Another Huff connection: Thomas Downing 1796 MD-1865 Logan Co IL, m1 Elizabeth B. Collison/Kellison in Pike Co OH 1819; m2 same county 1832 Rebecca Huff and she died Hancock Co OH 1840; m3 Logan Co IL Loretta Sherman; One of Rebecca's children was named George Huff Downing 1833-?. Joseph and Jemima Woodward Downing of MD and Madison Co OH had a daughter Letitia born 1 March 1773 probably at Prince George co MD, at Rock Creek who married Caleb Huff. Huff's donation tract in the Ohio Land Co is #2, 100 acres, Tract Book and Entries, US Military District, Congress Lands etc State of OH. I believe he m2 Elizabeth. The Thomas and Elizabeth Huff family lived near the Downings in Monongalia Co VA, according to Harriet Wuertele of Calistoga, CA in 1979. Letitia's siblings were William who m Susannah, Mescheck who married Sarah Downing 1799 in Ross Co OH, Winifred who m George Downing, s/o Timothy, 1805 as his 2nd wife, John who m 1811 Nancy Daugherty, Joseph H./ JR. who m Mary Bell in Madison Co OH 1811, Francis Woodward Downing who m Elizabeth Foster in Ross co OH date not clear to me, Jemima who m HEnderson Crabbe 1809 Ross Co OH, Martha who m John Lawrence 1812, Simon or Simeon who m1 Rachel Highland 1816 OH and m2 Rachel Foster 1825 OH and Timothy who m Elizabeth Hayden who m2 Rathbun.Robert Fetters of Chillicothe, OH & WJ Downing of FL have done a lot of work on this line. Francis Woodward and Elizabeth Howe Foster Downing named one of their children Caleb Huff Downing and one Henderson Crabbe Downing. Elizabeth Howe Foster Downing was the dau of Rev. Lewis Foster, I believe,... see Hist of Madison Co OH, and Hist and Ancestry of Rev. John Foster by Wayne E. Dawson, Gen Dept LDS church 1984. Another Letitia Downing, dau of William and Susannah?,granddau of Joseph and Jemima woodward Downing, married Jesse Moore 1827 Adams Co OH, and she died 1858 and me m2. John M. and Elizabeth M. Gordon Downing, he a son of William, named a dau Letitia "Lettie" and she married Ephraim Frost 1841 and she is buried Steam Furnace Cem Adams Co OH, d 1899.This is Robert Fetters' line. Joseph and Jemima Woodward Downing went from maryland to Monongalia Co VA to Washington Co OH, then MAYBE on to Adams, Ross/Pike with a son or sons. In Madison Co before 1819. Hope this helps some of the Letitia questions. Sherry >any proof of her grandmother being Letitia Huff??? there were many Lewis >families in that part of Ohio, joe > > >> >>I found it interesting that Letitia G. Downing m. to Dr. John T. Lewis was >>b. Lexington KY. 1806. >>Another Letitia Downing was born Adams Co., Ohio in 1805. Her grand-mother >>was Letitia Huff of Hanover Co., Pa. and Madison Co., Ohio. Letitia, b. >>1805 m. Jesse Moore from Preble Co., Ohio , Henry Co. Ind., Warren Co., >>Ind. and Ill. >>Could we POSSIBLY have a connection here. >>Could Dr. John T. Lewis possibly be connected to Catherine Lewis that M. >>Joseph Miller. They gave all their sons middle names of Lewis. >>Ruby Waugh >> >> >>==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== >> >> >> > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > >