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James Downing (1720 - 1776)

James Downing
Born in Irelandmap
Son of [father unknown] and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 5 Jul 1749 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts Baymap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , and
Died at about age 56 in Lower Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotiamap
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Biography

James was born about 1720 in Ireland.[1]

He married Janet Montgomery in Aug. 1739 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.[1]

James died on 28 Oct. 1776 at Lower Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.[1]

Children of James and Janet

  1. James Downing b. 1758
  2. Mary Downing b. 1750
  3. Janet Downing b. 1753
  4. Catherine Downing b. 1760
  5. Agnes Downing b. 13 Jan 1762

James was born about 1725. He was the son of Unnamed Father Downing and Wife Unknown. He passed away in 1776.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Downing, James at Four Nova Scotia Families: Hennigar, Elliott, Harvey, Chipman]


  • "Historical and Genealogical Record of the First Settlers of Colchester ..."

By Thomas Miller. In this book, it states that James and William are brothers and that James and Janet only had one son and four daughters.





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Smith-44721 William Smith
Downing-2391 and Downing-671 appear to represent the same person because: Appear to be the same person
posted by William Smith
Anonymous Downing
Downing-2391 and Downing-671 are not ready to be merged because: James and Janet only had one son, named James not William, who married Margaret Dickson. I need to check this out and check out James and William, as I have them as brothers not father and son.
posted by Anonymous Downing
Sally x
Downing-2391 and Downing-671 appear to represent the same person because: same wife, merge pending on profiles of Unknown father
posted by Sally x
Anonymous Downing
Downing-2390 and Downing-671 do not represent the same person because: Downing-2390 is the father of Downing-671.
posted by Anonymous Downing
Sally x
Downing-2390 and Downing-671 appear to represent the same person because: same son William
posted by Sally x
Watt-266 Vic Watt
Downing-671 and Downing-1161 appear to represent the same person because: Same info. Please merge. Thanks.
posted by Vic Watt
Watt-266 Vic Watt
Downing-1162 and Downing-671 do not represent the same person because: Wrong generation
posted by Vic Watt
Watt-266 Vic Watt
Downing-1162 and Downing-671 appear to represent the same person because: Same identical son William. Please merge. Thanks.
posted by Vic Watt

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