Leonard
Dowden
Born about in Somerset, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Cuthbury Usher
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Benjamin Dowden, Joseph Dowden, Samuel (Dowden) Dowding, Leonard Dowden and Thomas (Dowden) Dowding
Died before
before about age 34
in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 9 Mar 2012
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Biography
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Identified as the former husband of Cuthbury Usher, relict of Henry of Barbados, deceased in her Will made on 30 Jul 1675.[1] [2]
A bond for Leonard Dowdin of Bandon Bridge is dated in 1661.[3]
- ”A Cuthery” Dowden is mentioned in the 1659 census of the Town of Bandon Bridge, County Cork in Ireland, along with Tho Dowden, assumed to be her son (as she is listed first in the transcription).[4]
Sources
- ↑ Sanders, Joanne Mcree. Barbados Records. Wills and Administrations: Volume II, 1681-1700. Clearfield Company, 2011, pg. 354.
- ↑ Barbados Wills and Administrations, Vol II Transcription on Ancestry.com
- ↑ "Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Wills & Administrations Indexes, 1595-1858," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WGHM-W6PZ : 19 December 2019), Leonard Dowdin, 1661; records extracted by FindMyPast. Images digitized by FamilySearch; citing extracted by FindMyPast. Images digitized by FamilySearch; National Archives of Ireland, Dublin.
- ↑ http://www.bandon-genealogy.com/Bandon_Census_1659.htm
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