Family/Spouse: Phebe Lyon. Phebe (daughter of Abraham Lyon) was born in 1801 in New Jersey, USA; died in 1869 in Knox County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Forest Cemetery, Fredericktown, Knox County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jane L. Douglass was born on 8 Sep 1822; died on 3 Jun 1881 in Knox County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Forest Cemetery, Fredericktown, Knox County, Ohio, USA.
2. Alfred Douglass was born in 1826; died in 1893 in Knox County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Forest Cemetery, Fredericktown, Knox County, Ohio, USA.
3. Phebe A. Douglass was born on 15 Oct 1827 in Ohio, USA; died on 27 May 1894 in Ohio, USA; was buried in Forest Cemetery, Fredericktown, Knox County, Ohio, USA.
4. Abraham Douglass was born in 1833 in Knox County, Ohio, USA; died on 17 Sep 1910 in Knox County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Forest Cemetery, Fredericktown, Knox County, Ohio, USA.

Notes:

source = Aaron Douglass Family Bible: Capt Aaron Douglass b March 3 1753 Black River (Chester) Morris Co NJ, d Nov 23 1819 Morristown, Morris Co NJ. Probate Dec 9 1819 Morris Co NJ. M Phoebe Lewis.

DNA testing has proved this line back to William Douglas, b1610 New London

(Research):Linda Hildebrand said?
These Douglases are, indeed, inaccurate accounts (referring to suggestions that his father is sometines said to be Alexander, son of Moredecai). I found Alexander's will and he mentions no Aaron ... also passed through a totally unrelated area of NJ.

I'm trying to find primary records for which William Douglas/s is father to Capt. Aaron b. 1753 m. Phebe Lewis. He died in Mendham, Morris County, NJ, and she moved with most of their kids to Knox County, Ohio.

To do this, I'm tapping both NJ and CT sources to try to find record of his ancestral migration. I'm interested in one theory they came with Rogerenes. We've also established by maps and historical accounts another possibility: an ore/gold rush mid-1700s in Morris County, NJ.

The sole Douglas Rogerene mention I found so far seems to have come to NJ about 50 years earlier, but was in the line of William b. 1708.

I believe Aaron's father is William b. 1710, a first (?) cousin). Strong evidence from birth/name patterns show Aaron's father William came to NJ to marry his brother Joshua's widow, who had 3 kids under 10 in the small area called Comb's Hollow, exactly where we find Aaron's dad starting his family about a year after Joshua died, with a wife by the same first name as Joshua's Sarah (Foote).

My William's wife has no formal record of a surname except Douglas, which makes sense if she was widow Sarah Foote Douglas. Perhaps a reference to Aaron being buried beside his brother(s) refers to his half-brothers, Joshua's two sons, if William 1710 married his brother's widow.

Died:
Previously recorded as 25 Jan 1830

Aaron married Phoebe Lewis in 1776. Phoebe (daughter of Levi Lewis and Mary) was born on 2 Feb 1754; died on 20 Nov 1847 in Knox Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Levi + Mary. Mary was born before 1754; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

of Mendham, New Jersey, USA