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Stephen A. Douglas

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Benajah Douglass

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• • Grandfather of Stephen A. Douglas — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Asa Douglas   
  • Mother:
  • Rebecca Wheeler   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 Dec 1760 
  • Birth Location:
  • Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Oct 1829 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Congregational Church Cemetery, Brandon, Rutland, Vermont 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Martha "Patty" Arnold
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  • Child:

  Stephen Arnold Douglass (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 

  • Benajah Douglass's surname is spelled “ss” on his tombstone.

• Sources for Benajah Douglass

  • ¹ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 , Birth record for Benjamin Douglass, FamilySearch.org (Online Database).
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 , Canaan, Page 24, Birth record for Benjamin Douglass, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ³ Find A Grave , (accessed 03/30/2013).
  • ⁴ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 , Birth record for son Stephen Douglas, FamilySearch.org (Online Database).
  • ⁵ New England Historical and Genealogical Register , 1877, Vol. 31, p. 166, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ⁶ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 , SAR #60943, Membership application for Martin Francis Douglas, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
  • ⁷ Illinois State Historical Society , Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year, 1901 (Publication No. 6) , Springfield, Illinois: Phillips Bros., State Printers (1901) , 115, Google Books (Digital Library).
  • ⁸ Johnson, Allen , Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics , New York: The Macmillan Company (1908) , 4-5, Google Books (Digital Library).
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd , Notable Ki n, Volume 2 , Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999) , 208.
  • ¹⁰ Robinson, Caroline E. and Daniel Goodwin, ed. , The Gardiners of Narragansett: Being a Genealogy of the Descendants of George Gardiner The Co lonist, 1638 , Providence: Printed by the Editor (1919) , 103, Internet Archive (Digital Library).