>My earliest ancestor is Francis Downing, Jr. We just learned from another >lady of our line that his father was Francis Downing, Sr., I presume of >Yorkshire, as that is where Francis Jr was born. Can anybody help me with >this? Have you seen a Francis Sr, with a son Francis, born 1736 in Yorkshire? >Or a Francis of 1736 with a father Francis, as I say, presumbably from >Yorkshire? Suehodnett@aol.com > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > > More Clues and Sources from Sherry.. Index of Revolutionary War Pension applications, National Genealogical Society, 1966: Francis Downing, Maryland, Henrietta widow 8674 [I don't know what the number means. Original Lists of Persons of Quality by Hotten: Francis Downey, aged 24, to Virginia in the RETURN March 1624 in muster of John Throgmorton. Early Virginia Immigrants: George Downing 1652 brought by Mr. Edward Overman, York Co Anne Downing 1652 by Capt.Augustine Warner Richard Downing 1653 by Robert Sorrel Enoch Downing 1651 by Rowland Burnham William Downing 1651 brought by william Vincent, Northumberland Co William Downing 1647 brought by Elizabeth Barcroft, Isle of Wight Co VA. I have not seen this but have a copy of a card file card with the title: 300 American Downing Families, 1620-1800 by Richard William Loveless, 77 pages, Salt Lake City UT Histo Pub Maxwell Print, 1971. Middleton - Downing Family History, Ann Arbor Mich, University Microfilms International, 1980, 107 pages, a commemorative publication, 25th annual reunion of the Middleton-Downing descendants at Elkhart IN 7 August 1932; originally published at Anderson, Indiana, Hazel May Middleton Kendall, 1932. Somewhere out there is Downings, Pennsylvania Quakers, by Helen F. Snow, a 17 page mimeographed typescript, Madison CT 1961. Snippets from Downing Family Historical Society of America Newsletter August 1997: [for more info contact Ross Downing 2400 Pleasant Grove, Lansing MI 48910] --Elizabeth A. Dalton, 1089 Abbots Creek Church Road, High Point NC 27265 is looking for infor on James Downing, Rev War soldier. Same, May 1993: query from Lucille Gano, P.O. Box 128, Keosauqua, IA 52565 re: Francis Downing and his son William downing who m Rebecca Cromwell. Same: Query from Carolyn Douglas, 3550 E. Debra, Bay City MI 48706. Same August 1993: Mentions Downing Genealogy by W.C.Downing and R. Wilberforce, 1901. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution, April 1775 to December 1783 by Francis B. Heitman, reprint of 1914 edition in 1932, Gen Pub Co Baltimore 1982: William Downing, PA, 2nd Lt 10th Pennsylvania, 4 Dec 1776-___; Thomas Downing, MA, 2nd Lt of Mansfields MA Regiment, May to December 1775, 1st Lt 27th Continental Inf 1 Jan to 31 Dec 1776; Henry Downing, VA, Ensign of a Virginia Regiment in 1781 and 1782. Genealogist's Magazine, Vol 24, #10, June 1994 p 853: The Legacy of Our Ancestors, Inheritance and Succession in Landed Families 1660-1925 by Barbara English deals with examples in East Yorkshire, and Figure 5 on p 862 demonstrates "Entail in the Downing Settlement of 1717...Jacob Downing...and the founding of a college at Cambridge to be called Downing's. Index to the Virginia Court Records in PA [District of W. Augusta] by I.R. Waldenmaier, 1957: John Downing III, 36 Timothy Downing III, 69. Revolutionary Patriots of Washington County, MD 1776-1783 by Henry C. Peden, Jr. , Family Line Publications, Westminster, MD: Downing, Ann, David and Jane [see Isaac Ellis] Downing, John Sr., private, Militia, 3rd Class , Capt.Basil Williams' Co 1776-7 Downing, John Jr., private militia 5th class, Capt Basil Williams' Co 1776-7 Downing, Joseph oath of allegiance before Hon Joseph Sprigg before 1 April 1778 Downing, Mister [see Lawrence Williams] Downing, Timothy private militia 2nd class, Capt James Prather's Co. 3rd Battn. 1776-1777 Downing, William oath of allegiance before Hon Lemuel Barritt before 16 March 1778. To Maryland from Overseas, A Complete Digest of the Jacobite Loyalists Sold into White Slavery in Maryland, and the British and Continental Background of Approximately 1400 Maryland Settlers from 1634 to the Early Federal Period with Source Documentation by Harry Wright Newman, Gen Pub Co Baltimore 1985: Francis Downing, a native of Yorkshire, England, born 1 January 1746; settled in the Colonies in 1768 and was domiciled in Montgomery Co MD when he enlisted at Frederick Town for the Flying Camp and saw service around New York; later lived in Scott Co KY; Rev Pension Claim W8674, National Archives. I can't elaborate because I don't have the sources...just my notes from research years ago.