Category: Douglas of Middleborough

Categories: Clan Douglas Branches of the United States


The first member of this branch of Clan Douglas arrived in what would become the United States in about 1719. His name was John Douglas (1695 - 1788), and he was born in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

A member of Clan Douglas, Joshua Lufkin Douglas says: John Douglas was born in Scotland about the year 1695. His father was a wealthy and influential man, possessing a large tract of land, and renting a number of houses. John had an uncle, a merchant living in London, who wished his nephew to go and live with him, promising to make him his heir, as he had no children of his own. To this his father would not consent; but the boy, then twelve years of age, was so well pleased with his uncle's generous offer, that he ran away with the intention of going to him. On reaching London he could not find his uncle; so he strolled down about the wharves, as a little boy would naturally do. There lay in port a man-of-war nearly ready for sea. The boy attracted the notice of the crew who, taking advantage of his being alone and unprotected, pressed him on board the ship and concealed him till they were well out to sea. The vessel was bound for Boston, and arrived there in due time. John was sold or put out to a man till he should become of age, in a consideration of a sum of money required to pay his passage. Whom he lived with or how he fared during the remainder of his minority is not known. Neither is it known that his father ever knew what became of his lost son.

We next hear of John in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Mass., where about A. D. 1719, he married Eunice Rattleleaf (or Ratliffe) of that town. They settled on a farm he bought of John Bennett, Jr., containing thirty-seven acres, for the sum of thirty pounds. The farm was situated in the Township of Middleborough, Mass., being in the 134th lot in the third allotment in the purchase known as the sixteen shilling purchase. The deed bearing the date of May 27, 1739. They always resided on this farm, where they died at an advanced age, and were buried in the town graveyard.


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A

22 Oct 1794 - 24 Feb 1838

B

- 29 Sep 1858
1813 - 14 Jan 1901
02 Dec 1858 Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States - 19 Sep 1930 photo
1758 Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine - May 1818
30 Dec 1730 Middleborough, Massachusetts Colony - 1788
Sep 1759 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 31 Aug 1837

C

- 14 Mar 1798
17 Feb 1770 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 18 Apr 1823
abt 1771 Harpswell, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America - abt 1841

D

1800 - 22 May 1881
17 Jul 1795 Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - abt Jul 1826
25 Jun 1796 Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 17 Feb 1838
28 Aug 1802 Litchfield, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States
27 Nov 1795 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1799 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States - 1812
28 Feb 1827 Freeport, Cumberland, Maine, United States - 07 Sep 1860
15 Jul 1792 Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 04 Oct 1840
1784 Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
18 Oct 1818 Freeport, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
11 Nov 1791 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
16 Dec 1789 Freeport, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
14 Jul 1793 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
06 Aug 1820 Freeport, Cumberland, Maine, United States - 15 Feb 1840
13 Jan 1799 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
24 Aug 1830 Durham, Androscoggin, Maine, United States
abt Feb 1857 Ohio
12 Sep 1749 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay - 20 Jun 1821 photo
12 Jun 1798 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 07 Aug 1885
19 Sep 1780 Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 1833
1747 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay - aft Aug 1796
Aug 1796 Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 30 Mar 1864
05 Jun 1824 Freeport, Cumberland, Maine, United States - 1887
05 Jan 1840 Fairfield, Somerset, Maine, United States - 05 Oct 1843
16 Jul 1796 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 03 Dec 1863
11 Jul 1779 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - abt 1835
23 May 1822 Freeport, Cumberland, Maine, United States
13 Nov 1784 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
30 Jun 1770 Harpswell, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America - 18 Apr 1822
17 Aug 1812 Brunswick, Massachusetts, United States
1792 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1720 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay - 1814
23 Jun 1768 Harpswell, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay - Oct 1849
24 Jun 1775 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay - 1775
12 Feb 1786 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
24 May 1801 Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
12 Jun 1771 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay - 1851
23 Feb 1822 Durham, Cumberland, Maine, United States - 30 Aug 1874
20 May 1786 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
08 Aug 1782 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
29 Sep 1804 Harpswell, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
1760 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay - aft 1819
21 May 1810 Monroe, Waldo, Massachusetts, United States
14 Dec 1809 Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, Massachusetts, United States
31 Dec 1816 Hebron, Oxford, Massachusetts, United States - 06 Sep 1886 photo
02 Sep 1816 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
abt 1754 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay - 1777
22 Nov 1778 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
1804 Freeport, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
04 Mar 1824 Durham, Cumberland, Maine, United States
27 Oct 1813 Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
02 Aug 1802 Brunswick, Massachusetts, United States - 09 Jan 1865
13 Feb 1808 Grantham, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States - 19 Jun 1908 photo
abt 1724 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay - 13 Apr 1793
26 Aug 1762 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay - 10 Mar 1843
20 Feb 1796 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
11 May 1824 Durham, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

D cont.

20 May 1822 Durham, Cumberland, Maine, United States
05 Apr 1814 Litchfield, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States
1800 Freeport, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
20 Dec 1802 Troy, Waldo, Massachusetts, United States
1794 Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 15 Oct 1844
1844 Maine, United States - 25 Nov 1863
27 Apr 1812 Monroe, Waldo, Massachusetts, United States
15 Jan 1809 Litchfield, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States
19 Aug 1800 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
04 Feb 1800 Brunswick, Massachusetts, United States
31 Dec 1806 Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, Massachusetts, United States
07 Feb 1811 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
23 May 1796 Freeport, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
06 Jul 1802 Harpswell, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 1854
25 Jan 1792 Brunswick, Massachusetts, United States - 1833
01 Sep 1800 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
01 Jul 1780 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 02 Jul 1821
abt 1800
20 Aug 1805 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 1808
21 Jun 1802 Litchfield, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States
09 Oct 1754 Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine - 15 Mar 1843
27 Nov 1787 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
06 Jan 1826 Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine, United States - 26 Nov 1827
15 Nov 1820 Durham, Cumberland, Maine, United States
22 Jan 1695 Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland - 1788
27 Nov 1832 Fairfield, Somerset, Maine, United States
11 Mar 1752 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay - 30 Jul 1826
1722 Middleborough, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay - bef 04 Mar 1776
08 Sep 1768 Harpswell, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay - 17 Jun 1802
08 Nov 1774 Harpswell, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay - 18 Oct 1853
21 Mar 1803 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 10 Sep 1820
30 Jul 1804 Brunswick, Massachusetts, United States
26 Feb 1828 Durham, Androscoggin, Maine, United States
21 Apr 1817 Windham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 29 Apr 1886
11 Jan 1809 Litchfield, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States
01 Aug 1774 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay - 06 Jun 1782
08 Apr 1753 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay - 22 Dec 1821
28 May 1793 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 27 Aug 1814
10 Oct 1776 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - abt 1843
24 Mar 1819 Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
08 Sep 1794 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
17 Apr 1833 Durham, Cumberland, Maine, United States - 05 Mar 1905
1770 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
12 Apr 1812 Litchfield, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States
14 Jan 1804 Litchfield, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States - 01 Mar 1850
09 Sep 1788 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
03 Jun 1808 Troy, Waldo, Massachusetts, United States
13 Oct 1810 Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States - 29 Mar 1892
10 Sep 1820 China, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States - 10 Jul 1841
26 Feb 1824 Winslow, Maine - 25 Jun 1914
24 Dec 1780 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States - 1785
11 Aug 1819 Litchfield, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States - Aug 1844
19 Feb 1817 Monroe, Waldo, Massachusetts, United States - 19 Feb 1817
01 Oct 1797 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
02 May 1744 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay - abt 1745
10 Mar 1810 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
1828 Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine, United States - 01 Jan 1908
18 Jun 1810 Litchfield, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States - 19 Aug 1810
18 Aug 1811 Litchfield, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States - 1838
1757 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay - 02 Apr 1839 photo
10 Jul 1763 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay - 30 Jan 1844
16 Jun 1792 Freeport, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 1810
25 Feb 1821 Litchfield, Kennebec, Maine, United States
26 Aug 1835 Winslow, Maine - 04 Dec 1907
26 Jan 1808 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
14 Mar 1784 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 1806

D cont.

20 Apr 1794 Freeport, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
28 Jul 1784 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
1782 Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
06 Feb 1808 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
18 Jan 1812 Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
1764 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
1794 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
24 Mar 1761 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay
Feb 1803 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 1887
18 Mar 1798 Brunswick, Massachusetts, United States
18 Apr 1816 Litchfield, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States - Oct 1841
12 Nov 1772 Harpswell, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay - 15 Jan 1817
1767 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
1792 Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 10 Dec 1849
08 Oct 1814 Monroe, Waldo, Massachusetts, United States - Sep 1873
07 Jul 1798 Brunswick, Massachusetts, United States - 04 Feb 1874
31 Aug 1807 Brunswick, Massachusetts, United States
abt 1760 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay - 15 Jan 1835
29 Jun 1788 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
07 Aug 1806 Litchfield, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States
29 May 1790 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
20 Sep 1777 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States - 06 Sep 1778
30 Apr 1800 Brunswick, Massachusetts, United States - 04 Jan 1854
11 Nov 1834 Fairfield, Somerset, Maine, United States
21 Aug 1809 Brunswick, Massachusetts, United States
1802 Freeport, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
21 Oct 1804 Troy, Waldo, Massachusetts, United States
30 Jan 1814 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
1789 Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
08 Aug 1779 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - Dec 1849
25 Nov 1804 Litchfield, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States - 1824
13 Jun 1759 North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay
1763 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
11 Jan 1798 Freeport, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - Sep 1829
24 Mar 1805 Clyden, New Hampshire, United States - May 1822
abt 1767 Middleboro, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
06 Mar 1823 Litchfield, Kennebec, Maine, United States
06 Dec 1777 Harpswell, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 25 Jul 1827
abt 1844
abt 1836 Fairfield, Somerset, Maine, United States - abt 1836
abt 1838 Fairfield, Somerset, Maine, United States - abt 1838
01 Nov 1818 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
19 Jun 1784 Harpswell, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - Jun 1810
15 Aug 1837 Hallowell - 26 Sep 1837
13 Oct 1847 Durham, Androscoggin, Maine, United States
28 May 1819 Annsville, Oneida, New York, United States - 17 Aug 1887
03 Aug 1782 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States - 05 Jan 1873
28 Dec 1799 Durham, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States - 29 Nov 1843
27 Feb 1790 Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, Massachusetts, United States - 10 May 1843
11 Feb 1807 Litchfield, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States - 11 Nov 1876
20 Sep 1786 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States - 08 Jun 1842

E

14 May 1735 Hanover, Massachusetts - 28 Jan 1790
07 Apr 1731 Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts - aft 08 Nov 1774

H

03 Jul 1772

M

31 Dec 1751 - aft 1832
1784

O

1774 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay - 1800

R

abt 1697 Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony - aft 1790
15 Jan 1753 Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 07 May 1832

S

abt 1776
10 Jun 1759 Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts - 26 Jun 1846
19 Jun 1814 Cherry Valley, NY - 08 Jun 1891

T

abt 1727 Harpswell, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay - aft 1756
10 Jun 1792 Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States - 27 Jun 1843

W

16 Jan 1893 Dixfield, Oxford, Maine, United States - 21 Jan 1933




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