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Nathaniel Douglass

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Nathaniel Douglass

Birth
Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
5 Oct 1821 (aged 67)
Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
Burial
Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada Add to Map
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4933NATHANIEL DOUGLASS 17540811 18211005 NAPIERVILLE CEMETERY DOUGLASS 17
source: http://www.rocler.qc.ca/d.mark/prev/hemcem.htm
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NATHANIEL DOUGLAS, s/o Asa, born in Canaan, Conn., Aug 11, 1754. He married, in 1772, his cousin Prudence, daughter of Judge (James?) and Mrs. Hannah (DOUGLAS) BROWN, of Pittstown, NY. They were farmers, assign part of their lives in Connecticut and part in New York. In 1790 he went to Chazy, NY and settled, with his brother, Capt. John, on land granted their father, Major Asa, for services in the Revolutionary war. Mrs. DOUGLAS died April 17, 1796, aged 45 years. In 1812 Mr. DOUGLAS removed to Douglasville, Que. [Canada], which his sons, Nathaniel, James and Jonathan, settled.

After his removal to Canada he married, as his second wife a Miss. TRAVAISSA [Marie-Charlotte TRAVERSY b. 1763 in Saint-Francois-du-Lac, Quebec], whose father came from France with LaFAYETTE. By her he had five or six children, but no account of them or their descendants has been obtained. Nathaniel DOUGLAS died at Douglasville, Oct. 5, 1821.
His children by his first wife, all born in Chazy, NY:

Prudence – b 1773 m. Seth GREGORY
Nathaniel – b. 1774
James – b. 1775
Asa – b. 1777
Marry – b. 1779 m. Asa WILLETT
Rebecca – b. 1780 m. Richard JONES, 2d Amasa LADD, 3d ____ WINCHELL
George Washington – b. 1782
Hannah – b. 1785 m. ____ SACKETT
John – b. 1787 died young
Lucy – b. 1788 m. Jonathan DOUGLAS
Jonathan, - b. 1791

Source: page 140-141
A collection of family records: with biographical sketches, and other memoranda of various families and individuals bearing the name DOUGLAS or allied families of that name. By Charles Henry James Douglas © 1879


Children by 2nd marriage

Charles b. June/July 1798,
Claire b. April 16, 1800,
Henry, b. Oct 30, 1802,
Henriette: b. Oct 31, 1802,
Benjamin, b. 18 Jan 1805,

Source: email on 13 Feb 2013 from: recherche: Sylviane Soulaine Couture
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Barbour Collection has Nathaniel's birth as the 15th, not the 11th of August
- Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Birth Records for Canaan:
DOUGLASS, Nathaniel, s, Asa & Rebecka, b Aug 15, 1754 -- Volume LR2, Page 237
4933NATHANIEL DOUGLASS 17540811 18211005 NAPIERVILLE CEMETERY DOUGLASS 17
source: http://www.rocler.qc.ca/d.mark/prev/hemcem.htm
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NATHANIEL DOUGLAS, s/o Asa, born in Canaan, Conn., Aug 11, 1754. He married, in 1772, his cousin Prudence, daughter of Judge (James?) and Mrs. Hannah (DOUGLAS) BROWN, of Pittstown, NY. They were farmers, assign part of their lives in Connecticut and part in New York. In 1790 he went to Chazy, NY and settled, with his brother, Capt. John, on land granted their father, Major Asa, for services in the Revolutionary war. Mrs. DOUGLAS died April 17, 1796, aged 45 years. In 1812 Mr. DOUGLAS removed to Douglasville, Que. [Canada], which his sons, Nathaniel, James and Jonathan, settled.

After his removal to Canada he married, as his second wife a Miss. TRAVAISSA [Marie-Charlotte TRAVERSY b. 1763 in Saint-Francois-du-Lac, Quebec], whose father came from France with LaFAYETTE. By her he had five or six children, but no account of them or their descendants has been obtained. Nathaniel DOUGLAS died at Douglasville, Oct. 5, 1821.
His children by his first wife, all born in Chazy, NY:

Prudence – b 1773 m. Seth GREGORY
Nathaniel – b. 1774
James – b. 1775
Asa – b. 1777
Marry – b. 1779 m. Asa WILLETT
Rebecca – b. 1780 m. Richard JONES, 2d Amasa LADD, 3d ____ WINCHELL
George Washington – b. 1782
Hannah – b. 1785 m. ____ SACKETT
John – b. 1787 died young
Lucy – b. 1788 m. Jonathan DOUGLAS
Jonathan, - b. 1791

Source: page 140-141
A collection of family records: with biographical sketches, and other memoranda of various families and individuals bearing the name DOUGLAS or allied families of that name. By Charles Henry James Douglas © 1879


Children by 2nd marriage

Charles b. June/July 1798,
Claire b. April 16, 1800,
Henry, b. Oct 30, 1802,
Henriette: b. Oct 31, 1802,
Benjamin, b. 18 Jan 1805,

Source: email on 13 Feb 2013 from: recherche: Sylviane Soulaine Couture
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Barbour Collection has Nathaniel's birth as the 15th, not the 11th of August
- Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Birth Records for Canaan:
DOUGLASS, Nathaniel, s, Asa & Rebecka, b Aug 15, 1754 -- Volume LR2, Page 237


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  • Created by: Julie H
  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46894101/nathaniel-douglass: accessed ), memorial page for Nathaniel Douglass (15 Aug 1754–5 Oct 1821), Find a Grave Memorial ID 46894101, citing Douglass Cemetery, Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada; Maintained by Julie H (contributor 46934373).