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Richard Duckett (b. circa 1831 - d. 1864)
MSA SC 5496-015913
Property owner, Prince George's County, Maryland,

Biography:

Richard Duckett was born circa 1831 in Maryland to Thomas Duckett and Catherine Elizabeth Worthington Goldsborough. This Richard Duckett is descended from the Judge Allen Bowie Duckett line of the Duckett Family. Richard was raised by his great uncle, Dr. Richard Duckett, after the death of his father Thomas in 1849. The Duckett family lived at Melford, in present day Bowie, MD, which Richard would inherit from his uncle Dr. Duckett upon his death in May of 1854. Richard Duckett married Elizabeth Margaret Waring, daughter of Col. John H. Waring, on June 2, 1856 in Prince George's County. The Ducketts had one child, a daughter named Katherine Croswell Duckett (Kate).

Richard Duckett died in 1864. After the death of Richard Duckett, his wife Elizabeth moved to Nottingham, Prince George's County, MD, with her family. Daniel Clarke acted as administrator for Richard Duckett after his death, and freed his 36 slaves at the end of the Civil War. On February 17, 1869, Daniel Clarke, the trustee of the estate of the late Richard Duckett, sold Melford to Richard Hardisty (or Hardesty) for $10,812.50.

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