>Hi All, > >In searching back through collateral lines of the COLBY family, I have >come to a: >Lydia WEBSTER, b:28Aug1764, Kingston, NH; d:VT; still living 10Aug1843; >m:Jun1784, Newton, NH, to: >Thomas COLBY, b:25Dec1757, Kingston, NH; d:12Jun1842, Danville, >Caledonia, VT. > >I have an unconfirmed report which shows that the above Lydia WEBSTER is >the daughter of Isaac WEBSTER and Sarah DOWNING, and no further >information on the last two persons. I have searched the DOWNING-L >archives for a likely such Sarah and Isaac, with negative results. I've >also searched common on-line sources such as FTM, GenForum, GENDEX, >Ancestry Wolrd Tree, etc. Any information on the above, or clues as >where to go next, would be greatly appreciated. > >Brian > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== >Space for this list is provided by Rootsweb.com, working to keep online genealogy free for everyone. > Brian, in a 1938 letter from genealogist Mrs. S. W. McKee in Grand Rapids, MICH to a distant cousin of my husband, a letter which we do not have, to Frank Anna Gerhard of KS was mention of Capt John or Jonathan Downing of Kingston NH who had a dau Sarah b 1727 and married to Isaac Webster in 1747 who fought in the REv War in RI from NH. They were NOT researching this family but doing something like a pre-computer mail list. Might be some clues here though. In Ross Downing's book, Sir George Downing etc 1989 [2400 Pleasant Grove, Lansinc MI 48910] is this: Sarah Downing dau of Moses and Anna cook Downing married Abel Osgood and their son Stephen Osgood b 1799 married Martha Webster of Salem, MA. I suggest you write to Ross and see what information might have come to him through the Downing Family Newsletter in the way of queries or submissions. Sherry