Pauline Baker

Female

Gisborne

New Zealand

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Which Douglas line are you researching? Dates and places help making connections.
I am researching as I have managed to get to my 13th great-grandfather who was as below. I'm keen to find any living family members and have done my DNA test. The Drysdale line is my mother's paternal line. I am 56% Scottish.

Thomas Douglas (Drysdale)
1448–
BIRTH 1448 • Drysdale, parish, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Who is your earliest known Douglas ancestor?
Thomas Douglas (Drysdale) 1448
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Drysdale; Douglas; Scotland; Edinburgh; Pauline; Baker

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  • William Douglas

    Welcome, Pauline

    Mar 15, 2024

  • William Douglas

    Ronald Drysdale seems to be researching '1448 - Thomas Douglas of Dryfesdale', so you might like to link up?
    Note also that there are a couple of Drysdale groups where you can join to share research.

    Mar 15, 2024

  • Ronald Drysdale

    Hi Pauline, welcome to the Douglas website.

    I've copied your document and was quite interested to see that it differs slightly from the other three "1503 documents" that have been circulating online for some time now. From the wording of your document it would appear that in 1875, Thomas Drysdale Gillespie copied a document that differed slightly from that published in 1863 in The Dunfermline Press (copy below):

    Unfortunately, we are still waiting to find an earlier hand written copy of this document (in old Scots) that would help to prove the veracity of this story.

    As you may guess, there is some controversy regarding the authenticity of this story & I (and many others) have been doing quite a bit of research to find supporting material that would reveal the truth of this story one way or another.

    There is a thread on the Rootschat website that deals specifically with this topic which you may find of interest:

    https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=676961.0

    You mention that you've had a DNA test and that this confirms a link to Douglas (or just to Scotland?) because if it does show a direct link to Douglas then this could add significant weight to the 1503 story (this topic - DNA - is also mentioned in the Rootschat forum above).

    You also mention a family line back to Thomas Douglas (Drysdale) 1448 - I work on the Familysearch website and have the Drysdale family line starting in 1410:

    - Mr Drysdale  - Male 1410-Deceased • G2S7-JYJ

    and this line leads to virtually all 'Drysdales' today

    There is also a Thomas Douglas (1448) in this Familysearch tree:

    - Thomas Douglas - Male 1448 – Deceased • MP4C-15Y

    unfortunately I have not been able to link this Thomas Douglas with the Drysdale family line and it fizzles out after:
    - John Douglas Drysdale -  Male 1520 – Deceased • GGKX-SG2

    Perhaps you could tell me what links you have up to (say) 1600? - is this on Ancestry? because normally they just copy Familysearch.

    Anyway that's all for now.

    Welcome once again to the Douglas webforum

    Best regards

    Ron

      

    Mar 16, 2024