John Douglass (1724 - 1777)

Born 8 Apr 1724 in New London, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Esther (Leach) Douglass — married 11 May 1746 in New London, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 13 Dec 1777 at age 53 in New London, New London, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Private John Douglass served with Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

John Douglass is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A033758.

Born April 8 and baptized June 7 1724 in New London, Connecticut.

Served with Eliphalet Holmes' Company of Minute men [East Haddem, CT] raised in May 1776.^[1].

Death

13 DEC 1777, age 53, New London, New London, Connecticut, USA

He was buried in Chesterfield Cemetery in Montville, Connecticut. At the time of survey it said "Dowgla----, (Stone Broken), Captain John, died Dec. 13, 1777, age 54 yrs."

Name:

John Douglas^{[2][3][4][5][6]} John Dowgla.^[7][8]

Born 8 Apr 1724. New London, New London, Connecticut, New England. ^{[3] [2] [4] [7]}

Died December 13,1777. New London, New London, Connecticut, USA. ^{[4] [7]}

Residence Relation to Head of House: Son (pre-marriage residence). 10 May 1746. New London. ^{[5] [6]}

Baptism: 7 Jun 1724. New London, Connecticut, New England. ^[2]

Buried Montville, Connecticut, USA. ^[4]

Marriage 11 May 1746. New London, New London, Connecticut, New England.^[5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ Johnston, Henry P., ed.. The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution 1775-1783. Vol. I-III. (Hartford, CT, USA: 1889), 611; "Connecticut Men in the Revolutionary War," database with images, Ancestry (http://ancestry.com : accessed 6 Apr 2022).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "Connecticut, Births and Baptisms, 1639-1941", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VP6-R8T2 : Fri Oct 06 17:36:05 UTC 2023), Entry for John Douglas and Thomas Douglas, 7 June 1724.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Ancestry Record 1034 #207107
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46948602/john-douglas: accessed 15 November 2023), memorial page for Capt John Douglas (8 Apr 1724–13 Dec 1777), Find a Grave Memorial ID 46948602, citing Chesterfield Cemetery, Chesterfield, New London County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by John Beckstein (contributor 46939506).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "Connecticut, Church Records, 1660-1955," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGRS-VYY5 : 3 October 2019), John Douglas and Esther Leach, 11 May 1746; citing Marriage, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7PB-L2S : 11 January 2020), John Douglas, 1746.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7NG-M2Z : Mon Nov 13 10:32:00 UTC 2023), Entry for John Dowgla..., 13 Dec 1777.
8. ↑ Ancestry. U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934. Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut Ancestry Record 2900 #376195

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 9 Jul 2016), "Record of John Douglas", Ancestor # A033758.

See also:

• Douglas, Charles Henry James. 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 https://archive.org/stream/collectionoffami00doug#page/76/mode/2up
• AGBI. Ancestry.com. Gen. Column of the Boston Transcript, 1906-1941.( the Greatest Single Source of Material For Gen. Data For the N.e. Area and For the Period 1600-1800. Completely Indexed in the Index.): 19 Jan 1927, 5045; 9 Mar 1927, 5045; 15 Dec 1930, 1054. Ancestry Record 3599 #2570556
• Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Vol. IINote: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-SonsDaughtersPilgrimsII&h=430000&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Ancestry Record 48633 #430000
• Ancestry.com Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 Ancestry Record 9289 #31405051

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Douglas-1781 created through the import of Powell.ged on Jan 9, 2013 by Shaun Powell. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Shaun and others.