Yes, I too have a Mary DOWSON! According to the 1851 census she was born abt 1809, in Danby. Janice, you may not be suprised to know she married a RUSSELL - Isaac, my gggrandfather. >From the mid 1840's, at least, they were living at Thornton - again, not far from Kirby Misperton, before moving to Gillamoor. Jo