Abijah Douglas (1796 - 1838)

Born 25 Jun 1796 in Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Phebe (Estes) Holt — married 12 Mar 1816 (to 17 Feb 1838) in Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Feb 1838 at age 41 in Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, United States

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Biography

Abijah Douglas is a member of Clan Douglas.

Abijah and family were Quaker. He was born at Brunswick, Maine in 1796, the son of John Douglas and Judith Collins.

He married Phebe B Estes at Durham, now Maine, on 12 Mar 1816. They were the parents of three known children:

• Elvira Jane Douglass b. 31 Dec 1816 @ Hebron, Maine, d. 6 Sep 1886 @ Jay, Maine;
• William Estes Douglass b. 15 May 1819 @ Dixfield, Maine, d. 23 Mar 1903 @ Dixfield;
• Rhoda Coombs Douglass b. 10 Jul 1821 @ Dixfield, Maine, d. 27 Apr 1905 @ Brunswick, Maine.

Abijah died at Dixfield, Maine in 1838 and is buried at the Severy Hill Cemetery, East Dixfield, Maine.

• Fact: Burial Severy Hill Cemetery, Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Abijah is buried at the Severy Hill Cemetery in East Dixfield, Maine

Sources

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (www.FamilySearch.org : accessed 1 April 2019), Abijah Douglas and Phebe Estes, 12 Mar 1816; citing Durham, , Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (www.FamilySearch.org : accessed 1 April 2019), Abijah Douglass, Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, United States; citing p. 97, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 37; FHL microfilm 281,241.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30963443/abijah-douglas), memorial page for Abijah Douglas (25 Jun 1796–17 Feb 1838), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30963443, citing Severy Hill Cemetery, Dixfield, Oxford County, Maine, USA .

• The Descendants of John Douglas of Middleborough, Massachusetts, the First of this Branch in America, by Joshua Lufkin Douglas, Member of the Maine Historical Society, pub. Bath, Maine, Sentinel and Times Publishing Co., 1890