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Descendants of James Douglas
Generation No. 1
1. JAMES2 DOUGLAS (UNKNOWN1)1,2 was born Abt. 1710, and died Bef. 17703,4. He married MARGARET ELLIOT5,6 October 28, 1731 in York, Maine7,8. She was born Abt. 1712, and died November 30, 1794 in Topsham, Maine or York, Maine9.
Notes for JAMES DOUGLAS:
French and Indian War roll muster
'Hush thee !, hush thee !, little pet thee, do not fret thee, the Black Do uglas shall not get thee' was a rhyme sung by worried mothers to comfort c hildren in the days of Scottish raids. It refers to a friend of Robert t he Bruce called Jamie 'the Black Douglas' (1286-1330), who was much fear ed in England. Douglases have long been associated with the border count ry and the name originates from Douglas in Lanarkshire. The name derives f rom Dubh Glas, meaning 'black stream' and as well as being the origin of t he surname has also given rise to Douglas, the Christian name. Willi am de Duglas is the first known member of the family and lived in the twel fth century. Other Douglases include William Douglas 'The Hardy', fath er of the Black Douglas and Governor of Berwick in 1296 when the town fe ll to the English. At the Battle of Otterburn on the 19 August 1388 the fa mous rivalry between the Douglases and the Percy family of Northumberla nd reached a dramatic climax. James Earl Douglas invaded England with an a rmy of 4000 soldiers and burned Northumberland and Durham as far as Brance peth. At Newcastle Douglas taunted Harry Hotspur Percy who was safely prot ected behind the defended town walls. Later Hotspur attacked Douglas and h is army at their camp at Otterburn and the battle commenced. James Dougl as was killed in the battle but only after he had correctly predicted a Sc ottish victory - 'I hae dream'd a dreary dream, beyond the Isle of Sky e, I saw a dead man win a fight, I think that man was I'
Notes for MARGARET ELLIOT:
Ancestry of Margaret Elliot is unknown. Researched the family of Willi am Elliott of Beverly, Massachusetts and Wells, Maine with no success. T he names of William, Andrew and Francis appear in that family.
Margaret probably was sister of Jennat/Jane Elliott, wife of Joshua Gray, progenitor of the Gray family of Hancock Co., Maine. The Gray's fir st two children were born in Brunswick and later they settled in Wells, Ma ine. The only Gray name used by James and Margaret Douglas was "John ", a name which may be a clue to Margaret and Jennat's father.
Eliott the surname is thought to derive from an Anglo-Saxon forename Elewa ld which means 'the elf ruler', although the name could also be a diminuti ve of the name Elias. After the Norman conquest the name occurs as a foren ame in the form Heliot. Earliest records of the surname include a Willi am Elyot mentioned in the Assize Rolls for Somorset in 1257 and a Willi am Eliot mentioned in the Subsidy Rolls for Sussex in 1327. It is thoug ht that these south country Eliots have a surname which derived from Eli as and that the Elliott families of the north were descended from an Elewa ld who lived in Cumberland in the year 1279. Until the fifteenth century t he Elliott surname of the Anglo-Scottish border still occasionally occur ed in the form Elwald or Elwold. Spellings were inconsistent and other for ms including Elwuad, Elwat, Elwood, Eluat, Eluott, Elioat and Elwand are r ecorded. Even today there are at least seventy derivatives of the surna me including four different spellings of the basic name which are Eliot, E liott, Eliot and Elliott. The last spelling is said to be frowned up on by the Scottish border Eliotts where according to an old rhyme 'The dou ble L and single T descend from Minto and Wolflee, the double T and sing le L mark the old race in Stobs that dwell, The single L and single T t he Eliots of St Germains be, but double T and double L, who they are nobo dy can tell.
Children of JAMES DOUGLAS and MARGARET ELLIOT are:
i. MARY3 DOUGLAS, b. September 10, 1732.
2. ii. JAMES DOUGLAS, b. October 08, 1733, Ft. George/Topsham, Maine.
iii. MARGARET DOUGLAS, b. June 23, 1734.
iv. SARAH DOUGLAS, b. January 11, 1735/36.
3. v. ROBERT DOUGLAS, b. August 14, 1737, Ft. George/Topsham, Maine; d. probably Damariscotta, Maine.
4. vi. ANDREW DOUGLAS, b. Abt. 1742.
5. vii. FRANCIS DOUGLAS, b. June 19, 1743, Topsham, Maine.
6. viii. WILLIAM DOUGLAS, b. Abt. 1750, Ft. George/Topsham, Maine; d. Abt. 1820, Sebec, Penobscot Co., Maine.
7. ix. JOHN DOUGLAS, b. Abt. 1760, Topsham, Maine.
Generation No. 2
2. JAMES3 DOUGLAS (JAMES2, UNKNOWN1)10,11 was born October 08, 1733 in Ft. George/Topsham, Maine. He married MARY (SNOW)12.
Notes for JAMES DOUGLAS:
Census 1800 Sedgwick, ME
2 males under 10 years
1 male bet. 16-24 years (Andrew born 1778 or 1781)
4 females under 10 years
1 female bet. 10-16 years
1 female bet. 26-45 years
Possibly born after 1755 according to the census and probably widow ed by or before 1810, again according to the 1810 census. James was a bla cksmith by trade. See history of the Douglas family by Fred Boyle.
November 2, 1782 he conveyed place No. 1, 100 acres at head of Majabigwadu ce River, Hancock Co., Deed 3:105 to Joshua Grindle. Deed is signed by wi fe, Mary and witnessed by Joshua Snow and Uriah Graffam.
June 8, 1792 he conveyed to Reuben Grindle, land in Sedgwick he was livi ng on for the past four years. Deed 1:471. Also owned lots 1-113 and 1-1 14.
Later joined his brother, John, in move to Penobscot.
There was a James Douglas of Castine, Maine, a blacksmith, born 1758, di ed Castine 12 July 1841, aged 80 (gravestone). He married Lydia Avery, da ughter of Solomon and Lydia Avery before 1786. There are a number of Hanc ock Co. deeds for this couple. See history of the Douglas family by Fr ed Boyle.
Notes for MARY (SNOW):
There is no record of the maiden name of Mary, but she may have been conne cted to the Snow family. Joshua Snow lived next door to James Douglas. M ary apparently named a son, Joshua S. and another son of hers named his so n, Joshua. Joshua Snow was a resident of Sedgwick 17 years as of 1785. ( Bangor Historical Magazine, 7:158)
November 2, 1782, Mary signed Deed 3:105 of James Douglas conveying la nd to Joshua Grindle. This deed was witnessed by Joshua Snow and Uriah Gr affam.
Children of JAMES DOUGLAS and MARY (SNOW) are:
i. JAMES4 DOUGLAS13, b. February 18, 1774, Sedgwick, Hancock Co., Maine; m. DOLLY KENCH, April 30, 1794, Sebec, Penobscot Co., Maine; b. June 30, 1776.
Notes for JAMES DOUGLAS:
Vital records give irrefutable evidence that this family moved from Albi on to Sebec. James was a settler of Freetown (Albion) by 1800, coming the re in 1799. James had an execution made against his property on Twenty-fi ve Mile Pond, originally conveyed to Joshua S. Douglas, deceased 28 Janua ry 1804.
ii. JOSHUA S. DOUGLAS, b. March 29, 1775, Sedgwick, Hancock Co., Maine.
Notes for JOSHUA S. DOUGLAS:
Possibly the namesake of Joshua Snow, who was a next-door neighbor and pro bably close family friend and possibly Joshua's grandfather.
iii. ROBERT DOUGLAS, b. January 18, 1777, Sedgwick, Hancock Co., Maine.
Notes for ROBERT DOUGLAS:
Endorsed for "service" at Brunswick on 4 August 1755. Served as a sentin el under Captain Samuel Moody on 18 November 1764.
iv. ANDREW DOUGLAS, b. October 04, 1778, Sedgwick, Hancock Co., Maine; d. June 22, 1865, Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co., Ohio; m. EUNICE DOUGLAS14,15, March 26, 1803, Springfield Plantation, Clinton, Kennebec Co, Maine; b. October 04, 1781, Freetown, Fairfax, Kennebec, Maine; d. October 01, 1865, Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co., Ohio.
Notes for ANDREW DOUGLAS:
immigration record:
born in Sedgwick, Hancock Co., Maine in 1778
married in Clinton, Albion Co., Maine in 1803
moved back to Sedgwick, Hancock Co., Maine
moved to Sugar Creek Twp., Wayne Co., Ohio by 1830
died in Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co., Ohio 1865
The National Road was authorized by Congress in 1802 and construction
actually began in 1811. The first segment was from Cumberland, MD, to
Wheeling, now WV. In 1838, the road reached Springfield, OH.
The complete road was crushed rock and allowed travel at fairly high speed s
(for the time).
Prior to the completion of the "improved" road bed, there were established
trails along the route taken by the Road and, though much more difficult,
settlers could travel the route.
U.S. Highway 40 and/or Interstate 70 generally follows the route of the
National Road, the first federal public works project in the U.S.
Regards,
Richard A. Pence, 3211 Adams Ct, Fairfax, VA 22030
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Notes for EUNICE DOUGLAS:
The years of the births of Andrew and Eunice are in dispute between the vi tal records of Hancock and Albion Counties and the computation of the birt hdate from the tombstones.
It was especially difficult for me to reconcile this relationship becau se they had the same last name and the same birthday, October 4. I felt t his was too coincidential to be true. But I realize now that it was not u nusual for first cousins to marry during this time period -- therefore, t he same last name. And I found their tombstones in Ohio [Treacle Creek Ce metery in Mechanicsburg, Ohio) and computed their birthdays from the engra vings and the birthday's both came out to be October 4 ("Eunice Wife of An drew Douglas died October 1, 1865, aged 83 years 11 Mo 28 D" and "Andrew D ouglas died June 22, 1865, aged 86 years 8 Mo 18 D"). Andrew in 1779 a nd Eunice in 1781 -- which is disputable according to the record boo ks in Hancock and Albion Counties, Maine. Then I found records of their t hree older sons, Joshua, John and David Ordway, in Sugar Creek, Ohi o. So I am now satisfied that this Andrew and Eunice are the correct indi viduals for this line.
Another book of Clinton Marriages, Albion Co., Maine from the DAR libra ry recorded the marriage of Duglis, Andrew and Eunice.
v. JOHN DOUGLAS, b. November 29, 1779, Sedgwick, Hancock Co., Maine; m. MERCY DORR, June 12, 1812, Blue Hill, Maine; b. May 17, 1793.
Notes for JOHN DOUGLAS:
1772 located in Castine, Maine1774 located in Brooksville, Maine (origina lly called Sedgwick)
John Douglas was a farmer and a mariner. In 1784 he was located in Brooks ville as a settler and proprietor. He sold Lot 1-111 to Abner Dodge and t he lot was sold to Joshua Grindle in 1793. On 14 August 1786 and Linco ln County Deed shows that John Douglas of Naskeag (Sedgwick) conveys la nd to Nicholas Snow.
Notes for MERCY DORR:
According to Almon A. Gray and Walter A. Snow, "The Gray Family of Hanco ck County, Maine" Second Edition -- Polly Door B Mar 14, 1792, who see ms to be the one Fisher gives as b May 14, 1793 who m John Douglass
If Mr. Gray is right Polly and Mercy may be the same person and the mon th is in question: is it March or May and is the year 1792 or 1793?
vi. ISAAC DOUGLAS, b. June 17, 1784, Sedgwick, Hancock Co., Maine; m. MERCY DORR, June 14, 1813; b. February 08, 1789.
3. ROBERT3 DOUGLAS (JAMES2, UNKNOWN1) was born August 14, 1737 in Ft. George/Topsham, Maine, and died in probably Damariscotta, Maine. He married BARBARA ALEXANDER October 02, 1761 in Topsham, Maine.
Notes for ROBERT DOUGLAS:
On August 14, 1736, there is a record of a baptism for Robert, son of Jam es and Margaret Douglas in the First Church of Wells, Maine. Since I mere ly guessed that his birthday was "about 1741" this might be a more accura te clue to his true age.
Children of ROBERT DOUGLAS and BARBARA ALEXANDER are:
i. MARGARET4 DOUGLAS, b. November 08, 1762.
ii. BARBRA DOUGLAS, b. December 04, 1764.
iii. JAMES DOUGLAS, b. November 02, 1766.
4. ANDREW3 DOUGLAS (JAMES2, UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1742. He married JEAN/JANE ALEXANDER October 30, 1762 in Topsham, Maine.
Children of ANDREW DOUGLAS and JEAN/JANE ALEXANDER are:
i. ANDREW4 DOUGLAS, m. ELIZABETH PEACOCK.
ii. SARAH DOUGLAS, b. February 19, 1763; d. April 10, 1814; m. EDWARD TIBBETS, Topsham, Maine.
iii. MARY DOUGLAS, b. November 12, 1764; m. GARDINER MCCAUSLAND.
iv. MARGARET DOUGLAS, b. March 22, 1767; m. THOMAS TOWNE.
v. JAMES DOUGLAS, b. March 31, 1769, Topsham, ME; m. BETSEY BERREY, Abt. 1794.
vi. JOHN DOUGLAS, b. February 27, 1770.
5. FRANCIS3 DOUGLAS (JAMES2, UNKNOWN1)16 was born June 19, 1743 in Topsham, Maine. He married RODAH Abt. 1769. She was born April 23, 1750 in Topsham, Maine.
Children of FRANCIS DOUGLAS and RODAH are:
i. JOHN4 DOUGLAS.
ii. MARY DOUGLAS, b. November 19, 1769, Bucks Harbor, ME; m. ABIATHAN TIBBETS.
iii. MARGARET DOUGLAS, b. November 09, 1771; m. JAMES STARBIRD, April 18, 1794.
iv. SARAH DOUGLAS, b. June 01, 1774, Little River, ME (now Lisbon Falls, Maine); m. EDWARD TIBBETS, July 06, 1784.
v. JAMES DOUGLAS, b. November 03, 1776, Little River, ME (now Lisbon Falls, Maine); d. 1808, Topsham, ME; m. HANNAH HILDRETH, August 31, 1800.
vi. FRANCIS DOUGLAS, b. June 20, 1779, Topsham, ME; d. January 30, 1865, West Gardiner Cemetery; m. SUSANNA HILDRETH, June 15, 1803; b. Abt. 1784, Pittston, ME; d. June 28, 1847.
vii. NATHANIEL DOUGLAS, b. February 24, 1783; m. EDE AVERRILL.
viii. RODAH DOUGLAS, b. October 26, 1786, Topsham, ME.
ix. ZEBULON DOUGLAS, b. April 21, 1789; m. RUTH NEWELL, July 04, 1813, Hallowell, ME; b. Abt. 1793.
x. LETTICE DOUGLAS, b. November 23, 1791, Topsham, ME; m. SOLOMON KNIGHT.
6. WILLIAM3 DOUGLAS (JAMES2, UNKNOWN1)17 was born Abt. 1750 in Ft. George/Topsham, Maine, and died Abt. 1820 in Sebec, Penobscot Co., Maine. He married EUNICE DEBRY/STEWARD18 October 22, 1776 in Topsham, Maine.
Notes for EUNICE DEBRY/STEWARD:
This name has been listed as de Bry, Bry and Bry/Steward. The close st to Bry in Topsham was Bryant. There was a William Bryant of Georgeto wn who married Rebecca Crain/Crane before May 1762. There was also a Heze kiah Bryant of Silvester who married Joannah Kelley/Celley at Topsham 20 J uly 1785.
Also, enumerated next to James Douglas of Sedgwick in 1790 census was a Ch arles Stuart.
Marriage Notes for WILLIAM DOUGLAS and EUNICE DEBRY/STEWARD:
by Samuel Thompson, Esq.
Children of WILLIAM DOUGLAS and EUNICE DEBRY/STEWARD are:
i. JAMES4 DOUGLAS, b. July 04, 1777, Fairfax, Albion Co., Maine.
ii. MARGARET DOUGLAS, b. February 20, 1780, Fairfax, Kennebec Co., Maine; d. January 03, 1856, Sparta, Monroe Co., Wisconsin; m. SETH DAMON, May 31, 1801, Pittston, Maine; b. 1775; d. Bef. 1850, Rutland, Dunn Co., Wisconsin.
iii. EUNICE DOUGLAS19,20, b. October 04, 1781, Freetown, Fairfax, Kennebec, Maine; d. October 01, 1865, Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co., Ohio; m. ANDREW DOUGLAS, March 26, 1803, Springfield Plantation, Clinton, Kennebec Co, Maine; b. October 04, 1778, Sedgwick, Hancock Co., Maine; d. June 22, 1865, Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co., Ohio.
Notes for EUNICE DOUGLAS:
The years of the births of Andrew and Eunice are in dispute between the vi tal records of Hancock and Albion Counties and the computation of the birt hdate from the tombstones.
It was especially difficult for me to reconcile this relationship becau se they had the same last name and the same birthday, October 4. I felt t his was too coincidential to be true. But I realize now that it was not u nusual for first cousins to marry during this time period -- therefore, t he same last name. And I found their tombstones in Ohio [Treacle Creek Ce metery in Mechanicsburg, Ohio) and computed their birthdays from the engra vings and the birthday's both came out to be October 4 ("Eunice Wife of An drew Douglas died October 1, 1865, aged 83 years 11 Mo 28 D" and "Andrew D ouglas died June 22, 1865, aged 86 years 8 Mo 18 D"). Andrew in 1779 a nd Eunice in 1781 -- which is disputable according to the record boo ks in Hancock and Albion Counties, Maine. Then I found records of their t hree older sons, Joshua, John and David Ordway, in Sugar Creek, Ohi o. So I am now satisfied that this Andrew and Eunice are the correct indi viduals for this line.
Another book of Clinton Marriages, Albion Co., Maine from the DAR libra ry recorded the marriage of Duglis, Andrew and Eunice.
Notes for ANDREW DOUGLAS:
immigration record:
born in Sedgwick, Hancock Co., Maine in 1778
married in Clinton, Albion Co., Maine in 1803
moved back to Sedgwick, Hancock Co., Maine
moved to Sugar Creek Twp., Wayne Co., Ohio by 1830
died in Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co., Ohio 1865
The National Road was authorized by Congress in 1802 and construction
actually began in 1811. The first segment was from Cumberland, MD, to
Wheeling, now WV. In 1838, the road reached Springfield, OH.
The complete road was crushed rock and allowed travel at fairly high speed s
(for the time).
Prior to the completion of the "improved" road bed, there were established
trails along the route taken by the Road and, though much more difficult,
settlers could travel the route.
U.S. Highway 40 and/or Interstate 70 generally follows the route of the
National Road, the first federal public works project in the U.S.
Regards,
Richard A. Pence, 3211 Adams Ct, Fairfax, VA 22030
Voice 703-591-4243 Fax 703-385-0971
Pence Family History <https://www.pipeline.com/~richardpence/>
iv. WILLIAM DOUGLAS, JR., b. April 30, 1782, Fairfax, Kennebec Co., Maine; m. OLIVE SMART.
Notes for WILLIAM DOUGLAS, JR.:
William Douglass, Jeremiah's older brother, married Olive Smart. Accordi ng to some probate information I found in Penobscot County, the Smart gir ls were evidently daughters of the John Smart with whom William Douglass w as associated as early as the 1790 U.S.census taken at Twenty-Five Mile Po nd Town, Maine.
v. JEREMIAH DOUGLAS21, b. February 18, 1787, Fairfax, Kennebec Co., Maine; d. October 09, 1870, Volga, Iowa; m. MARGARET SMART, May 09, 1810, Hampden, ME; b. August 18, 1788, Kenduskeag, ME22; d. October 14, 1854, Volga, Iowa.
Notes for JEREMIAH DOUGLAS:
Jeremiah Douglass took his family west from Howland, Penobscot County, Mai ne, to Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin, around 1840. My father's cousi n, Maybelle Douglas Hart, wrote in a 1936 manuscript that Jeremiah made t he move at the urging of his cousins, Frank and Cushing Douglass. The on ly Cushing name association I have found is with William Cushing Hammat t, with whom the Douglasses and Smarts had several real estate dealin gs in Penobscot County. I believe there's likely to be a marriage or t wo somewhere behind these given and second names. (by John Goodwin Dougla s)
SEE THE "HISTORY OF OUR FAMILY by Maybelle Effie Douglas (granddaught er of Jeremiah)
More About JEREMIAH DOUGLAS:
Medical Information: died while visiting his daughter, Sophia, in Volga, Iowa
More About MARGARET SMART:
Medical Information: died while visiting her daughter, Sophia, in Volga, Iowa
vi. MARY DOUGLAS, b. June 18, 1789, Fairfax, Kennebec Co., Maine.
vii. FRANCIS DOUGLAS, b. March 02, 1792, Fairfax, Kennebec Co., Maine.
viii. RUTH DOUGLAS, b. June 23, 1794, Fairfax, Kennebec Co., Maine; d. June 25, 1853, Carroll, ME; m. WILLIAM MCKENNEY, Abt. 1810, Albion, ME; b. Abt. 1782; d. April 01, 1850, Carroll, ME.
ix. ANDREW J. DOUGLAS, b. February 13, 1796, Fairfax, Kennebec Co., Maine; d. April 12, 1867, Rising Sun, Ohio Co., Indiana; m. SUSANNA GREENLEE, 1821; b. January 08, 1797, Ireland; d. July 11, 1872, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois.
x. THOMAS DOUGLAS23, b. April 19, 1798, Fairfax, Kennebec Co., Maine; d. October 25, 1865, Vermillion Co., Illinois; m. DELIAH PAYNE, February 08, 1818; b. July 06, 1801, Orange Co., NY; d. October 23, 1857, Vermillion Co., Illinois.
xi. JANE DOUGLAS, b. April 25, 1800, Fairfax, Kennebec Co., Maine.
7. JOHN3 DOUGLAS (JAMES2, UNKNOWN1) was born Abt. 1760 in Topsham, Maine. He married THANKFUL BLACK Abt. 1780, daughter of JOHN BLACK and ABIGAIL WATSON.
Children of JOHN DOUGLAS and THANKFUL BLACK are:
i. JAMES4 DOUGLAS, b. April 16, 1781; d. May 09, 1864; m. MARGARET LYMBURNER; b. December 27, 1786, Penobscot, Maine.
ii. JOHN DOUGLAS, b. July 05, 1783; d. 1843; m. HANNAH JONES, April 21, 1810; b. April 13, 1792; d. July 13, 1862, Brooksville, Maine.
