Display Patriot - P-272248 - Mrs Elizabeth DUNCAN/PORTER
Mrs Elizabeth DUNCAN/PORTER
SAR Patriot #:
P-272248
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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: abt 1750 Death: bef 11 Apr 1845 Kansas City / Jackson / MO
Qualifying Service Description:
Captured, along with her family, by the British in June 1780 and taken to Quebec. Held prisoner of war until the end of the war.
Additional References:
McHenry, Chris, Rebel Prisoners at Quebec, 1778-1783: Being a List of American Prisoners Held by the British During the Revolutionary War, Indiana.Lawrenceburg: self-published, 1981, pg 54
Spouse: Samuel Porter Children: Margaret/Peggy; John; Tabitha; James; Samuel;
Elizabeth Dunkin was born in 1750 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the fifth child of Robert Reid and Elizabeth (Alexander) Dunkin.
She married Samuel Porter [SAR Patriot: P-340779] in 1775, a Patriot on the roster of the First Virginia Militia under Captain William Russell.
Samuel, his wife Elizabeth, and their children, along with other close families and friends, migrated and settled on the Licking River near Martins Station, Kentucky, in 1779. On June 26, 1780, the residents of Martin's Station, a remote frontier settlement, became the target of a significant attack led by British forces and allied Native American warriors during the Revolutionary War, resulting in the settlers—including women and children—being captured and forced to endure a grueling 600-mile march to Canada, highlighting the harrowing challenges faced by early American pioneers.
Elizabeth, now expecting a child, Samuel, and their two young children were part of about 400 people forced to march to Fort Detroit and arrived there on 4 August 1780. Elizabeth gave birth to a son while in captivity, a month later. They were then moved to Fort Montreal, underscoring the sacrifices of ordinary people during the Revolution, who often found themselves at the mercy of larger geopolitical struggles. These prisoners were all held in Canada until peace was made at the end of the Revolutionary War, and afterwards returned to their homes in Virginia.
In 1834, as a widow of nearly 85 years, Elizabeth migrated across the wild, unbroken country via ox-drawn cart to Jackson County, Missouri, with her son, Methodist Minister James Porter, and his immediate family.
Elizabeth died on 11 April 1845 in Jackson County, Missouri, in her 95th year of life. She was buried in the Porter family's burial grounds at the Troost Avenue Methodist Church and subsequently reinterred with her family at Union Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
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