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genealogical materials were compiled by Ann Woodlief. Please e-mail
at awoodlief@yahoo.com if you wish to copy, emend or add. Much of the
information came from Jennings Cropper Wise, Col. John Wise of England
and Virginia (1617-1695), Virginia Historical Society.
George Douglas of Waterside & Margaret CampbellThe Douglas line of George Douglas is traced to Douglas of Parkhead and Douglas, Earl of Douglas ("Black Douglas"). Margaret Campbell was the heir and daughter of John [and Margaret Campbell] Campbell, son of Hew Campbell and Elizabeth Dunbar (dau of John Dunbar of Barmuir), who was son of Hugh Campbell (-1602) and Katherine Baird who obtained a charter for the lands of Garallane from Sir Matthew Campbell of Loudon in 1562. (from History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton by James Paterson, Edinburgh, 1863.) Son: HughHugh Douglas & Margaret of CumlargThis generation is noted in the History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton, Edinburgh, 1863, in the section on Garallan. Son: HughHugh Douglas of Garrallan & Katherine HumeGarrallan is in the parish of Cumnock near Ayr, Scotland.Katherine (Catherine?) Hume was the daughter of Rev. Patrick Hume, Minister of Kirkmichael in Dumfriesshire, and Margaret Menzies, daughter of James Menzies of Enoch and Katherine Douglas, the daughter of Sir James Douglas of Kalkhead and Lady Catherine Douglas, dauighter of James Douglas, Second Earl of Drumlanrig. Their son Charles went to Jamaica and offered Robert Burns a situation (letter exists) in the West Indies. Children: Elizabeth, Hugh, Patrick (heir 1776), Margaret, William, Penelope, Charles, Katherine, Archibald Captain William Douglas (-1783) & Elizabeth Offutt [Lewis]William Douglas emigrated to Loudon CO VA, ca. 1750 from Ayr, Scotland. He and Elizabeth were married before 1761. He was a prosperous landholder, Justice, Sheriff and supporter of the American Revolution. His Scots ancestry and descendents are documented in Col. John Wise of England and Virginia (1617-1695) by C. Jennings Wise. He owned "the handsome estates of "Garrallan" and "Montressor" in Loudoun CO, the former lying along the Potomac River north of Leesburg. His second marriage was to Sarah Orrick, widow of William Chilton (d. 1782); they had one son, Patrick Hume Douglas.Elizabeth Offutt was the widow of Stephen Lewis of Fairfax Co, Va. They had five children: Elizabeth (1747-) m. Patterson; Thomas (1749-) m. Elizabeth Payne 1773; Jane (1752-) m. William Neilson of Scotland; Sally, m. Dr. Shrope, and Elizabeth, m. Smith. She was the daughter of Samuel Owen Offutt (18/10//1710 Berkeley Co-1761) and Elizabeth Hite (1/13/1715-). Wise says he is the son of Nathaniel Offutt and gives his birth date as 1710 (the same year his son is born!). He is said to be the son of William Offutt of Montgomery CO who patented land called the "Younger Brother" in Prince George CO, and Mary Brock, daughter of Edward Brock of "Brock Hall." William Douglass' executors gave bond for 10,000 pounds. His will (written 1780) mentions five daughters and two sons. Nance was left "five hundred Pounds Current money and her Second Choise of my horses & Mares for a Riding Creature for herself a Womans new Saddle and Bridle and a feather Bed and furniture the horse saddle and Bridge to be paid immediately after my Death & the money As soon as she Arrives at the Age of Eighteen or immediately after her marriage if She Shold marry Sooner." He divides his father's inheritance (if it can be obtained from England) between his children. On 9/24/1782, after his wife's death, he added "the Negroe Wench Molly I Leave her to be Sett free for the Good Services she has done me since I have been sick." He purchased the rank of Captain from William Fitzhugh at Fort Pitt. The Douglas motto is Fortis et Fidelis; the crest is a heart proper; and the ancient Douglas coat of arms is, Argent, a heart imperially crowned ppr. between two buckles azure, all within a bordue gules; on a chief of the third three stars of the field. Children:
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