See Mark's correction below. -----Original Message----- From: mark downen <[email protected]> Sent: Jan 2, 2005 6:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Fw: [DOWNING] Josiah Downing My apologies, it is a land grant from George. From a book entitled Index to Memorials and Land Titles 1674-1776 under royal grants Vol 15, page 292 where it is recorded that Josiah Downing received 150 acres in Granville County, SC on Parks Creek on 13 Feb 1768 from King George III. I will be more careful when speaking from the top of my head. >From: "lmr8h" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: "lmr8h" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]>,"mark downen" <[email protected]> >Subject: Fw: [DOWNING] Josiah Downing >Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:01:20 -0500 > >This is from the Downing list administrator. > >Lynda Roberts >----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl" <[email protected]> >To: "'lmr8h'" <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 12:36 PM >Subject: RE: [DOWNING] Josiah Downing > > >>King James of what? The king of England in 1765 was George III. The LAST >>King James of England died in 1671. So, a land grant from King James in >>1765 >>sounds like a bill of sale for the Brooklyn Bridge. >> >>Cheryl Rothwell >>[email protected] >>Logan County ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan >>Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb >>Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas, et al >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: lmr8h [mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 9:51 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [DOWNING] Josiah Downing >> >>Can anyone on the DOWNING list help Mark with his question? >> >>Lynda Roberts >> >>From: "mark downen" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Cc: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 11:04 PM >>Subject: Downing DNA Project >> >> >>>Hello, >>> >>>My name is Mark Downen. I am descended from Josiah Downing/Downen of >>>SC (1745-1803). Many of us have wondered whether a land grant from >>>King James, dated 1765, was correct in listing our ancestor as Josiah >>Downing. >>>His subsequent records and those of his descendents have used the name >>>Downen. >>> >>>We may originally be descended from Downing lines of Britain or >>>Downey/Downes lines of Ireland. Is your group interested in the >>>relationships of these name variants and this larger question? >>> >>>I look forward to learning more about your project. >>> >>>Sincerely, >>> >>>Mark Downen >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >>==== 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] >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: 12/30/2004 >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this outgoing message. >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >>Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: 12/30/2004 >> >> >> > >