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North American immigrants

We are researching early immigrants to the USA and Canada.

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Early arrivals

Many Canadian and American families can be traced back to early arrivals in 'America', but making the connection across the pond is often not so straight forward.

I am keen that we should use this forum to identify those key people, and then work together to trace their ancestors back to Scotland (or Ireland, or England). In some cases, families arrived via the West Indies. It would be good to identify them as well.

A starting point is the list in The Douglas Archives of 'Early Douglas settlers in America'. Suggestions for additions to this list would be very welcome.

Please make your contributions as full as possible, with dates and places included, as appropriate.

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Drysdale - Early American Settlers - 1600s & 1700s

Started by Ronald Drysdale. Last reply by Ronald Drysdale Nov 19. 6 Replies

The first Douglas immigrants in North America

Started by Ronald Drysdale. Last reply by William Douglas Sep 28. 2 Replies

William Drysdale 1636 - shipment of 6 condemned men to the colony [Virginia] - perhaps the first American Drysdale?

Started by Ronald Drysdale. Last reply by Ronald Drysdale Aug 6. 6 Replies

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Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on July 23, 2024 at 16:02

Ronald , thank you. Do you know that the first 5 volumes  were available to the  public - then if you wanted any thing more - you had to pay the Library of Virginia $10.oo per page.

Comment by Ronald Drysdale on July 23, 2024 at 15:35

Hi 

One of the best sources of information on Early American settlers is the 34 volumes of Virginia Colonial abstracts compiled by Beverly Fleet.

These volumes are available online in a number of places, but frequently only a few of the volumes are available for download at any one location.  

The FamilySearch website is one location where all 34 volumes may be viewed and downloaded for free, the relevant web address is;

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1949959?availability=Fa...

If you are unable to access the FamilySearch site but are searching for a specific volume. Please add a comment here and I will upload the relevant pdf to this page.

Best regards

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on April 23, 2024 at 19:52

Pittsylvania County, VA 1850 Federal Census (INDEX - file 1 of 3
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/pittsylvania/census/1850/indx-a-f.txt
Pg# Ln# Last Name First Name Age Birth Place Filename
160A 8 Douglas Martha A. 27 Virginia pg0158A.txt
160A 7 Douglas Mary A. 55 Virginia pg0158A.txt
160A 6 Douglas Samuel A. 76 Virginia pg0158A.txt
160A 9 Douglas Susan R. 26 Virginia pg0158A.txt
140B 14 Douglass Abbott 6 Virginia pg0135A.txt
140B 12 Douglass Asa 13 Virginia pg0135A.txt
140B 8 Douglass Clarissa 46 Virginia pg0135A.txt
140B 10 Douglass Elizabeth 18 Virginia pg0135A.txt
139A 32 Douglass Harrison 46 Virginia pg0135A.txt
140B 9 Douglass Jno W. 20 Virginia pg0135A.txt
139A 35 Douglass John W. 21 Virginia pg0135A.txt
140B 13 Douglass Margaret 10 Virginia pg0135A.txt
140B 11 Douglass Mary M 15 Virginia pg0135A.txt
139A 34 Douglass Nancy 62 Virginia pg0135A.txt
140B 7 Douglass Smith 45 Virginia pg0135A.txt
139A 33 Douglass Tabitha 52 Virginia pg0135A.txt

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on April 23, 2024 at 19:49

Pittsylvania County, VA 1850 Federal Census (INDEX file 1 of 2)
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/pittsylvania/census/1850/indx-a-p.txt
226B 33 Motley Daniel 4 Virginia pg0225B.txt
225B 16 Motley F*an** 22 Virginia pg0225B.txt
226B 34 Motley Henry 1 Virginia pg0225B.txt
226B 31 Motley James 24 Virginia pg0225B.txt
225B 17 Motley James 10/12 Virginia pg0225B.txt
226B 32 Motley Martha 21 Virginia pg0225B.txt
225B 15 Motley William 24 Virginia pg0225B.txt

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on April 23, 2024 at 19:48

Pittsylvania County, VA 1850 Federal Census (INDEX - file 3 of 3)
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/pittsylvania/census/1850/indx-n-z.txt
156B 21 Oliver Annetta 11 Virginia pg0152A.txt
156B 19 Oliver Elizabeth 49 Virginia pg0152A.txt
157A 18 Oliver Isaac 28 Virginia pg0152A.txt
156B 20 Oliver John L. 23 Virginia pg0152A.txt
156B 22 Oliver Martha 7 Virginia pg0152A.txt
156B 18 Oliver Yancy 56 Virginia pg0152A.txt

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on April 23, 2024 at 19:42

Virginia%20Statistics-1850-Douglas-Motley-Oliver-Document.odt

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on September 23, 2023 at 18:31

Fannie J. Douglas (1846 - )
wife of husband of 2nd cousin of wife of 3rd great grand uncle

Harvey Goodbar (1827 - 1885)
husband of Fannie J. Douglas

Phoebe Ann Clark (1831 - 1875)
wife of Harvey Goodbar

Mary or Polly Ford (1805 - 1883)
mother of Phoebe Ann Clark

Rachel Clark (1778 - 1818)
mother of Mary or Polly Ford

John Edward Clark Sr (1740 - 1820)
father of Rachel Clark

Sarah Clark (1776 - 1840)
daughter of John Edward Clark Sr

John C Conner (1797 - 1855)
son of Sarah Clark

Sarah M Conner (1853 - 1925)
daughter of John C Conner

Savellen Lyelyn TYREE (1840 - 1876)
husband of Sarah M Conner

Charles E Tyree (1814 - )
father of Savellen Lyelyn TYREE

Margaret Tyree (1835 - 1921)
daughter of Charles E Tyree

Alfred C. Clark (1870 - 1905)
son of Margaret Tyree

Eva Blanche Clark (1893 - 1948)
daughter of Alfred C. Clark

Judith Dandeline Mason (1923 - 1940)
daughter of Eva Blanche Clark

Gladys Marie Clark (1940 - 2012)
daughter of Judith Dandeline Mason

Russell Lynn Drysdale
 the son of Gladys Marie Clark -

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Fannie J. Douglas was  the of daughter of R. Douglas & M. Douglas.

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on January 17, 2021 at 16:14

Douglas

The English burned Virginia’s 1790 Census during the War of 1812.

Most of what we know about Head of Households comes from tax lists

Name                     county                         tax        list page

Douglas, John        Halifax               1789 Personal A09

Douglace, William  Richmond          1789 Personal A03

Douglas, Edward   Northumberland 1788 Personal A04

Douglas, Henry      Greenbrier         1791  Personal A02

Douglas, James     City of Norfolk    1789  Personal   04

Douglas, James     Pendleton          1792  Personal A02

Douglas, James,     Jr Accomack     1788  Personal B06

Douglas, Joseph    Fauquier            1790  Personal C06

Douglas, Joseph    Rockingham      1789  Personal A07

Douglas, Robert     CityPetersburg  1790     Land    B12

Douglas, Thomas   Pendleton          1792  Personal A02

Douglas, Thomas   Rockingham      1789  Personal A08

Douglas, Thomas,  Jr Pendleton      1792  Personal A02

Douglas, William    CityPetersburg   1790    Land     B06

Douglas, William    CityPetersburg   1790    Land     B16

Douglas, William    CityPetersburg   1790 Personal  B05

Douglas, William    Fauquier             1790  Personal  C06

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on January 17, 2021 at 16:13

Douglass [A]

The English burned Virginia’s 1790 Census during the War of 1812.

Most of what we know about Head of Households comes from tax lists

Name                        county                    tax         list page

Douglass, Adam        CityWinchester 1792Personal 05

Douglass, Alexander Halifax             1789PersonalB07

Douglass, Andrew    Halifax              1789PersonalB07

Douglass, Benjamin Culpeper           1791PersonalA07

Douglass, Caly         Gloucester        1789PersonalB08

Douglass, Catharine Prince William  1788PersonalB05

Douglass, Catherine Cumberland     1791PersonalB 04

Douglass, Charles    Albemarle         1789PersonalB06

Douglass, Daniel      Fairfax               1789PersonalA04

Douglass, George   Amherst          1790PersonalB04

Douglass, George     Frederick          1791PersonalA 06

Douglass, George     Halifax              1789PersonalB07

Douglass, Hugh        Loudoun           1789PersonalB07

Douglass, James      Cumberland     1791PersonalB04

Douglass, James      Halifax              1789PersonalB07

Douglass, John         Botetourt          1789PersonalB03

Douglass, John         CityPetersburg 1790LandB13

Douglass, John         CityPetersburg 1790PersonalB05

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on January 17, 2021 at 16:13

Douglass [B]

The English burned Virginia’s 1790 Census during the War of 1812.

Most of what we know about Head of Households comes from tax lists

Name                        county                      tax        list page

Douglass, John         Halifax              1789PersonalB06

Douglass, John         Henry               1790PersonalB05

Douglass, John         KingQueen       1790   Land     04

Douglass, John         KingQueen       1790PersonalB04

Douglass, John         Orange             1790PersonalA04

Douglass, Jonathan  Caroline            1789   Land     03

Douglass, Jonathan  Caroline            1789Personal  05

Douglass, Robert      Orange             1790PersonalA04

Douglass, Thomas    Albemarle         1789PersonalB05

Douglass, Thomas    Augusta            1790PersonalC05

Douglass, Thomas    Halifax              1789PersonalB07

Douglass, Thomas    Washington      1787PersonalB04

Douglass, Thomas,    Jr (BC) Halifax 1789PersonalB07

Douglass, William      Caroline            1789Personal  05

Douglass, William      CharlesCity       1790   Land     06

Douglass, William      Culpeper           1791PersonalA07

Douglass, William      Halifax               1789PersonalB06

Douglass, William      NewKent           1791Personal   07

Douglass, William      NewKent           1790   Land      05

(of Sherman)

Douglass, William,     Jr Halifax           1789PersonalB07

Douglis, Archabild     Stafford              1789Personal A03

 

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Making conections

The more information you can give about the people you mention, the more chance there is of someone else connecting with your family.

Dates and places of births, deaths and marriages all help to place families.

Professions also help.

'My great-grandmother mother was a Douglas from Montrose' does not give many clues to follow up! But a bit of flesh on the bones makes further research possible. But if we are told who she married, what his profession was and where the children were baptised, then we can get to work.

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