William Douglas (1757 - 1820)

Born 22 Oct 1757 in Fort George, Brunswick, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Eunice Bry (Stewart) Douglas — married 22 Oct 1776 in Lewiston, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 1820 at about age 62 in Dearborn, Indiana, United States

Biography

William was born in 1757.

He married Eunice Stewart in 1776.^[1]

He passed away in 1820.

Sources

1. ↑ ["Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X3-ZPT : 14 January 2020), William Douglass, 1776.]

• The Douglases from Maine to the Midwest

• 8. WILLIAM DOUGLAS was born about 1750 in Ft. George at Topsham, Maine.

5. I will have to mention James' brother, William, here also, because James' son, Andrew, born 4 October 1778 and William's daughter, Eunice, born 4 October 1781 married each other. This caused me several years of confusion - first cousin marrying first cousin. Every time I would search for Andrew's wife, this Eunice Douglas showed up with the same last name and birth date as Andrew. I thought for sure my notes were wrong. I finally reconciled this when I found their tombstones with the date of their death and their age at that time. (See the tombstones pictured on the Homepage.)

William Douglas born 23 October 1757 and Eunice (deBry/Steward) were married on 22 October 1776 in Topsham, Maine. William died about 1820. (There are at least eight genealogists researching this family and they all show Eunice with either deBry or Steward or both. To my knowledge, no one has been able to solve the mystery of her name.) William and Eunice settled in the Topsham area of Maine and raised twelve children. They are:

1. JAMES DOUGLAS, b. 4 July 1777, Fairfax, Albion Co., Maine. 2. MARGARET DOUGLAS, b. 20 February 1780, Fairfax, Kennebec Co., Maine; married Seth Dammon (Damon)j31 May 1801, d. 3 January 1856, 3. EUNICE DOUGLAS, b. 4 October 1781, Freetown, Fairfax, Kennebec, Maine; d. 1 October 1865, Mechanicsburg, Champaign Co., Ohio. 4. WILLIAM DOUGLAS, JR., b. 30 April 1782, Fairfax, Kennebec Co., Maine. 5. JEREMIAH DOUGLAS, b. 18 February 1787, Fairfax, Kennebec Co. Maine or Massachusetts; d. 9 October 1870, Volga, Iowa. 6. MARY DOUGLAS, b. 18 June 1789, Fairfax, Kennebec Co., Maine. 7. FRANCIS DOUGLAS, b. 2 March 1792, Fairfax, Kennebec Co., Maine. 8. RUTH DOUGLAS, b. 23 June 1794, Fairfax, Kennebec Co., Maine; d. 25 June 1853, Carroll, ME. 9. ANDREW J. DOUGLAS, b. 13 February 1796, Fairfax, Kennebec Co., Maine; d. 12 April 1867, Rising Sun, Ohio Co., Indiana. 10. THOMAS W. DOUGLASS (1798-1864) b. 19 April 1798, Fairfax, Kennebec Co., Maine; d. 25 October 1865, Vermillion Co., Illinois. 11. JANE DOUGLAS, b. 25 April 1800, Fairfax, Kennebec Co., Maine. 12. JOHN DOUGLAS, b. February 1806, Sedgwick, Hancock Co., Maine.

DNA

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confident based on a triangulated group on GEDmatch who share a 16.6 cM segment on chromosome 13, consisting of Jim Harris, GEDmatch kit # YE4305290, and JD, his 6th cousin 1x removed, and John Douglas, his 4th cousin 2x removed. (JD and John are 5th cousins 1x removed.) Their most-recent common ancestors are James Douglas and Margaret Elliot, the 6x great grandparents of Jim Harris and 5x great grandparents of JD and 4x great grandparents of John Douglas.