it is a moot point because Joseph Downing was from MD. joe >At 11:26 AM 1/11/99 -0800, you wrote: >>Marlene, I would rather think that Hanover Co. is in Va. If you look up >>the map for 1738 it shows Hanover Co. extending to the Pa. border. Later >>other Va. counties were added between Pa. and Va. Is this what they called >>the expanding territories of va? >>Ruby >>---------- >>> From: Marlene DiGiovanni <marlenedigi@prodigy.net> >>> To: DOWNING-L@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Re: [DOWNING-L] Letitia Downing >>> Date: Sunday, January 10, 1999 8:02 PM >>> >>> At 08:32 PM 1/9/99 -0800, you wrote: >>> >Joe, >>> >I am talking about the Joseph Downing, b. 1748 and m. to Jemima >>Woodward, >>> >dau of Francis Woodward and Winifred Martin. I have Joseph's parents >>> >listed as William Downing b. about 1720 and died Ohio, m. to Letitia >>Huff. >>> >They lived in Hanover Co., Pa. and Madison Co., Ohio. That would make >>> >Letitia Huff Letitia Downing Moore's G- grandmother.(right)? (Letitia >>> >Downing Moore b. 1805 was daughter of William Downing (1772-VA-1810) and >>> >Susannah. >>> >According to Ann Gregeath's book, (contributed by Scott M. Downing), >>> >WILLIAM DOWNING(1772 VA-1810, son of Joseph, b. 1748) m. Susannah, b. >>1770, >>> >MD. Ch: MESHECK ( 1792-1873), m. Ruth Butler,(ancestor of Casey, Iowa >>> >Downings, results from my searching census, newspapers, talking to their >>> >descendants, etc). >>> >JOHN M. b. 1795, Va, d. 11-9-1870, buried Adams Co., Ohio, m. Elizabeth >>> >Gordon 11-14-1816. >>> >RUTH, b. 1796, d. 2-28-1867, buried Adams Co., Ohio, m. Henry Herdman >>> >2-22-1816. >>> >JEMIMA, bc 1799. dp 1880, buried Adams Co., Ohio, m. Michael Herdman >>> >8-14-1817. >>> >ELIZABETH, b. 1800, O. d. 4-15-1889 O. m. Seth VanMeter 2-20-1817. >>> >ANNA, b. 4-11-1802, d. 1-1866, m. John Herdman 4-11-1822. >>> >REBECCA, m. William Newman 9-22-1825. 2nd m. John Williams. >>> >WILLIAM , m. Susannah Newman 4-26-1827. >>> >LETITIA, b. 4-4-1805, d. 9-28-1858, m. Jesse Moore 1-11-1827 (Letitia >>and >>> >Jesse were living in Henry Co., Ind. on a farm next to my William >>Downing >>> >in 1832. I have a twp. map showing both of these families plus other >>> >Moore's and Downings. This map states that the Moore's came from Preble >>> >Co., Ohio). >>> >SARAH, b. 1808, 10-25-1888, buried Adams Co., Ohio, m. Joseph Hoop >>> >7-14-1825. >>> >Ruby Waugh, Iowa >>> > >>> > >>> >---------- >>> >> From: Downing, Joe <jdown@nettally.com> >>> >> To: DOWNING-L@rootsweb.com >>> >> Subject: Re: [DOWNING-L] Letitia Downing >>> >> Date: Saturday, January 09, 1999 9:26 AM >>> >> >>> >> 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 ==== >>> > >>> > >>> >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== >>> > >>> > >>> Hi - One of the things that needs to be corrected is this: there is NO >>> Hanover Co., PA! I think Hanover must be the name of the township - >>correct? >>> >>> Marlene >>> >>> Marlene DiGiovanni >>> MarleneDiGi@prodigy.net >>> >>> >>> ==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== >>> What Downing resources do you own? Tell us. >> >> >>==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== >>Space for this list is provided by Rootsweb.com, working to keep online >genealogy free for everyone. >> > Oh, Ruby! Because I have seen "Hanover Co., PA" mentioned as a >residence, I always thought it might have really been Hanover twp, York >Co., PA. Has Hanover Co., VA been checked for evidence of Downings being >there, do you know? I'm going to our large geni library next week, and I >will be glad to see what they have on Hanover Co., VA, if it hasn't already >been combed. > >Marlene > >Marlene DiGiovanni >MarleneDiGi@prodigy.net > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > > >