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John2 Douglas (John1) brother of the preceeding, and son of John and Eunice (Rattleleaf) Douglas, was born in Middleborough, Mass., about A. D. 1722. About the year 1751, he married Mary Braley, and settled in his native town on a farm situated near what is known as the Beech Woods. He bought the said farm of Mark Haskell, a tanner, for twenty-seven pounds of old tenor. The farm consisted of one-half part of the eighty-sixth lot of land in the third allotment of the sixteen shilling purchase. The deed bears date of February 10th 1746. At the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, he volunteered his services in his country's defence. He was in the battle of Bunker Hill. Sometime during the early part of the war he was taken sick with the camp disorder, from which he never recovered. He died at his home in Middleborough and was buried in the graveyard in that town. After his death his widow lived with her son John, at Plymouth, Mass., where she died about 1788, and was buried in the graveyard at Half Way Pond.

John married Braley, Mary in 1751. Mary was born in UNKNOWN; died in 1788 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in 1788 in Half Way Pond, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Douglas, Mary was born on 30 Dec 1757 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1800 in Troy, Waldo, Maine, USA.

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1. John Douglas was born in Scotland about the year 1695. His father was a wealthy and influential man, possessing a large tract of land, and renting a number of houses. John had an uncle, a merchant living in London, who wished his nephew to go and live with him, promising to make him his heir, as he had no children of his own. To this his father would not consent; but the boy, then twelve years of age, was so well pleased with his uncle's generous offer, that he ran away with the intention of going to him. On reaching London, he could not find his uncle; so he strolled down about the wharves, as a little boy would naturally do. There lay in port a man-of-war nearly ready for sea. The boy attracted the notice of the crew who, taking advantage of his being alone and unprotected, pressed him on board the ship and concealed him till they were well out to sea. The vessel was bound for Boston, and arrived there in due time. John was sold or put out to a man till he should become of age, in a consideration of a sum of money required to pay in passage. Whom he lived with or how he fared during the remainder of his minority is not known. Neither is it known that his father ever knew what had become of his lost son. We next hear of John in Middleborough, Plymouth County, Maa., where about A.D. 1719, he married Eunice Rattleleaf (or Ratcliffe) of that town. They settled on a farm he bought of John Bennett, Jr., containing thirty-seven acres, for the sum of thirty pounds. The farm was situated in the Township of Middlebrough, Mass., being in the 184th lot in the third allotment in the purchase known as the sixteen shilling purchase. The deed bearing the date of May 27, 1739. They always resided on this farm, where they died at an advanced age, and were buried in the town graveyard.

John married Rattleleaf, Eunice in 1719 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Eunice was born in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]