This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dowell, Tydings, Brashear Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AST.2ACEB/287.1 Message Board Post: Anita, The only Mary Dowell and John "Junior" Brashear marriage about which I know ocurred earlier--in December, 1726 to be exact. It took place at All Hallows Parish Church in Anne Arundel, MD. Mary was the daughter of Philip and Mary (Tydings) Dowell. "Junior" died in 1774 and Mary died sometime thereafter.