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John Bell Downing 1720 – 1804 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Oct 1720

Birth Location: Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Death Date: 8 Jul 1804

Death Location: East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Thomas II

Mother: Thomazine Beer

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Downing

Children(s): WILLIAM 1

John Bell Downing was born in 1720 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of Thomas Downing II and Thomazine Mary (Downing) Beer. John Bell Downing married Elizabeth Hunt Downing, and had children including WILLIAM ANDREW DOWNING 1. John Bell Downing passed away in 1804 in East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • John Bell Downing was born in 1720 in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of Thomas Downing II and Thomazine Mary (Downing) Beer.
  • John Bell Downing married Elizabeth Hunt Downing, and had children including WILLIAM ANDREW DOWNING 1.
  • John Bell Downing passed away in 1804 in East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.

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John Downing's Ancestors

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John Downing
1720 – 1804
Birth Place: Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
Thomas Downing II
1689 – 1772
Bradninch, Devonshire, England
Thomazine (Mary (Downing)) Beer
1692 – 1754
Chulmleigh, Devon, England
Grandparents
Thomas (Gilbert Downing \ Doenynge \) Downinge
1660 – 1739
Bradninch, Devon, England
GRACE (ANDREW) 1
1663 – 1716
Bradninch, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
Edward (Downynge)
1625 – 1683
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Downing
1597 – 1632
Judith Downing
1601 – 1632

John Downing's Descendants

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John (Bell) Downing (18 Oct 1720 – 8 Jul 1804) m. Elizabeth (Hunt) Downing (August 13, 1730 – 1796)
  1. 1. WILLIAM (ANDREW DOWNING) 1 (1765 – 6 Oct 1829) m. Margaret (Hannah) Gilchrist (1767 – 1808)
    1. 1. Ann Downing (1788 – 1830) m. John (Barnett Bell) Sr (13 Apr 1784 – 5 Feb 1860)
      1. 1. George Bell (20 Dec 1812 – 12 Apr 1896) m. Elizabeth (Betsy) Say (27 September 1818 – 18 Oct 1853)
        1. 1. Polly (Ann) Bell (06 Jul 1839 – 11 August 1905) m. John (Andrew) O'Neil (17 December 1836 – 11 November 1919)

John Downing's Timeline

2 Records

1720
18 Oct 1720
Birth of John Bell Downing in Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
1804
8 Jul 1804
Age 84
Death of John Bell Downing in East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Oct 1720
    Event Place: Concord, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Jul 1804
    Event Place: East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

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