John DUCKHAM

1772 - 1844  (72 years)

• Name	John DUCKHAM
  Birth	23 Jul 1772	Taunton, Somerset, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	77FF9AD560844E0ABD9EC39ACCB76535F652
  Death	27 Dec 1844	Falmouth, Cornwall, England
  Burial	1 Jan 1845	Falmouth, Cornwall, England
  Person ID	I864	Boxers
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	John DUCKHAM,   b. Abt 1744, Tiverton, Devon, England d. 13 May 1821, Falmouth, Cornwall, England (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Mary SUTTON,   b. Abt 1748, Tiverton, Devon, England d. Jul 1819 (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	3 Nov 1768
  Family ID	F341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah FRASER,   b. 1779, Bridgwater, Somerset, England d. 9 Aug 1851, Falmouth, Cornwall, England (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	28 Mar 1802	St Mary Magdalen, Taunton, Somerset
  Children	1. Elizabeth DUCKHAM,   b. 24 Oct 1802, Falmouth, Cornwall, England d. Dec 1802, Falmouth, Cornwall, England (Age 0 years)   2. Charlotte Selina DUCKHAM,   b. 14 Dec 1803, Falmouth, Cornwall, England d. 1st Qtr 1891, Tiverton, Devon, England (Age 87 years)   3. Frances Emma DUCKHAM,   b. 6 Mar 1805, Falmouth, Cornwall, England d. 7 Jan 1859, Constantine, Cornwall, England (Age 53 years)   4. John DUCKHAM,   b. 25 May 1806, Falmouth, Cornwall, England d. Yes, date unknown   5. Frederic Bennett DUCKHAM,   b. 18 Dec 1807, Falmouth, Cornwall, England d. Nov 1829, London, Surrey, England (Age 21 years)   6. Alfred Benjamin DUCKHAM,   b. 22 Oct 1809, Falmouth, Cornwall, England d. 1894, Falmouth, Cornwall, England (Age 84 years)   7. Sarah Fraser DUCKHAM,   b. 2 Jun 1811, Falmouth, Cornwall, England d. 2nd Qtr 1859, Falmouth, Cornwall, England (Age 47 years)   8. Elizabeth DUCKHAM,   b. Abt 1815, Falmouth, Cornwall, England d. 1 Dec 1851, Falmouth, Cornwall, England (Age 36 years)   9. James Fraser DUCKHAM,   b. Abt 1822, Falmouth, Cornwall, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2006

  
  

• Notes

  John Duckham was a schoolmaster teaching navigation. By John Silk Buckingham: " I was accordingly sent to the only academy then existing in Falmouth, kept by Mr. Duckham, a native of Taunton in Somersetshire, to learn navigation - at least so much of its preliminary theory as should make the practical part of acquisition afloat. I was overjoyed, and never entered on any task before or since with greater zest and alacrity. I looked upon " Hamilton Moore's Navigator" as the greatest treasure I had ever possessed, and encased its leather covers with an envelope of cartridge paper, that no blot or stain should defile it. This school occupied an elevated situation on the slope of the hill overlooking the town of Falmouth, and commanded a complete view of the harbour, Carrick roads, the castles of St Mawes and Pendennis, guarding the entrance, with the Black Rock and its pole in the centre. Sometimes as many as ten frigates and several smaller vessels of war would be in the outer roads at once, with a crowded fleet of merchant ships wind-bound, and waiting for a change, to sail under convoy to the East or West Indies, North or South America, or the Mediterranean."