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David Douglas 1585 – 1617 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1585

Birth Location: Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Death Date: 1617

Death Location: Midlothian, Scotland

Father: James Douglas

Mother: Janet Scott

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The story of David Douglas began in 1585 in Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland. David Douglas passed away in 1617 in Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of David Douglas began in 1585 in Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
  • David Douglas passed away in 1617 in Midlothian, Scotland.

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David Douglas's Ancestors

Self
David Douglas
1585 – 1617
Birth Place: Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Parents
James Douglas
1462 – 1498
Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Scott
1445 – 1509
Buccleugh Selkirkshire
Grandparents
William Douglas
1435 – 1484
Drumlanrig Castle, Durisdeer Nithsdale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Crichton
1435 – 1539
Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
David Scott
1430 – 1479
Branxholm Castle, Hawick, Teviotdale, Scotland
Janet DeSomerville
1423 – 1492
Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
William Douglas
1415 – 1464
Margaret Carlyle
1420 – 1482
Robert Crichton
1409 – 1478
Christiana Erskine
1406 – 1479
Walter Scott
1394 – 1469
Margaret Cockburn
1402 – 1463
William Somerville
1400 – 1456
Catherine Mowat
1398 – 1458
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Douglas
1395 – 1444
Janet Maxwell
1395 – 1458
William Carlyle
1401 – 1463
Elizabeth Kirkpatrick
1405 – 1448
Robert Crichton
1376 – 1478
Elizabeth Erskine
1385 – 1412
Nicholas Erskine
1338 – 1406
Jean Cameron
1356 – 1402
Robert Scott
1378 – 1426
Telfer
1380 – 1430
William Cockburn
1385 –
Agnes Collins
1386 – 1463
Thomas Somerville
1370 – 1444
Janet Stewart
1370 – 1407
John Mowat
1365 – 1435
Elizabeth Harper
1376 – 1441

David Douglas's Timeline

2 Records

1585
1585
Birth of David Douglas in Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
1617
1617
Age 32
Death of David Douglas in Midlothian, Scotland
Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1585
    Event Place: Drumlanrig, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1617
    Event Place: Midlothian, Scotland

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