James Douglas

1555 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	James Douglas
  Birth	1555	Nithsdale, Castle Morton, Dumfries, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I7892	Our Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Patrick (Bailie of Morton Castle) Douglas,   b. Drumlanrig, Dumfriesshire, Scotland d. 1570
  Mother	Katherine Crauford,   b. Abt 1530, Of Lefnoreis, , Ayr, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	7 May 1554	Drumlanrig, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F2780	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 1579, he was denounced at the Market Cross, in Dumfries, as an intromitter to his father. (he sold his possessions without authority). There are two possibilities as to what happened next: a. He moved to Dalkeith and founded the family 'of Morton' who were the portioners of Over Gogar and baillies and chamberlains to the Earls of Morton and Dalkeith. b. He had a daughter, Beatrix, who married William hamilton of Wishaw in August 1621, who has four sons and a daughter.