Il est marié avec Mary Edge.
Ils se sont mariés le 21 mars 1741 à Uwchlan Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British America, il avait 22 ansUwchlan 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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