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William Ayton Douglass 1669 – 1745 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1669

Birth Location: Cockpen, M loth, Scottland

Death Date: 14 Oct 1745

Death Location: Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Father: William Douglass

Mother: Isabel Kennedy

Spouse(s): Grizell McKean, Grishild McKeand

Children(s): William Douglas, Mary Douglas, Mary Henderson, Margaret DOUGLAS, John Douglas, John Douglass, James DOUGLAS, John Douglas, Margaret Haden, David Douglas, Margaret Douglas, George Douglass, John Douglass, William Douglas, James Douglas, Alexander Douglas, James DOUGLASS, James Douglas, Elisabeth Douglas)Heron, William Douglas, Mary Douglas, John Douglass, Janet Laceby, Anna Douglass, David Douglas, Margaret Douglas, John Douglass, William Douglas, Alexander Douglass, James Douglas, Douglas Douglas, George Douglass, Elizabeth Douglas, Peter Douglass, George Douglass

William Ayton Douglass was born in 1669 in Cockpen, M loth, Scottland, the child of William Douglass and Isabel Elizabeth Kennedy. William Ayton Douglass married Grizell DOUGLASS McKean, Grishild McKeand, and had children including William Douglas, Mary Douglas, Mary Anne “Violet” Douglas Henderson, Margaret DOUGLAS, John Douglas, John Bruce Douglass, James DOUGLAS, John Bruce Douglas, Margaret (Douglas) Haden, David Douglas, Margaret Douglas, George Douglass, John Bruce Douglass, William Douglas, James Douglas, Alexander Douglas, James DOUGLASS, James Douglas, Elisabeth ( Douglas)Heron, William Douglas, Mary Douglas, John Bruce Douglass, Janet Douglass Laceby, Anna Douglass, David Douglas, Margaret Douglas, John Bruce Douglass, William Douglas, Alexander Douglass, James Douglas, Douglas Douglas, George Douglass, Elizabeth HERON Douglas, Peter Douglass, George Douglass. William Ayton Douglass passed away in 1745 in Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • William Ayton Douglass was born in 1669 in Cockpen, M loth, Scottland, the child of William Douglass and Isabel Elizabeth Kennedy.
  • William Ayton Douglass married Grizell DOUGLASS McKean, Grishild McKeand, and had children including William Douglas, Mary Douglas, Mary Anne “Violet” Douglas Henderson, Margaret DOUGLAS, John Douglas, John Bruce Douglass, James DOUGLAS, John Bruce Douglas, Margaret (Douglas) Haden, David Douglas, Margaret Douglas, George Douglass, John Bruce Douglass, William Douglas, James Douglas, Alexander Douglas, James DOUGLASS, James Douglas, Elisabeth ( Douglas)Heron, William Douglas, Mary Douglas, John Bruce Douglass, Janet Douglass Laceby, Anna Douglass, David Douglas, Margaret Douglas, John Bruce Douglass, William Douglas, Alexander Douglass, James Douglas, Douglas Douglas, George Douglass, Elizabeth HERON Douglas, Peter Douglass, George Douglass.
  • William Ayton Douglass passed away in 1745 in Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Douglass
1649 – 1669
Birth Location: Cockpen, Midlothian, , Scotland
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Isabel Kennedy
1645 – 1668
Birth Location: Galloway, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Grizell McKean
1673 – 1741
Birth Location: Cockpen, M loth, Scottland
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Grishild McKeand
1672 – 1741
Birth Location: , , , Scotland
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Children(s)

William Douglas
1690 – 1738
Birth Location: Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland
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Mary Douglas
1693 – 1726
Birth Location: Dalkeith, Midiothian, Scotland
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Mary Henderson
1693 – 1726
Birth Location: Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
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Margaret DOUGLAS
1693 – 1726
Birth Location: Dalkeith, Midlothian, , Scotland
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John Douglas
1695 – 1788
Birth Location: Douglas, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
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John Douglass
1695 – 1761
Birth Location: Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland
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James DOUGLAS
1697 – 1750
Birth Location: Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland
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John Douglas
1698 – 1761
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Margaret Haden
1701 – 1745
Birth Location: Hadden Hall, Norfolk, England
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David Douglas
1703 – 1780
Birth Location: Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland
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Margaret Douglas
1703 – 1786
Birth Location: Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland
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George Douglass
1704 – 1758
Birth Location: Douglas Hall, Accomack, Virginia, United States
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John Douglass
1704 – 1759
Birth Location: Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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William Douglas
1708 – 1798
Birth Location: Wigton, Wigton, Scotland
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James Douglas
1708 – 1780
Birth Location: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
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Alexander Douglas
1708 – 1775
Birth Location: Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland
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James DOUGLASS
1709 – 1780
Birth Location: 'Balsalloch', Penninghame (Galloway) Scotland
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James Douglas
1711 – 1753
Birth Location: New Hampshire, United States
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Elisabeth Douglas)Heron
1711 – 1759
Birth Location: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
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William Douglas
1685 – 1765
Birth Location: Wigton, Wigton, Scotland
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Mary Douglas
1693 – 1726
Birth Location: Dalkeith, Midliothian, Scotland
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John Douglass
1695 – 1761
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Janet Laceby
1698 – 1716
Birth Location: Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland
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Anna Douglass
1701 – 1726
Birth Location: Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland
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David Douglas
1703 –
Birth Location: Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland
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Margaret Douglas
1703 – 1786
Birth Location: Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland
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John Douglass
1704 – 1759
Birth Location: Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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William Douglas
1708 – 1798
Birth Location: Mosses Cree, Penningham Par, Galloway, Scotland
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Alexander Douglass
1708 – 1775
Birth Location: Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland
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James Douglas
1709 – 1780
Birth Location: –
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Douglas Douglas
1710 –
Birth Location: Gresley, Staffordshire, England
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George Douglass
1711 – 1758
Birth Location: Cockpen, Midlothian, , Scotland
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Elizabeth Douglas
1712 – 1759
Birth Location: Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland
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Peter Douglass
1713 –
Birth Location: Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland
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George Douglass
1700 – 1785
Birth Location: Accomack County, Virginia, USA
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William Douglass's Ancestors

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William Douglass
1669 – 1745
Birth Place: Cockpen, M loth, Scottland
Parents
William Douglass
1649 – 1669
Cockpen, Midlothian, , Scotland
Isabel (Elizabeth) Kennedy
1645 – 1668
Galloway, Scotland
Grandparents
James Douglas
1616 – 1647
Dumlanrig,Dumfriesshire,Scotland
Agnes Rome
1616 – 1649
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Douglas
1585 – 1617
Helena Grierson
1597 – 1616
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Douglas
1568 – 1615
Mary Fleming
1563 – 1635
William Grierson
1567 – 1629
Nichola Maxwell
1578 – 1605

William Douglass's Descendants

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William (Ayton) Douglass (1669 – 14 Oct 1745) m. Grizell (DOUGLASS) McKean (1673 – 01 Oct 1741) m. Grishild McKeand (1672 – 1 Oct 1741)
  1. 1. William Douglas (1690 – 21 Dec 1738)
  2. 2. Mary Douglas (26 NOV 1693 – 1726)
  3. 3. Mary (Anne “Violet” Douglas) Henderson (26 Nov 1693 – 1726) m. Col. (William) Crawford (7 June 1691 – 17 Sep 1761)
    1. 1. Edward Crawford (03 JUL 1710 – 09 Jan 1792)
    2. 2. James Crawford (1711 – 1716)
    3. 3. Margaret Crawford (1711 – 1716)
    4. 4. Mary Crawford (about 1713 – 1793)
    5. 5. Griselda Crawford (1715 – 1788)
    6. 6. Alexander (Crawford JR..) 2nd (1715 – October 1764 (26 Sept 1764))
    7. 7. Thomas Crawford (1716 – 1779)
    8. 8. William Crawford (1716 – 1753)
    9. 9. John Crawford (27 May 1716 – 1795)
    10. 10. Ann (Crawford) (Gardiner) (1718 – Jun 1764)
    11. 11. Patrick (Crawford (m.) Wilson) (1719 – 18 Dec 1787)
    12. 12. Mary (Ann) Crawford (1720 – Nov 1793)
    13. 13. Margaret Crawford (1721 – Nov 1793)
    14. 14. Margaret Crawford (1721 – 1755)
    15. 15. Edward Crawford (1721 – 1721)
    16. 16. Patrick Crawford (1723 – 1 Dec 1787)
    17. 17. James Crawford (1723 – 1740)
    18. 18. Rev (Patrick) Crawford (1723 – 1 Dec 1787)
    19. 19. George (Crawford) &&* (1726 – 10 May 1781)
    20. 20. Gritzel Crawford (1715 – 1788)
  4. 4. Margaret DOUGLAS (26 Nov 1693 – 1726)
  5. 5. John Douglas (22 Jan 1695 – 1788)
  6. 6. John (Bruce) Douglass (31 May 1695 – 11 Jan 1761) m. Judith (DOUGLASS) Moorman (1711 – Jan 09, 1774) m. Martha Heron (1697 – 1778) m. Jane Wilson (28 Mar 1697 – 8 Nov 1757)
    1. 1. John (Bruce) Douglass (18 Aug 1731 – Oct 1828)
    2. 2. Charles Douglass (29 Apr 1732 – 3 Mar 1823)
    3. 3. Mary (E.) Moorman (18 Dec 1733 – 21 Jul 1791)
    4. 4. Elizabeth (Jane) Douglas (18 Dec 1733 – Jul 21, 1791)
    5. 5. Thomas (B) Douglass (2 Sep 1740 – 23 Jan 1830)
    6. 6. Martha (Polly "Patty") Douglass (12 June 1743 or 23 August 1744 – 25 DEC 1825)
    7. 7. Judith Douglass (18 Jul 1746 – 1806)
    8. 8. John (Bruce) Douglass (8 Aug 1748 – 1828)
    9. 9. John Douglass (8 August 1748 – Oct 1828)
    10. 10. Ann Douglass (10 Feb 1750 – Abt 1798)
    11. 11. Achillis Douglas (22 Feb 1752 – 05 Nov 1810)
    12. 12. Dorcas Douglass (9 Jan 1755 – 13 Dec 1813)
    13. 13. Mildred ("Milly") Douglas (1756 – ABT 1800)
    14. 14. Nancy Douglas (1762 – )
    15. 15. William Douglass
    16. 16. William Douglas (bef 1741 – 20 September 1809)
    17. 17. Jane Douglas (1728 – 1828)
  7. 7. James DOUGLAS (16 Jan 1697 – 1750)
  8. 8. John (Bruce) Douglas (1698 – 11 Jan 1761)
  9. 9. Margaret ((Douglas)) Haden (9 APR 1701 – 19 Nov 1745)
  10. 10. David Douglas (12 Mar 1703 – 1780)
  11. 11. Margaret Douglas (1 May 1703 – 16 May 1786)
  12. 12. George Douglass (1704 – 1758)
  13. 13. John (Bruce) Douglass (07 September 1704 – 1759)
  14. 14. William Douglas (3 Aug 1708 – 12 Feb 1798)
  15. 15. James Douglas (3 August 1708 – 1780)
  16. 16. Alexander Douglas (2 Oct 1708 – 1775)
  17. 17. James DOUGLASS (1709 – 1780)
  18. 18. James Douglas (1711 – 1753)
  19. 19. Elisabeth (() Douglas)Heron (28 October 1711 – 7 June 1759)
  20. 20. William Douglas (3 Aug 1685 – 12 Feb 1765)
  21. 21. Mary Douglas (26 November 1693 – 1726)
  22. 22. John (Bruce) Douglass (31 May 1695 – 17 Jun 1761)
  23. 23. Janet (Douglass) Laceby (1698 – 10 Nov 1716)
  24. 24. Anna Douglass (2 Jan 1701 – 1726)
  25. 25. David Douglas (12 Mar 1703 – )
  26. 26. Margaret Douglas (1 May 1703 – 16 May 1786)
  27. 27. John (Bruce) Douglass (7 Sep 1704 – 1759)
  28. 28. William Douglas (3 Aug 1708 – 12 FEB 1798)
  29. 29. Alexander Douglass (2 Oct 1708 – 1775)
  30. 30. James Douglas (1709 – 1780)
  31. 31. Douglas Douglas (1710 – )
  32. 32. George Douglass (2 May 1711 – 1758)
  33. 33. Elizabeth (HERON) Douglas (1712 – 15 Jun 1759)
  34. 34. Peter Douglass (5 Oct 1713 – )
  35. 35. George Douglass (1700 – 1785) m. Mary (Pinsol) McElderry (1733 – ) m. Mary McElderry ( – 1748) m. Mary DOUGLASS (1733 – 1748)
    1. 1. James (David) Douglass (1725 – 1810) m. Hannah Houston (1725 – )
      1. 1. John (William) Douglass (1755 – 19 Aug 1782) m. Mary (Priscilla) Bryan (Jan 1758 – 1830) m. Mary (Ann) Tillison (1805 – 11 Jul 1881)
        1. 1. David Douglass (10 Nov 1781 – 1850) m. Martha Jones (1756 – 1860) m. Martha (DOUGLASS) Jones (1756 – 1860) m. Catherine (Ellen Sidener) (Schneider) (12 Oct 1782 – 10 Nov 1855) m. Elizabeth Dale (1691 – 1738) m. Jane Dixon (1753 – 1834)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Douglass (1780 – )
        3. 3. William Douglass (1782 – 1832)
      2. 2. Jesse Douglass
    2. 2. Robert Douglas (1736 – 1786)
    3. 3. John Douglass (1748 – 24 Nov 1812)
    4. 4. George Douglass (1748 – )
    5. 5. James Douglass (1750 – 23 Apr 1804)
    6. 6. David Douglass (1759 – 1791)
    7. 7. Elizabeth (McElderry) Douglass (18 Oct 1817 – 10 May 1882)
    8. 8. Elizabeth (Douglass) Jenkins

William Douglass's Timeline

4 Records

1668
1668
Birth of William Ayton Douglass in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland
Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland
1669
1669
Birth of William Ayton Douglass in Cockpen, M loth, Scottland
Cockpen, M loth, Scottland
1678
1678
Age 9
Birth of William Ayton Douglass in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland
Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland
1745
14 Oct 1745
Age 76
Death of William Ayton Douglass in Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1678
    Event Place: Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1668
    Event Place: Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1669
    Event Place: Cockpen, M loth, Scottland
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: Edinburgh (Canongate) - Register of Burgesses, 1622-1733
    Record Source: Midlothian (Edinburgh), Scotland, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1745
    Event Place: Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland
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