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Henry II Dawnay Viscount Downe 1664–1741 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1664

Birth Location: Gainsborough, Leicestershire, England

Death Date: May 1741

Death Location: Snaith, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Father: John Downe

Mother: Dorothy Jansen

Spouse(s): Mildred Godfrey

Children(s): Mildred Dawney, John Viscount, The Pontefract, Rev Westminster, Christopher Honerable, Dorothy Dawnay

The story of Henry II Dawnay Viscount Downe began in 1664 in Gainsborough, Leicestershire, England. Henry II Dawnay Viscount Downe married Mildred Godfrey, and had children including Christopher Dawnay The Honerable, Dorothy Dawnay, John Iv Dawnay Viscount, Mildred Dawney, Rev Godfrey Dawnay Reverend Of St James And Westminster, The Honourable John Dawnay Mp For Pontefract. Henry II Dawnay Viscount Downe passed away in 1741 in Snaith, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Henry II Dawnay Viscount Downe began in 1664 in Gainsborough, Leicestershire, England.
  • Henry II Dawnay Viscount Downe married Mildred Godfrey, and had children including Christopher Dawnay The Honerable, Dorothy Dawnay, John Iv Dawnay Viscount, Mildred Dawney, Rev Godfrey Dawnay Reverend Of St James And Westminster, The Honourable John Dawnay Mp For Pontefract.
  • Henry II Dawnay Viscount Downe passed away in 1741 in Snaith, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Henry Downe's Ancestors

Self
Henry Downe
1664–1741
Birth Place: Gainsborough, Leicestershire, England
Parents
John I Dawnay Sir - Viscount Downe
1625–1695
Hooton Pagnell,Yorkshire,England
Dorothy Jansen
1624–1709
St,Marys,Leicester,Liecestershire,England
Grandparents
John Dawnay
1593–1629
Wormesley, Yorkshire, England
Elizabeth Hutton
1598–1663
Wormesley, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Sessay
1563–1642
Fayth Legard
1563–1639
Richard Pleas
1561–1638
Agnes Briggs
1571–1623
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Dawnay
1523–1557
Elizabeth Tunstall
1534–1612
Richard Legard
1529–1594
Margaret Marshall
1535–
Thomas Briggs
1550–1648

Henry Downe's Descendants

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Henry (II Dawnay Viscount) Downe (1664–May 1741) m. Mildred Godfrey (1664–Aug 1725)
  1. 1. Mildred Dawney 1692–1780 m. Willam (V Foulis Baron Of) Ingleby 1689–1756
    1. 1. Anne Fowlis 1729–1807 m. Joseph Blackman 1729–1806
      1. 1. Samuel Blackman 1762–1830 m. Elizabeth Roberts 1766–1843
        1. 1. Maria Blackman 1805–1839 m. Thomas Fenner 1794–1856
        2. 2. Samuel Roberts 1786–1870 m. Sarah Medhurst 1797–1873
    2. 2. Henry Fowle 1727–1738
    3. 3. Mary Foulis 1733–
    4. 4. William (Foulis 6 Baron of) Ingleby 1722–1780
    5. 5. Mildred Foulis –1780
  2. 2. John (IV Dawnay) Viscount 1728–1781
  3. 3. The (Honourable John Dawnay MP for) Pontefract 1686–1740
  4. 4. Rev (Godfrey Dawnay Reverend Of St James And) Westminster 1710–
  5. 5. Christopher (Dawnay The) Honerable –1769
  6. 6. Dorothy Dawnay 1701–1736

Henry Downe's Timeline

2 Records

1664
1664
Birth of Henry II Dawnay Viscount Downe in Gainsborough, Leicestershire, England
Gainsborough, Leicestershire, England
1741
May 1741
Age 77
Death of Henry II Dawnay Viscount Downe in Cowick, Snaith, Goole, Yorkshire, England
Cowick, Snaith, Goole, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1664
    Event Place: Gainsborough, Leicestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: May 1741
    Event Place: Cowick, Snaith, Goole, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Snaith, East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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