Er ist verheiratet mit Mary Edge.
Sie haben geheiratet am 21. März 1741 in Uwchlan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British America, er war 22 Jahre altUwchlan Friends Meeting House.
"RICHARD DOWNING, m. 21 Mar 1741, at Uwchlan Quaker Meeting, Mary Edge, b.
2 Aug 1721, d. 13 Dec. 1795, daughter of John and Mary of Providence. "
Records of Mary Harris, Chester County Genealogy, shows marriage date as
the 23rd, not 21st.
In 1787 he was assessed with a grist mill, fulling mill, two saw mills,
and malt house in East Caln, and his son Richard with a merchant mill. An
old saw mill, which has been in the family for generations has just been
torn down."
From "Chester County and Its People", by W. W. Thompson, 1893: "In 1764
Richard Downing was assessed in East Caln with one hundred and ninety
acres of land and buildings, worht 35 pounds per annum; one hundred and
sixty acres uncultivated; a grist mill and saw mill, owrht 70 pounds per
annum; 76 acres in West Bradford and 100 acres in Uwchlan, 4 horses, 9
cattle, and 9 sheep. this tax was L6:3:3, being the largest in the
township, and his brother John, was next belowe him. Richard was
appointed overseer of Uwchlan Meeting July 6, 1763, in place of Evan
Jones."
Source: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/cottage/8004/d0002/f0000075.html#1950
Found: 20-Jun-2003, by David Lee Powell
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