Jonathan Douglas (1705 - abt. 1733)

Born 30 Oct 1705 in New London, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Christophers) Palmes — married 3 Aug 1731 (to 1733) in New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died about 1733 at about age 27 in At Sea [uncertain]

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Biography

Jonathan Douglas is a member of Clan Douglas.

Jonathan Douglas birth 30 Oct 1705 in New London as recorded in the Abell book; Christening 16 Dec 1705 in New London, New London, Connecticut; Father's Name: Richard Douglas^[1].

On 3 Aug 1731 at the First Church of Christ in New London, New London, Connecticut, Jonathan Douglas married Lucy Christophers^[2] daughter of Richard Christophers of New London, Conn.

She married 2nd, Guy Palmer of New London, March 6, 1736-7.

Children:

1. Lucy Douglass b. 4 Jan 1732 New London, New London, Connecticut^[3] - died 21 Oct 1739^[4]

In 1732 he bought a lot on Broadley St., having the Cross highway north and the Long highway west.

He is reported to have died at sea in October 1732 on a voyage home from Ireland.

Jonathan's inventory amounted to £4719.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2SS-M91 : 7 January 2020), Jonathan Douglas, 1705.
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSB-P3CF : 15 April 2022), Jonathan Douglass in entry for Lucy Christophers, ; citing Marriage, New London, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272227.
3. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W8-944 : 7 January 2020), Jonathan Douglass in entry for Lucy Douglass, 1732.
4. ↑ "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7JD-596 : 16 September 2020), Jonathan Douglass in entry for Lucy Douglass, 1739.

• Abell: Abell, Horace A.. The Abell family in America : Robert Abell of Rehoboth, Mass., his English ancestry and his descendants, other Abell families and immigrants, Abell families in England Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle Pub. Co., 1940, pages 60, 77

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