>I found this James Downing while searching in Mercer Co., KY. Can anyone >identify him and family. >JAMES DOWNING b. 1746-1753, Ireland. Married Jane Haulkern. Children: >Mary or Polly, b. KY, m. John Baugh >Peggy b. Mercer Co., KY, m. James Newell >Ellen, b. Mercer Co., KY, m. John Mags >Henrietta b. Mercer Co., KY >William b. Mercer Co., KY(who is this William?) >Betsy, b. Mercer Co., KY >Sally, b. Mercer Co., KY >Jane, b. Mercer Co., KY >Ruth b. Mercer Co., KY >Downey b. 1787-1790 Mercer Co., KY 1st m. Johnathan Ellington, 2nd >Obedience Hooper, Glasgow, Barron Co., KY. >Nancy b. Mercer Co., KY >Esther b. Mercer Co., KY m. Asa Stevens Jr. b. 1768, RW vet. >Ann Gregeath's acct of this family for what it is worth: >JAMES DOWNING, b. around 1747, m. Jane Hulkern of Welch Descent, Lv. Barren >Co., KY. had 12 children. Known children, Benjamin E 1772, m. Sarah Gray >and George. >On page 283 of her book, Gregeath has the above Esther married to Asa >Stevens Jr. listed as the daughter of Daniel 11 b. 1739, Canterbury CT. d. >Wilkes-Barre PA. and Hannah Adams. >Ruby Waugh jakec@netins.net > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > > For Ruby Waugh from Sherry: A James Downing appears in Early Kentucky Wills by King, page 3: Barren County KY 24 September 1812 inventory. In the 1970s Mrs. Murray O. Wheeler, 79 Willie Circle, Tolland, CT 06084 was researching this family: James Downing born ca 1747, died Barren Co KY, married Jane Hulkern; their son Benjamin Downing who d Green Co KY and M Sarah Gray who died Barren Co KY; Sophia Downing dau of Benjamin and Sarah, born 1793 ???Maryland, died 1866 Cole Co MO and married James Campbell 1813 Barren Co KY, and their son James Campbell born Barren Co 1820. Mrs. Wheeler thoughtJames and Jane had at least Benjamin, a daughter Mary "Polly" who married John Baugh, and MAYBE a son George who went to Missouri.