To Joe, I ran off and studied your Downing pages. The two Williams that could have been my man married the wrong women. One was William, son of William and Melinda Barton. He m. Deborah McGee. The other was William, son of Sarah and Mescheck that m. Mary, b. 1817. My William b. KY 1800-04 1st m. Nancy Petty, 2nd m. Nancy McClelland. As I was going through my papers, I found a query that I copied off last spring that might me of interest to someone. WASHINGTON CO. MD QUERY; James Downing (1729-1762) m. Susanna (Possibly Parker) in Washington Co. (then Frederick). Sons, James, Robert and Timothy b. Washington Co., MD probably between 1749-1755. Family left for PA about 1755. Possibly to Cumberland (Now Fayette ) Co., PA, later to Washington Co., PA. By James G. Widmer (widmer@infinet.com) The above James has to be the same one living in Mason Co., KY. Also Washington Co., MD. is the same Co. as Timothy b. about 1742 d. 1799 was from. Am I correct. Could they be brothers? Also, has anyone heard of a Downing family that the parents were killed by Indians that invaded their home. The story goes that the parents hid the children in the cellar and the parents were killed. The children were farmed out to relatives, friends and neighbors and they lost track of each other. This story has come down through our family that it happened to eather my William or possibly a generation before him. Ruby Waugh, jakec@netins.net