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Personal data William Downs 

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Household of William Downs

He is married to Elizabeth Baxter.

They got married Jun at MA.Source 2

They got married on June 10, 1726 at Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Elizabeth Downs  1727-1757
  2. Desire Downs  1728-1794
  3. Barnabas Downs  1730-1820 
  4. Thankful Downs  1732-1790
  5. Mary Downs  1734-1805 
  6. Jabez Downs  1737-1737
  7. Sarah Downs  1738-1822
  8. William Downs  1740-1781
  9. Isaac Downs  1742-1811
  10. Jabez Downs  1742-1784
  11. Lydia Downs  1743-1805

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Downs

William Downs
1670-1706

William Downs
1703-1749


Elizabeth Baxter
1707-1749

Elizabeth Downs
1727-1757
Desire Downs
1728-1794
Barnabas Downs
1730-1820
Thankful Downs
1732-1790
Mary Downs
1734-1805
Jabez Downs
1737-1737
Sarah Downs
1738-1822
William Downs
1740-1781
Isaac Downs
1742-1811
Jabez Downs
1742-1784
Lydia Downs
1743-1805

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Sources

  1. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. / Ancestry.com
  2. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing / Ancestry.com
  3. Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  4. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree / Ancestry.com
  5. Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  6. Maryland Records, Vol. I / Ancestry.com
  7. Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1687-1745 / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday September 17, 1703

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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1703: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 4 » In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
    • May 21 » Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
    • May 27 » Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
    • July 26 » During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented the Bavarian Army, which was allied with France, from marching as planned on Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession.
    • December 7 » The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120mph, and 9,000 people die.
    • December 27 » Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.

Christening day August 6, 1704

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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1704: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 25 » The Battle of Ayubale results in the destruction of most of the Spanish missions in Florida.
    • February 29 » Queen Anne's War: French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive.
    • April 24 » The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published.
    • August 4 » War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
    • August 13 » War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
    • December 6 » Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army.

Day of death November 21, 1749

  • The temperature on November 21, 1749 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: mist vochtig. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1749: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 3 » Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
    • January 3 » The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
    • January 21 » The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.
    • May 19 » King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company a charter of land around the forks of the Ohio River.
    • June 21 » Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded.


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