General Notes

BIOGRAPHY: Thomas Dunkin was of the Clan Robertson which had territoryaround Pitlochry, Scotland [Betty Sanford information].
Claimed to be of the Clan claiming name and descent as they yet do inScotland from good King Duncan--the true spelling of the patiozimic name,as John and Thomas Dunkin contended being Dunkin.
Thomas early in life emigrated to Ireland from Scotland, and thence toPennsylvania. Family legend says that the Duncans, Sharps, Laughlins,Porterfields, and others all came together to America from Belfast,Ireland. If so, they probably came at the urging of Thomas Sharp'sbrother-in-law, Thomas King, who came much earlier. This was the patternfor later generations. One or two families would go first, followed bythe rest of the clan over later generations. The Duncans arrived between1720 and 1740.
On March 1, 1763, the Orphans Court of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvaniadeclared: Ann Duncan,
infant over 14, dau. of Thomas Duncan late of Sadsbury Twp, chose JohnDuncan her brother to be
guardian; court appoints Andrew Moor of Sadsbury Twp to be guardian ofElizabeth Duncan and
Martha Duncan, minor children under 14 of Thomas Duncan late of Sadsburydecd. Appraisal of
land returned; it cannot be divided. [Mary Ann Dobson file--LancasterCo., Pennsylvania Orphans Court Record].