Thomas Downing and Thomazine [Unk]

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Husband Thomas Downing ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Dec 1691 - Bradninch, Devonshire, England 2 3
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           Died: 15 Mar 1772 3
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   Other Spouse: Ellen [Unk] (      -      ) 3

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   Other Spouse: Jane Edge (      -1759) 1 - 15 Feb 1756 3

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Wife Thomazine [Unk] ³

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Children

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1 F Thomazine [1] Downing ³

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           Born: 6 Dec 1715 3
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           Died: while young
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2 M Thomas Downing ³

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           Born: 27 Mar 1717 3
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           Died: 19 Jan 1736 3
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3 M Richard Downing ^{1 4}

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           Born: 27 Apr 1719 3
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           Died: 8 Sep 1804 3
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         Spouse: Mary Edge (1721-1795) 1 4
           Marr: 21 May 1741 - Chester Co, PA 3

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4 M John Downing ³

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           Born: 18 Dec 1720 3
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Hunt (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 5 Mar 1747 3

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5 M William Downing ³

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           Born: 24 May 1722 3
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         Spouse: Ellen John (1718-      ) 3
           Marr: 10 Dec 1741 - Chester Co, PA 3

         Spouse: Margaret [Unk] (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 19 Dec 1765 - ? Lancaster Co, PA 3

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6 F Jane Downing ³

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           Born: 6 Dec 1723 3
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           Died: 29 Dec 1795 3
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         Spouse: John Roberts (      -      ) 3

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7 F Sarah Downing ⁵

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           Born: 13 Oct 1725 3
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           Died: 16 Sep 1745 3
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         Spouse: Joshua Baldwin (1722-1800) 5
           Marr: 7 Jun 1744 6

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8 F Thomazine [2] Downing ^{7 8}

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           Born: 15 Oct 1727 3
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         Spouse: Samuel Bond (      -      ) 7 8
           Marr: 29 Apr 1749 9

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9 M Samuel Downing ³

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           Born: 11 Aug 1729 3
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           Died: while young
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10 M Joseph [1] Downing ³

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           Born: 12 Dec 1731 3
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           Died: while young
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11 M Joseph [2] Downing ³

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           Born: 30 Jun 1734 - Sadsbury, Lancaster Co, PA 3
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           Died: 7 Dec 1804 3
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         Spouse: Mary Trimble (1736-1807) 3
           Marr: 9 Oct 1755 3

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Downing

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His second wife was perhaps the mother of all the children, two of whom were born in England. He was a taxable in Concord township from 1718 to 1732. At Concord Monthly Meeting, Aug. 3, 1730, "Thomas Downing & his wife made application to this meeting to com under the care of friends; they having produced papers from under severall friends hands of their sober and orderly conversations where they have Lived, this meeting receiveth them." In 1733 they removed to Sadsbury, but in two or three years after settled at the place thereafter known as Downingtown. There is reason to think that while in Concord he operated a mill belonging to Nathaniel Newlin, and he and his descendants continued to be mill-owners at Downingtown for several generations. [HCC 1881, 525]

He was born in Bradninch, in Devonshire, England, in 1691, and as early as 1718, resided in Concord township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Later he resided at Sadsbury, and still later at Downington, in the same county. From him descended the numerous families of Downings in that county. For generations the Downings were farmers and millers.

1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 525, 528.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 70, 79.

3 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 525.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 70.

5 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 471, 525.

6 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 471.

7 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 484, 525.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 69.

9 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 484.