John
Dowden
Born about in Queen Ann Parish, Prince George's, Province of Maryland, America
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Esther (Ashford) Dowden
— married
1694 in Queen Ann Parish, Montgomery, Colony of Maryland, America
Descendants 
Father of
Rachel (Dowden) Thickpenny, Michael Ashford Dowden, John Ashford Dowden, Thomas Dowden, Rachel Dowden and Mary Elizabeth Burke (Dowden) Gore
Died about
at about age 92
in Frederick County, Province of Maryland, America
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Mar 2012
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Biography
This profile is part of the Dowding Name Study.
Children
- Children of John Dowden and Esther Ashford:
- Thomas Dowden, christening on January 2, 1712 at Saint Barnabas Church, in Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's, Maryland.[1]
- Elizabeth Dowden, christening on August 29, 1716 at Saint Barnabas Church, in Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's, Maryland.[2]
Research Notes
This profile had John's parents as Thomas Dowden/Dowding and Alice Pickering who appear on other people's online trees. They have been removed as no sources have been found to support this and a John is not named in Thomas' Will.
Sources
- ↑ Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F48W-599 : 12 December 2014), Thomas Dowden, 02 Jan 1712; citing Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's, Maryland; Family History Library microfilm 14,304.
- ↑ Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F48W-2V5 : 12 December 2014), Elizabeth Dowden, 29 Aug 1716; citing Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's, Maryland; Family History Library microfilm 14,304.
- Rice, Millard M. This Was the Life: Excerpts from the Judgment Records of Frederick County, Maryland, 1748-1765. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1984, pp. 115, 119, 123, 126, 169, 202, and 234.
- Brown, Shepherd S. N. Neville, Jones, Giles, Spencer, Harrison Families and Collateral Lines, 1600-1992. Waco, Tex: S.S.N. Brown, 1993.
- Gregory, Esther E. Finley L. Underwood and Mahala Dowden: Their Ancestors and Descendants. Concord, Calif: Paddleford Pub. Co, 1996.
- Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
- Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Maryland Census, 1772-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Unsourced (no grave) Memorial page for John Dowden (1675–1717), Find A Grave: Memorial #33785028; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) Unknown.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~1.56%
Melissa (Dowden) Dyniec
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M920171 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member melissa_21114
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~0.78%
Renee Jones :
23andMe, GEDmatch M497386 [compare]
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~0.78%
William Dowden :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Charlotte (Dowden) Rogers :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Carolyn (Dowden) Jamail :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
RW Franklin :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T629084 [compare], FTDNA kit #558910
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~0.39%
JB Y :
23andMe, GEDmatch ZK6526531 [compare]
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~0.39%
Elizabeth (Randles) Webb :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member erandles2006
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~0.39%
Jean (Hawker) Thaiss :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Dane Prescott :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch kb8105364 [compare], Ancestry member dfprescott2017
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~0.39%
Monte Bowen :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Kenneth Croy :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
James Williams :
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal JAM96a8f1cb, Ancestry member buddha1965
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~0.39%
Ernest Davidson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member erdavidson
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Joel Skates :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch DH8089941 [compare], FTDNA kit #910712
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~0.39%
Roy Robinson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #16910
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Melissa (Dowden) Dyniec
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Dowden-33 and Dowden-87 appear to represent the same person because: These appear to be the same person.
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