James Douglass (1761 - 1818)

Born 2 Mar 1761 in Adams Co,PA

Husband of Elinor (Orr) Douglass — married 20 Jan 1785 in Rock Creek Congregation, Now United Presbyterian Gettysburg,Gettysburg,Adams,Pennsylvania

Died 2 Mar 1818 at age 57 in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Biography

Rock Creek Church, Gettysburg, 1774-1840 records. Marriages- James DOUGLASS and Elinor ORR, Mt. Joy, 20 Jan 1785. Their children; Mary, Martha, Jane, William, Anna, Nelly. Elinor died before her father William Orr (1814). Children mentioned in his will. James remarried, Elizabeth ?, children: James, Elizabeth, Margaret. All children named in the will of James who died in 1818. Elinor's older sister Isabella, married Robert, brother to James. The birthdate of James was taken from his headstone found in the Marsh Creek Cemetery Adams Co., PA.

• Fact: Burial (1818) Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States of America

James Douglass' will, written September 26, 1817, names Elizabeth as his "beloved wife". He mentions his eldest children separately from the youngest three in several sections, a possible indication of the marriage to Elizabeth after the death of Elinor.

He mentions in particular the eldest daughters, (Mary, Martha and Jane and Anna) receiving one hundred dollar left them by their grandfather, William Orr. This seals the determination Elinor Orr died and James married a woman Elizabeth.

Special mention of and inheritance from James' brother Thomas is included and a review of Thomas's will indeed has special mention of "Nelly". (Thomas and his wife have no children of record)

Also included is a request that his neighbor, John Stewart be the guardian of his three youngest children; James, Elizabeth and Margaret.

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 13 September 2018, 14:17), entry for James Douglass(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:94YR-71P); contributed by various users.
• Church records
• Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2XQ-PD6 : 11 February 2018), James Douglass and Elinor Orr, 20 Jan 1785; citing Rock Creek Congregation Now United Presbyterian Cgettysburgn,Gettysburg,Adams,Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 20,501

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15067149