I am cleaning out my files. Here is one with references to Downing from GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England., p.227 Brabrook, or Braybrook, John, Watertown, by w. Eliz. had Eliz. b. 4 Nov. 1640; John, 12 Apr. 1642; and Thomas, 4 May 1643; first was at Hampton 1640, rem. to Newbury, where liv. his uncle, Henry Short, and d. 28 June 1662. Coffin has, perhaps, here made some confus. for I find the inv. of B. tak. Dec. 1654. Ann B. wh. d. at Roxbury 20 May 1648, may have been his mo. JOSEPH, perhaps of Malden, m. Sarah, d. of John Lewis, and may have liv. at Concord 1672. RICHARD, Ipswich, was b. it is said, in 1613. By w. Joanna wh. was his wid. liv. 1681, had Mehitable, wh. m. 2 Nov. 1669, John Downing. THOMAS, Concord, s. of John, m. 1669, Abigail Temple, and d. 1692. WILLIAM, Lynn, rem. says Lewis, 1637, to Sandwich. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England., p.235 Bradstreet, ‡*Dudley, Andover, third s. of Gov. Simon, freem. 1674, rep. 1677, 90 and 1, col. of the militia, nam. by James II. of the counc. to Gov. Joseph Dudley, yet patriot, and of the counc. of safety 1689, m. 12 Nov. 1673, Ann, wid. of Theodore Price, d. of …… Wood, had Margaret, b. 19 Feb. 1674; Dudley, 27 Apr. 1678, H. C. 1698, wh. m. 4 May 1704, Mary Wainwright, min. of Groton, ord. 17 Nov. 1706, dism. 1712, d. in Eng. 1714, of smallpox, after being ord. in Episc. form; and Ann, 5 Nov. 1681, d. soon. In the ferocious prosecut. 1692, for witchcraft, he was so lenieut, or judiciously incredul. of the crimes imput. to his neighb. as to be strongly suspect. of the same horrid or ludicrous offence. Abbot's Hist. 18, 19. *HUMPHREY, Ipswich, came in the Elizabeth from Ipswich, Eng. 1634, aged 40, with w. Bridget, 30; and ch. Hannah, 9; John, 3; Martha, 2; and Mary, 1; had b. here, Moses; Sarah, 1638; and Rebecca; freem. 6 May 1635, rep. 1635, d. 1655. His will, made 21 July, was pro. 25 Sept. foll. Hannah m. Daniel Rolfe, and next, 12 June 1658, Nicholas Holt, and d. 20 June 1665; Martha m. William Beale; and all the other ds. were m. one to Nicholas Wallis. HUMPHREY, Rowley, physician, s. of Moses, rem. to Newbury, there by w. Sarah had Dorothy, b. 19 Dec. 1692; Joshua, 24 Feb. 1695; Sarah, 14 Jan. 1697; Humphrey, 1700, d. young; Daniel, 13 Feb. 1702; Moses, 17 Feb. 1707; and Betty, 16 May 1713; and he d. 11 May 1717. His wid. m. 9 June 1719, Edward Sargent. JOHN, Rowley 1651, s. of Humphrey the first, brot. by his f. from Eng. was never m. it is thot. rem. 1657, to Marblehead, d. 1660. JOHN, Salem, youngest s. of Gov. Simon, m. 17 June 1679, as one report is, but by ano. 11 June 1677, Sarah, d. of Rev. William Perkins of Topsfield, had Simon, b. 14 Apr. 1682; John, 30 Jan. 1693; Margaret, 27 Nov. 1696; and Samuel, 4 Aug. 1699. Perhaps he had others, Mercy, and three other ds. for the removal from one town to ano. sometimes caus. omission in rec. of either. In 1681 he was of Salem, but prob. liv. most of his days at Topsfield, yet perhaps had some est. at Rowley, d. 11 Jan. 1719. MOSES, Ipswich, s. of the first Humphrey of the same, had four ch. of wh. we kn. with certainty only Humphrey, b. 6 Jan. 1670, bef. ment. *SAMUEL, Boston, eldest br. of the preced. freem. 1656, went to Eng. next yr. and spent four yrs. as his mo. tells, mak. verses on each event; there prob. stud. for a profession; was a physician, rep. for Andover [p.236] 1670, m. 1662, Mercy, youngest d. of capt. William Tyng, wh. d. 6 Sept. 1670, had Eliz. b. 29 Jan. 1664, d. young; Ann, 17 Nov. 1665, d. young; Mercy, 20 Nov. 1667; Simon, 15 Oct. 1669, d. soon; and Ann, 3 Sept. 1670; Merey, m. Dr. James Oliver of Cambridge, d. a wid. 29 Mar. 1710. By see. w. tak. in Jamaica, he had John, 1676; Simon, again, a. 1680; and Ann, again; and d. prob. at Jamaica, in Aug. 1682. §†‡SIMON, Cambridge, Ipswich, Boston, was a few yrs. at Andover, and spent his latest days at Salem, after Sept. 1695; b. in Mar. 1603, at Horbling, in Lincolnsh. s. of Simon, a min. it is said, bred at Emanuel, Cambr. Univ. enter. there 1617, and matricul. 9 July 1618, as a sizer, had his A. B. 1620, and A. M. 1624, came in the fleet with Winth. 1630, chos. an assist. 18 Mar. bef. and so cont. by ann. elect. 48 yrs.; secr. 23 Aug. 1630 to 1636; dep.-gov. 1673-8; gov. 1679 to 1686, and again after the rising against Sir E. Andros 1689-92; d. 27 Mar. 1697. By his first w. Ann, d. of Gov. Thomas Dudley (a lady of some celebr. for poetical talent, wh. d. 16 Sept. 1672, at Andover), m. as the fam. hist. in Geneal. Reg. IX. 113, says, a. 1628, wh. to me seems a yr. or two earlier than prob. tho. we kn. it was bef. the Apr. embark. in 1630, had Samuel, H. C. 1653, bef. ment.; Dorothy, wh. m. 14 June 1654, Rev. Seaborn Cotton; Sarah, wh. m. 1. Richard Hubbard of Ipswich, and 2. capt. Samuel Ward; Simon, b. 28 Sept. 1640, H. C. 1660; Hannah, wh. m. 3 June 1659, Andrew Wiggin of Exeter; Merey, b. 1647, wh. m. 31 Oct. 1672, maj. Nathaniel Wade; Dudley, 1648, bef. ment.; and John, 22 or 31 July 1652, bef. ment. His sec. w. Ann, wid. of capt. Joseph Gardner, d. of Emanuel Downing, younger by more than thirty yrs. wh. he m. 6 June 1676, d. 19 Apr. 1713, aged 79. SIMON, New London, sec. s. of the preced. ord. 5 Oct. 1670, d. 1683; m. 2 Oct. 1667, his first cous. Lucy, d. of Rev. John Woodbridge, and she next m. capt. Daniel Epps. He had Simon, b. 2 Aug. 1669, d. soon; Simon, again, 7, bapt. 12 Mar. 1671, H. C. 1693, min. of Charlestown, wh. was honor. in office, m. 7 May 1700, Mary Long, d. 31 Dec. 1741, leav. Simon, H. C. 1728, min. of Marblehead; Ann, b. 3 Dec. 1672, bapt. 5 Jan. foll.; John, 3, bapt. 5 Nov. 1676; and Lucy, 24, bapt. 31 Oct. 1680. Ten of this name had been gr. in 1834, at Harv. three others at Dart. and Yale. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England., p.290 Bulkley, Edward, Concord, eldest s. of Rev. Peter, b. in Eng. bapt. at Odell 17 June 1614, came to our country bef. his f. being adm. of Boston ch. 22 Mar. 1635, freem. 6 May foll. and adm. also in Plymouth jurisdict. 5 June 1644, was min. of Marshfield, ord. 1643, until 1658, and the next yr. succeed. his f.; preach, the elect. sermon, 1680; d. at Chelmsford 2 Jan. 1696, but was bur. at Concord. His w. is unkn. but he had ch. Sarah, b. 12 June 1640; Peter, at C. 3 Nov. 1641; Eliz. wh. m. 7 Dec. 1665, Rev. Joseph Emerson, next, capt. John Brown of Reading; and John, wh. d. young at M. beside Jane, wh. m. 20 Mar. 1684, Ephraim Flint. ELIEZER, Wethersfield, br. of the preced. liv. in 1659, when the will of his f. provides well for him, d. prob. in no long time after, as he is never ment. as freem. or otherwise. *GERSHOM, New London, br. of the preced. m. at Concord 24 or 26 Oct. 1659, Sarah, d. of Presid. Chauncy, wh. d. 3 June 1699, had Peter, b. 7 Nov. 1660; after some yrs. preach. at N. L. rem. to Wethersfield, there install. and preach. 1666-77, when he was dism. at his own req. for feeble health, was rep. 1679 for W. and practis. as a surgeon, hav. in such capac. serv. in sev. exped. dur. Philip's war; was a great politician in support of Andros, and d. 2 Dec. 1713; hav. made his will 26 May 1712. Beside ds. Catharine, wh. m. Richard Treat, and d. bef. her f.; and Dorothy, wh. m. Thomas Treat, he had Edward, b. 1672; John, 1679, H. C. 1699, first min. of Colchester; and Charles, wh. in fam. memo. is call. first b. JOHN, br. of the preced. b. in Eng. bapt. at Odell, 19 Oct. 1619, came in the ship with his f. freem. 18 May 1642, went to his nat. Id. and [p.291] had a living at Fordham, whence, being eject. 1662, he rem. to Wapping, near London, practis. physic with success, and d. a. 1689. Calamy's Acc. II. 311. He was of the first class of gr. at Harv. 1642, and ranks in the catal. next after Sir George Downing. JOHN, Fairfield 1669, s. of Thomas. JOSEPH, Fairfield, br. of the preced. m. Martha, d. of the elder James Beers, had Ids. 1672 from his mo. and four s. Thomas; Daniel; Joseph, b. 9 May 1682; and Peter, 21 May 1684; are ment. on rec. PETER, Concord, the first min. there, s. of Edward, D. D. of Odell, in the hundr. of Willey, Bedfordsh. b. 31 Jan. 1583, was bred at St. John's Coll. Cambridge, where he proceed. A. M. 1608, and was chos. a fellow; had a consider. est. from his f. a moderate non-conform. wh. he succeed. in his nat. parish, and serv. at that altar twenty yrs. thro. favor of Lord Keeper Williams, then Bp. of Lincoln, his diocesan. [Brooks' Lives of the Puritans, III. 318.] He came in the Susan and Ellen, 1635, his age at the custom ho. call. 50, and (for more perfect decept. of the governm. spies), his w. Grace, 33, appears to be emb. in ano. ship; and s. John, 15, some wks. earlier, beside Benjamin, 11, and Daniel, 9 (wh. two tho. not names of his s. yet may stand for them), all three in the same ship with hims. but set down at intervals in the rec. both of time and space; and, of course, his cleric. charact. did not appear, or he would have been stop. He was first of Cambridge, but next yr. went to Concord, and was install. 6 Apr. 1637, d. 9 Mar. 1659. His wid. rem. to New London, and bot. a ho. 1663, there d. 21 Apr. 1669. By first w. Jane, d. of Thomas Allen of Goldington, he had Edward, above ment.; Mary, bapt. 24 Aug. 1615, d. in few mos.; Thomas, b. 11, bapt. 18 Apr. 1617; Nathaniel, 29 Nov. 1618, d. at 9 yrs.; John, 17 Feb. 1620, H. C. 1642; Mary, again, 1 Nov. 1621, d. at 3 yrs.; George, 17 May 1623; Daniel, 28 Aug. 1625; Jabez, 20 Dec. 1626, d. under 3 yrs.; prob. Joseph; and perhaps one or two more; and by sec. w. Grace, d. of Sir Richard Chitwood, or as ancient. spell. Chetwode, had Gershom, b. 6 Dec. 1636, or 2 Jan. as fam. memo. has it, of course at Concord (not, as is strangely said in Geneal. Reg. VII. 269, on the voyage), H. C. 1655; Eliezer, prob. 1638; Dorothy, 2 Aug. 1640; and Peter, 12 June or more prob. 12 Aug. 1643. His will, giv. at large in Gen. Reg. X. 167, of 14 Apr. 1658, in his 76th yr. with codic. of 13 Jan. and 26 Feb. foll. was pro. 20 June next. It names seven ch. tak. notice that Thomas was d. yet rememb. his wid.; calls Mr. Samuel Haugh, cous.; and gives his folio bible to Oliver St. John, Ch. Just. of the Com. Pleas; and makes his w. extrix. ‡ * PETER, Concord, eldest s. of the Rev. Edward, m. 16 Apr. 1667, Rebecca, d. of Joseph Wheeler, had Edward, b. 18 Mar. 1669; Joseph, 7 Oct. 1670; John, 10 July 1673; and Rebecca, 1681; was capt. and maj. rep. 1673-6, in wh. last yr. he was speaker, [p.292] and sent to Eng. as agent to defend the col. against compl. of heirs of Gorges and Mason, faithful. and prudent. execut. the serv. and ret. Dec. 1679, Assist. 1677 for 8 yrs. d. 24 May 1688, at mid. age, “and,” says Danforth, in Hutch. Coll. 566, “verily his sun did set in a cloud.” His wid. Rebecca m. Jonathan Prescott; and d. Rebecca m. Jonathan Prescott, jr. PETER, Fairfield, youngest s. of the Rev. Peter, a physician, in his will of 25 Mar. 1691, in 49th yr. of his age, as he calls it, of course younger than his namesake neph. names two eldest ds. Grace and Margaret, and s. Peter, seven and a quarter yrs. old, but refers to other childr. without nam. Gershom, and Dorothy, for wh. we are compel. to turn to the will of his br. Gershom of Wethersfield, wh. was made excor. of this will, but declin. to act. His est. was small, and two neph. John and Joseph, wh. resid. at F. undertook admin. and soon gave it up. No small dexterity is need. to avoid confus. betw. the Peter of Edward, the Peter of Gershom, wh. I intentional. omit, and the Peter of Peter, wh. is entit. to a place here, as s. of one wh. came from Eng. THOMAS, Concord, s. of the first Peter, b. in Eng. freem. 13 Mar. 1639, m. Sarah d. of Rev. John Jones, had Sarah, b. 12 Aug. 1640, rem. with f.-in-law to Fairfield, there d. a. 1658. The wid. m. Anthony Wilson, and after his d. by her will of 26 Apr. 1677, gave lds. to two s. John and Joseph, beside books, and other prop. and to ds. Sarah, w. of Eleazer Brown, Rebecca, w. of Joseph Whelpley, and d. Hannah, perhaps unm. books and other prop. A Thomas B. was, it is said, of Rowley in 1643. THOMAS, Boston, by w. Esther had Elinor, b. 16 Sept. 1685; and Thomas, 1 Nov. 1686. Perhaps he rem. WILLIAM, Ipswich 1648, had William, wh. d. 1660; and he rem. to Salem; d. 2 June 1702, aged 80. His w. Sarah, wh. came 1643, was, in 1692, indict. for witcheraft, but acquit. Felt. Eleven of this name, oft. writ. Buckley, had been gr. at Yale in 1834, and only one at Harv. in the same yrs. yet four bef. the found. of Yale. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England., p.298 Bunce, Thomas, Hartford 1636, serv. next yr. in the Pequot war, had, prob. by a d. of capt. Thomas Bull, under wh. he had act. in that war, ch. Thomas; John; Sarah, wh. m. John White of Hatfield, and, next, Nicholas Worthington; Mary, b. 17 Sept. 1645, wh. m. Thomas Meakins of Hatfield, and, next, John Downing; and Eliz. wh. m. Jacob White of Hartford, br. of John bef. nam. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England., p.355 [p.356] Champney, Christopher, Cambridge, by w. Margaret had Deborah, b. 17 Jan. 1644. DANIEL, Cambridge, s. of Richard, m. 3 Jan. 1666, Dorcas, d. of Thomas Bridge, had Dorcas, b. 22 Aug. 1667; Daniel, 14 Dec. 1669; Thomas, 12 Sept. 1673; Noah, 27 Sept. 1677; Downing, 31 May 1680 ; and Abigail, 26 Apr. 1683. His w. d. 7 Feb. 1684, and he m. 4 June foll. Hepzibah, d. of famous sch.master Corlet, then wid. of James Minot, had Hepzibah, 28 June 1687; but bef. this he was of Billerica sev. yrs. freem. 1677; and d. 19 Nov. 1691. JOHN, Cambridge 1635, d. early, leav. wid. Joan, by wh. he had Mary, Sarah, John, and Joseph; but whether all, or wh. of them were b. in Eng. is unkn. His wid. m. Golden Moore. The s. John d. 20 Feb. 1665; and Mary m. 2 May 1654, Theophilus Richardson of Woburn. JOSEPH, Cambridge, freem. 1654, rem. to Billerica, and d. May 1656. His w. was Sarah. RICHARD, Cambridge, br. perhaps of John, came in the Defence 1635, prob. with w. Jane and ch. Esther, six yrs. old, in comp. with Rev. Thomas Shepard, as was in C. believ. but none of this name is that yr. found at the London custom ho. Perhaps he was forbid. to emb. as a subsidy man, yet unwill. to sw. false. and unable to obtain leave without. He bec. freem. 25 May 1636, was a rul. clder, own. est. at Billerica, then belong. to C. had, perhaps, Mary, for the rec. is bad, b. tw. with Samuel, Sept. 1635; Sarah, May 1638; Mary, again, Nov. 1639; John, 28 May 1641; Lydia; and Daniel, 9 Mar. 1645; and d. 26 Nov. 1669. His will of 30 June preced. names w. two s. and four ds. and gives 40 acres near the falls on Charles riv. to Harv. Coll. Esther m. 26 Mar. 1654, Josiah Converse of Woburn; Sarah m. 19 Aug. 1656, William Barrett, and d. 21 Aug. 1661; but John Poole of Reading, in his will of 14 Feb. 1667, calls W. B. his s.-in-law, and speaks of his d. Sarah, as dec. w. of B. wh. seems to me inexplica.; Lydia m. 20 May 1668, John Hastings, as sec. w. and d. 23 Jan. 1691; and Mary m. 26 Sept. 1665, Jacob French, and d. 1 Apr. 1681. *SAMUEL, Cambridge, eldest s. of the preced. m. at Billerica, 13 Oct. 1657, Sarah, d. of James Hubbard, had Samuel, b. 8 Dec. 1658, d. soon; Sarah, 17 Feb. 1660; Mary, 12 May 1662; Esther, 14 May 1664, d. under 3 yrs.; Samuel, again, 9 Mar. 1667; these all at B. but after rem. to C. had Joseph, 1 Sept. 1669; Richard, 20 Aug. 1674; and Daniel. He was rep. for C. 1686, the last yr. of the old chart. again in 1689 after overthrow of Andros, and in 1692 under new chart. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. 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