>hey, just found a family sheet for the Samuel Downing family born 1785 >Lancaster Co,Pa and died 7 Oct 1823 in Deleware Co,OH, he married Elizabeth >Giffen. They had several children born in Ohio Co,WVA or Deleware Co,OH but >none married a Hakes. However I would assume that any Downing in that county >during that time frame was connected to this family. >Samuel was son of Wm Downing and Mary, and had numerous siblings several of >which wound up in Ohio and IN. >joe > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > > NE Ohio stuff: [part of the Samuel Downing-Elizabeth Giffen line] Belmont Co OH Court Journals: April 1818 Robert Downing petitioned for tavern license. Son of William who d 1812. Andrew Downing b. Lancaster Co PA ca 1793, d 1829 Jefferson Co Warren TP OH, married Sarah Hope Belmont Co OH 1812 1820 Belmont Co OH census: Robert Downing family William Downing. 1820 Common Please, Belmont Co OH: William Stringer Jr. vs William, Robert and John Downing, for $150. Some other references for this line: 1810 Ohio CO VA census 1820 & 1830 OH census History of Delaware Co OH, p 771-772, Troy Township. Belmont Co OH marriages Ross Downing's book page 147. Samuel and Elizabeth Giffen Downing left Lancaster Co PA for Ohio Co VA ca. 1808 six miles E of Wheeling, then Belmont Co OH, then Delaware Co OH in 1816. They are buried in Radnor Cemetery in Delaware Co OH. Sherry