Hi- Haven't posted my Downings as I haven't really gotten far enough back to seem to know enough. But here goes, I'll give it a try since I haven't found anything by just lurking. My husband ggrandfather was Samuel Fifield Downing 1820-1909 of Waits River or Williamstown, Vermont married to Mary P. Richardson 1822-1873 They had Oscar Vernon Downing b 1847 Williamstown, Vermont d 1918 married to Hannah Rhuey Sherman b 1849 Haverhill, New Hamshire d.1919 They had Nora Bertha Downing b. 7/23/1892 in Waits River, Corinth, Vermont who married Earle Arthur Woods b 7/4/1888 b. Bradford, Vermont. I can trace this Earle Arthur Woods, my husbands grandfather back 11 generations to Samuel Woods in Groton Mass 1636 But so far no luck with Downings, all Downings I find are in wrong state and I have so many other lines of my own, I haven't had time to really knuckle down on this. Thanks Bambi in Florida