>>At 01:44 PM 9/16/98 EDT, you wrote: >>>Anyone tracing a Capt. William Downing of Northumberland Co Va 1600-1700? >>> >>> >>>==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== >>>Do you know of Downing web pages? Post the URL here. >>> >>> I'm interested in this Wm. Downing. Can you give a little more info >>about him, such as his ch? >> >>Marlene >> >>Marlene DiGiovanni >>MarleneDiGi@prodigy.net >> >> >>==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== >>What Downing resources do you own? Tell us. >> > >Francis Downing: DAR #64696 under the name of his great granddaughter >Estelle Purciple: died 20 April 1777, Rev War under Capt Levin Jones, 9th >Virginia Regiment...Rolls of 1776. My notes say this is on page 397 Gregath. > >John Gwathmey's Virginians in the Rev War: >Arthur Downing Accomac - Northampton 1777, recommended capt 1783 >Francis Downing 9th Continental Line >Francis Downing awarded bounty land >Henry Downing ensign, in a state regiment, 1781-1782 >James Downing 1st Lt. Montgomery Co militia, took oath 1778 >Capt James Downing commanded a company of Lincoln Co militia, Clark's Reg in >Ill. >James Downing paid as a spy December 19 1778 >John Downing 14th Continental Line >John Downing Jr. 2nd Lt Northumberland Co militia 1781 >Robert Downing served at Fort Pitt >Thomas Downing capt Northumberland Co militia 1777 >Timothy Downing served at Fort Pitt >William Downing captain 1776 MSS; Northumberland Co oath 1777 >William Downing ensign Northumberland Co. > >Ohio Co VA Oaths, Taxables, Military Lists and Fines 1771-1779, now part of >Washington Co PA: >James Downing oath 1777-1778 >John Downing >Timothy Downing > all three above on Military List age 16-50, District #1. > >Unknown Source: >Grace Ball Downing, daughter of Francis, born 26 September 1756, St >Stephen's Parish, Northumberland Co VA. > >"Sir George Downing, Ambassador and Master Spy, Nine Young Men of Hope, >Harvard: 1642, and Family Descendants" by Ross Downing 1989 2400 Pleasant >Grove, Lansing MI 48910: >p 181: This Downing line is from Major John Downing and his wife Hannah >Fawley, submitted by Debbie Johnson Ferguson [P.O Box 850701 Yukon OK >73085-1701] and her father who came from Grand Rapids Michigan; Capt William >Downing, son of???, born 1616 Northumberland Co VA; had a son John B born >1638 and John B had son John born 1667 who had a son Major John Downing b >1692; Major John Downing married Hannah Fawley and their children were >George , John, William, Charles, Elizabeth, Hannah, Edward, Sarah and >Nannie. Nannie married1 Mr. Pettit, m2 McSwan, m3 Crittenden. > >Sherry's Downing Notebooks > > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > >