A brother, George Archibald Lundie, went with a missionary band to Samoa, hoping that the climate might restore his failing health, but died in less than three years.
There were two other brothers, Cornelius, engineer and railway manager of a branch in South Wales, and Robert, minister of the Presbyterian Church, Fairfield, Liverpool.
[1] Born in the old manse by the River Tweed, located by the Abbey, she spent her early years in Kelso.
During her time in London, she attended meetings of religious societies, hearing from some of the great philanthropists of the era such as William Wilberforce, Henry Brougham and Charles Buxton.
[1][4] As a minister’s wife, Duncan carried out parochial work such as visiting the poor and teaching classes to young girls.
[5] The American Tract Society published an abridged version in 1851[6] which caused some discussion as it omitted Duncan’s views on the abolition of slavery and infant baptism.