This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Downing Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YYB.2ACI/140.40.228.554.555.653.759.765 Message Board Post: I have some info you might be interested in if this is still your address. My 4th Great Granfather, Mashech Downing, moved to Iowa and is buried in Troy, Davis, Iowa. His father was William who married Susannah Newman about 1790 in Viginia probably. I have some blanks in my files so let me know if you connect to me down the line.