Found this in the history of Douglas MA. I would be interested in any of the families (e.g., Lee, Fuller, Southwick, Gould, etc)....Does anyone know who the "friends" families were? I am probably related to them also.. I read that descendants in the Lee family died of small pox in Douglas. "Frequent changes were made in the boundaries of squadrons, to accommodate this or that family, and new ones were established. In 1782 a new squadron was formed, which included Joseph Cummings, Samuel Lee, John Fuller, Comfort Martin, Jesse Briggs, Jonathan Stearns, Ephraim Lee, Jacob Southwick, David Hayward, Bezaleel Gould, Eleazer Gould, James Hayward, and Eleazer Gould, Jr. Richard Howell and Elijah Moore were annexed to the Center squadron, and a number of persons known as Friends, were set off as a squadron by themselves." (squadron was like a school district I guess or a tax district/ward)

Hi Jean: This is what I have in the extracted Douglas vital records that I did: Jedediah Gould d. 06 Nov 1825 James Lee d. 02 Feb 1825 smallpox Regards, Alison Franks Archivist, Rawson Family Association --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.799 / Virus Database: 543 - Release Date: 11/19/2004