Early Douglas settlers in America
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On October 8, 2011 an impressive monument to honour Scottish
Immigration to America was unveiled on Penn’s Landing,
Philadelphia, by His Grace Torquhil Ian Campbell, 13th Duke of
Argyll and The 28th MacCailein Mor, chief of Clan Campbell.
This monument came into fruition by the generosity of many
members of the Society, by contributions from other St. Andrew’s
Societies and their members, from clan societies and
foundations, and from several firms in Scotland. His Grace said
that the National Monument to Scottish Immigration stood for
immigration from the mother country of Scots who brought their
skills, talents, and energy not just to America but to many
countries around the world. Though it represents a Highlander
family arriving in Philadelphia in the mid-18th century full of
hope for a new life in the New World, it also commemorates all
of the Scots and Scots-Irish who have come to America in the
past, now, and in the future. The duke took the idea further,
saying it suitably represents brave, hardy, inventive Scots who
carried Western culture to lands all around the globe and helped
make their homeland one of the most important and revered
nations in modern history. |
- Douglas, Adam, settled Carlisle, Pennsylvania, ca 1765. Son
Brig Gen Ephraim, 1750-1833.
- Douglas, Alexander, 22 Husbandman, Scotland from London to Carolina
on the "Briton" A. Urquhart, November 1774
- Alexander Douglas, Royalist soldier captured at
battle of Dunbar 1650. transported to
New England on the "Unity" employed at Lynn Ironworks, MA
- Douglas, Alexander, clergyman. Edu. Edinburgh Uni. sh. 1750. sett.
St. James, South Carolina
- Douglas, Alexander, 52, B. 1723, Labourer, Perth, from Leith to
Philadelphia May 1774 on the "Friendship", T. Jann.
- Douglas, Alexander. 46. Farmer. Born in Scotland. Wife Catherine
46, born in North Carolina: Hugh, aged 14; Mary aged 11; Archibald,
aged 9; Sarah, aged 11. Mentions also Nancy Poston, aged 55, born in
North Carolina. Chesterfield County, South, Carolina.
- Douglas, Angus: Born in Scotland during 1759. Died in Richmond
County, North Carolina during 1819.
- Douglas, Anthony. aged 42. Merchant. Born in Scotland - Kershaw
county, South, Carolina
- Douglas, Archibald. Scottish Highlander. Settled in New Hanover
and Bladen Counties, North Carolina. Allocated land grants during June
1740.
- Douglas, Campbell. born in Kirkcudbrightshire during 1782. Grocer
in Charleston, North Carolina. Nat. 19 October 1813, Charleston, South
Carolina.
- Douglas, Campbell. aged 69. an accountant. Born in Scotland.
Charleston, South Carolina.
- Douglas, Charles 17, b. 1714, Orkney, Indentured servant from London
to Jamaica December 1731
- Douglas, Charles, Covenanter, tr. August 1685 from Leith to East New
Jersey in "Henry & Francis."
(See William Douglas)
- Charles Joseph Douglas,
(4) ('mute et Seigneur de Montreal, a prisoner after
Culloden (1746)
- Douglas, Charles, pre 1782. sett. St. Kits.
- Douglass, Colin - wife and child, from Inverness-shire to Nova
Scotia on the "Hector, July 1773. Settled Middle River, Nova Scotia
- Colin Douglas with children; Alexander under 2 yrs old; Margaret
between 2 - 8 yrs old. Emigrated from Loch Rone, Rossshire to Pictou,
Nova Scotia 1773 (Same as above?)
- Douglas, Daniel. Born in Scotland ca 1735. Married Effie McLean.
Died in Richmond County, North Carolina in 1816.
- Douglas, Daniel, 32, Labourer, Cragganfearn, Logerait,
Perthshire
from Greenock to N.Y., 4 September 1817 on the "William", Purinton.
- Douglas, Domini, 8, b1732
- Douglas, Lt Col Edward, b
1690, He served a term as High Sheriff and two terms as a Burgess at
Jamestown.
- Douglas, George, Soldier. D. 1699 Darien, Edin. Pr. 1707.
- Douglas, George. To New England before 1730. m. Athelanah ? ,
Grandson Alexander
- Douglas, George. To New York City before 1830. son Georhe of
Douglas Farms. M. Wall St Church, New York, 26 Apr 1837 Eliza Graham
Maxwell (Also an immigrant?)
- Douglas, George, born c 1685 Scotland. Sold by James Trent in
Burlington N. J. 21 July 1697
- Douglas, George, 18, b. 1703. Scholar, Linton, Pebbles-shire,
Teviotdale. Indentured Servant for Virginia, February 1721 from London
to Virginia.
- Hugh Douglas, aged 22, is listed as a passenger on the
Constance, out of London, bound for Virginia, on 24th
October 1635
- Douglas (Duglas), Isabella - Born c 1682 Scotland. Imported servant
indentured 14 December 1698, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Douglas, James, Born in Galloway during 1772. mariner. Nat. 10
December 1804, Charleston, South Carolina.
- Douglas, James
c1722-1766. Son of James Douglas of Mains, Dumbartonshire and Rebecca
Wallace. matriculated Glasgow University 1737. Settled Dumfries,
Prince William County, Virginia bef 1 Oct 1754 when married Catherine,
dau of George Brent, Woodstock, Virginia. Children: 1. Col Archibald,
British Army, died Glasgow 17 Jan 1804, 2. Margaret, unmarried, 3.
Catherine, died without issue. He
D. 18 Nov 1766, Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia.
- Douglas, James. born in the Lothians during 1776. Turner. Nat. 16
October 1805, Charleston, South Carolina.
- Douglas, James Kennedy. Born in Scotland. Nat. 14 May 1804,
Charleston, South Carolina.
- Douglas, James - a Scottish indentured servant, from Liverpool to
Virginia, December 1698 on the "Globe".
- Douglas, James, son of George Douglas of Whiterigs, Aberdeenshire.
, Surgeon. Settled St. Mary's Jamaica c 1754. Died 1763
- Douglas, James, merchant; res. Carlisle Cumberland, pts. Dr. James
Douglas, pre 1781, sett. St. John Middlesex, Jamaica.
- Douglas, James. B. 1732. Customs collector. Ed. Glasgow & Oxford
Unis. Pts. John Douglas of Kellhead. Sh. pre 1762. Sett. Jamaica.
- Douglas, James - 67, b. 1718, labourer and wife Janet Neish, 54
with child James, 8. New Abbey, Galloway. From Dumfries to Prince
Edward Island. May 1775 on the "Lovely Nelly" W. Sheridan
- Douglas, James, carpenter. Res. Edinburgh. sh. 14 July 1698 from
Leith to Darien in "St. Andrew". Married Katherine Waterstone.
Children James and Christian. Edin. pr. 1707.
- Douglas, James settled Madison Township, Columbiana county, Ohio before 1812. Farmer.
- James Douglas,
brother of the Duchess of
Douglas died on 18 Nov 1767 at Dumfries, Prince William Co., VA
- Douglas, Jane. To Mecklenberg County, North Carolina, bef 1766. M.
Henry Downs (1708-1778) (3)
- Douglas, John. Aged 60. Carpenter. Born in Scotland. Marion
County, South Carolina.
- Douglas, John. Clergyman. Sh. 1732 to Antigua.
- Douglas, John. Born near Edinburgh during 1773. Cabinetmaker.
Nat. 24 September 1802. Charleston, South Carolina.
- Douglas, John: Born in Scotland. emigrated to America during
1788. Settled in South Carolina during 1790. Nat. 4 November 1806.
Marlborough, South Carolina.
- Douglas, John 25, Labourer, Kirkbean, Galloway. From Dumfries to
Prince Edward Island, May 1775 on the "Lovely Nelly." Related
to William, below?
- Douglas, John - Labourer, Dundee, Angus. From Kirkcaldy to
Brunswick, North Carolina. June 1775 on the "Jamaica Packet". T. Smith
- Douglas, John, 20, b. 1755. Gardener. Scotland. From Newcastle to
Georgia September 1775 on the "Georgia Packet."
- Douglas, John, Born c 1799 in Scotland. From the Island of Jamaica
to Boston 1816. Naturalized U. S. Citizen, Washington D. C. 1828.
- Douglas, John. Born in Edinburgh. Nat. 29 December 1799. South
Carolina.
- Douglas, John. Aged 50. Coachbuilder. Born in Scotland. Wife,
Rachel, aged 50. Born in North Carolina. Elizabeth, aged 19, born in
Marion County, South Carolina.
- John Douglas bn abt 1799, Scotland from Jamaica to Boston 1816
Naturalized Washington, DC 1828
- John Douglas, bn abt 1796 at Castle Stewart , Wigtownshire.
Emigrated from Scotland to America. died on 2 Nov 1832. Bur at Monacacy
cemt. Montgomery Co., Md.
See discussion
- Douglas, John C., b. parish of Dunfermline, Co. of Fife, Scotland,
age 46, migr. from Greenock, merchant - 1 June 1827 Naturalized New
York.
- Douglas, John 1723-1796 Settled Charlotte, North Carolina, M. 1744
Catherine Marion daughter Nancy
- Douglas, Margaret,
indentured servant. Res. Netherthornwhat, Dumfriesshire. transported
May 1767
- Douglas, Mary, born c. 1799, daughter of Lord Selkirk. to Belfast,
Prince Edward Island,, 1806 with Thomas Halliday, a Scottish
stonemason. Married Halliday. Died October 1859. Buried at Belfast,
Prince Edward Island.
- Douglas, Patrick. 35, b. 1740, Mason. Perthshire. From Greenock
to New York May 1775 on the "Monimia. E. Morrison.
- Douglas, Patrick, schoolmaster, clandestine marriage. res. Mortlach
Banff. tr. July 1750
- Douglas, Peter. Pts. Archibald Douglas of Dornick. sh. pre 1771.
sett. St. Thomas in the Vale, Middlesex, Jamaica.
- Douglas, Randal. Arrived in Virginia c1700. By his wife Elizabeth,
he had John Douglas born 1701 NorthumberlandVirginia, Randal Douglass
born 1703 and Thomas Douglas born 1706. All three were out into
servantude at one point (sic).
- Douglas, Robert son of William D. and Anne Mattle (below). To
Connecticut before 1668
- Douglas, Rev Robert. Emigrated before 1830
- Douglas, Robert, 1814-1861. from Johnstone , Renfrewshire. son of
William D. and Janet Walker. To New York. Physician.
- Douglas, Robert. 15. b. 1706. "A poor lad". Aberdeen. Indentured
servant for Jamaica, June 1721.
- Douglas, Robert. Dumfries. From Whitehaven to Prince Edward
Island. May 1775 on the "Lovely Nelly. W. Sheridan.
- Douglas, Robert. d. 24 Oct. 1779 St. Kitts.
- Douglas, Thomas, tr. 17 Dec 1685 fr. Leith
- Douglas, Thomas. Tinker, thief. Res. Bannockburn, Stirlingshire.
Tr. 1754.
- Douglas,
Thomas,
Emigrated from Scotland to America bef 1755 baker in
Fredricksburg, VA
- Douglas, William, 1750 Jedburgh Scotland, Emigrated to New Kent
County, Virginia
- Douglas, William. Covenanter. res. Bridge of Ken. tr. Aug. 1685
from Leith to East New Jersey in "Henry and Francis".
- Douglas, William, clergyman, pre 1749. Sett. St. James Northam,
Goochland County, Virginia. M. Nicholas Hunter
- Douglas, William, aged 21. B. 1754. Labourer. Kirkbean.
Galloway. From Dumfries to Prince Edward Island, May 1775 on the
"Lovely Nelly". W. Sheridan. Related to John, above?
- Douglas, William. Born Dunfermline. Merchant in New York. Drowned
January 8, 1839.
- William Douglass, bn abt 1691 at Gifford, East Lothian. Medical
student in Edinburgh, Leyden and Paris. Emigrated to Boston in 1718.
Physician and Author. Died on 21 Oct 1752
- William Douglas, bn in Scotland
1610. Emigrated from Scotland to America in 1640. Town clerk of New
London. Mar. Ann Mattle. father of Robert (above), bn 1639.
- Douglas, William Died 3 Jun
1783. Son of Hugh D, of
Garrallan, Ayrshire, and Catherine Hume. To Virginia before 1760,
settled Loudon County, 1770. Landowner and magistrate. Married 1.
Elizabeth Offutt, widow of Thomas Stephen Lewis. Married 2. Sarah
Chilton Issue 1. Hugh 2. Bird 3. Katherine
- William John Douglas,
19 Feb 1842, North Ireland, emigrated to America before Feb 1869
- Douglas, William 1796-1840, from Morebattle, Roxburghshire. Settled
Dehli, New York 1829. M. Margaret Robson (probably also an immigrant.)
- Douglas, William, probably from Newton Stewart, Wigtonshire.
settled Camden, South Carolina, 1824 (related to James Kennedy
Douglas, above?).
- William Douglas M.D., early subscriber to the Scots Charitable
Society, Boston
- William Douglas, living in Virginia, 16th February 1623,
possibly 'at Elizabeth Cittie'
- William Dowglas was granted 250 acres in 1628 'Uppon
Apmatucke River'
- William Duglas,
aged 16,
a servant, possibly to the Stockton family, [arrived in
Virginia] in the Margett and John, 1621
Globe, ship,
Alexander Dowglase, master, from Dublin;arr. Aug. at Boston (N. L. Aug.
12-19, 1717). Sundry servants to serve for four to nine years. Governor
Shute reported fourteen male servants from Dublin. Possibly the
vessel on which The four Douglass Brothers - are said to have
chartered for themselves and immediate friends, and to have brought with
them from their old home whatever promised to make life more comfortable
in the new world. This included China and glassware, linens, and
bedding,household utensils, and much good furniture, solid mahogany and
walnut upholstered in leather, most of which has become scattered thru
time, but some of it still prized as heirlooms. One of these things known
as the "Douglass Clock", [we] saw recently in the home of Miss Margaret
Douglas Wilson Latta, No. 3902 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. It is a
large eight-day grandfather's clock, with fine works and very heavy brass
weights, thought to be of Frenchmanufacture, that was brought from
Scotland by Archibald Douglass nearly 200 years ago. How long it was in
the family before they emigrated to America is not known. But it has
ticked away the lives of half a dozen generations on this side of the sea,
and is doing its work for the seventh."
Sources:
Sources for this list include:
• The Directory of Scottish
Settlers in North America, 1625 to 1825 by David Dobson, et al
(1) 'Sold' - does anyone know what
this means? Was he a slave? Could he have been a Covenanter? Was he
an indentured servant?
(2) This does not tie in with
my records of the
Earl of Selkirk.
(3) Sometimes referred to as
Lady Jane Douglas.
No parents have been identified.
4. "The Mississippi Bubble,"
the great French colonization scheme, financed
and exploited in Paris (1717-1720), by John Law of Lauriston, an
Edinburgh
jeweller, with its tragical collapse, sent many Scots into French
Canada, exiles of the Jacobite rebellion of 1715. These Scots settled
chiefly in the St. Lawrence valley, intermarried with the French settlers and left a lasting
impress
upon the language and people of French Canada. We find a
Charles Joseph
Douglas, ('mute et Seigneur de Montreal, a prisoner after Culloden; and
Chevalier Johnstone, also a refugee after Culloden, mentions a French
post
at Sillery in command of another Douglas. .Johnstone was the son of an
Edinburgh merchant, a captain in the army of Prince Charles Edward Stewart, who escaped to Holland, entered the service of France, and sailed
from
Roche fort in 174* with other Scottish exiles as [?] troops for Cape
Breton
Island.
His diaries of the sieges of Louisbourg and Quebec
are most interesting and valuable. How thoroughly these early Scots were absorbed, and
yet
how native traditions persisted is cited by John .Murray Gibbon, who
remarks
that French Canadian villages, where little or no English is spoken, on
gala
occasions have been known to turn out in kilts led by bagpipes; he also
refers to the astonishment of the early Highland soldiers and settlers
at being addressed with Gaelic words by the Canadian French.
5. The spelling of the family name has several
variants:-
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records and US immigrant
numbersArchibald Douglas, arrived c 1726
Mormon migrants
Early arrivals in Carolina
Early arrivals in Georgia
Douglases in Iowa
Early arrivals in Mississippi
Early arrivals in Ohio
Early arrivals in
Pennsylvania
Early arrivals in Tennessee
Early Virginians
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