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Sir William (11th of Cavers) Douglas

Sir William (11th of Cavers) Douglas

Male - 1676

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sir William (11th of Cavers) Douglas (son of Archibald (10th of Cavers) Douglas and Rachael Skene); died in Dec 1676.

    Notes:

    Deprived of the hereditary sheriffdom on account of his opposition to the court

    Family/Spouse: Catherine Rigg. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Sir William (12th of Cavers) Douglas died in Feb 1698.
    2. Archibald (13th of Cavers) Douglas was born about 1668; died in 1741.
    3. John (of Cavers) Douglas and died.
    4. James (of Cavers) Douglas and died.
    5. Thomas (of Cavers) Douglas was born in May 1677; and died.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Archibald (10th of Cavers) Douglas (son of William (9th of Cavers) Douglas and Ann Douglas); died about 1669.

    Notes:

    Possibly MP for Roxburghshire and hereditary sheriff

    Archibald married Rachael Skene on 5 Aug 1629. Rachael (daughter of Sir James (of Halyards) Skene) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Rachael Skene (daughter of Sir James (of Halyards) Skene); and died.
    Children:
    1. 1. Sir William (11th of Cavers) Douglas died in Dec 1676.
    2. Anne Douglas and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William (9th of Cavers) Douglas was born about 1580 (son of Sir James Douglas (8th of Cavers) Douglas and Margaret Cranstoun); died about 1658.

    Notes:

    Sir William, who was deeply engaged on the Parliament side, and was one of the commissioners from the Scottish army to treat with Charles I. in 1639. He is frequently mentioned in Baillie's Letters as " the sheriff of Teviotdale."* He commanded a regiment of horse, and defeated a body of men raised from llichard Graham's lands in the north of England, who were on their march to join Montrose in 1646. He was also one of the commissioners for trying the Montrosians in 1646.f He married Ann Douglas of Wittingham, and left two sons? Archibald his heir, and John, head of the Douglases of Garvald; and a daughter, married to Sir William Elliot of Stobs. He died about 1658.

    William married Ann Douglas in Feb 1606 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Ann (daughter of William (4th of Whittinghame) Douglas and Elizabeth Maitland) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Ann Douglas (daughter of William (4th of Whittinghame) Douglas and Elizabeth Maitland); and died.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Marriage contracts 6 & 8 February 1605/06 in Edinburgh and Haddington

    Children:
    1. 2. Archibald (10th of Cavers) Douglas died about 1669.
    2. Helen Douglas and died.
    3. Euphemia Douglas and died.
    4. John (of Garvald) Douglas was born before 1718; and died.

  3. 6.  Sir James (of Halyards) Skene and died.

    Notes:

    ?? 1st of Curriehill

    Children:
    1. 3. Rachael Skene and died.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Sir James Douglas (8th of Cavers) Douglas was born before 1580 (son of Sir William (7th of Cavers) Douglas and Euphemia Kerr); died in 1612.

    Notes:

    Sir James had a charter under the Great Seal on his father's resignation, reserving liferent, &c., 1576.

    He is said to be Douglas of Conons in the Elliot history

    James married Margaret Cranstoun on 1 Jun 1580. Margaret (daughter of Sir John (of that Ilk) Cranston and Margaret Ramsay) was born before 1580; died after 29 Mar 1621. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Margaret Cranstoun was born before 1580 (daughter of Sir John (of that Ilk) Cranston and Margaret Ramsay); died after 29 Mar 1621.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Date of contract: 01 Jun 1580

    Children:
    1. 4. William (9th of Cavers) Douglas was born about 1580; died about 1658.
    2. Elizabeth Douglas was born before 1600; and died.
    3. Margaret Douglas

  3. 10.  William (4th of Whittinghame) Douglas was born about 1590 (son of William (3rd Baron of Whittinghame) Douglas and Elizabeth Lauder); and died.

    William + Elizabeth Maitland. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Richard (of Thirleston and Lethington) Maitland and Mariotta Cranstoun) was born in 1654; died in 1718. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth Maitland was born in 1654 (daughter of Sir Richard (of Thirleston and Lethington) Maitland and Mariotta Cranstoun); died in 1718.

    Notes:

    Or Margaret

    Children:
    1. Archibald (5th of Whittinghame) Douglas was born about 1590; died in 1628.
    2. Patrick (of Standingstone) Douglas was born before 1596; died after 1596.
    3. James Douglas was born before 1630; and died.
    4. 5. Ann Douglas and died.
    5. William (of Stoneypath) Douglas
    6. John Douglas
    7. Richard (of Newgrange) Douglas
    8. Elizabeth Douglas



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