An American Family History

Mary Douglas Wilson was born in 1718 in Charles County, Maryland. Her ancestors were Roman Catholics from Charles County, Maryland. They were land-owners, slave owners and were members of the Maryland aristocracy of the time. Tobacco was both their crop and their currency.

Her parents, Captain Benjamin Douglas and Elizabeth Land, lived in Charles County, Maryland where they owned Blythswood Manor. Her father's parents, John Douglas and Catherine Heard, owned Cold Springs Manor. Her mother's parents were Richard Land and Penelope Theobald.

Mary's great grandparents on her father's side were John Douglas and Sarah Bonner and William Heard and Bridget Yowkins. John and Sarah owned considerable property in Charles County and Sarah had inherited Bowles Plantation from her first husband.

• William Theobald

Clement and Mary Theobald
about 1655

• Penelope Theobald Morris Land
• Thomas Theobald
• Clement Theobald, Jr.
• John Theobald
• Elizabeth Theobald Corker Wheeler

Philip and Priscilla Land

Charles County, Maryland

• Philip Land
• Mary Land Story

Philip Land and Rebecca Wright 1660

Charles County, Maryland

• Richard Land

The Bonner Family of Charles County Maryland

• Sarah Bonner Bowles Douglas Smith Harbert
• Henry Bonner

Husbands of Sarah Bonner:

• William Bowles
• John Douglas (see below)
  
• Ralph Smith
• Captain William Harbert

John Douglas and Sarah Bonner 1663

Colonel John Douglas 1636

Charles County, Maryland

• John Douglas
• Robert Douglas
• Sarah Douglas Gifford Barnes
• Elizabeth Douglas Brandt Howard Thompson
• Joseph Douglas
• Charles Douglas

William Heard and Bridget Yowkins about 1665

William Heard
Bridget Yowkins

Charles County, Maryland

• Catherine Heard Douglas

John Douglas and Catherine Heard about 1680

Charles County, Maryland

• Benjamin Douglas
• John Douglas
• Anne Douglas
• Joseph Douglas

Richard Land and Penelope Theobald 1686

Charles County, Maryland

• Elizabeth Land Douglas

Captain Benjamin Douglas and Elizabeth Land 1707

Charles County, Maryland

• Benjamin Douglas
• John Douglas
• Mary Douglas Wilson
• Joseph Douglas
• Penelope Douglas
• Sarah Douglas
• Thomas Douglas
• Jesse Douglas