John McDougall 1753-1813

John McDougall was born 4 April 1753 in Kakiate, Orange, New York.  He was the second son of Alexander McDougall and Catherine McDonnell.  Married Elizabeth Beatty about 1778.  They had 10 children:  Catherine McDougall 1779-1867, Alexander I. McDougall 1781-1850, James McDougall 1783-1862, Elizabeth McDougall 1786-1845, Ann McDougall 1788-1862, John I. McDougall 1790-1836, Daniel J. McDougall 1794 - ?, Jeannette (Jane) McDougall 1795, 1838, Margaret McDougall 1797-1882, Joseph McDougall 1800-1856.

John served in Revolutionary War. Information from Daughters of the American Revolution.
MCDOUGALL, JOHN          

Service:

NEW YORK Rank: ENSIGN        

Birth:

4-4-1753 KAKIATE ORANGE CO NEW YORK 

Death:

4-8-1813 ARGYLE WASHINGTON CO NEW YORK       

Service Source:

FERNOW, DOCS REL TO THE COL HIST OF STATE OF NY, “NY IN THE REV,” VOL 15, P 276

Service Description:

1) CAPT ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, COL JOHN WILLIAMS, CHARLOTTE CO MILITIA

John along with his wife Elizabeth Beattie McDougall are buried in Scotch Cemetery, Argyle, Washington, New York along with other family members.

Marker dedication for Duncan McDougall and his son Alexander McDougall

                Duncan McDougall                        Alexander McDougall
           b. c 1700 Scotland                          b. c 1730 Scotland
           d. c 1791 Argyle, NY                     d. c 1793 Argyle, NY

 

Immigrated in 1739 with his wife Janet Calder and 5 children John, Alexander, Ronald, Dugald, and Margaret

There is no marker for Duncan or Alexander in Scotch Cemetery, Argyle, Washington County, NY.
Exact dates of birth and death are not known
On May 13th, 2011 A memorial was held dedicating this marker, Attended by 5th and 6th great grandchildren.

McDougall Family Washington County New York

My journey to my heritage began more than 20 years ago.  This was before the Internet and all research was done at the library or court house.  Most of my research was on my mother's family but I had brick walls I could not overcome.  It was not until about 2008 that I decided to research my father's family.  Honestly I had no desire to do research on them.  To my amazement this was a journey I will never forget.  My family was "Somebody".  They were town supervisors, town clerks, deacons, Revolutionary War Patriots, founding father's and most of all "grandfather's" that I was so proud of.  I will never forget the day I got on a plane to New York in 2010.  That was a challenge for me due to a bad flight experience 10 years prior.  I would stay with a cousin I met once and only knew for a few months.  We have taken this journey together and no one will understand our passion unless they do genealogy research. 

Someone ask me why I went to New York and why I spent so much time doing research.  Without thinking and I have no idea where the answer came from I replied..."Everyone in my life was dead, I needed someone to love".  I have found a family to love.