William Douglas^[1]

Abt 1709 - Aft 1765  (56 years)

• Name	William Douglas
  Birth	Abt 1709	Charles Co. Maryland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 23 Feb 1765	Fauquier Co., Virginia   [2]
  	No further information, after this date, has been found. There are indications that he died in 1766, he would have 57 years old.
  Person ID	I14438	Our Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Capt. Joseph Hamilton Douglas, Gentleman,   b. 1674, Charles Co. Maryland d. 20 Nov 1756, Charles Co. Maryland (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Penelope Morris,   b. 13 Nov 1684, Ceder Point, Charles Co. Maryland d. Bef 17 Dec 1711, Charles Co. Maryland (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1704	Bowls Plantation, Charles Co. Maryland   [3]
  	Date calculated from birth of the first child.
  Family ID	F5166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Berryman,   b. Abt 1713, Westmorland Co., Virginia d. Aft 1763, Fauquier Co., Virginia (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1731	Westmorland\Stratford Co., Virginia
  	The bride came from a very prominent family in Westmorland county. Her father, Maj. Benjamin Berryman, was the high Sheriff of the county and owned thousands of acres of land, therefore it is very probable the marriage took place on her family plantation in Westmorland county. The records from this county have suffered heavy losses during the Revolutionary and Civil wars. To date no marriage record has been found.* there is one. Reference: Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia 1649-1800 by Robert Headly. pg. 112 This entry doesn't have his first name.
  Children	1. Benjamin Thomas Douglas, Sr.,   b. Abt 1732, Charles Co. Maryland d. May 1816, Botetourt Co., Virginia (Age 84 years)   2. Joseph Douglass,   b. Abt 1735, Charles Co. Maryland d. Aft 15 Dec 1808 (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F5122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2015

  
  

• Notes

  William Douglas was apparently the first member of the family to move from Maryland to Virginia. According to Wilson Cary, William Douglas was still living in Charles County, Maryland in 1761. This would mean that only the last five or six years of his life were spent in Virginia. Wilson Cary also states that William and Sarah only had two children, Benjamin T. and Joseph. It is unfortunate that many of the records of Westmorland, Stafford and Prince William Counties have been lost in two wars. To date his will has not been found. Very little is known about William Douglas. It is obvious, however, that he was a man of means as his father and grandfather were.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1092] WILSON M. CARY COLLECTION, Pedigree Chart, ca 1885 (Reliability: 3). [S1513] AMERICAN GENEALOGIST,VOL 50, No. 1, p-45 (Reliability: 3). [S1691] THE DOUGLAS FAMILY- NEWMAN, LC CS71.D7341973 LCCN74-170864.