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1758 - 1808 (50 years)
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John DOUGLAS [1] |
- "A Collection of Family Records, with biographical Sketches, and other Memoranda of Various Families and Individuals bearing the name Douglas": His eighteenth year was passed in the American army. he married, May 12, 1779, Hannah, daughter of Judge (James?) Brown and Hannah Douglas, of Pittstown. They settled in Stephentown, but subsequently removed to the town of Chazy, on the shore of Lake Champlain. "On the 15th of March, 1793, he landed at the lake shore of Chazy, with his family, of wife and seven children. His was the first English family which settled in this town." He was a man of great influence as the town became settled, and his death was mourned as an irreparable loss. He died at Plattsburgh, as he was on the way to visit his aged mother and his son in Albany, Oct. 16, 1808, fifteen years after his first arrival in Chazy. His widow passed the last years of her eventful and useful life in the family of her granddaughter in Chazy. Her vigor of body and mind were preserved to a remarkable degree to the end of her life. She died Oct 4, 1853, at the advanced age of nearly 93 years. [1]
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CAPT. |
Birth |
2 Aug 1758 |
Canaan, Connecticut [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
16 Oct 1808 |
Plattsburgh, New York [1] |
Person ID |
I68382 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
29 May 2012 |
Father |
Asa DOUGLAS, b. 11 Dec 1715, Plainfield, Connecticut d. 12 Nov 1792, Stephentown, New York (Age 76 years) |
Mother |
Rebecca WHEELER, b. 26 Aug 1718, Concord, Massachusetts d. 12 Jun 1809 (Age 90 years) |
Marriage |
Abt 1737 [1] |
Family ID |
F27537 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Hannah BROWN, b. abt. 1760 d. 4 Oct 1853 (Age 93 years) |
Marriage |
12 May 1779 [1] |
Children |
| 1. Lucy DOUGLAS, b. 18 Oct 1780, Stephentown, New York d. 2 Jan 1825, Chazy, Clinton Co., New York (Age 44 years) |
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Family ID |
F27535 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
29 May 2012 |
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Event Map |
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| Birth - 2 Aug 1758 - Canaan, Connecticut |
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Sources |
- [S4815] Charles Henry James Douglas, "A Collection of Family Records, with Biographical Sketches, and Other Memoranda of Various Families and Individuals bearing the Name DOUGLAS", (Providence: E.L. Freeman & Co., Publishers - 1879).
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