Anthony Duane was an Irish

Ireland

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 immigrant to New York

Province of New York

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 who was the father of James Duane

James Duane

James Duane was an American lawyer, jurist, and Revolutionary leader from New York. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress, New York state senator, Mayor of New York, and a U.S...

, later a congressman

Continental Congress

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, Mayor

Mayor

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 of New York City

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, and U.S.

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 judge.

Anthony was born in County Galway

County Galway

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 in 1679 and joined the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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. He first came to New York in 1698 where he met and courted Eva, the daughter of local merchant Dick Benson. In 1702 Duane left the navy to marry Eva and settle in New York City where he pursued a mercantile career. Before her death in they had two sons: Abraham and Cornelius.

Duane prospered and bought land for investment, rental, and future development. When Eva died he remarried, this time to Altea Hettletas. The couple's only child was James

James Duane

James Duane was an American lawyer, jurist, and Revolutionary leader from New York. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress, New York state senator, Mayor of New York, and a U.S...

. When Altea died he married a third time, to a widow named Margaret Riken (or Rycken).