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David Downs 1706–1759 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1706

Birth Location: Fairfield, CT

Death Date: 13 FEB 1759

Death Location: Greenfield, CT

Father: John Downs

Mother: Mary Perry

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Rowland

Children(s): Elizabeth Downs, David Downs, Seth Downs, Mary Downs

David Downs was born in 1706 in Fairfield, CT, the child of John Downs And Mary Perry. David Downs married Elizabeth Rowland, and had children including David Downs, Elizabeth Downs, Mary Downs, Seth Downs. David Downs passed away in 1759 in Greenfield, CT.

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Biography

  • David Downs was born in 1706 in Fairfield, CT, the child of John Downs And Mary Perry.
  • David Downs married Elizabeth Rowland, and had children including David Downs, Elizabeth Downs, Mary Downs, Seth Downs.
  • David Downs passed away in 1759 in Greenfield, CT.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Downs
1672–1753
Birth Location: New Haven, CT
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Mary Perry
1680–
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Rowland
1713–1769
Birth Location: Greenfield, CT
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Downs
1737–1776
Birth Location: Fairfield, CT
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David Downs
1750–1788
Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT
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Seth Downs
1734–1777
Birth Location: Fairfield, CT
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Mary Downs
1746–1759
Birth Location: Fairfield, CT
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David Downs's Ancestors

Self
David Downs
1706–1759
Birth Place: Fairfield, CT
Parents
John Downs
1672–1753
New Haven, CT
Mary Perry
1680–
Grandparents
Nathaniel Perry
–1682
Esther Lyon
1658–
Great-Grandparents
Richard Perry
–1658
Mary Malbon
Richard Lyon
1624–1678
Margaret Unknown
–1705
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Lyon
1540–1624
Isabel Wightman
1559–

David Downs's Descendants

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David Downs (1706–13 FEB 1759) m. Elizabeth Rowland (ABT 1713–12 JUN 1769)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Downs 1737–1776 m. Gershom Wakeman 1731–1781
    1. 1. Betsey Wakeman –1805 m. Zalmon Bradley 1754–1813
    2. 2. Abigail Wakeman 1758–1835 m. Moses Banks 1749–1798 m. Jehiel Thorp 1745–1828
      1. 1. Eunice Banks m. David Fanton 1778–
      2. 2. Wakeman Banks 1779–1781
      3. 3. Mary Banks m. W. ((Capt.)) Meeker
      4. 4. Tammy Banks
      5. 5. Timothy Banks –1827 m. Eleanor Ogden 1780–1831
      6. 6. Aaron Banks –1808
      7. 7. Elizabeth Banks
    3. 3. Abel Wakeman 1760–1820 m. Eunice Down 1765–1847 m. Eunice Osborn 1762–1821
      1. 1. Susan Wakeman 1787–1826 m. Sturges Morehouse 1797–1841
        1. 1. Hughes Morehouse
        2. 2. Sturges Morehouse 1826–1826
      2. 2. Abel Wakeman 1794–1823
      3. 3. Frederick Wakeman –1818
    4. 4. Gershom Wakeman 1762–1848 m. Sybil Bradley 1762–1828 m. Lucy (Ann) Buckley 1815–1888
      1. 1. Lucy Wakeman 1784–1824 m. Joseph Odell 1785–1817
        1. 1. Wakeman Odell 1811–1830
        2. 2. Jane Odell 1813–1842
        3. 3. Mary Odell 1815– m. Alonzo Wakeman 1810–1887
      2. 2. George Wakeman 1841–1870
    5. 5. Molly Wakeman 1765–1839 m. Jonathan Banks 1760–1820
      1. 1. Sally Banks 1793–1842 m. Zalmon (H.) Bradley 1793–1871
      2. 2. Jonathan Banks 1783–1820 m. Abigail Wakeman 1786–1841
        1. 1. Polly Banks 1811–1891 m. Bradley Goodsell
        2. 2. Catherine Banks 1807–1834 m. Jarvis Patchen
        3. 3. Jonathan Banks 1815– m. Lorinda Sherwood 1823–1892
        4. 4. Aaron Banks –1859
        5. 5. Ann (Caroline) Banks 1805–1881 m. Eli Sherwood 1801–1880
      3. 3. Zalmon Banks 1786–1855 m. Fanny Sherwood 1788–1875
      4. 4. Molly Banks 1790–1794
      5. 5. Polly (W.) Banks 1795–1859 m. Charles Nichols
      6. 6. Sophia Banks 1798–1800
      7. 7. Sophia Banks 1802–1822 m. Medad Bradley 1803–1830
      8. 8. Abraham Banks 1788–1870 m. Eunice Banks 1789–1883
        1. 1. Francis (Bradley) Banks 1817–1904 m. Almira Sherwood 1820–1885
    6. 6. Isaac Wakeman 1768–1844 m. Sarah Bradley 1776–1860
      1. 1. Clara Wakeman 1800–1885 m. Coville Buckley –1877
        1. 1. Coville Buckley
        2. 2. Lovinna Buckley
        3. 3. Charles Buckley
      2. 2. Horatio (P.) Wakeman 1804–1868 m. Rachel Lobdell 1800–1872
        1. 1. Seth (Bradley) Wakeman 1827– m. Cynthia (Cornelia) Houghton 1834–
        2. 2. Abigail (Amelia) Wakeman 1829– m. VanRensaellaer Skinner 1816–
        3. 3. Sarah (C.) Wakeman 1831– m. Timothy Jarvis 1834–
        4. 4. Sanford (H. (Capt.)) Wakeman 1834–1863 m. Theresa (V.) Samson
        5. 5. Clara Wakeman 1837– m. Smith (F.) Sturges
        6. 6. Isaac (C.) Wakeman 1839–1888
        7. 7. Walter (William) Wakeman 1843–1923 m. Eva (Jane) Watson 1856–
      3. 3. Ezekiel Wakeman 1802–1813
    7. 7. Seth Wakeman 1773–1775
    8. 8. Seth (Burr) Wakeman 1775–1857 m. Clara Nichols 1783–1828 m. Sarah Wheeler 1794–1863
      1. 1. Alonzo Wakeman 1810–1887 m. Mary Odell 1815– m. Catherine Stall 1814–1834
        1. 1. Emma (J.) Wakeman 1843– m. Solomon Larkin 1840–
        2. 2. Clara (A.) Wakeman 1849– m. Romeyn Brown 1847–
        3. 3. Ella (F.) Wakeman 1852– m. George (B.) Story
        4. 4. Sara (C. W.) Wakeman 1857– m. Myron (V. (Rev.)) Stupplebin 1856–1894 m. John Gannon
      2. 2. Horace Wakeman 1807–1891 m. Jeannette Becker
        1. 1. Jane Wakeman 1834– m. Harley (T.) Dana 1831–
        2. 2. Seth (B.) Wakeman 1843– m. Helen (A.) Dana 1848–
      3. 3. Horatio Wakeman 1813–1892
      4. 4. Maria Wakeman 1815–1887 m. Joseph Sharp –1882
        1. 1. Mary (E.) Sharp 1846–
        2. 2. Charles (W.) Sharp 1848–
        3. 3. Clara (A.) Sharp 1850–
        4. 4. Eliza Sharp 1852–
        5. 5. Jedediah (M.) Sharp 1855–1884
        6. 6. Elizabeth Sharp 1842–1843
      5. 5. Charles Wakeman 1817–1833
    9. 9. Parmelia ((or Pamela)) Wakeman 1770–1862 m. Jeremiah Sherwood 1770–1854 m. Gershom Sherwood 1765–
      1. 1. Gershom (Wakeman) Sherwood 1799–1848 m. Charlotte (Burr) Bradley 1799–1849
        1. 1. Burritt (Wakeman) Sherwood 1828–1858 m. March Unknown
        2. 2. Albern (Burr) Sherwood
      2. 2. Fanny Sherwood 1788–1875 m. Zalmon Banks 1786–1855
      3. 3. Cynthia Sherwood 1791–1861 m. Daniel (Banks) Bradley 1795–1872
        1. 1. Gershom Bradley 1819–1830
        2. 2. Daniel (Burr) Bradley 1823–1911 m. Sarah (M.) Henshaw
      4. 4. Pamela Sherwood 1802–1854 m. William Banks
      5. 5. Delia (M.) Sherwood 1808–1879 m. Eli Wakeman 1809–1888
        1. 1. Hermon Wakeman 1830– m. Britannia (S.) Tuers –1865 m. Edith Wilkinson
        2. 2. Amelia Wakeman 1832–
        3. 3. William Wakeman 1834– m. Eveline (J.) Meeker 1839–
        4. 4. Henry Wakeman 1834– m. Sarah (A.) Wadsworth 1843–
        5. 5. Elizabeth Wakeman 1837–
        6. 6. Mary Wakeman 1841–1847
        7. 7. Dwight Wakeman 1848–1856
        8. 8. Eli Wakeman 1850– m. Mary (Burr) Johnson 1853–
  2. 2. David Downs 1750–1788 m. Mary Osborn 1753–1820
    1. 1. Elizabeth Downs 1777–1837 m. Joseph Downs 1764–1842 m. Stephen Bradley 1774–1861
    2. 2. David Downs 1779–1820 m. Betsey Beers
      1. 1. David Downs
    3. 3. Levi Downs 1786–
    4. 4. Lucinda Downs
  3. 3. Seth Downs 1734–1777 m. Hannah Price 1733–
    1. 1. Elizabeth Downs 1759–1776 m. Moses Hull 1754–1813
      1. 1. Moses Hull 1776–
    2. 2. Huldah Downs 1764– m. Nathan Price 1767–
    3. 3. Hannah Downs 1755–1777 m. Moses Banks 1749–1798
      1. 1. Hannah Banks 1777– m. Isaac (Wheeler) Hoyt 1774–
    4. 4. Seth Downs 1763–
    5. 5. Rowland Downs
      1. 1. Nabby Downs 1794–
      2. 2. Charlotte Downs 1795–
      3. 3. Betsey Downs 1797–
    6. 6. Polly Downs 1768–
    7. 7. Ichabod Downs 1771–
    8. 8. Esther Downs 1772–
  4. 4. Mary Downs 1746–1759

David Downs's Timeline

2 Records

1706
1706
Birth of David Downs in Fairfield, CT
Fairfield, CT
1759
13 FEB 1759
Age 53
Death of David Downs in Greenfield, CT
Greenfield, CT

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1706
    Event Place: Fairfield, CT

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 FEB 1759
    Event Place: Greenfield, CT
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