William Douglas's Comments

Earliest for sure is William Jasper Douglas b abt March 1880 in Ohio. His Father was suppose to be Lafayette maybe born in Crab Orchard Kentucky. William Douglas was married to Mary Gates b 9 Jan 1870 d 5 Dec 1907

 

David Douglas

Willian, As you know my name is Doyle A. Douglas. Over many years my family have been looking for are history.  This past year I joined ancestry. com and was able to find my family line all the way back to Adam. One of the things I found was that Deacon William Douglas was my  ancester.  Also that he at the time that he came to the new world was Earl of Angus.  Our family has been a vary big part of the history of the world since the begaining of time.  This in it self has changed my way of thinking. We as Douglas have alot to live up too, we have some vary big shoe's to fill.   I would also like to take part in the DNA testing if it will help my Douglas family in anyway.  Truly  Doyle Douglas

I actually changed it to the badge used on the Wikipedia entry.  Thank you for that.

 

Shawn

Thanks. Dale started as an ordinary soldier yet in three years was a captain in the Low Countries which was a remarkable promotion. If we can confirm his sister was the Isabel who mature Edward Douglas it would be wonderful. There seems to be a connection between Dale and Littleton and the daughter of Douglas married a Littleton. Thanks again and I like your site. 

Thomas Dale was deputy Governor of Virginia under Thomas Gates, and then the 3rd Governor of Virginia from 1614 to 1616 when he brought Pocahontas to England. He also had a brother whose name might be Richard. Anything on his siblings or parents would be greatly appreciated.
There are some who have written in the past that Thomas Dale provided bodyguard services in Scotland to your Prince Henry, son of James I of England, but I never have been able to prove this. It was Prince Henry who asked Dale to go to Virginia, and on the very same day he became Prince of Wales.

Also, do you have any genealogy for Edward Douglas in Scotland going back 3 or 4 generations?
I've spent two decades studying Thomas Dale, and three decades now studying the first Eastern Shore of Virginia settlers who surrounded Dales Gift.

Hello William!

I haven't been able to find the brilliant reference to my grandfather Wilbert Lawson Douglas that you found on Google...do you by any chance still have the link? In July 2010 you provided this snippet from Google: ...Born Grantham, Clarendon, April 23, 1873, son late John Bolt Douglas, Educator, and Frances Matilda, daughter James Wright his wife...

Precisely!

You are spot-on here with the Douglas/Heron connection!
John Douglas m. Martha Heron 18.06.1742 in Penninghame, Martha being the dau. of James Heron and Marion Shaw. Two other Douglases married her siblings i.e. Elizabeth Douglas, dau. of William and Grissel M'Keand, m. Nathaniel Heron 15.07.1735, and Nathaniel Douglas m. Margaret Heron 13.06.1727.
After much deliberation and searching for Samuel's siblings, mentioned in his will, I found his parents to be Nathaniel Douglas and Margaret Heron who lived at 'Craignine', a small farm east of Newton Stewart (some 25 miles from me) and in the parish of Kirkmabreck, KKD.
Samuel was interred in a crypt he had arranged to have erected to the memory of his parents (unnamed!) in Penninghame Old Kirkyard but sadly his remains, which were in a lead coffin shipped from Charlestown, have now disappeared. The inscription on the crypt reads: "Erected by Samuel Douglas (Late of Jamaica) in memory of his father and mother and here also are interred the remains of the above Samuel Douglas who founded and endowed the Douglas Academy now called the Douglas High School." The remains of Nathaniel Douglas and Margaret Heron together with their dau. Mary, are interred in Clachan of Penninghame Kirkyard. The crypt, which I managed to access illegally, is unfortunately in a state of near collapse and my enquiries leave me to understand no repairs are envisaged.
Regards,
Bob.

they actually married on 23 Feb 1843, st Luke's church in Chelsea. he died 27 Jan 1856, no birth for him. i have her death as 15 April 1877, no birth date as yet. most of their children were born in Tasmania & Victoria Australia.

Lady Janet Douglas 1740 married Sir Kenneth Mackenzie. Their children were 2-Janet Mackenzie Who married Rev John Snodgrass (my family line), whos son was 'Lt-Col Keneth Snodgrass who was father to Peter Snodgrass.

Lady Janet & Sir Kenneth's 1st child was Lt-Col Kenneth Mackenzie who on the "second creation" of the Baronetcy of Douglas of Glenbervie changed his name to Douglas 2 years before his death on accepting that title. His descendants go under the name of Mackenzie-Douglas.

It was his daughter Rachel Mackenzie-Douglas who married her 1st cousin Major john Snodgrass, son of Lt-Col Kenneth, brother to Peter Snodgrass.

Thanks for the welcome. I didn't see a direct link either, but your site has given me a wealth of information about my family. I found 13 generations back to the late 1500’s when in the past I only knew the family history from the 1830’s on (and I can vogue to the accuracy of that information)

Thanks Again

Matt

hi william, I dont have a major snodgrass married to a rachael. do you have a bit more on them. kelly

Thank you for the welcome! Why does it not surprise me that I descend from a 'mysterious' Douglas? :laughs: Ah, the joys of genealogy!
William Douglas and Ann "Mattle" had, among their children, two daughters - Ann and Elizabeth, and I descend from both, on my father's side.
-Kess

While I cannot speak for the CDSNA Board, I will say that Clan Douglas is in a building stage in the American Midwest. I am currently CDSNA Regent for Kansas& Missouri and I represent the clan at festivals/events in the two states. In this, my first year as Regent, 17 persons/families have become members of or renewed their membership to Clan Douglas in my two states of responsibility. Being a Regent has afforded me the opportunity of meeting several members of our extended Douglas family.

In July at the 2010 AGM, the CDSNA Board commissioned a small committee to document sept names, as listed in our 2009 by-laws, and report the findings to the board at a later AGM. I am pleased to see there is already a discussion of Douglas septs taking place here and I heartily encourage anyone and everyone to contribute to this work in progress. So much misinformation is found on the internet regarding Douglas septs and this only confuses those who are seeking answers. By providing historical evidence for each sept, we validate its inclusion as a sept and we also have something at which to point when people ask "Why is _______ a Douglas sept?"

CDSNA still sends out a quarterly newsletter, the dubh ghlase. The most recent issue (Sep 2010) included, in addition to games/festival reports and photos, an article from Dr. Deborah Foulkes about Lintalee, Roxburghshire, the 14th century stronghold of the Good Sir James, and A Modern Douglas Knight's Story written by Douglas Archive member Dr. David Arthur Douglas describing his recent honor of being invested as a Knight of St. Joachim. The newsletter will be moving to a full-color digital format in the near future. A b&w print copy will still be available to those CDSNA members desiring/needing it, but the switch to a digital copy will significantly lower CDSNA's overall costs since the our largest expenses come from printing and mailing.

And I would be honored to share my events here.

Thank you William for the imformation, every little helps I still have not got any further so far. I have joined family Link but still can`t get any imformation on my GGGrandfather who Married Margaret Douglas. Still cannot find his sons birth certificate. GGGrandfather was presumed to be a Doctor so maybe young Henry was not registered in those yrs , very big ???? mark. Have plenty on young Henry & his wife. This is the first time i have known Henry Grattan to have had a Daughter Margaret so will try to follow through. Thanks once again, Francene

William,

Thank you for replying.

I have no idea how far the Douglas's go back or what line. I only have the oldest as William Douglas, Birth1540 Castle, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland Death27 Sep 1606 Castle, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland. All of this is based on information from my mother and online.

Take care,

Hi, yep that was him, music recordings, electronic music production,electronic organs ,books, building organs...etc.....he was/is my dad. born 1899 died 1999.

Thank you for the nice welcome message! Sorry it's taken me so long to respond, I've been researching other branches of my family. I did see the article you recently posted concerning the Perthshire Douglases. If you ever run across info on the Douglases of Logerait, I would love to hear about it. Thank you for all of the hours you put in researching the Douglases!