no, i have an 1843 entry on Williams estate and it shows Ruth only, other entries show husband and wife, so he must have been dead by then. This was in Highland Co,OH, joe >In a message dated 12/30/98 9:48:35 AM PST, jdown@nettally.com writes: > ><< he Ruth Downing who married Rees Branson was dau of William Downing who > came out of Downingtown, PA, was a Quaker and wound up around Cincinnatti, > OH, joe >> > Right you are Joe. Ruth was b. 1784 in Bart Twp., Lancaster Co, PA, and >married Rees on 10 Mar 1802. You wouldn't happen to have a death dat on Ruth >or Rees, would you? Ray > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== >Do you know of Downing web pages? Post the URL here. > >