Born in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Downs III
and Elizabeth (Baxter) Downs
Sister of
Elizabeth (Downs) Robbins, Barnabus Downs Sr., Thankful (Downs) Hope, Mary Downs, Jabez Downs, Infant Downs, Sarah (Downs) Seaver, William Downs IV, Isaac Downs, Lydia Downs and Benjamin Downs
Wife of
Prince Bearse
— married
28 Feb 1754 in Yarmouth MA
Descendants 
Mother of
Judah Bearse, Bethia (Bearse) Eldridge, Prince Bearse Jr, Elizabeth Bearse, Isaac Bearse, Stephen Bearse and Obed Bearse
Died about
at about age 70
in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Sep 2011
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Biography
Sources
- The Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, Volume 1, by Amos Otis, pages 56-57
- White, Elizabeth Pearson. John Howland of the Mayflower (Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1990) Vol. 1, Page 256.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Desire by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Desire:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Desire by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Desire:
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~0.78%
Paul Hutchins
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A736270 [compare], Ancestry member Hutchfam
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~0.78%
Bill McCarty :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T630373 [compare], FTDNA kit #115106
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~0.78%
Nancy (Moore) Bell :
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