Born 6 Jul 1668 in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Janet Witherspoon — married 1694 in Dalhoussie, Midlothian, , Scotland

Descendants

Died 14 Oct 1745 in Penninghame House, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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Biography

Parents cannot be William Douglas and Isabel Elizabeth Kennedy. It is known that William, who was the 4th Lord of Mouswald, died without issue, as the title passed on to one of his brothers, John, who became 5th Mouswald^[1][2][3].The family line of the Douglases of Mouswald would later become extinct.^[4][5]

Birth

Date: 1668

Place: Cockpen, Midlothian, , Scotland

Death

Date: 14 OCT 1745

Place: Scotland

Marriage

Husband: William Douglas

Wife: Janet Witherspoon

Marriage:

Date: 1694

Place: Dalhoussie, Midlothian, , Scotland

Child: Janet Douglas

Child: Anna Douglas

Child: David Douglas

Child: Margaret Douglas

Child: William Douglas

Child: Alexander Douglas

Child: George Douglas

Child: Elizabeth Douglas

Child: Peter Douglas

Marriage:

Date: 1693

Place: Penninghame Parish, , , Scotland

William Douglass. ^[6][7][8]

Born 1668 Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland. ^[9][10]

Marriage Midlothian: Edinburgh (Canongate) - Register of Burgesses, 1622-1733. ^[11]

File Format: jpg. douglas-coat-of-arms Format: jpg. Genealogy symbol (DB). Format: jpg. douglas-coat-of-arms Format: jpg. Cockpen Castle(1).

Marriage Husband @P1084@. Wife @P1083@. Child: @P1052@. Marriage 06 Oct 1691. Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland. ^[12] Marriage SC^[13] Marriage Scotland

William was born in 1668. He passed away in 1745.

Sources

1. ↑ G. Harvey Johnston, The Heraldry of the Douglases, 1907 p 28. https://archive.org/stream/heraldryofdougla00john#page/28/mode/2up
2. ↑ http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/families/douglas_of_mouswald.htm#.WaT7YfqGPIV
3. ↑ "The Barony of Mouswald and its Barons," by John J. Reid, B.A., F.S. A.Scot. (Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1888-89), Pg, 73, 76 http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-352-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_023/23_024_079.pdf
4. ↑ The Scots Peerage, founded on Wood's edition, Sir James Balfour Paul, Volume 7, pp132-133 https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun07pauluoft#page/132/mode/2up
5. ↑ "The Barony of Mouswald and its Barons," by John J. Reid, B.A., F.S. A.Scot. (Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1888-89), Pg. 76 http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-352-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_023/23_024_079.pdf
6. ↑ Source: #S1104045638
7. ↑ Source: #S-904391116 Source number: 18367.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY
8. ↑ Source: #S-904391116 Source number: 18367.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY
9. ↑ Source: #S-904391116 Source number: 18367.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY
10. ↑ Source: #S-904391116 Source number: 18367.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY
11. ↑ Source: #S1104045638
12. ↑ Source: #S1104045638
13. ↑ Source: #S-904391116 Source number: 18367.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY

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Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Cynthia B for creating WikiTree profile Douglass-453 through the import of LONG-family-cbk.ged on May 1, 2013.
• Douglas-3623 was created by Andrea Bulgier through the import of Lucinda Davis.ged on Jan 25, 2015.
• Douglas-3637 was created by Gail Williams through the import of Meryl Marie Bulgier gedcom - Jan 2015.ged on Jan 26, 2015.

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