Elizabeth Morris
conveyed the property to Henry Miller, of Philadelphia, Printer, and that said
Henry died intestate in 1793, leaving a widow Mary (who died in 1798) and an
only child a daughter Mary, and that said Mary afterwards intermarried with
Thomas Dungan and died about 1804, leaving 3 children: Henry Miller Dungan,
Elizabeth Dungan (now Elizabeth Crowther) and Mary Ann Dungan, who died in her
minority single; said Thomas Dungan departed this life Nov. 6, 1841, (32 R. D.
D. 12, p. 271). He was the first of the Dungans whose name appears in the
Philadelphia Directory. Issue (515-517) Henry Miller, Elizabeth and Mary
Ann. 226. Benjamin Dungan, 96, son of Jonathan and Mary
(Holme) Dungan, b. July 21, 1778, d. August 21,1823. m. 1. Dec. 23, 1804 (290)
Dorothea Wentzel, b. Sept. 23, 1787, d. Jan. 21, 1805, aged 17 years and 4
mos. (290). No issue. m. 2. Feb. 17, 1806, (290) Anna Miller, b. Sept. 20,
1786, d. Dec. 16, 1865, aged 72 yrs., at 1812 N. Front St., Philadelphia,
daughter of Sebastian and Susanna (?) Miller,
of Cheltenham, Philadelphia County, Pa. Issue: (518-529) Mary, Benjamin, Jonathan, Robert,
Thomas, William, Susannah, Charles, Willie Ann, Daniel M., George Washington
and Rebecca. 227. Susan Dungan, 96, daughter of Jonathan and
Mary (Holme) Dungan, b. circa 1773. m.Thomas Van Court, b. Nov. 19, 1771, son
of Daniel and Jane (Austin) Van Court. Elias de la Cour, the pioneer emigrant, was a French Huguenot who came to America from the Isle of Guernsey and settled in Hunterdon County, N. J., among the Dutch, and took the name of Van Court, the Dutch equivalent of the French de la Cour. Les gens de la Cour, from which the name was derived were Courtiers. Elias de la Cour or Van Court, married a Van Syckel by whom he had seven children, one of whom, Moses Van Court, married Mary Quick, daughter of Francis Quick, of Amwell Township.
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