I knew about the Downings in the Hopewell meeting because I have another line that goes there. I also have Calverts but they are documented and I haven't studied them. 'the two Chenoweth bros in western MD were in RW, so who knows.' What's RW? If we rule out the Timothy Downing connection there is always, for some of us, the John Downing line. Cheryl Rothwell clrothwell@mindspring.com Logan County, ILGenWeb, coordinator> http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm Logan County mailing list> LOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Downing mailing list> DOWNING-L@rootsweb.com