>Hello All, > >I'm new to the Downing Mail List and would like to invite you to visit my >website. Hopefully, we may have some info to share. Good luck to all in your >genealogy endeavors. > >Click here -> <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/bgandy007/genealgy/index.html"> >Downing Kinfolks</A> > >Happy Hunting! > >James H. Downing > > >==== DOWNING Mailing List ==== > > To James H. Downing from Sherry: I believe you will follow your Blackwell clue by checking William and Mary College Quarterly vols. 9, 17, 25 and 25 for The Downings of Fairfields, Northumberland Co VA by Mrs. O A Keach. Also see Genealogies of Virginia Families Vols 1, 3, 5 and 4; Northumberland Co VA Deeds especially 1668; Early Virginia Immigrants 1623-1666 by George Cabell Greer, Gen Pub Co 1978; Virginia Wills and Administrations by ?, page 126 for Northumberland Co; Virginia Vital Records by ?for St. Stephens Parish in Northumberland Co.; Hardy's Colonial Families of the Southern States of America; Virginia Marriages, Gen Pub Co 1984; VA Gen Soc Qtrly Vol 13 #2 1975 for Abstracts from the John K Martin Papers, War of 1812 for Benj Blackwell; The Kentucky Gazette, 1787-1800 by Green; DAR Patriot Index #51070 for Thomas Downing of Lancaster & Northumberland Cos VA; Tyler's Quarterly for Damerons of Northumberland Co VA by Mrs. O A Keach, Vol 8. Hon. William Downing Jr. 1643-1683 left a will in Fairfield Parish Northumberland Co VA written 1682, husband of Mary Nichols, father of Margaret/Margery 1683-1732 who m1 Joseph Hudnall, m2 Samuel Blackwell 1708. Her Hudnall children were Joseph, Eliza, ?John, Ann and Mary; her Blackwell ch were Col William of Faquier Co Va and Samuel Jr of Northumberland Co VA Samuel Blackwell of Northumberland was 2nd generation in VA, son of Joseph. Samuel married Elizabeth Steptoe and of their children, Elizabeth m Col Armistead Churchill in 1761 of "Blenheim" Jefferson Co KY. Armistead and Elizabeth Blackwell Churchill had a dau Elizabeth who married John Downing of VA, maybe her cousin, in Louisville KY ca 1784. There are a number of Blackwell-Downing marriages in this family! Thomas Downing 1744-1799 of Lancaster Co and Northumberland Co VA served Rev War as captain 1776 & 1777 Northumberland Co Militia. He was sheriff there for many years. He m1 ___ Dameron; m2 Sarah Anne Rogers; m3 Ann Blackwell. Among his several children was C/Katherine who married William Blackwell and their dau Ann b 1797 married Samuel Blackwell. John Downing and wife Elizabeth Churchill were in Louisville, KY 1787 and she died that year age 25, had at least one son. Maybe this will provide enough clues to lead you to Lafayette and your other Downing ancestors! This isn't my line.