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North American immigrants

We are researching early immigrants to the USA and Canada.

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Latest Activity: Nov 9

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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Comment by Bob Henry on April 28, 2012 at 18:26

Good stuff, Russell, keep 'em coming!

Bob.

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on April 26, 2012 at 13:00
Description: 58 acres on a small branch of Hiccory Creek.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 37, 1767-1768, p. 79 (Reel 37).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Subject - Personal LinkDouglas, James. grantee.
Subject - Topical LinkLand titles. -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Amherst County
Subject -Geographic LinkAmherst County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.
Genre/Form LinkLand grants -- Virginia -- Amherst County.
Added Entry LinkVirginia. Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774.
LinkLibrary of Virginia. Archives.
Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on April 26, 2012 at 12:59
Record 894 out of 1758 Previous Record   Next Record
URL (Click on link) http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=79&last=... 
Author LinkDouglas, James. grantee.
Title LinkLand grant 10 September 1767.
Summary

Location: Amherst County.

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on April 26, 2012 at 10:55
URL (Click on link) http://image.lva.virginia.gov/BibleII/38510/index.html Bible Record... 
Title LinkDuglas family Bible record1746.
Material 2 pages.
Summary Birth date of David Duglas (b. 1746) of Cumberland County, Virginia, submitted as evidence in a 1767 Cumberland County Court Case.
Format Photocopies.
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System Number 000501558
Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on March 13, 2012 at 13:40

A History of Rockbridge County ,Virginia ,  by Oren Fredrick Morton  gives names of DouglaS and DouglaSS , in the 1700's       {pages 281 , 380 , 397 , 421, 453 , 454 , 459, 463 482 , 483 ,  491 , 492 , 495 , 501 , 503 , 519 , 526 , 532 544 , 551) Seen several William , John , James  , Robert as well as the folks they maried in with . available on .pdf  or read online .                   http://www.gengateway.com/virginia/history_of_rockbridge_county_vir...  

scroll to the bottom of page for download . 

Comment by Deborah Ann Hill-Hampton on March 2, 2012 at 0:19

I have ancestry I can help if needed

Comment by Lane Kraft on August 3, 2011 at 8:10
I am a descendent of the John Douglas mentioned in the book "Douglas Genealogy: The Descendants of John Douglas of Middleborough, Massachusetts: Douglas Nobility of Scotland" by Joseph Lufkin Douglas (it is free to download if you are curious, it is now public domain). Whether or not we are actually linked to Douglas nobility is still a question for me as he does not actually mention who John Douglas's father is. However, he was supposedly kidnapped and brought to the U.S. in approximately 1707 where he lived in Boston, and later when to live in Middleborough, Massachusetts.
Comment by Deborah Ann Hill-Hampton on March 2, 2011 at 17:43
My family made it to nova Scotia but I haven't figured out how they ended up incalifornia and Texas. Still working on it. Debby Hampton from douglas and drysdale names
Comment by Zachary Douglas on September 9, 2010 at 18:10
My great grandfather was Born in Pickering TP, Ontario Canada abt1863 and Immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio (where the family stayed put) from Ireland. No info on his death, immigration or death time or place (though my father remembers him being a one armed shipyard foreman.) He was born to a George Douglas (b 1831, d. 1915) who immigrated to Canada from Cumberland, England. I think his fathers name was Andrew, but my ancestry.com free trail ended without me finding certainty. Any one out there connected or have any info?
 

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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.

Maybe it is time to update the information in your profile?


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