Find that UFO! I've got some relatives I'd like to send on it! <g> Cheryl Rothwell clrothwell@mindspring.com Logan County, ILGenWeb, coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Downing Lucas query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Lucas

Since I just looked this up I'll share. If you need to find a location and you know very little -- in this case it was the Downing Cemetery in Wayne County, TN -- you go to http://www.peabody.yale.edu/other/gnis/ And you can find just about any location. Cheryl Rothwell clrothwell@mindspring.com Logan County, ILGenWeb, coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Downing Lucas query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Lucas

In a message dated 1/6/99 8:21:50 AM PST, Suehodnett@aol.com writes: << I share your feeling that our Downings must have got off a UFO. >> Chuckle! I've got all my early Downing line all the way to 1920.....but I can't find any of them after that except for my immediate line. My Downings LEFT on a UFO! Ray

Cheryl, Thanks for the new address. I share your feeling that our Downings must have got off a UFO. I'll get to that new list soon and see if any of my Downings are on there. Sue Hodnett

Here's a database I ran across recently. It has more than 100 Downing lists. http://www.autumnstar.com/GeneaNet I personally did not find any of 'my' Downings on it but then mine came on a UFO since they do have a trail before c. 1750. <g> Cheryl Rothwell clrothwell@mindspring.com Logan County, ILGenWeb, coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Downing Lucas query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Lucas

Cann anyone tell me the best sources of information on the Downings of Lancaster Co, PA, prior to 1800? There were at least two distinct families of Downings there, but I have not been able to sort them out. There were at least two families named William Downing. One family was Quaker and one was Presbyterian. I'm trying to research the Presbyterian group, but -frankly- I'm lost. Bob Bowman RCBowman@Manchester.edu

One of you mentioned something about a DOWNING and another related family cemetery in Oregon. I lost the info. Can you please tell me what city it is in, in oregon. I live in Oregon and want to go see it. Thanks! Charles and Linda Downing Piddiebear@AOL.Com

this probably may not be the same Samuel, I have the mg to Rosena, no date, as Samuel Day Jr. and she married second to Reed Bunn. Rosena born 1829, joe >In Pike County, OH, I have Timothy-George-Samuel m. Mary Matthews Day, a >widow with a son Samuel b. March 6, 1822. Father's name Thomas Day. > >Also in Pike County, OH, I have the same Timothy-John-Rosena [b. 1829] m. >Samuel Day. > >Does anyone know if we have the same Samuel Day in both cases? > >Cheryl Rothwell >clrothwell@mindspring.com >Logan County, ILGenWeb, coordinator >http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm >Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L-request@rootsweb.com >Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L-request@rootsweb.com >Downing query board> >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Downing >Lucas query board> >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Lucas > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > > >

Here's a source for information on those old medical terms: http://www.gpiag-asthma.org/drpsmith/amt1.htm Cheryl Rothwell clrothwell@mindspring.com Logan County, ILGenWeb, coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Downing Lucas query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Lucas

All I had was Ruth's marriage date. Sue

That's interesting. I'm sure some of those old Downings must have belonged to some church, we have no indication of which. Sue

Branson families came to Guthrie Co., Iowa with the Miller and other families from Parke Co., Ind. Again, Two of my William Downings daughters married two Miller bros. that came to Iowa with this group. Ruby Waugh ---------- > From: Downing, Joe <jdown@nettally.com> > To: DOWNING-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DOWNING-L] VA DOWNINGS > Date: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 9:48 AM > > the Ruth Downing who married Rees Branson was dau of William Downing who > came out of Downingtown, PA, was a Quaker and wound up around Cincinnatti, > OH, joe > > >Okay, you DOWNING experts, I need help on these Downings: who are they? to > >whom do they belong? John P. Downing married Miss Ellen W. Hudgun, of > >Caroline County, VA, Aug 18, 1852. The I found a John P. Downing who diedat > >Red Sulphur Springs on Oct 4, 1856, also of Caroline Co., at 83 yrs of age. > >Are these the same of two different John P. Downings? Married in 1852 at abt > >80 and died in 1856? Makes me think they must be two different men. > > Also, I found a Samuel W. Downing, of the US Navy, who married Eliza H. > >Clark, daughter of John Clark a member of Congress from NY, Mar 22, 1838, in > >Baltimore, VA. And one more: I found a Ruth Downing who married Rees > >Beanson Mar 17, 1802 in Berkely Co., VA. Can someone place these people > >for me? > > > >Sue Hodnett > > > > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > ==== DOWNING Mailing List ====

no, i have an 1843 entry on Williams estate and it shows Ruth only, other entries show husband and wife, so he must have been dead by then. This was in Highland Co,OH, joe >In a message dated 12/30/98 9:48:35 AM PST, jdown@nettally.com writes: > ><< he Ruth Downing who married Rees Branson was dau of William Downing who > came out of Downingtown, PA, was a Quaker and wound up around Cincinnatti, > OH, joe >> > Right you are Joe. Ruth was b. 1784 in Bart Twp., Lancaster Co, PA, and >married Rees on 10 Mar 1802. You wouldn't happen to have a death dat on Ruth >or Rees, would you? Ray > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== >Do you know of Downing web pages? Post the URL here. > >

In a message dated 12/30/98 9:48:35 AM PST, jdown@nettally.com writes: << he Ruth Downing who married Rees Branson was dau of William Downing who came out of Downingtown, PA, was a Quaker and wound up around Cincinnatti, OH, joe >> Right you are Joe. Ruth was b. 1784 in Bart Twp., Lancaster Co, PA, and married Rees on 10 Mar 1802. You wouldn't happen to have a death dat on Ruth or Rees, would you? Ray

In a message dated 12/30/98 7:02:17 AM PST, Suehodnett@aol.com writes: << I have yet to discover any religion in my DOWNING line; as far as we know they are still coming out of Yorkshire, England. Sue Hodnett >> Y'know, that reminds me of an oddity I realized last week. Of the nearly 1,800 names in my database in my family line, I have Quakers, Mormons, Church of England and Episcopalian, Lutheran, Presbyterian, and Methodists. But only one of those 1,800 was baptized Catholic as near as I can determine. And I married her!

the Ruth Downing who married Rees Branson was dau of William Downing who came out of Downingtown, PA, was a Quaker and wound up around Cincinnatti, OH, joe >Okay, you DOWNING experts, I need help on these Downings: who are they? to >whom do they belong? John P. Downing married Miss Ellen W. Hudgun, of >Caroline County, VA, Aug 18, 1852. The I found a John P. Downing who diedat >Red Sulphur Springs on Oct 4, 1856, also of Caroline Co., at 83 yrs of age. >Are these the same of two different John P. Downings? Married in 1852 at abt >80 and died in 1856? Makes me think they must be two different men. > Also, I found a Samuel W. Downing, of the US Navy, who married Eliza H. >Clark, daughter of John Clark a member of Congress from NY, Mar 22, 1838, in >Baltimore, VA. And one more: I found a Ruth Downing who married Rees >Beanson Mar 17, 1802 in Berkely Co., VA. Can someone place these people >for me? > >Sue Hodnett > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > > >

I know Ray but I can't find any link to 'your' Downings. That would be too easy. I have other Quakers in other lines but, so far, none in the Downings. Cheryl Rothwell clrothwell@mindspring.com Logan County, ILGenWeb, coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L-request@rootsweb.com Downing query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Downing Lucas query board> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Lucas

Okay, you DOWNING experts, I need help on these Downings: who are they? to whom do they belong? John P. Downing married Miss Ellen W. Hudgun, of Caroline County, VA, Aug 18, 1852. The I found a John P. Downing who diedat Red Sulphur Springs on Oct 4, 1856, also of Caroline Co., at 83 yrs of age. Are these the same of two different John P. Downings? Married in 1852 at abt 80 and died in 1856? Makes me think they must be two different men. Also, I found a Samuel W. Downing, of the US Navy, who married Eliza H. Clark, daughter of John Clark a member of Congress from NY, Mar 22, 1838, in Baltimore, VA. And one more: I found a Ruth Downing who married Rees Beanson Mar 17, 1802 in Berkely Co., VA. Can someone place these people for me? Sue Hodnett

I have yet to discover any religion in my DOWNING line; as far as we know they are still coming out of Yorkshire, England. Sue Hodnett

I agree with you, Linda. I have been told by my Mother that our Downings were Pa. Dutch. By 1835 two of my William Downings daughters married Miller Bros. that came from Quakers in Chester Co., Pa. had, along with the Miller family, formed themselves "The Church of God" after they came to Iowa. Ruby Waugh ---------- > From: MossLJ@aol.com > To: DOWNING-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [DOWNING-L] Day > Date: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 5:38 PM > > The Downings from Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania were Quakers at > one time. Remember that Quakers didn't always grow up to be Quakers for > various reasons. One was to join the Patriot cause during the Rev - as my > raised Quaker William Moore at the age of 18 who ran off to join Washington's > army after the Battle of Brandywine. Also, if you married your cousin (a > common occurance back in the 1700's and 1800's) you were discharged from the > Quaker circle. Also if you moved west further than a meeting, you might just > go to the closest house of worship - a lot of times non-denominational because > you were just glad when a circuit rider stopped by once or twice a year. > > Linda > > > ==== DOWNING Mailing List ====