Surname: DOWNER Source: History of Charlestown, N.H. by Rev. Henry H. Saunderson 1876 p.103-104 Listed among those settled at Charlestown, NH between 1760 and 1776 Dr. Abram Downer p.295-296 Ephraim Carpenter, Town Moderator for five years beginning 1797 also represented Charlestown, NH in the legislature in 1800 and 1801. He was an Innkeeper. He served in the Revolution and was a pensioner. He m. (1) Mary____ who died Oct 8, 1807 aged 60. He m. (2) Jerusha, the daughter of Dr. Abram Downer. She was also the widow of Chandler Porter and Noah Porter. (see p. 524) p.430 Horace Hull eldest son of Elias Hull born at Stonington Ct and died at Lempster, NH aged 86. Elias Hull was a captain of a company in the Revolution in service in Rhode Island. The mother of Horace Hull was Mary Campbell, his father's first wife. Horace Hull m. Feb. 1806 Taphena Downer dau of Dr. Abraham and Lois (Abels) Downer of Weathersfield, VT. They settled at Charlestown, NH. Taphena (Downer) Hull died April 9, 1819 aged 39. He died Mar. 1, 1865 aged 84 years. Their children were: 1. Miranda Hull b. 1809, died young. 2. Lois Hull b. 1811 m. 1832 William H. Amsden son of Jacob and Lydia (Miller) Amsden. He b. at Boston MA 1803. He died at Cato, Wis., 1870 and she died 1875 at Charlestown. 3. Abraham Hull b. at Charlestown 1813; m. 1848 Elithea Dwinnell b. 1822. She died 1852. Two children: 1. Henry b. 1850 d. same year; 2. William b. 1852 d. 1863 Abraham Hull m. (2) 1853 Millia A. Baldwin b. 1830 and they had: 3. Harry Baldwin Hull b. 1854 died same year. 4. Emma E. Hull b. 1856 5. Albert E. Hull b. 1858 6. Arthur E. Hull b. 1861 7. Galen Downer Hull b. 1865. Abraham Hull was Deputy Sheriff for the Sullivan County for thirteen years. p.524 Noah Porter b. June 6, 1798 son of Lieut James Porter Jr and wife, Elizabeth (Betty) Porter of Charlestown, NH Noah Porter died Mar 12, 1805. He m. the widow of his brother, Chandler Porter, i.e. Jerusha (Downer) Porter. on Dec. 3, 1797. Their children were: 1. Noah Porter Jr. b. 1798 2. Clara Porter b. abt 1800; died 1860 3. Nancy Porter b. 1803 Chandler Porter b. 1759 d. 1795 m. Jerusha Downer and had: 1. Warren Porter b. 1792 2. Chandler Porter, Jr. drowned June 8, 1796 and was buried in his father's grave. He was 2 yrs old. Jerusha (Downer) Porter Porter m. (3) Ephraim Carpenter (see p. 295) p.328 Dr. Abram Downer m. Lois Abels and settled after their marriage in Charlestown, NH. Their children were: 1. Salima Downer b. Mar 7, 1770 2. Grafton Downer b. May 17, 1772; d. 1777. 3. Abel (or Abels) Downer. After Dr. Abram Downer removed to Weathersfield, VT, his son Abel Downer at the age of fifteen disappeared very mysteriously one evening and was never seen nor heard from afterwards. He was last seen standing by the well which was a few steps from the door. Every place was searched for him, where it was thought at all prob- able that he could be found, but with no avail. The mystery of his disappearance was never solved. His mother could never give up the hope that he was living, which hope she cherished to such a degree that she would never allow the doors to be fastened at night thereafter because she said "Abel might return in the night and want to come in." 4. Sophia Downer died unm. 5. Galen Downer 6. Lucretia Downer b. Nov 10, 1777, m. Mr. McHanna and had two children: Daniel and Cornelia McHanna. 7. Taphena (or Tryphena) Downer b. at Weathersfield, VT m. (1) Chandler Porter; m. (2) Noah Porter; m. (3) Horace Hull. The order of birth of those above may not be all correct. Dr. Downer removed from Charlestown, NH to Weathersfield VT where he was a physician for many years. He was the first person to introduce grafted fruit into the town- ship and indeed, into this region. He went to CT which was his native state, on horse-back for the scions, and brought them home in his saddle bags. The first apple that grew on any of the scions was very large and very handsome, and was exhibited by the Doctor at a public town meeting, where it was very much admired. But as it was passing around from hand to hand, a boorish kind of fellow had the ill manners to bite into it, on which the wrath of the Doctor was so excited that he gave the fellow a blow that sent him reeling to the floor. A portion of the orchard planted and engrafted by him was still standing in 1876 and had been the means of spreading much good fruit through this part of the country. Galen Downer, the doctor's son was a profess- ional grafter and inserted scions from his father's orchard both far and near. At the death of Dr. Downer, the orchard was sold to the late Consul Jarvis. Surname: DOWNER Source: Farnsworth Memorial Matthias Farnsworth, Jr/Sarah Nutting Line, Groton, MA p.61 Isaac Farnsworth b. July 18, 1790 son of Moses Farnsworth and his lst wife, Anna Crocker of Alstead, N.H. Isaac Farnsworth d. 1857 at Waukokee, MN. He m. (1) Sept. 1, 1817, at Westmartend, N.Y. (now Lowell, NY) Eunice Page b. Jan 31, 1795 at Monkton, VT. She died Jan 28, 1836 at Thetford, VT. She was the dau of Ephraim and Priscilla (Raymond) Page. He m. (2) Sept. 24, 1837 at Thetford, VT, Deborah Downer, who died Nove, 1889 prob. at Minneapolis, MN. Surname: DOWNER Source: Prescott Memorial James Prescott Line, Hampton, N.H. p.276 Sally Prescott b. Dec. 9, 1785 dau of Jeremiah Prescott and his wife, Mary Rackliff of Brentwood, NH. Sally Prescott m. Joseph Downer and resided at North- port, ME (see p. 353 for their children) p.353 Joseph Downer and his wife, Sally Prescott had issue at Northport, ME: 1. James Downer 2. Rufus Downer 3. Warren Downer 4. Newell Prescott Downer 5. Mary Ann Downer. Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~