This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DOWNING RATHBUN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XcB.2ACE/290 Message Board Post: Trying to find parents of Mercy Downing, b. 1712- 20; m. James Rathbun. They were both born on Block Island and married in 1730-31. Later moved to Greenwich, CT. Therewas a Desire Downing b. 1732 and an Amney Downing. 1722 in Rhode and I wonder if they are sisters? My thanks Jenny Johnson