Shuah Douglass

Family

3. Richard Nason (born between 1628-1630 - died sometime in 1689), of Kittery, Maine, married about 1677-1678 to Shuah Colcord (born 12 June 1662, Hampton, NH - died after 1712, probably Hampton, NH; seen as 1696 at Dover, NH without citation). She was the daughter of Edward Colcord and Anne Warde, and married 2nd to John Douglas(s) on 16 Sept. 1687.

Children of Richard Nason and Shuah Colcord:

1. Jonathan NASON Birth 18 May 1682, (seen as Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire) but more likely Kittery, Maine. Death bef 1750, Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire22 m Huldah Sanborn
2. Sarah Nason Birth abt 1685 at Kittery, Maine. Death 1 Sep 1748, Hampton,, Rockingham, New Hampshire18 m Nathaniel Sanborn.

Disputed child (not listed in GDMNH)

• Richard Nason (alias Jacques Ritchot)

Children of Shuah Colcord and John Douglass, born at Kittery:

1. Mary Douglas birth about 1690
2. (perhaps) a son John born between 1700 - 1710 (Kittery VR p 97 has a John Douglass & Mary Moore both of Kittery Decr 28th 1730 (marriage)

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Notes

From Genealogy of Patty Rose (2005) < link >

Richard, m. Shuah Colcord who m. 2d 16 Sept. 1687 John Douglas. Trad. states that he was shot by Ind. in the entry of his ho. in 1675, but his fa. was called "Sr.' in 1675 and the yr of his w.'s birth (1662) necessitates advancing the date of his death some yrs. Conclusively R.N. 'Jr.' was absent from meet. in 1685. Stackpole must have guessed, and badly, at the birth yrs. of his ch: Sarah, Johathan. [ref 22]

Richard Nason married Shuah ___. He was killed by Indians, who "visited him in his house and shot him in the entry," as tradition says, in 1675. His widow married, 16 Sept. 1687, John Douglass, and removed to Dover. Richard Nason had three children*: Sarah, Richard, Jonathan. [ref 33:625]

• Stackpole has so many errors in this family, his data has not been used as a reference
• death date of 1675 impossible - he wasn’t married until 1682. “Killed by Indians, who “visited him in his house and shot in the entry” needs sourcing.

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From http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogy=Jacque...

Jacques Ritchot was the son of Richard Nason and Shuah Colcord. He was born in South Berwick, ME In 1682 [SIC: 1689/90] a group of French militiamen and Abenaki Indian warriors raided Sturgeon Creek where the Nason family lived and brought many villagers to Canada as hostages. Jacques was among them. His father was killed, his mother later remarried to John Douglas in ME. He was baptised Jacques Ritchot in 1691 (he was about 8 or 9 years old). His name was a french translation of his father's first name. His mother was called Suzanne Calquet in the baptism record. … He grew up in St. Francois-du-Lac, probably in the Crevier family who employed him and married Elisabeth Dubois-dit-Brisebois.

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From https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/non-vitals/LKGX-KJ4

Roger W. Lawrence "NASON dit RITCHOT", in The Genealogist, Manchester NH, AFCGS, vol. 17, no. 2 (issue 48) Spring 1991

27 March 1690 a party of 60 Abenaki warriors and French militiamen led by Hertel de Rouville raided Sturgeon Creek, abducting about twenty captives, including Richard Nason III. He was brought to the Abenaki mission of St-François-du-Lac before being bought by the Sieur de Rouville, and placed in the Crevier family of St- François-du-Lac.

Noyes Sybil I et al. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. New England Historic Genealogical Society 2012. Reprint of the 1928-39 ed., which was originally published in five parts; with a new foreword by David Curtis Dearborn, FASG

6 NASON, RICHARD (5), m. Shuah Colcord (1) who m. 2d 16 Sept. 1687 John Douglas (2). Trad. states that he was shot by Ind. in the entry of his ho. in 1675, but his fa. was called ‘Sr.’ in 1676 and the yr. of his w.’s birth (1662) necessitates advancing the date of his death some yrs. Conclusively R. N. ‘Jr.’ was absent from meet, in 1685. Stackpole must have guessed, and badly, at the birth yrs. of his ch: Sarah, m. Nathaniel Sanborn bef. 1709 and had a ch. as late as 1719. Jonathan, Hampton, m. 17 Oct. 1705 Huldah Sanborn who was bp. and adm. to full com. (Hamp. Falls) in 1727 and d. 7 Oct. 1758. His will, 1741-1750, directs that his mo. be maintained out of his est. and names his w. and ch: Shuah, b. 21 Nov. 1707 (m. 22 Feb. 1728 James Perkins); Huldah, b. 13 July 1709 (m. 13 Jan. 1731 Ebenezer Dearborn); Richard, b. 13 Nov. 1710 (m. 10 Feb. 1732 Elizabeth Tilton; 9 ch.); Mary. Two not in will, Phebe and Ann, bp. 28 Sept. 1727. If Phebe m. Joseph Cass in 1720 (see Cass 4 jr.), she must have been the eldest ch. and bp. by her maiden name. See Phebe (2). One Mary m. Elihu Shaw 28 Nov. 1739-40, and ano. m. Jonathan Moulton 14 Nov. 1744.

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DOUGLASS.
1 Henry (? of Boston will 1667), sued in N. H. Ct. 1651 by John Jackson.

2 JOHN, Dover, 1685, complained of Stephen Otis for beating him. Lists 52, 94. He m. 16 Sep. 1687 Shuah (Colcord 1), wid. of Richard Nason. Died bef. 1712, when she joined Hampton Falls Ch., and she and her dau. Mary Douglass are ment. in Thomas Chase’s will.

He doesn't imply paternity but the name Douglass is fairly rare in early Northern New England.

Timeline:

• June 12, 1662 Shua Colcord born in Hampton Township, Province of New Hampshire, daughter of Edward Colcord & Anne Warde
• 1677-1678, married Richard2 Nason (son of Richard1 & Sarah Baker) in Kittery, Maine or Hampton, NH
• 1680 or before 1682 Richard3 Nason born in NH or Maine, no record found, to Richard2 Nason & Shuah Colcord. “born not long after they were married, in South Berwick, ME) (or Sturgeon Creek?)
• 1682 Jonathan Nason born Kittery ME m Huldah Sanborn
• c 1685 Sarah Nason born Kittery ME m Nathaniel Sanborn
• before 1687 Richard2 Nason killed by the Indians Kittery ME
• 1687 Shua married John Douglas
• 27 March 1690, Louis Crevier, soldier from Canada, killed at the attack on Salmon Falls, NH.
• c 1690 Mary Douglass born at Kittery
• 6 January 1691 Jacques Ritchot baptized in Quebec, Canada at St.-Francois-Du-Lac, naming parents Ritchot & Suzanne Calquet on a record that is torn and stained. Claimed to be same as Richard3 Nason. Also baptized from Kittery were George Gray (age 16) & Joseph Michel (age 16).
• 1696 widow Shua (Colcord) [Nason] Douglas died in Dover, NH [NO]
• before 1712 John Douglass died at Kittery
• 1712 Shua Douglas and her daughter Mary join the church at Hampton Falls NH
• 1712 “widow Duglis and her daughter Mary Duglis” mentioned in the will of Thomas Chase.

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From the 1712 will of Thomas Chase, Jr., of Hampton:

References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Colcord-21 ( children have date errors) cites:
2. New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Index, 1659-1900 Online at: < AncestryImage >
3. ”Genealogical Item relating to Dover, N.H.” (1855) Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.). Page 365. “Colcord, Edward.” < AmericanAncestors >
4. New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. < AmericanAncestors > Vol. 2, Page 1080. NASON, Richard (-1675?) & Shuah [COLCORD] (1662 - ) m/2 John DOUGLAS 1687; Kittery, ME. {Kittery 625; Hawley-Nason 35; Colcord (1934) (ms) 9; GDMNH 201, 505; Evans (1940) 116}
5. Noyes Sybil I et al. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. New England Historic Genealogical Society 2012. Reprint of the 1928-39 ed., which was originally published in five parts; with a new foreword by David Curtis Dearborn, FASG. COLCORD, See Foxwell
6. Hawley and Nason Ancestry, Including the Following Contributory Lines: Welles, Hollister, Treat, Boothe, Thompson, Caldwell, Staples, Tetherly, Coffin, Greenleaf, Brocklebank, Bartlett, Heard, McLellan, Patterson : Everett, Elizabeth Hawley, 1857-1940 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive. Chicago, R.F. Seymour, January 1, 1970. < [https://archive.org/details/hawleynasonances00ever/page/35/mode/1up.... Archive.Org] >
7. “Old Kittery and Her Families : Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn, 1850-1927 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive. Lewiston, Me. : Press of Lewiston journal company, January 1, 1970. < Archive.Org > (has errors)
8. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Author: Noyes, Sybil, Charles T. Libby, and Walter G. Davis (Publication Date: 1928-1939) Reprint Date: 2002. Pages: 795 pp. Page 505. < AncestryImage >
9. http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~pattyrose/genealogy/engel/gen/fg04/f...
10. https://athenaeum.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?keyword=Colcord%2C... 9. Shuah Colcord, b. Jun. 12, 1662, m. 1. Richard Nason, son of Richard and Sarah Nason and m. 2. Sept. 16, 1687 to John Douglas
11. https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/douglass/2144/ Does anyone have any information about the one known child of this couple, Mary, born about 1690 in Hampton NH?Did they have any other children before Shua d in 1696?
12. “COLCORD GENEALOGY. Descendants of Edward Colcord of New Hampshire, 1630 to 1908.” By DOANE B. COLCORD, B. S., M. D., Late Prof. of Chem. Kansas Med. College, Creswell, Ore. Published by MAHLON J. COLCORD. Coudersport, Pa. 1908. PRESS OF POTTER COUNTY JOURNAL. < PDF > Children of Edward1 and Ann (Page) Colcord. … Shuah, bom 1660. No record.
13. American-Canadian Genealogist American-Canadian Genealogical Society of New Hampshire (Originally called The Genealogist) Vol 17, #3,4, (Nos. 49-50) Summer, Fall 1991
14. His son Richard lived in Quebec, so his parents were given French names at that Richard’s baptism. (alias Jacques Ritchot) (alias Suzanne Calquet) (is this true?)
15. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141853474/jacques-ritchot [BIRTH is baptism data. 6 Jan 1690 Saint-François-du-Lac, Centre-du-Quebec Region, Quebec, Canada] Dominique Ritchot commented (2015): “Jacques Ritchot was the son of Richard Nason and Shuah Colcord. He was born in South Berwick ME in 1682. His father was killed in a raid in 1687. His mother married John Douglas and lived in Elliot ME when a party of French militiamen and Abenaki indians raided the village. John Douglas was killed on his doorstep and the Shuah Colcold's son, aged 8 years-old, was taken along with other captives.”
16. Issue #147, Volume 42, Number 3, 2016; ISSN 1076-3902 Official Journal of American-Canadian Genealogical Society. “Edward Colcord” by Dennis Taylor (page 130-137); “Jacques Ritchot a.k.a. Richard Nason” by Jeanne Boisvert (page 137-140) < PDF >
17. “Kittery's 375th: 'The perils of everyday life': When the town was a constant battleground.” seacoastonline.com. D. Allan Kerr. Published Jan, 26, 2022. < link > Author Everett Stackpole describes in his 1903 volume “Old Kittery and Their Families” how life had become so dangerous by the late 1600s, armed men had to stand watch during religious services. School-age children were kept home for fear they would be snatched on their way to or from the public classroom. “This long war reduced the population of Kittery to extreme poverty,” Stackpole wrote. “The houses and barns of many were burned and their cattle killed.” …
18. ”English Captives & Prisoners Remaining in New France: Their Story of Capture and Survival in Quebec.” Roger William Lawrence. American-Canadian Genealogical Society, 2015 - Indian captivities - 484 pa. < GoogleBooks >
19. Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol.1, 1635-1717, Rumford Print Co., Concord, NH, 1907, Page 685. < AncestryImage >; < AncestrySharing >