>Sherry, > Thanks again; how long have you been a Downing researcher? I have seen >several of the items you have listed, but some I have not; do you thin there >could be two Francis Downings, born abt 10 years apart? i have seen dates for >birth of Francis Downing at 1726/1736/1746. The Francis of 1726/1736 married >Susannah......(Wells?) and the Francis of 1746 married Henritta Viley, the >Francis that was a war vet. Most researchers say they are the same; I don't >know about that. Then that early Francis Downing , in this country in >1624--do you suppose he would hook up to the William Downing of the early >1600's in VA.? There is no record that this Francis went back to England. >Sue > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== >Space for this list is provided by Rootsweb.com, working to keep online genealogy free for everyone. > Well, Sue, if I have learned anything in 40 years of genealogical experience, it is that one assumes nothing, nothing, nothing. One leaves all options open until proof looks you in the face! This is why I decided to go through all my files and send you all the sources I could...you can follow up on what you wish. I think the Nat Gen Soc publication printed records of English born Americans and records of them from English sources. You might want to see about that. Happy hunting! That's the fun of it. Sherry