Capt.
William
Douglas
Born in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of William Douglas
and Hannah (Mansfield) Douglas
Husband of
Sarah (Kirtland) Maltby
— married
28 Jan 1797 (to 14 Sep 1823) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William Douglas, John Douglas, Sarah Jennet (Douglas) Williams, Grace Douglas, Hannah Mansfield Douglas, Mary Kritland Douglas, William Douglas and Benjamin Douglas
Died
at age 53
in Northford, North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Aug 2011
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Biography
Private William Douglas served with 3rd Connecticut Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
William Douglas is a member of Clan Douglas.
"...while yet a lad of eleven years old, he was sent by his uncle, Gen. Douglas, then of Plainfield, to Col. Ledyard at Groton, the day before the awful massacre, and defying all the dangers of the way, and compelled to swim his horse across the Thames, near New London, he safely delivered his dispatches."[1]
Sources
- WikiTree profile Douglas-1025 created through the import of Maltby master 08282011.GED on Aug 30, 2011 by Harry Maltby. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Harry and others.
- Source: S125551 Title: Maltby 08282011.FTW Repository: Call Number: Media: Other
- A collection of family records, with biographical sketches, and other memoranda of various families and individuals bearing the name Douglas, or allied to families of that name, by Douglas, Charles Henry James, 1856-1931 https://archive.org/stream/collectionoffami00doug#page/112/mode/2up
- "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7ZF-MYQ : 9 February 2018), (Capt.) William Douglas, 14 Sep 1823; citing Connecticut, North Branford 216 Inscriptions, reference Cemetery 4 Page 43; FHL microfilm 3,117.
- ↑ A collection of family records, with biographical sketches, and other memoranda of various families and individuals bearing the name Douglas, or allied to families of that name, by Douglas, Charles Henry James, 1856-1931 https://archive.org/stream/collectionoffami00doug#page/112/mode/2up
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