Ancestry of
Melvyn Douglas

Movie Actor

Richard Douglas

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Melvyn Douglas — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 28 
  • Father:
  • William Douglas 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Denison   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 Oct 1750 
  • Birth Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 1 Mar 1816 
  • Death Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Lucy Way
  • Marriage Date:
  • 2 Sep 1804 
  • Marriage Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Erskine Douglas (Ahnentafel No:14 )

• Additional marriages for Richard Douglas

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  • Spouse:
  • Abigail Starr
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Oct 1790
  • Marriage Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut

• Sources for Richard Douglas

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, New London, p. 227, Marriage record of Richard Douglass and Lucy Palmes.
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, New London, p. 103, Marriage record for Richard Douglass and Abigaill Starr.
  • ³ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A033824.
  • ⁴ Mackenzie, George Norbury, ed., Colonial Families of the United States of America, Vol. 6, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1995, originally published 1912), 195.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 279.