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North American immigrants
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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…
