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January 2023 Blog Posts (3)
Douglases in Northamptonshire
I have received a large bundle of files relating to the Douglas family in Northamptonshire.
I have yet to decide how to include them in the Douglas Archives, but will make them available to those of you researching William Douglas and Ann Mattie, and the wider family as I collate the collection.…
Added by William Douglas on January 24, 2023 at 11:57 — No Comments
Will Douglas - English Royalist poet in the 17th century
Cromwell is dead, and risen; and dead again,
And risen the third time after he was slain
No wonder! For he’s messenger of Hell:
And now he buffets us, now posts to tell
What’s past; and for one more game new counsel takes
Of his good friend the Devil, who keeps the stakes.
Will Douglas did not get the best of reviews on his poetry, but it did reflect the myriad of tales about Cromwell's demise, or as it…
ContinueAdded by William Douglas on January 19, 2023 at 18:42 — 1 Comment
Capt. John Douglass; Revolutionary War
Captain John Douglass; patriot and revolutionary soldier
Continuing with my project of learning and sharing more on the Douglas family's role in the many American wars, I am looking for help identifying Captain John Douglass's family. We know he married Ann Jones, but what else in known of this man?…
Added by William Douglas on January 15, 2023 at 19:56 — 2 Comments
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