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At 10:14 on May 10, 2021, William Douglas said…

Yes, indeed, Alexander is one of the Douglases that may have been the progenitors of Douglases in London in the early 17th century.

See also this entry: 
 http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/alexanderdouglas1.htm 

I am keen to do more work on this, but now is not the time as I have other family commitments in a different project.

At 19:15 on May 7, 2021, William Douglas said…

Welcome to our group, Christopher.

It seems likely that the were Douglases in the entourage that came to London with King James VI and I in 1603. Some were allocated lands in England at this time, and may have reached London with him, and then gone north to take possession of their properties.

Some remained in London throughout his reign and their families remained thereafter. 

I do not have Joseph, b1655, but note that John, b1719, did have a son, Joseph (Possibly two, one dying young} which could indicate a Joesph in an earlier generation.

So, Joseph senior could have been born to a London family or is of  a Scots family, or one that had been allocated land in Northumberland, or elsewhere along the 'Great North Road'.

Any further information on this family would be welcome.

Yours aye,

William

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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