I have several pages agout various DOWNINGS,connected to EMANUEL and Sir GEORGE DOWNING. If you would like a cope,I will need your snail mail address. Clyde > [Original Message] > From: GARY L JORDAN <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 6/2/2004 10:39:24 AM > Subject: [DOWNING] RE: Downing Website Information > > > > Dear Downing Family Members, my G's Grandfather (mothers side) is the > Emanuel Downing referred to in your web site. I have attached below several > of the paragraphs appearing there. I am planning to join your society > (waiting until end of month to get a full year) and attempted to contact a > Mr.. Jim Downing who I was told was very involved with the site's content, > etc. I was later informed that he has faced several health challenges and > will not be active at the site for a while longer. > > My question is, does anyone know of or have access to the name or > description of the actual source material from which the statement(s) about > Emanuel Downing below refers to? > > I am most interested in taking the line back as far as I can - and would > appreciated any information you might have regarding the sources used in the > site as to the Emanuel Downing lineage to Saire de Quincy, Earl of > Winchester - and beyond. > Thank you so much and I look forward to hearing from anyone with this > information. > Regards, > Gary L Jordan > 602.315.7753 QUOTE > > """"Emanuel Downing > 1585-1676 > Father of Sir George Downing > > Born 01 May 1585 in St. Lawrence, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, his lineage > goes back to 1215, when King John, under pressure from the barons and > churchmen, issued the Magna Carta. This document was the start of our > present day right to trial by jury and no taxation without representation. > His lineage has been traced back to Saire de Quincy, Earl of Winchester, who > was one of the sureties of the Magna Carta."""" > > > > >From: "Lynda Roberts" <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [DOWNING] Downing DnA Project > >Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:59:57 -0400 > > > >This is just an update on the Downing DNA Project currently underway. The > >DNA of five of our participants has been analyzed. We have learned that > >none of the five are related, that four of them are of western European > >origin, and that the fifth is descended from Vikings! With a project such > >as this, it is important to enlarge the pool for best results. If any > >Downing males are willing to join the project, please let me know. > >Remember that you must be descended through the male line. > > > >Lynda Roberts > >Group Administrator > > > > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > >To unsubscribe in list mode send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject > >to [email protected] To unsubscribe in digest mode send a > >message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject to [email protected] > > > > > > ==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe in list mode send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject to [email protected] To unsubscribe in digest mode send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject to [email protected]