'Downing1'
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links to: Lead / LetterFamilies covered: Downing of East Hatley, Downing of Rowesgift
'Downing1'Index
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Families covered: Downing of East Hatley, Downing of Rowesgift
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| Geoffrey Downing of Poles Belcham, Essex this generation mentioned by BEB1841 & Commoners but not by BLG1952 | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Wingfield (dau of Thomas Wingfield of Dunham Magna) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Arthur Downing of Lexham, Norfolk | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susan Calybut (dau of Thomas Calybut of Castle Acre) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Calybut Downing of Shennington, Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation shows Elizabeth Wingfield as Calibutt's first wife with his children by his second wife, Anne Hogan, who is not mentioned by the other sources. We provisionally show Elizabeth as mother of his son and Anne as mother of his daughters. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Wingfield (dau of Robert Wingfield of Upton by Elizabeth Cecil, sister of William, Lord Burghley) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Calybut Downing (d 1644, rector of Hickford & West Ildesley then of Hackney) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Brett (dau of Robert Brett) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir George Downing, 1st Bart of East Hatley (d 1684, ambassador) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Howard (d 10.07.1683, dau of Sir William Howard of Naworth Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir George Downing, 2nd Bart of East Hatley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.07.1683) Catherine Cecil (d 13.08.1688, dau of James Cecil, Earl of Salisbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir George Downing, 3rd Bart of East Hatley (dsp 1749, founder of Downing College, Cambridge) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Forester (dau of Sir William Forester of Watling Street) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Charles Downing (d 15.04.1740, Comptroller of Customs, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Garrard (dau of Sir Thomas Garrard, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Jacob Downing, 4th Bart of East Hatley (dsp 1764) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Price (dsp 18.09.1778, dau of Rev. _ Price, she m2. Admiral Sir George Bowyer, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Frances Downing | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Cotton (dvp 1681, son of Sir John, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Philadephia Downing | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Henry Pickering, Bart of Whaddon | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Lucy Downing | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Richard Bulkeley, Bart of Old Barron | |||||||||||||||
| (6) | Mary Downing (b c1671, d 1728) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.06.1705) Thomas Barnardiston of Gray's (b 18.08.1677) | |||||||||||||||
| (7)+ | other issue - William (dsp), Anne | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Henry Downing | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Adam Downing (b 1666, d 1719, Deputy Governor of Londonderry) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne (not Margaret) Jackson (dau of Thomas Jackson of Coleraine by Margaret Beresford) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Henry Downing | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Downing of Bellaghy and Rowesgift (b 1700, a 1745) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Roe (dau of Rev. J. Roe) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Clotworthy Downing | ||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue - John, Giffard | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Dawson Downing of Bellaghy and Rowesgift (b 1739) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Catherine Fullerton (dau of George Fullerton, niece of Alexander of Ballintoy Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | George Alexander Downing, later Fullerton of Tockington Manor and Ballintoy (b 30.11.1775, d 1847) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Anne Peacock (dau of James Peacock) | |||||||||||||||
| A site visitor (JT, 21.04.07) kindly advised us that, although Dawson's 2nd wife was described (by BLG1952) as Sarah Catherine, dau of Hugh Boyd of Ballycastle, she was in fact Anne, as follows. JT also brought a few other minor corrections to our attention. | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Boyd (dau of Ezekiel Davis Boyd) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | John Downing of Rowesgift (b 1790, d 1870, judge in Ceylon (not Canada)) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | David Downing (Major General, youngest son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret Jean Ward | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Frances Anne Hamilton Parkyns (d 1876, dau of Capt. Levitt Broadley Parkyns) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Anne Downing (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Magee | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Margaret Downing (d 04.03.1888) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (13.04.1817) Arthur Handcock (d 27.07.1826, son of 2nd Lord Castlemaine) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (01.02.1837) William Le Poer Trench (d 14.08.1846, Admiral, son of 1st Earl of Clancarty) | |||||||||||||||
| (f)+ | other issue - Ezekiel, William, Catherine | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | John Downing (dsp 1792) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Hogan (dau of Edmond Hogan) | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Elizabeth, Susan | ||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - John, Dorothy, Susan | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
BLG1952 (Fullerton of Hambleden Place formerly of Ware), BEB1841 (Downing of East Hatley), Commoners (vol iv, Fullerton of Westwood and Ballintoy Castle) with a little input from Visitation (Norfolk, 1563+1589+1613, Downing).
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