Thomas & Priscilla Duck of Blackland, Calne
Thomas Duck, born ca. 1746, married Priscilla Strong, born ca. 1748, in Calne, Wiltshire, on 22nd April 1770. They are believed to have had the following children baptised in Calne:
Hannah
1 Jul 1770
Catherine
1 Sep 1771
Abel
28 Mar 1774
23 Jun 1776
Ann
20 May 1778
Priscilla
5 Nov 1780
born 7 Oct
Elizabeth
28 Aug 1783
born 25 Aug
Isaac
6 Nov 1785
born 3 Oct
Frances
23 Sep 1789
born 9 Sep
Ruth
19 Jul 1789
born 30 Jun
Priscilla died on 22nd August 1811 and was buried in Blackland, near Calne, on 25th August 1811.
Thomas died on 26th January 1829 and their headstone still stands in the churchyard of St Peter, Blackland.

To
The Memory of
PRISCILLA Wife of
THOMAS DUCK
Who died Aug 22nd 1811
Aged 63 years
My years were spent in lingering pain
But death tho awful gave me rest
I hope in joy to rise again
And share the blessings of the blest
Also THOMAS DUCK
Who died Jany 26th 1829
Aged 82 years
With patience to the last he did submit
And murmurd not at what the Lord thought fit
He with a Christian courage did resign
His soul to God at his appointed time
Of their children:
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Catherine died when she was about 16 and was buried in Calne.
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Abel married Susanna Strong in Avebury on 2nd May 1805 and lived at Pickwick, Corsham, Wiltshire. They are known to have had the following children baptised in Corsham:
Edward
6 Mar 1808
Isaac
9 Apr 1809
Elizabeth Ann
25 May 1815
Thomas James
23 Oct 1817
In 1841 Abel was a carpenter living in Pickwick, Corsham, with wife Susanna, son Thomas and nephew Matthias Duck. Thomas and Matthias were also carpenters.
Abel was buried in Corsham on 24th March. In his will of 1839 he left his house to his wife and then to pass to his son Edward, and his business to Isaac. He bequeathed five pounds each to his brother Cain Duck, his sister Ann Dew, and his niece Eliza Dew. The remainder of his estate was to be divided between Isaac, Elizabeth and Thomas. Susanna died the following year.
- Cain married Elizabeth Manners in 1811 and lived in Blackland, Calne.
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Ann married James Dew in Calne on 19th June 1796 and they had the following children baptised (all in Calne except for Elijah in Cherhill):
William
15 Jul 1798
born 29 June
Abel
14 Sep 1800
born 29 Aug
James
10 Apr 1803
Mary Ann
21 Apr 1805
born 7 Mar
Thomas
20 Aug 1807
Abel
5 Nov 1809
born 25 Sept
Caroline
20 Jun 1813
born 6 Mar 1812
Sylvia
20 Jun 1813
born 6 Mar 1812
Eliza
24 Feb 1815
Elijah
27 Nov 1818
born 25 Feb
In 1841 James and Ann were living in Cherhill.
Ann had died before the 1851 census and James was living in Calstone with his daughter, Sylvia, her second husband and her children.
- Priscilla was buried in Calne on 27th April 1806, aged 25.
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Isaac married Sarah Bailey in Kington St Michael on 11th March 1822 and they are known to have had the following children baptised in Calne:
Jane
13 Dec 1822
bapt. 26 Nov 1823
James
ca. 1824
bapt. 24 Dec 1828
William
ca. 1826
bapt. 24 Dec 1828
Jacob
1828
bapt. 24 Dec 1828
Esau
1828
bapt. 24 Dec 1828
The family lived in Blackland, just south of Calne, and Isaac was farming there in 1841 with his wife and all 5 children. Isaac died on 20th June 1847 and his headstone stands in Blackland churchyard. His wife Sarah died on 13th March 1863.
Sacred
To the memory of
ISAAC DUCK
Who died June 20th 1847
Aged 61 years
Also SARAH his wife
Who died March 13th 1863
Aged 75 years- James started his working life as a miller but later became a publican in Calne. He remained single and ended his life in Calne workhouse where he died in 1904.
- William became a farmer, married Elizabeth Rawlings with whom he had 8 children. They moved several times ending in Midhurst in Sussex where he died in 1900.
- Jacob was a miller, remained single and died in1903.
- Esau was a miller, initially in Calston and then for many years at Crab Mill in Lea, near Malmesbury. He married Sarah Anne Moore, had ten children and died in 1908.