This is a follow-up to my post to the Downing list in Jan of 2009 re the maiden name of David B Downing’s wife Emily. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/DOWNING/2009-01/1232374718 I had found a bio of Jeremiah Downing b May 31, 1835 6th born child of David B (Sep 4, 1797-1856) and Emily Downing (of CT, Cayuga Co. NY, Crawford Co. PA, and Erie Co OH) which said his mother was Emily Hotchkiss ["Valley of the Upper Maumee River: With Historical Account of Allen County and the City of Fort Wayne, Indiana" Published by Brant & Fuller, 1889, pg 220] This conflicted with genealogies I had found online showing her maiden name was WHITNEY. Recently James Downing, a descendant of the couple wrote to me giving me his source of the maiden name “Whitney” The following are excerpts from our correspondence: ---------------------------- From: Jim Downing “The information I have on Emily Whitney came from a book written in 1857 by Henry Austin Whitney entitled “John and Elinor Whitney of Watertown, MA.” and published by Henry W. Dutton & sons, Boston. On page 25 he mentions that a daughter of Cyrus Whitney of Geneva, NY had married David B. Downing.” -------------------- From: Anne Halford To: Jim Downing Subject: Re: Emily Whitney or Emily Hotchkiss? Interesting. I don’t have a marriage record for them ...... Jeremiah, who said his parents were David B and Emily Hotchkiss, should have known their names. .... There is a chance, that needs to be ruled out, that the 1st wife died and he had remarried. Did the book have dates for Emily Whitney or her parents? ..... Geneva is in Ontario Co. NY which isn’t adjacent to Cayuga Co., but the family did move around. I’ll see if I can locate the family in 1830. Cyrus Whitney was his neighbor in Cayuga Co. in 1820! So they were in proximity. Name: Cyrus Whitney 1820 New York, Cayuga, Genoa, pg 6 Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820 Free White Males - 45 and over: 1 Free White Females - 45 and over : 1 Free White Females - 26 thru 44: 1 (Emily was 17) Free White Females - Under 10: 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1 Name: David Downing 1820 : Genoa, Cayuga, New York, pg 06 Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820 Free White Males - 18 thru 25: 1 Free White- Females - 16 thru 25: 2 (???? Is David already married?) Free White Males - 16 thru 18: 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1 [I never did find David B Downing in 1830, just his parents] ------------------------ From: Jim Downing Subject: Emily Whitney (John Whitney family of Watertown, MA 1635) Here is some more info I found stating my case for Emily WHITNEY. I also found her death certificate and the lost it again. It was in the Sandusky Register in 1881. I'll get a copy of it when I am in Ohio next summer. Family:Whitney, Cyrus (1774-a1820) Cyrus6 Whitney (Samuel5, Benjamin4, Thomas3, Thomas2, John1), son of Samuel5 and Abigail (Cutler) Whitney, was born 24 Dec 1774, and died after 1820. He married, 28 Dec 1795, Boston, MA, Mary Brewer.[1] He resided Geneva, New York.[sic: probably should be "Genoa", NY. - RLW] Children of Cyrus6 and Mary (Brewer) Whitney: i. Emily7 Whitney, b. ca. 1803, CT; m. before 1830, David B. Downing; resided Geneva, NY [sic: probably should be "Genoa", NY. - RLW], Erie, PA, and Oxford, OH. Ch.: Margaret, b. ca. 1832, NY; Jeremiah, b. ca. 1836, NY; Millie Amelia Downing, b. 11 Feb 1837, Erie, PA; d. 1 May 1926; George, b. ca. 1839, PA; Emily, b. ca. 1841, OH; Dennis, b. ca. 1845, OH. Census 1800: not found. 1810: not found. 1820, Genoa, Cayuga Co., NY: Cyrus Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 female over 45, 1 female 26-44, and 1 female 0-9; 1 engaged in agriculture. 1820, Genoa, Cayuga Co., NY: David Downing, 1 male 18-25, 1 male 16-17, and 2 females 16-25; 1 engaged in agriculture. Enumerated on the same page, 2 lines above Cyrus Whitney. This was his son-in-law. 1830: not found. References: All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 191. 1850 Census, Oxford, Erie Co., OH. 1.^ "Cyrus [Whitney] and Mary Brewer, [married] Dec. 28, 1795," according to Registry Department of the City of Boston, A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, 1903), p. 133. Copyright © 2006-2008, 2010, Robert L. Ward and the Whitney Research Group --------------------- From: Anne Halford Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 9:40 PM To: Jim Downing Subject: Re: Emily Whitney (John Whitney family of Watertown, MA 1635) Thanks for writing back. I was adding more info to this line and a few minutes ago I found the death certificate of the youngest child of David B Downing, Darius A Downing (Mar 5, 1845- Apr 28, 1919) which verifies his mother was “Emily C Whitney” http://seekingmichigan.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p129401coll7/id/458865/rec/1 1 Darius A Downing b: Mar 5, 1845 Monroeville, Oxford Twp., Erie Co., Ohio, USA d: Apr 28, 1919 Grindstone City, Huron Twp., Huron Co., Michigan .. +Mary Ann Barber b: Oct 5, 1849 Ohio, USA m: Mar 2, 1874 in Bloomingville, Erie Co., Ohio ... 2 Phoebe E Downing b: abt. 1875 ... 2 Grace Downing b: abt. 1877 ... 2 Mary Downing b: Apr 16, 1880 Townsend, Sandusky Co., Ohio, USA ... 2 Maud Downing b: Oct 18, 1882 ... 2 Edwin W Downing b: Mar 17, 1884 Huron Co., Michigan, USA ....... +Nellie V. White b: Feb 7, 1884 Whitmore, Sandusky Co., Ohio, USA m: Nov 26, 1903 in Sandusky Co., Ohio ... 2 Olive Downing b: Sep 1886 Huron Co., Michigan, USA FYI – Crawford Co. PA is in the NW corner between NY & Ohio. Milly & George were born there 1840 US census- Pennsylvania > Crawford > Sadsbury, pg 27 D.B. Downing (David B.) 40-50, wife (Emily) 30-40, boy (David) & girl 10-15, 2 boys (Cyrus B & Edwin W) & 1 girl (Margaret) 5-10, 2 boys (Jeremiah B & George) & 1 girl (Milly) 0-5 1850 census: Oxford Twp., Erie Co, Ohio, pg 6 & 7, family 49 David B Downing 52 Connecticut $1000 Emily Downing 47 Connecticut Margaret Downing 18 NY Jeremiah Downing 16 NY Milly Downing 13 PA George Downing 11 PA Emily Downing 9 OH Dennis Downing 5 OH (Darius) 1860 census: Oxford, Erie, Ohio , pg 247 (image 12), family 1879 Geo Downing 21 farmer $1500/$150 OH Emily Downing 56 abt 1804 Connecticut Emily Downing 18 Teacher OH Davis Downing 15 OH (Darius) Anne ------------------------- from Jim Downing Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 5:40 PM Darius was my great-grandfather. He was shot in the right shoulder at Tishimingo Creek, AL during the Civil War. I'm lucky to be here. Edwin Whitney Downing is my grandfather