The Douglases are one "Irish" branch of the family, though I'm pretty sure they were Ulster Scots, possibly United Irish who fled after the failed Uprising of 1788.
Jacob Davies Douglas was born the same year as the Battle of Vinegar Hill. His father and grandfather were Prsebyterian clergy from He married Lucretia's sister
At least I'd like to think they were United Irish. The UI were the Good Guys in that insurrection, at least in that they were Protestants and Catholics united against British rule; enamored of Thomas Jefferson, they fashioned themselves Republicans. Most United Irish refugees settled in northern cities like New York, Boston and Philadelphia, and had a huge impact on politics wherever they settled.
And, of course, several United Irish families settled in Virginia, in Albemarle County, near Mr. Jefferson and other prominent Republican Revolutionaries.
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