William (9th of Cavers) Douglas^[1]

Abt 1580 - Abt 1658  (78 years)

• Name	William (9th of Cavers) Douglas
  Birth	Abt 1580
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1658
  Person ID	I90309	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Sir James Douglas (8th of Cavers) Douglas,   b. Bef 1580   d. 1612 (Age 32 years)
  Mother	Margaret Cranstoun,   b. Bef 1580   d. Aft 29 Mar 1621 (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	1 Jun 1580
  	Date of contract: 01 Jun 1580
  Family ID	F33243	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann Douglas   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Feb 1606	Edinburgh, Scotland
  	Marriage contracts 6 & 8 February 1605/06 in Edinburgh and Haddington
  Children	1. Archibald (10th of Cavers) Douglas   d. Abt 1669   2. Helen Douglas   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Euphemia Douglas   d. Yes, date unknown   4. John (of Garvald) Douglas,   b. Bef 1714   d. Bef 20 Apr 1773 (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F33084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2020

  
  

  Children	1. Helen Douglas   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F33085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Sir William, who was deeply engaged on the Parliament side, and was one of the commissioners from the Scottish army to treat with Charles I. in 1639. He is frequently mentioned in Baillie's Letters as " the sheriff of Teviotdale."* He commanded a regiment of horse, and defeated a body of men raised from llichard Graham's lands in the north of England, who were on their march to join Montrose in 1646. He was also one of the commissioners for trying the Montrosians in 1646.f He married Ann Douglas of Wittingham, and left two sons— Archibald his heir, and John, head of the Douglases of Garvald; and a daughter, married to Sir William Elliot of Stobs. He died about 1658.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3540] Hamish Maclaren.