The 1850 census for Pickaway County, OH includes these Downings from Delaware: David Downing 29 laboring Delaware lived Monroe Tp house #1401-1412 Priscilla 27 OH David J. 7 OH Solomon 4 OH. Thomas Downing 41 mason Delaware lived in Deer Creek TP house #60-60 Margaret A. 36 she and children all born Delaware Marey E. 13 John E. 13 Sarah T. 11 Martha 6 Wane G. 2 William T. 10/12. John Downing 63 farmer Delaware lived Deer Creek Tp #80-80 Mary 58 Virginia John N. 18 (idiot) OH. and Somerset Downing 30 farmer OH lived Deer Creek Tp #81-81 Sarah 29 NY William E.B. 8 OH Sarah L. 5 OH Joseph M. 3 OH Abraham 1 OH. According to a 1976 query in The Genealogical Helper by Cliff P. Downing in Gresham, OR, Thomas Downing was born ca 1815 in Delaware and went to Circleville, OH before 1854. His wife was Margaret A. Dawson. The 1860 US census of Vermillion Co IL shows H.T. Downing b ca 1834 Delaware with wife Martha b ca 1840 also Delaware. A query in the Downing Family Historical Society of America in 1992 inquired about Downings in Sussex Co DE: John Downing fined for not going to muster in 1779; Elizabeth who married John Middleton and had 13 children. Direct response to Ross Downing, 2400 Pleasant Grove, Lansing, MI 48910. Source, probably Gregath, also 1969 Mrs. William M. Rose of Northridge, CA: Ezekiel Downing left will in Kent County DE 1765, children included Joseph E., Benjamin, William and Sarah and maybe Elizabeth. That is all the information in my miscellaneous Downing files for Delaware and they are not my line. The 1997 address for Downing Family Historical Society of America was 176 State Route 49, Cleveland, NY 13042. Sherry in ORegon Genealogy Central wrote: > Hello eveyone. > I am new to this list. I am researching the Downing family of Sussex > Co, DE. The earliest account of this family is Elizabeth's brother in > law, Somerset Middleton d. Williamsport, Pickaway Co, HO, marrrying Mary > Downing b. 22 Jan 1770 d. 3 April 1834. Married March 1805? Mary was > supposedly a sister Elizabeth and also to a David Downing who married > Polly Middleton. > > My first Downing is Elizabeth, b. 1779 DE d. 9 Jan 1841 Elkhart Co, IN. > She mar. her "first cousin" John Wesley Middleton b. 12 Feb 1777 Sussex > Co, DE d. 17 July 1847 Elkhart Co, IN. Ch- > James B. Middleton > Mary Middleton > Jonathan B. middleton > Wm Middleton > John Downing Middleton > Wesley Middleton > Sarah "Sally" Middleton > Eliza Henry Middleton > David Downing Middleton > Joseph Bigelow Middleton > Dewese Middleton > Nancy Jane Middleton > Elizabeth "Libby" Middleton > > The family moved from Sussex Co, DE to OH in 1805. > It has also been said that a Nathaniel Riley Downing and Edward Downing > are part of this clan. As you can see, there were three Middleton > siblings, John, Polly, and Somerset, who married three Downing siblings, > Elizabeth, David and Mary. > It has also been said that they were "first cousins." Would really > appreciate any help. This family is the "brick wall" for myself and > many fellow Middleton researchers. Am now trying to find a connection > through the Downing side. > thanks, > Erica > > ==== DOWNING Mailing List ====