Following was written by researcher John Duck:648

The first wife of Josiah Sr. is believed to have been Rebeckah Bland. Attached is a page from the Black Creek Baptist Church of Southampton Co, Virginia. [The page may be viewed by clicking the camera icon on Rebeckah’s web page.]  You will notice the name "Rebeckah Bland now D???" on the left hand side.  Though she is not the only Rebeckah, she is the only one who has it spelled exactly that way.  When the records mention the births of her two children, it is spelled exactly this way.  Also, she is listed next to Elizabeth Luter.  On the previous page is listed Josiah Duck and John Luter.  Josiah and John Luter were friends in that church and often got into trouble together.  John Luter was married to Elizabeth.  John and Elizabeth Luter had a son John born 22 May 1774 and there is a marriage record for John Luter and Alice Duck dated 25 Nov 1793.  Lastly, Josiah Duck and Rebeckah Duck were excommunicated on 26 Feb 1790, Rebeckah for excessive drinking.  The attached page shows "Excomd" to left of her name.  John and Elizabeth Luter's nine children are listed on another page as being born 1767 through 1786.  Later pages show the birth of Betty Duck to Josiah and Rebeckah on 27 Jul 1786 and the birth of Jonathan Duck to Josiah and Rebeckah 5 Dec 1789.  All circumstantial evidence, to be sure, but enough for me until something better comes along.
John”

A family history web site devoted to Josiah W. Duck Sr. exists.645

For a history of Isle of Wight County, VA, see the rootsweb page in this subject.646

Josiah Duck witnessed the will of Jesse Lankford of Newport Parish, Isle of Wight Co VA. Josiah also provided security, suggesting a familial relationship. The will was dated 2 Jan 1790, recorded 7 Feb 1791.647

There were, in fact, several connections between Josiah Duck and Lankfords:

1790 — Witnessed the will of Jesse Lankford.
1791 — Provided 3,000 pounds surety for the recording of the will of Jesse Lankford.
1792 — Married Sarah House (Spinster) - Surety, George Lankford

CENSUS RECORDS, PULASKI COUNTY KENTUCKY

1810
p. 21 Josiah Duck Males: 1 0-10; 3 10-16; 1 45-
Females: 1 0-10; 1 16-26; 1 26-45

1820
p. 58 James Duck Males: 3 0-10; 1 16-26 Females: 2 0-10; 1 16-26

p. 59 Josiah Duck Males: 1 16-26
Females: 1 0-10; 1 16-26

p. 65 Josiah Duck, Sr. Males: 1 45-
Females: 1 16-26; 3 45-

1830
p. 9 Joseph W. Duck Males: 2 0-5; 1 20-30 {probably this was Josiah Duck Jr.)
Females: 2 0-5; 1 5-10; 1 20-30; 1 50-60

p. 44 Josiah Duck Males: 1 70-80 (this is Josiah Sr., b 1750-1760)
Females: 1 50-60

1840
p. 328 Josiah W. Duck Males: 1 0-5; 2 10-15; 1 30-40 (this is Josiah Jr., b 1800-1810)
Females: 1 0-5; 2 5-10; 1 10-15; 1 40-50; 2 70-80

Kentucky Land Grants633

Grantee: Josiah Duck
Number of Acres: 200
Survey Date: 27 Oct 1807
County: Pulaski
Watercourse: White Oak Cr
Book Number: 22

Grantee: Josiah W Duck
Number of Acres: 200
Survey Date: 13 Sep 1826
County: Pulaski
Watercourse: White Oak Cr
Book Number: T

Grantee: Josiah W Duck
Number of Acres: 50
Survey Date: 24 Sep 1830
County: Pulask
Watercourse: White Oak Cr
Book Number: E-2

Grantee: Josiah W Duck
Number of Acres: 40
Survey Date: 19 Dec 1834
County: Pulaski
Watercourse: White Oak Cr
Book Number: K-2

Grantee: Josiah W Duck
Number of Acres: 50
Survey Date: 20 Dec 1834
County: Pulaski
Watercourse: White Oak Cr
Book Number: K-2

Grantee: Josiah W Duck
Number of Acres: 32
Survey Date: 7 Jun 1842
County: Pulaski
Watercourse: White Oak Cr
Book Number: 24

It is not known with certainty which of the foregoing land grants were to Josiah Duck Sr. and which to Josiah Duck Jr. Likely the 1807 grant was to Josiah Sr. since Josiah Jr. would only have been 6 years old. The grants from 1826 on were likely to Josiah Jr., who was mattied in 1817. Josiah Sr. was 66 at the time of the 1826 grant and had died before the 1842 grant.

The following abbreviated history of Isle of Wight Co VA is taken from Wikipedia:

During the 17th century, shortly after establishment of the settlement at Jamestown in 1607, English settlers explored and began settling the areas adjacent to Hampton Roads. Captain John Smith in 1608 crossed the James River and obtained fourteen bushels of corn from the Native American inhabitants, the Warrosquyoackes or Warraskoyaks. They were a tribe of the Powhatan Confederacy, who had three towns in the area of modern Smithfield. The Warraskoyaks were driven off from their villages in 1622 and 1627, as part of the reprisals for the Great Massacre of 1622.

The first English plantations along the south shore within present-day Isle of Wight were established by Puritan colonists, beginning with that of Christopher Lawne in May 1618. Several members of the Puritan Bennett family also came to settle the area, including Richard Bennett who led the Puritans to neighboring Nansemond in 1635, and later became governor of the Virginia Colony.

By 1634, the Colony consisted of eight shires or counties with a total population of approximately 5,000 inhabitants. One of these was Warrosquyoake Shire, renamed Isle of Wight County in 1637, after the island off the south coast of England of the same name. The name was probably changed because the Isle of Wight had been the home of some of the principal colonists, although the Native American name also went through multiple Anglicisations, eventually becoming "Warwicke Squeake".

In 1732 a considerable portion of the northwestern part of the original shire was added to Brunswick County; and in 1748 the entire county of Southampton was carved out of it.