Hi, I am knew to this list. I recently was researching a BURDICK family line, and found some information in the book "The Descendants of Robert Burdick of Rhode Island" by Nellie Johnson which indicates that my 6G grandfather was David DOWNING of Hopkinton, RI and Bennington, VT. He supposedly married a daughter (unnamed) of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (STEWARD) BURDICK, and had a daughter Anna, b. 1782 in Rhode Island. Anna Married Nathaniel BURDICK in 1803 in Hopkinton, RI. Other than this, there is no additional information in the Burdick book... Based on the dates, I would guess that David DOWNING must have been born somewhere between 1710 and 1760 or so. If anyone has any information about this family, or about David's ancestry, I would love to hear from you! Thanks, Kevin Spaulding (spaulding@kodak.com)