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John Downs 1748–1817 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1748

Birth Location: Market Drayton, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 6 May 1817

Death Location: Shropshire, England

Father: Richardus Downes

Mother: Hannah Carpenter

Spouse(s): Sarah Bluck

Children(s): Thomas Downes

John Downs was born in 1748 in Market Drayton, Shropshire, England, the child of Richardus Downes And Hannah Carpenter. John Downs married Sarah Bluck, and had children including Thomas Downes. John Downs passed away in 1817 in Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • John Downs was born in 1748 in Market Drayton, Shropshire, England, the child of Richardus Downes And Hannah Carpenter.
  • John Downs married Sarah Bluck, and had children including Thomas Downes.
  • John Downs passed away in 1817 in Shropshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richardus Downes
1721–1782
Birth Location: Chirbury, Church Stretton, Shropshire, England
RD
Hannah Carpenter
1726–
Birth Location: , , RI
HC

Spouses(s)

Sarah Bluck
1755–
Birth Location: Culmington, Shropshire, England
SB

Children(s)

Thomas Downes
1784–1851
Birth Location: Highfield, Shropshire, England
TD

John Downs's Ancestors

Self
John Downs
1748–1817
Birth Place: Market Drayton, Shropshire, England
Parents
Richardus Downes
1721–1782
Chirbury, Church Stretton, Shropshire, England
Hannah Carpenter
1726–
, , RI
Grandparents
Thomae Downes
1690–
Chirbury, Church Stretton, Shropshire, England
Eliza Oulton
1690–
Chirbury, Church Stretton, Shropshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Francis Oulton
1680–1706
Alice Gough
–1785
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Downs's Descendants

1.
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John Downs (1748–6 May 1817) m. Sarah Bluck (Abt 1755–Unknown)
  1. 1. Thomas Downes 1784–1851 m. Martha Moyle 1793–1853
    1. 1. Frances Downes 1830–
    2. 2. William Downes 1829–
    3. 3. John Downes 1820–1864 m. Mary-Ann Ray 1825–1906 m. Hannah (Maria) Downes 1815–
      1. 1. Laura (Louisa) Downes 1850–1887 m. Thomas Beale 1838–
        1. 1. Lettice (A.) Beale 1872–
        2. 2. Isabella (M.) Beale 1874–
        3. 3. Henry (J.) Beale 1876–
        4. 4. Elizabeth (Emily) Beale 1878–
      2. 2. Susannah (Marie) Downes 1854–1901 m. John (Francis) Phillips 1853–1907
        1. 1. Bridget Phillips 1879–1879
        2. 2. Michael (Joseph Anthony Phillips) Sr. 1896–1976 m. Alice 1898–1975
        3. 3. James (Joseph) Phillips 1875–1928 m. Margeret Metzman 1892–1935 m. Mary (A "Minnie") Mckenna 1872–1915
        4. 4. Annie (Augusta) Phillips 1877–1949 m. Michael (Patrick) Cunningham 1875–1908
        5. 5. Mary (Agnes) Phillips 1880–1949 m. Richard (F.) Randall 1897– m. Peter (Edward) Marx 1881–1924
        6. 6. Eliza (Helen "Lizzie") Phillips 1882–1980 m. James (Joseph Rafferty) Jr 1884–1937
        7. 7. John (Francis Patrick) Phillips 1884–1949 m. Sarah (Alice) Brackney 1884–1941
        8. 8. Winifred (Lydia) Phillips 1886–1928 m. Henry Higgins 1883–1955
        9. 9. Thomas Phillips 1888–1910
        10. 10. Susan (Anne) Phillips 1891–1898
        11. 11. Theresa (Bertha) Hanley 1893–1957 m. Joseph (F.) Hanley 1892–1963
      3. 3. Jane Downes 1843–1881 m. John Mather 1841–1919
        1. 1. William Mather 1871–
        2. 2. James Mather 1870–
        3. 3. James Downes 1877–
        4. 4. Mary Mather 1881–1968 m. Ernest Wilde, 1881–
        5. 5. John Mather 1865–
      4. 4. John Downes 1849–1901
      5. 5. Lydia Downes 1847–1884
        1. 1. Ellen Downes 1883–
      6. 6. Ellen Downes 1861–1924 m. Joseph Hampson 1871–1928 m. Henry Bennett 1861–1906
        1. 1. Frank Bennett 1884–
        2. 2. Henry Bennett 1886–
        3. 3. Arthur Bennett 1888–
        4. 4. Thomas Bennett 1894–
        5. 5. Amy Bennett 1898–
        6. 6. Annie Bennett 1900–
        7. 7. Albert Bennett 1890–
      7. 7. Thomas Downes 1858–1919 m. Emma Faulkner 1863–1911
      8. 8. Sarah (Ann) Downes 1852–1931 m. William Welsby 1851–1903
        1. 1. Annie Welsby 1877–
        2. 2. Elizabeth (E) Welsby 1881–
        3. 3. Henry Welsby 1894–
        4. 4. William Welsby 1895–
        5. 5. Rose Welsby 1890–
      9. 9. William Downs 1856–1938 m. Martha Jones 1865–
        1. 1. Charles Downs 1878–
        2. 2. John Downs 1879–
        3. 3. Joseph (F) Downs 1902–1969 m. Elizabeth Downs 1914–
        4. 4. Arthur Downs 1891–
        5. 5. Thomas Downs 1897–
      10. 10. Betsy Downes 1859–
      11. 11. Benjamin Downes 1856–1933
      12. 12. Richard Downes 1851–1921
      13. 13. William (H) Downes 1847– m. Mary (Ann) Bratt 1858–1924
        1. 1. Richard Downs 1816–1918 m. Georgina Downes 1879–
        2. 2. Emma (J) Downs 1877–1954 m. Samuel (Mountford) Shaw 1878–1960
      14. 14. Fanny Downes 1877–1883
    4. 4. May Downes 1817–1741 m. William Croft 1819–
    5. 5. Ann Downes 1818–
    6. 6. Frances Downes 1824–1830
    7. 7. Lydia Downes 1822–1847
    8. 8. Martha Downes 1833–
    9. 9. Samuel Downes 1830–1831

John Downs's Timeline

4 Records

1748
1748
Birth of John Downs in Market Drayton, Shropshire, England
Market Drayton, Shropshire, England
1748
13 Apr 1748
John Downs was baptized in Market Drayton,Shropshire,England
Market Drayton,Shropshire,England
1817
1817
Age 69
Death of John Downs
None
1817
6 May 1817
Age 69
Burial of John Downs in Shropshire, England
Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1748
    Event Place: Market Drayton, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: Shropshire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1900

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 13 Apr 1748
    Event Place: Market Drayton,Shropshire,England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1817
    Record Source: Shropshire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1900

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 6 May 1817
    Event Place: Shropshire, England
    Record Source: Shropshire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1900
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