The Douglas Archives
North American immigrants
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1797 Voyage of the Brig 'Earl of Marchmont' with Captain William Drysdale - from London to Montreal via Quebec - Bill of Lading etc.
Over the next few days I intend to upload a number of pdfs that give a useful indication of the official documentation that would normally accompany an old sailing ship when carrying cargo in the 1790s between Britain and North America.As an example we have the documents from a 1797 Voyage of the…
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Tariff wars - Seizure of the Sloop 'America' in 1786 by Captain Drysdal onboard Britain's Custom House Tender 'Vigilant
Sloop "America" - Cargo of salt loaded at Turks Island then detained at New Providence- Some correspondence from the Secretary of the United States for the Department of Foreign Affairs concerning the seizure, on 25th November 1786, of the Sloop 'America' by Captain Drysdal of the British Custom…
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Drysdale - Early American Settlers - 1600s & 1700s
Hi all,I've just about come to the end of my search for early American Drysdales, I turned up a few but nothing of momentous import.I've summarized what I've found to date in a table, also available as a pdf below:…
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William Drysdale 1636 - shipment of 6 condemned men to the colony [Virginia] - perhaps the first American Drysdale?
Hi all,I recently found a reference to a William Drysdale (who, in 1636, appears to have been a planter or Merchant in Virginia) in a book entitled "Economic history of Virginia in the seventeenth century, an inquiry etc..." Vol 1 - Bruce 1896 The reference gives the source of this information as…
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The first Douglas immigrants in North America
Hi all,While searching for early Drysdale immigrants in Colonial America, I came across a plethora of material about early Douglas Immigrants there. As far as I can tell, the earliest American Douglas that is listed on the Douglas Archives website is: …
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North American Douglases specifically from Maine
I joined this group in an effort to find some answers regarding my brick wall -- where did my ancestors come from and when did they come. They are first found in Maine in 1731 when James Douglas and Margaret Elliot filed an intention to marry. I have a pretty thorough record of the family from…
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Colonel John Douglass, d 1678 Maryland
In researching my family, I began rechecking old sources. In the Genealogy of William and Dorcas Fallas of Boston (available on Ancestry.com), I reviewed a reference to Colonel John Douglass. In his will probated 1/27/1679 he leaves Blythewood @ 21 to his sons, Charles and Joseph. Somewhere else I…
