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     William Downing was born on 9 January 1781 at Newton, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA; SAR App say b 26 Sep 1778; Find A Grave says b 26 Nov 1778; Cope [1901] p. 290 says b. in Downingtown
Confirmed by Quaker record.^5,1,4 He married Elizabeth "Eliza" Ingram in 1798.^6,7,1

William Downing died on 16 November 1848 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 67.^5,1
William Downing was buried after 16 November 1848 at Old Caln Friends Meeting Burial Ground, Coatesville Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from FindAGrave.com:
     Birth:      Jan. 9, 1781
     Death:      Nov. 16, 1848
     s/o Richar Downing and Elizabeth Reese
     Family links: Parents: Richard Downing (1750 - 1820)
     Spouse: Elizabeth Ingram Downing (1787 - 1850)
     Children:
      George Fisler Downing (1811 - 1858)*
     Siblings:
      David Downing (1774 - 1847)*
      Richard Downing (1778 - 1866)*
      William Downing (1781 - 1848)
     Burial: Old Caln Friends Meeting Burial Ground, Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: Neil D Scheidt
     Record added: Jun 06, 2015
     Find A Grave Memorial# 147531903.⁸
      ; Married to Elizabeth Ingram.⁹ He witnessed the probate of the estate of John Edge on 24 September 1816 at West Chester Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993
     Name:     John Edge
     Probate Date:     24 Sep 1816
     Probate Place:     Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
     Inferred Death Year:     Abt 1816
     Inferred Death Place:     Pennsylvania, USA
     Item Description:     Will Books K-M, Vol 10-12, 1797-1817
     Source Citation: Wills, 1713-1854 ; Index to Wills, 1713-1923; Author: Chester County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Chester, Pennsylvania
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
     Original data: Pennsylvania County, District and Probate Courts.¹⁰

William Downing and Elizabeth "Eliza" Ingram appeared in the census of 7 August 1820 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [Possibly this William and Eliza Downing - right ages, but wrong number of children living (if all children)]
p. 238, Line 28
     Name:     Wm Downing
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1 [aft 1810] George F. b1811
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     1 [1805-1810] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     2 [1795-1804] Unknown?, William R. b1802
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1 [1776-94] William b1781
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     2 [aft 1810] Elizabeth b1818, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1 [1805-1810] Phebe bc1807, Orpha b1809
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1 [1795-1804] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1776-94] Eliza (Ingram) b 1776
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:     1
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures:     2
     Free White Persons - Under 16:     5
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     10
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     10.¹¹

William Downing and Elizabeth "Eliza" Ingram appeared in the census of 1830 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [Could be same William.]
p. 63, line 24
     Name:     William Downing [8281] Ref #2347
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19:     1 [1821-25] Unknown
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     2 [1801-10] William R. b?, George F. b 1811
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1 [1781-90] William b1781
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     1 [1816-20] Elizabeth b1818
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     3 [1801-10] Orpha b?, Phebe b?, ?Unknown
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1 [1781-90] Elizabeth (Ingram) 1787
     Free Colored Persons - Males - 10 thru 23:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     2
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     7
     Total Free White Persons:     9
     Total Free Colored Persons:     1
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     10.¹²

William Downing and Elizabeth "Eliza" Ingram appeared in the census of 1840 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 84, line 8
     Name:     William Downing
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     1 [1811-1820] George F b1811
isler b1811
     Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69:     1 [1771-1780] William b1781
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     3 [1811-1820] Elizabeth b1818, ?? ??
     Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59:     1 [1781-1790] Elizabeth (Ingram) b1787
     Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade:     2
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     4
     Total Free White Persons:     6
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     6.¹³

     Hannah Downing was born on 19 January 1741/42 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^2,1,3
Hannah Downing died on 5 April 1752 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 10; confirmed by Quaker record.^2,1,4
     Reference: (an unknown value.)⁵

     Thomas Downing was born on 13 October 1743 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^2,3,1,4
Thomas Downing died on 12 April 1752 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 8; confirmed by Quaker record.^2,3,1,4

     Jane Downing was born on 1 November 1745 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Cope [1901] says b. 1 Nov 1747; Quaker record says b. 1 Nov 1745.^2,3,1,4
Jane Downing died on 20 April 1752 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 6; confirmed by Quaker record.^2,3,1,4

     John Downing was born on 17 December 1747 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^2,3,1,4
John Downing died on 20 May 1748 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^2,3,1,4

     Mary Downing was born on 31 July 1752 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^4,5,3,1,6 She married Daniel Trimble, son of William Trimble Sr. and Ann Palmer, on 20 June 1776 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; his 1st wife.^3,1,2,6
Mary Downing died on 30 January 1779 at Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 26; Cope [1901] says 1,29-30, 1779; Find A Grave says d. Jan 20.^4,5,3,1,6
Mary Downing was buried after 30 January 1779 at Fallsington Friends Meeting, Levittown, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth: Jul. 31, 1752
Chester County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Jan. 20, 1779
Bucks County
Pennsylvania, USA

Daughter of Richard Downing and Mary Edge Downing. Married Daniel Trimble 20 Jun 1776. One daughter, Thomazine Downing Trimble. A son, Thomas Trimble, died in infancy.
Burial:
Falls Friends Meeting Cemetery #01
Fallsington
Bucks County
Pennsylvania, USA

Created by: Ray Downing
Record added: Oct 14, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 11999070.³

     Thomazin Downing was born on 26 August 1754 at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994
Name: Thomzin Downing
Birth Date: 26 Aug 1754
Birth Date on Image: 26 Eighth 1754
Birth Place: Chester, Pennsylvania
Father: Richard Downing
Mother: Mary Edge
Event Type: Birth
Monthly Meeting: Uwchlan Monthly Meeting
Historical Meeting Data: Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index'
Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Title: Births and Burials, 1721-1899
Meeting State: Pennsylvania
Meeting County: Chester.^{3,4,1,2,5,6,7} She married Col. Richard IV Thomas, son of Richard III Thomas and Phebe Ashbridge, on 20 October 1774 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; Confirmed by Quaker record.
Marriage Certificate: Whereas Richard Thomas Son of Richard Thomas late of Whiteland in the County of Chester & Province of Pennsylvania deceas'd And Phebe his Wife And Thomzin Downing Daughter of Richard Downing of East Caln in the County & Province aforesaid & Mary his Wife Having Declared their Intention of Marriage with each other before several Monthly Meetings of the People called Quakers held at Uwchlan in the County aforesaid Accordingto the good Order used among Them. And having Consent of Parents and Relations concern'd their said Proposal of Marriage was allowed by said Meetings. Now these are to Certify whom it may concern that for the full accomplishment of their said Intention this Twentieth day of the tenth month in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Four They the said Richard Thomas and Thomzin Downing approved in a Public Meeting of the said People at their Meeting House at Uwchlan aforesaid. And the said Richard Thomas taking the said Thomzin Downing by the Hand Did in a Solemn manner Openly Declare that he took her the said Thomzin Downing to be his Wife, Promising through Divine Assistance to be unto her a Faithful & Loving Husband until Death shou'd them separate. And then & there in the said Assembly, the said Thomzin Downing Did in like manner Declare that She took him the said Richard Thomas to be her Husband, Promising through Divine Assistance to be unto him a Loving & Faithful Wife until Death shou'd them Separate. And moreover the said Richard Thomas & Thomzin (She according to the custom of Marriage Assuming the Surname of her Husband)as a further confirmation (thee of did?)then & there to these Presents set their Hands.---------
We whose names are underWritten being present at the Solemnization of the said Marriage and Subscription have as Witnesses hereuntoset our Hands this day and Year above Written.
Detail
Date of marriage, parentage of bride and groom, signatures of all those attending ceremony
Date
Twentieth day of the tenth month, 1774
Other information
103 signatures are attached to this certificate.^1,2,8,6,9
Thomazin Downing died on 4 May 1817 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 62; confirmed by Quaker record.^3,4,1,2,6,7
Thomazin Downing was buried after 4 May 1817 at Uwchlan Friends Burial Ground, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Aug. 26, 1754
     Death:      May 4, 1817, Pennsylvania, USA
     Wife of Richard Thomas, son of Richard & Phebe Thomas & daughter of Richard & Mary Downing
     Note: Uwchlan Monthly Meeting
     Burial: Uwchlan Friends Burial Ground, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: L Evans
     Record added: Oct 18, 2015
     Find A Grave Memorial# 153912483.⁷
     Thomazin Downing was also known as Tamazine Downing.⁹

; Record of births of the children of Richard IV and Tomazin (Downing) Thomas.¹⁰

Reference: DAR Application #42533 covers lineage from Col. Richard Thomas at DARApp 42533.¹¹ (an unknown value.)³

Thomazin Downing and Col. Richard IV Thomas appeared in the census of 1790 at U. S. Census, West Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 46, column 2, line 35
     Name:     Richd Thomas
     Home in 1790 (City, County, State):     West Whiteland, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 16:     4
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over:     1
     Free White Persons - Females:     6
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     1
     Number of Household Members:     12.¹²

Thomazin Downing and Col. Richard IV Thomas appeared in the census of 1800 at U. S. Census, West Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 886, line 10
     Name:     Richard Thomas
     Home in 1800 (City, County, State):     West Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1 [aft 1790] Samuel? b1793, William? b1795
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1 [1775-84] Richard? b75936, Jacob b1782
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1756] Richard b1744
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     4 [1775-84] Mary b75937, Phebe b75940, Thomazin b1786, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1756] Thomazin (Downing) b1754
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     5
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     1
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     13.¹³

Thomazin Downing and Col. Richard IV Thomas appeared in the census of 1810 at U. S. Census, West Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 324, line 21
     Name:     Richard Thomas
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     West Whiteland, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     2
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     5
     Number of Household Members:     8.¹⁴

     William Downing was born on 29 January 1759 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^2,3,1,4
William Downing died on 24 December 1759 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^3,1,4

     George Downing was born on 8 November 1760 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^2,3,1,4
George Downing died on 10 August 1765 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 4; drowned in mill race; confirmed by Quaker record.^2,5,1,4

     Samuel R. Downing was born on 4 February 1763.^3,4,5 He married Jane Ashbridge, daughter of George Ashbridge and Rebecca Garrett, on 28 October 1790 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,5,6,2

Samuel R. Downing died on 3 October 1819 at age 56.^3,4,7,5
Samuel R. Downing was buried on 14 October 1819 at Downingtown Friends Burial Ground, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from FindAGrave.com
     Birth:      unknown
     Death:      1819
     Inscription: Comments field is Burial Date Note: 10/14
     Burial: Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: Dan Oh
     Record added: Jul 29, 2009
     Find A Grave Memorial# 40025355.⁷
     He was Maltster at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.⁵

Samuel R. Downing was listed as a resident in Richard Downing Jr.'s household in the census report in 1798 at Tax List, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
This is a list of the houses owned by DOWNINGS in "the Township of East Caln and Westwhiteland"
Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798
     Name:     Hunt Downing
     County:     Chester and Delaware
     Locality:     East Caln and West Whiteland
     Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
     Original data: United States Direct Tax of 1798: Tax Lists for the State of Pennsylvania. M372, microfilm, 24 rolls. Records of the Internal Revenue Service, 1791-2006, Record Group 58. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.⁸

     Joseph Richard Downing was born on 19 June 1765 at Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Confirmed by Quaker record.^5,6,2,3,4,7 He married Ann Worrall, daughter of William Worrall and Phebe Grubb, on 4 May 1791 at Chester Monthly Meeting, Chester Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^8,2,3

Joseph Richard Downing died on 17 January 1855 at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 89.^5,6,2,3,4
Joseph Richard Downing was buried after 17 January 1855 at Downingtown Friends Burial Ground, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; From Find A Grave website: Joseph Richard Downing
Birth:      Jun. 19, 1765
Chester County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death:      Jan. 17, 1855
Downingtown
Chester County
Pennsylvania, USA

Son of Richard Downing and Mary Edge. Inherited substantial lands and mills in Chester county, and was a fuller (worker of cloths). Grandson of Thomas Downing, namesake of Downingtown. Married Ann Worrell in 1791 and had three sons; William, Samuel, and Charles. Quaker.

Family links:
Children:
William W Worrell Downing (1791 - 1873)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery
Downingtown
Chester County
Pennsylvania, USA

Created by: Ray Downing
Record added: May 16, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 10972137.²
     Joseph Richard Downing appeared in the census of 7 August 1820 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 238, Line 9
     Name:     Joseph R Downing
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1 [aft 1810] unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15:     1 [1805-10] unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     2 [1795-1804] Charles b1798
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [before 1776] Joseph b1765
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     1 [1805-10] unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1776-94] unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1 [before 1776] Ann (Worrall) b1771
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:     3
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 16:     3
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     3
     Total Free White Persons:     8
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     8.⁹

Joseph Richard Downing and Ann Worrall appeared in the census of 1830 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [Possibly the same Joseph Richard Downing with is married son Charles, but younger male and female aren't identified.]
p. 63, line 13
     Name:     13 Joseph Downing [8291] Ref #2347
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     1 [1816-20] ?Unknown
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 [1791-1800] Charles b1798
     Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69:     1 [1761-70] Richard b1765
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     1 [1816-20] ?Unknwon
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1 [1801-29] Ann (Trimble) b1803
     Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59:     1 [1771-80] Ann (Worrall) b1771
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     2
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     6
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     6.¹⁰

Joseph Richard Downing was listed as a resident in Charles Downing and Ann Trimble's household in the census report on 21 August 1850 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 249-B, lines 17-27, dwelling 284, family 289
     17 DOWNING, Charles 51 [1799] M Farmer $4000 Chester Co PA
     18 " , Ann T 47 [1803] F Buck Co PA
     19 " , Mary 22 [1828] F Chester Co PA
     20 " , Sallie 18 [1832] F Chester Co PA
     21 " , Charles 12 [1838] M Chester Co PA at school
     22 " , Joseph R. 9 [1841] M Chester Co PA
     23 " , Edward 6 [1844] M Chester Co PA
     24 WUDGDEN, William 14 [1836] M Phila PA at school
     25 SHANK, Ann T 10 [1840] F Chester Co PA at school
     26 DOWNING, Joseph R. 85 [1795] M None $22,000 Chester Co PA
     27 " , George A. 48 [1802] M Farmer Chester Co PA.¹¹

     Daniel Trimble was born on 1 February 1745/46;      per Palmer [1901:II:683]: "b. 12 mo. 1, 1745."^3,1,4,2 He married Mary Downing, daughter of Richard Downing Sr. and Mary Edge, on 20 June 1776 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; his 1st wife.^5,6,1,4 Daniel Trimble married Phebe Jones after 1779
; his 2nd wife; his 1st wife died in 1779. Palmer [1810:II:683] says: "no record of their m. or of her parents."^1,4 Daniel Trimble married Ann Warner, daughter of Abraham Warner and Anne Yardley, on 23 January 1799 at Falls Monthly Meeting, Falls Township, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; his 3rd wife.^1,4
Daniel Trimble died on 1 February 1807 at Falls Township, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 61.^3,1,4
      .³

     Col. Richard IV Thomas was born on 30 December 1744 at Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^5,3,2,4 He married Thomazin Downing, daughter of Richard Downing Sr. and Mary Edge, on 20 October 1774 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; Confirmed by Quaker record.
Marriage Certificate: Whereas Richard Thomas Son of Richard Thomas late of Whiteland in the County of Chester & Province of Pennsylvania deceas'd And Phebe his Wife And Thomzin Downing Daughter of Richard Downing of East Caln in the County & Province aforesaid & Mary his Wife Having Declared their Intention of Marriage with each other before several Monthly Meetings of the People called Quakers held at Uwchlan in the County aforesaid Accordingto the good Order used among Them. And having Consent of Parents and Relations concern'd their said Proposal of Marriage was allowed by said Meetings. Now these are to Certify whom it may concern that for the full accomplishment of their said Intention this Twentieth day of the tenth month in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and Seventy Four They the said Richard Thomas and Thomzin Downing approved in a Public Meeting of the said People at their Meeting House at Uwchlan aforesaid. And the said Richard Thomas taking the said Thomzin Downing by the Hand Did in a Solemn manner Openly Declare that he took her the said Thomzin Downing to be his Wife, Promising through Divine Assistance to be unto her a Faithful & Loving Husband until Death shou'd them separate. And then & there in the said Assembly, the said Thomzin Downing Did in like manner Declare that She took him the said Richard Thomas to be her Husband, Promising through Divine Assistance to be unto him a Loving & Faithful Wife until Death shou'd them Separate. And moreover the said Richard Thomas & Thomzin (She according to the custom of Marriage Assuming the Surname of her Husband)as a further confirmation (thee of did?)then & there to these Presents set their Hands.---------
We whose names are underWritten being present at the Solemnization of the said Marriage and Subscription have as Witnesses hereuntoset our Hands this day and Year above Written.
Detail
Date of marriage, parentage of bride and groom, signatures of all those attending ceremony
Date
Twentieth day of the tenth month, 1774
Other information
103 signatures are attached to this certificate.^6,3,7,2,4

His estate was probated on 28 January 1814 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; from Ancestry.com - Chester County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1713-1825
     Name:     Jacob D . Thomas
     Description:     Decedent
     Date: 9 Nov 1813
     Prove Date: 28 Jan 1814
     Remarks: Thomas, Jacob D. West Whiteland.
     Nov. 9, 1813: Jan. 28, 1814.
     To my father Richard Thomas all my real estate in Harford Co., Md., consisting of an undivided third part of a furnace, stamping mill, &c., with the land belonging, &c.
     Executor: Father Richard Thomas.
     Original data: Chester County Wills. Located at the Chester County Archives and Records Service.⁸
Col. Richard IV Thomas died on 19 January 1832 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 87.⁵
Col. Richard IV Thomas was buried after 19 January 1832 at 16th and Cherry Sts., Friends' Graveyard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA.³
     Reference: (an unknown value.)⁵

Reference: DAR Application #42533 covers lineage from Col. Richard Thomas at DARApp 42533.⁹

; Record of births of the children of Richard IV and Tomazin (Downing) Thomas.¹⁰ (an unknown value.)⁵ He was per Cope [1901] p. 181: The Colonial records of Pennsylvania from 1774 until the close of the revolutionary War are replete with notices of the active services, both civil and military, of the 4th Richard thomas of Chester Country. He was a member of the frist association of the country formed to carry out the views and effect the purposes of the Continental Congress. In September, 1775, he was lieutenant-colonel of a regiment of volunteers, being the first regiment raised in Chester County. April 19, 1776, he was appointed colonel of the 5th battalion of Associators, in the county of Chester. The commission, dated that day, is signed "By order of the Assembly, John Morton, Speaker." Col. Thomas was a member of the Provincial Conference or Convention, composed of the county committees, which met June 18, 1776. This Conference appointed the Pennsylvania delegates who signed the Declaration of Independence; and also adopted measures for organizing six thousand militia, the number assigned to Pennsylvania by Congress as her quota of ten thousand militia, who were directed to form a flying camp for the middle colonies. Col. Thomas commanded the Chester County regiment of this flying camp in a campaign across New Jersey, as far as Amboy, for the protection of Philadelphia. His duties as a militia officer of Chester County in procuring and distributing arms and munitions of war, were of the most arduous and responsible character. His breach of some of the fundamental principles of Friends did not pass unnoticed by his fellow members.

Whereas Richard Thomas, who was Educated in Religious Profession with us the People
Called Quakers, yet for want of taking heed to the gift of Divine grace in his own heart, hath
been of late concerned in puting in Execution sundry things of a Public Nature which in their
tendancy are Repugnant to our principles & also hath further Deviated from our peaceable
Testimony against wars & fighting in accepting of the Command of a party of Men in learning
the Art of War, for which we have frequently laboured with him in Christian love in order to
Convince him of his Errors, which having not had the Desired Effect we therefore think it
necessary for the clearing of our Religious society to Declare to the World that we can no
longer Deem the said Richard Thomas to be a Member Thereof until from a true sight & sense
of his Errors he condemn the said Misconduct to the Satisfaction of this Meeting, which is our
desire for him. Signed by order of the said Meeting by
[Uwchlan Mo. Mtg., 8 mo. 10, 1775.] Thomas Lightfoot, Clk.

In September, 1777, the British sent a party to Col. Thomas's house in hopes of capturing him, but he being notified escaped. The enemy put a rope around his wife's neck and threatened to hang her to the lintel of the door if she did not tell where her husband was concealed. Thomzin D. Thomas, of Whitford Hall, with one exception the oldest living grandchild, tells of a similar incident.

Col. Thomas was with his troops near Lionville, in Uwchlan, when his family were startled by an alarm of the English soldiers in the immediate vicinity' of the house. They had previously been careful to conceal all the silver ware not needed for use, and the residue was hastily removed from the breakfast table and thrown into the bottom of an old tall clock. The marauders found it, however, and were provoked at not finding more, so they broke the case of the clock and injured the works to some extent. One of Col. Thomas's sisters remained in the house, and they tried to make her reveal the hiding place of the valuables, which she, like many of the women of that day, refused to do. In the old-time kitchen there were several strong wooden pegs or meat hooks, and one of iron. In order to make her tell the^' tied a rope around her neck and strung her up to one of the wooden pins, but she being a heavy person her weight broke them in succession. She was afraid they would notice the iron pin, which she knew would hold her, but fortunately they did not, and becoming tired or fearful of being surprised they desisted. The old clock was afterward repaired and is now one of the best time-keepers in the neighborhood.

In the years 1 786 to 1 789, inclusive. Col. Thomas was elected a member of Assembly, and in 1 790, to the State Senate. In April, 1793, he was appointed a brigadier-general of militia by Governor Mifflin, but declined to accept. In the years 1794, 1796 and 1798 he was elected a member of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Congresses, being the first representative from his native county under the Constitution of the United States.

Richard Thomas and his brother George inherited their father's lands, and in 1777 were assessed with 250 acres each, in West Whiteland, beside which Richard had a grist mill. As they had been "plundered by the enemy" they were excused from paying tax that year. It has been stated that at the outbreak of the rebellion Richard conveyed his land to his peaceable brother to prevent its confiscation in case the Americans were unsuccessful. The old mansion, which stood close by the present residence of his grandson, Richard Ashbridge, was accidentally burned in 1895. About 1782 he erected a new house on the Lancaster Road, of dark red brick, which was painted fifty or more years ago a drab or light brown. But little change has been made to the outside, while the interior has undergone considerable alteration, and under the name of Whitford Lodge it is used as a summer vacation house for women and girls from Philadelphia, It contains twenty-two or 'three desirable rooms. Richard Thomas died at the residence of his daughter, Thomazine Ashbridge, in Philadelphia. between 1774 and 1781.¹¹

Col. Richard IV Thomas began military service between 1774 and 1794 at Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, From DAR Application #42533: "Col. of the Ffith Battalion of Chester County Associators."
     "Richard Thomas of Whiteland, Chester County, in the Province of Pennsylvania, the fourth of his name in direct dwescent in this county, was of Quaker Ancestry and belief."
     "As early as the latter part of the year 1774 as one of the Committtee of Observation for Chester County, he as chosen to organize the first battallion of Associators. During the following year he was selected as a delegate to the Provincial Conference and later to the Provincial Convention; he also appears on the records as a member of the Committee of Safety as the Colonel of the Fifth Battllion of Chester County Associators."
     "His service during the first years of the war consisted chiefly in perfecting the organization of the county associators and his various duties relative to the several Provincial committees upon which he was called to serve. His commission of Colonel of the Fifth Battalion being reserved in the Spring of 1777."
     "Colonel Thomas' active service consisted principally in commanding the Chester County Battaltion of teh "Flying Camp" in the campaign across New Jersey for the protection of Philadelphia."
     "After the war, Richard Thomas was elected a member of the assembly and in 1790 to the Senate of Pennsylvania. He declined the appointment of Brigadier General tendered him by Governor Mifflin and in 1794 was elected a member of the Fourth Congress of the United States, being the first representative from Chester County under the new constitution. He was also a member of the same body for the next two terms."
     "The record of the services of Richard Thomas during the War of Independence is fully set forth in the Archives of Pennsylvania and has been used by Nos. 9802, 9805 and 24332, amont others, in their applications for membership..."⁹

Col. Richard IV Thomas and Thomazin Downing appeared in the census of 1790 at U. S. Census, West Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 46, column 2, line 35
     Name:     Richd Thomas
     Home in 1790 (City, County, State):     West Whiteland, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 16:     4
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over:     1
     Free White Persons - Females:     6
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     1
     Number of Household Members:     12.¹² Col. Richard IV Thomas was US Congressman - Fourth (1794), Fifth (1796) and Sixth (1798) Congresses
* * * * * * * *
from Ancestry.com - Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005
Name: Richard Thomas
Elected Office(s): Representative
State: Pennsylvania
Country: USA
Biography: a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in West Whiteland, Pa., December 30, 1744; educated at home by private teachers; served in the Revolutionary Army as colonel of the First Regiment, Chester County Volunteers; elected as a Federalist to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Congresses (March 4, 1795-March 3, 1801); engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in Philadelphia, Pa., January 19, 1832; interment in the Friends Western Burial Ground.
Original data: United States. Congress. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2005. between 4 March 1794 and 3 March 1801 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^13,14,15,16

Col. Richard IV Thomas and Thomazin Downing appeared in the census of 1800 at U. S. Census, West Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 886, line 10
     Name:     Richard Thomas
     Home in 1800 (City, County, State):     West Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1 [aft 1790] Samuel? b1793, William? b1795
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1 [1775-84] Richard? b75936, Jacob b1782
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1756] Richard b1744
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     4 [1775-84] Mary b75937, Phebe b75940, Thomazin b1786, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1756] Thomazin (Downing) b1754
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     5
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     1
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     2
     Number of Household Members:     13.¹⁷

Col. Richard IV Thomas and Thomazin Downing appeared in the census of 1810 at U. S. Census, West Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 324, line 21
     Name:     Richard Thomas
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     West Whiteland, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     2
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     2
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     5
     Number of Household Members:     8.¹⁸

Col. Richard IV Thomas appeared in the census of 1820 at U. S. Census, West Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 439, line 10
     Name:     Richard Thomas
     Home in 1820 (City, County, State):     West Whiteland, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Enumeration Date:     August 7, 1820
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1 [1795-1804] William b1795
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1 [1776-94] Samuel b1793
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1776] Richard IV b1744
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     2 [aft 1810] Unknown?, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1 [1795-1804] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1776-94] Unknown?
     Free Colored Persons - Males - 14 thru 25:     1
     Free Colored Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1
     Free Colored Persons - Females - Under 14:     1
     Free Colored Persons - Females - 14 thru 25:     1
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture:     2
     Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures:     2
     Free White Persons - Under 16:     2
     Free White Persons - Over 25:     3
     Total Free White Persons:     7
     Total Free Colored Persons:     4
     Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other:     11.¹⁹

Col. Richard IV Thomas was listed as a resident in Richard VI Malin Thomas's household in the census report in 1830 at U. S. Census, West Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 238, line 18
     Name:     Richard M Thomas
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     West Whiteland, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 5:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29:     1
     Free White Persons - Males - 80 thru 89:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1
     Free Colored Persons - Males - 10 thru 23:     1
     Free Colored Persons - Males - 24 thru 35:     1
     Free Colored Persons - Males - 55 thru 99:     1
     Free Colored Persons - Females - 10 thru 23:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     2
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     3
     Total Free White Persons:     6
     Total Free Colored Persons:     4
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     10.²⁰

     Jane Ashbridge was born on 10 November 1764 at Goshen Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^3,2 She married Samuel R. Downing, son of Richard Downing Sr. and Mary Edge, on 28 October 1790 at Uwchlan Friends Meeting, Lionville, Uwchlan Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^4,5,6,2

Jane Ashbridge died in 1844; based on a Jane ? Downing in he Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery.⁷
Jane Ashbridge was buried on 2 December 1844 at Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth:      unknown
Death:      1844
Inscription:
Comments field is Burial Date
Note: 12/4

Burial:
Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery
Downingtown
Chester County
Pennsylvania, USA

Created by: Dan Oh
Record added: Jul 29, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 40025333.⁷
     Reference: (an unknown value.)^8,9

     Ann Worrall was born on 17 November 1771.^4,3,1 She married Joseph Richard Downing, son of Richard Downing Sr. and Mary Edge, on 4 May 1791 at Chester Monthly Meeting, Chester Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^3,5,6

Ann Worrall died on 7 November 1836 at age 64.^4,3
     Reference: (an unknown value.)^4,7

Ann Worrall and Joseph Richard Downing appeared in the census of 1830 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [Possibly the same Joseph Richard Downing with is married son Charles, but younger male and female aren't identified.]
p. 63, line 13
     Name:     13 Joseph Downing [8291] Ref #2347
     Home in 1830 (City, County, State):     East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14:     1 [1816-20] ?Unknown
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 [1791-1800] Charles b1798
     Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69:     1 [1761-70] Richard b1765
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14:     1 [1816-20] ?Unknwon
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1 [1801-29] Ann (Trimble) b1803
     Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59:     1 [1771-80] Ann (Worrall) b1771
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     2
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     6
     Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored):     6.⁸

     Elizabeth Downing was born on 20 October 1783 at Newtown Heights, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA; SAR App say b 26 Sep 1778; Find A Grave says b 26 Nov 1778; Cope [1901] p. 290 says b. in Downingtown
Confirmed by Quaker record.^5,6,7,4 She married John Roberts Thomas, son of George Thomas and Sarah Roberts, on 19 November 1806 at Downingtown Friends Meeting, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^5,7

Elizabeth Downing died on 18 October 1810 at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 26; CHESTER & DELAWARE FEDERALIST, Chester co., November 7, 1810:
"Death Notice DIED, on the 18th day of October last, near Downingtown, Chester county, Elizabeth Thomas, wife of John Thomas, and daughter of Richard Downing, Esq., of Downingtown. she has left a tender husband, and an only child, too young to know its loss, and an extensive circle of friends and acquaintences to bewail their irreparable loss."^5,8,6,7
Elizabeth Downing was buried after 18 October 1810 at Uwchlan Friends Burial Ground, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find A Grave website:
     Birth:      Oct. 20, 1783, Newtown Heights, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Death:      Oct. 18, 1810, Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Reese Downing. Married to John Roberts Thomas 19 Nov 1806. They had one son, George. Their marriage was the first to be held in the Downingtown Friends Meeting House. The image shown is their wedding invitation to a cousin, Mary Valentine. Elizabeth died young, leaving her husband and 2-year old son. Elizabeth descends from the Downing family line of Downingtown, Pennsylvania.
     Burial: Uwchlan Friends Burial Ground, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: Ray Downing
     Record added: Jun 10, 2005
     Find A Grave Memorial# 11139743.^6,7
     Reference: (an unknown value.)⁹

Elizabeth Downing and John Roberts Thomas appeared in the census of 1810 at U. S. Census, West Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA;      p. 325, line 20
     Name:     John R Thomas
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     West Whiteland, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1 [aft 1800] George b1808
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :     2 [1766-84] John R b1781, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1766] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1766-84] Elizabeth (Downing) b1783
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1 [bef 1766] Unknown?
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     2
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     1
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     5
     Number of Household Members:     8.¹⁰

     Phebe Downing was born on 5 July 1786 at Newton, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Cope [1901] p. 292 says b in Downingtown.^5,1,4 She married Jesse Meredith, son of Simon Meredith and Dinah Pugh, on 17 December 1823 at Downingtown Friends Meeting, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^6,1

Phebe Downing died on 7 October 1845 at Pughtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 59.^5,1
Phebe Downing was buried after 7 October 1845 at Nantmel Meeting, Nantmeal Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹
     Reference: (an unknown value.)⁷

     Mary Spackman was born on 17 March 1776 at Wilmington, New Castle Co., Delaware, USA.^1,2,3 She married Thomas R. Downing, son of Richard Downing Jr. and Elizabeth ReeseReece, on 25 December 1794 at Wilmington, New Castle Co., Delaware, USA.^1,2,3

Mary Spackman died on 30 November 1847 at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 71.^2,3
Mary Spackman was buried on 3 December 1847 at Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; From Find A Grave website: Mary Spackman Downing
Birth:      Mar. 17, 1776
Death:      Nov. 30, 1847
Downingtown
Chester County
Pennsylvania, USA

Daughter of George Spackman &
Thomazine Bond
One of five (known) children;
2 sister & 1 brother

Married Thomas R. Downing
25 Dec 1794 Wilmington, New Castle, DE
Mother of six children;
4 daughters & 2 sons
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1796 Thomazine (Webster)
1797 George
1798 Elizabeth (Miller)***see below
1800 Hester (unmarried)***see below
1804 Mary Ann d. 1815 # 11999221
1807 Richard Thomas # 40025353


Family links:
Children:
Elizabeth Downing Miller (1798 - 1884)*
Hester Downing (1800 - 1878)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription:
Burial Date is carved into fieldstone

Note: 12/3

Burial:
Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery
Downingtown
Chester County
Pennsylvania, USA

Maintained by: Marcia vonGunden
Originally Created by: Dan Oh
Record added: Jul 29, 2009.²
     Reference: (an unknown value.)⁴

Mary Spackman and Thomas R. Downing appeared in the census of 1800 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; 1800 United States Federal Census [possible Thomas R. but household doesn't match well.]
p. 898, line 17
     Name:     Thos R Downing
     Home in 1800 (City, County, State):     Coventry, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1 [aft 1790] George b1797
     Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15:     1 [1785-90] ?Unknown (younger brother?)
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1 [1775-84] ?Unknown (younger brother?)
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1 [1756-74] Thomas R. b1773
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     4 [aft 1790] Thomazine b1796, Elizabeth b1798, ?Unknown, ?Unknown
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     2 [1775-84] Mary (Spackman) b1776, ?Unknown
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     6
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     1
     Number of Household Members:     10.⁵

     Anna Evans was born on 15 March 1778.² She married David Downing, son of Richard Downing Jr. and Elizabeth ReeseReece, on 20 November 1794 at Chester Monthly Meeting, Chester Township, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^3,4,1

      .⁵

Anna Evans and David Downing appeared in the census of 1800 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 898, Line 18
     Name:     David Downing
     Home in 1800 (City, County, State):     Coventry, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15:     1 [1785-90] unknown ??
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1 [1775-1784] David b1774
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 10:     3 [aft 1790] unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     1 [1775-1784] Anna b1778
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     4
     Number of Household Members:     6.⁶

     Lytle Royston Hudson Sr. was born in 1839 at Garrard Co., Kentucky, USA.¹ He married Catherine "Kate" Champion, daughter of Henry B. Champion and Catherine (?), on 31 March 1861 at Davidson Co., Tennessee, USA,
; Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002
     Name:     Lytle R Hudson
     Gender:     Male
     Marriage Date:     31 Mar 1861
     Marriage Place:     Davidson, Tennessee, USA
     Spouse:     Kate Champine
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
     Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.^4,5
Lytle Royston Hudson Sr. died after 5 June 1880 at Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, USA; Appears in 1880 census in Nashville.^1,2
Lytle Royston Hudson Sr. was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, USA; from Find A Grave:
     Birth:      1839, Garrard County, Kentucky, USA
     Death:      unknown, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
     Family links: Parents:
      Lynn Banks Hudson (1816 - 1897)
      Eliza Schooler Hudson (1817 - 1886)
     Spouse: Catherine Champion Hudson (1844 - 1887)
     Children: Henry Champion Hudson (1862 - 1900)*
     Siblings:
      Jennings Price Hudson (1838 - 1913)*
      Lytle R Hudson (1839 - ____)
      Benjamin D Hudson (1840 - 1885)*
      William Butler Hudson (1843 - 1902)*
      Lynn Washington Hudson (1846 - 1933)*
      Nancy B Hudson McCully (1853 - 1906)*
      John Banks Hudson (1856 - 1881)*
      Allan Burton Hudson (1858 - 1897)*
     Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
     Created by: Dianna Taylor
     Record added: Feb 07, 2014
     Find A Grave Memorial# 124767321.¹
     Lytle Royston Hudson Sr. was listed as a resident in Lynn Banks Hudson M. D. and Nancy Elizabeth Schooler's household in the census report on 24 September 1850 at Division 1, Garrard Co., Kentucky, USA;      (N. B. Lynn is next door to a Jennings PRICE, after whom his oldest son, Jennings Price HUDSON, may have been named.)
p. 126, lines 8-16, dwelling 910, family 952
     8 HUDSON, L. [sic] B. 34 [1816] M Physician $4000 KY
     9 " , Eliza 32 [1818] F KY
     10 " , Jennings P. 12 [1838] M KY Attended School
     11 " , Lytle R. 11 [1839] M KY Attended School
     12 " , Benjn 10 [1840] M KY Attended School
     13 " , Ekuza 8 [1842] F KY Attended School
     14 " , Will O. 6 [1844] M KY
     15 " , Lynn 4 [1846] M KY
     16 CONN, John B. 23 [1827] M Sheriff KY.⁶


Lytle Royston Hudson Sr. was listed as a resident in Lynn Banks Hudson M. D. and Nancy Elizabeth Schooler's household in the census report on 8 June 1860 at Lancaster, Garrard Co., Kentucky, USA; p. 650, lines 12-20, dwelling 122, family 122
     12 HUDSON, Lynn B. 44 [1816] M M. D. $17,000 $25,000 KY
     13 " , E.42 [1818] F KY
     14 " , L. R. 21 [1839] M School Teacherr KY
     15 " , Lizzie 17 [1743] F KY
     16 " , Wm. B. 16 [1844] M KY Atteended School
     17 " , L. W. 14 [1846] M KY Atteended School
     18 " , Nancy 6 [1854] F KY
     19 " , J. J. B. 4 [1856] M KY
     20 " , A. B. 1 [1859] M KY.⁷

Lytle Royston Hudson Sr. and Catherine "Kate" Champion appeared in the census of 11 August 1870 at District 21, Davidson Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 120-A, lines 12-21, dwelling 74, family 72
     12 HUDSON, Lytle R. 30 [1840] M W Farmer $4000 KY
     13 " , Kate 25 [1845] F W Keeping house TN
     14 " , Henry 8 [1862[ M W At home TN
     15 " , Lytle 7 [1863] M W At home TN
     16 " , Jessie 5 [1865] M W At Home TN
     17 " , Morgan 3 [1867] M W At Home TN
     18 CHAMPION, Catherine 45 [1825] F W At Home KY
     19 SANDERS, Mary 20 [1850] F Black Domestic Servant TN Cannot read Cannot write
     20 JOMEAN, Wm 28 [1842] M Black Farm Laborer TN Cannot read Cannot write
     21 WILKINSON, Gran 19 [1851] M Black Farm Laborer TN Cannot read Cannot write.⁸

Lytle Royston Hudson Sr. and Catherine "Kate" Champion appeared in the census of 5 June 1880 at Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee, USA; p. 346-C, lines 5-13, dwelling 100, family 110
     5 HUDSON, Lytle R. W M 42 [1838] Married Copyist KY KY KY
     6 " , Kattie C. W F 35 [1845] Wife Married Keeping House TN TN TN
     7 " , Henry C. W M 18 [1862] Son Single Copyist TN KY TN
     8 " , Lytle R. W M 16 [1864] Son Single Farm Laborer TN KY TN
     9 " , Jessie F. W F 14 Daughter Single At Home TN KY TN
     10 " , John M. W M 13 [1897] Son Single At home TN KY TN
     11 " , James L. W M 5 [1875] Son Single TN KY TN
     12 CHAMPION, Catherine C. W F 55 [1825] MOther-in-Law Widow At Home TN TN TN
     13 SWAN, Minnie S. W F 13 [1867] Niece Single Scholar Whooping Cough Attneded School TN TN TN.²

     John Roberts Thomas was born on 29 August 1781 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Date confirmed by Quaker Record Uwchlan Monthly Meeting.^2,1,3,4 He married Elizabeth Downing, daughter of Richard Downing Jr. and Elizabeth ReeseReece, on 19 November 1806 at Downingtown Friends Meeting, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^5,1
John Roberts Thomas married Martha Newbold after 1810
; his 2nd wife.⁶
John Roberts Thomas died on 7 April 1856 at Pennsylvania, USA, at age 74.^2,1,3
John Roberts Thomas was buried on 10 April 1856 at Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from FindAGrave.com:
     Birth:      Aug. 29, 1781
     Death:      Apr. 7, 1856, Pennsylvania, USA
     Family links:
     Parents:
      George Thomas (1747 - 1793)
      Sarah Roberts Thomas (1750 - 1840)
     Siblings:
      Jane Thomas Preston (1775 - 1864)*
      Hannah Thomas (1778 - ____)*
      Lydia Thomas (1779 - 1870)*
      John Roberts Thomas (1781 - 1856)
      Elizabeth Thomas (1783 - 1860)*
      George Thomas (1785 - 1785)**
      George Thomas (1785 - 1785)*
      Anna Thomas (1789 - 1860)*
     Inscription: Comments field is Burial Date Note: 4/10
     Burial: Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Maintained by: Jessica Koch
     Originally Created by: Dan Oh
     Record added: Jul 29, 2009
     Find A Grave Memorial# 40025650.²
      .⁷

John Roberts Thomas was listed as a resident in Sarah Roberts's household in the census report in 1800 at U. S. Census, West Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 882, line 15
     Name:     Sarah Thomas
     Home in 1800 (City, County, State):     West Wheatland, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25:     1 [1775-84] John b1781
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44:     1 [1756-74] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15:     3 [1785-90] Anna b1789, Sarah b1786, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25:     2 [1775-84] Lydia b1779, Elizabeth b1783
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1756-74] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1756] Sarah (Roberts) b1750
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     1
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     3
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     3
     Number of Household Members:     10.⁸

John Roberts Thomas and Elizabeth Downing appeared in the census of 1810 at U. S. Census, West Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA;      p. 325, line 20
     Name:     John R Thomas
     Home in 1810 (City, County, State):     West Whiteland, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - Under 10:     1 [aft 1800] George b1808
     Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 :     2 [1766-84] John R b1781, Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over:     1 [bef 1766] Unknown?
     Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44:     1 [1766-84] Elizabeth (Downing) b1783
     Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over :     1 [bef 1766] Unknown?
     Number of All Other Free Persons:     2
     Number of Household Members Under 16:     1
     Number of Household Members Over 25:     5
     Number of Household Members:     8.⁹

John Roberts Thomas appeared in the census of 1840 at U. S. Census, West Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [The women in the household are unidentified.]
p. 371, line 9
     Name:     John Thomas
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     West Whiteland, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39:     1 [1801-10] George b1808
     Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59:     1 [1781-90] John b1781
     Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29:     1 [1811-20]
     Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49:     1 [1791-1800]
     Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59:     1 [1781-90]
     Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69:     2 [1771-80]
     Free Colored Persons - Males - 24 thru 35:     1
     Free Colored Persons - Females - 10 thru 23:     1
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     3
     Total Free White Persons:     7
     Total Free Colored Persons:     2
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     9.¹⁰

John Roberts Thomas was listed as a resident in George Thomas M. D. and Anna Mary Townsend's household in the census report on 9 September 1850 at U. S. Census, West Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 430-B, lines 1-11, dwelling 126, family 127
     1 THOMAS, George 42 [1808] M Farmer $65,000 PA
     2 " , Anna M. 34 [1816] F PA
     3 " , J Preston 8 [1842] M PA Attended School
     4 " , George 6 [1844] M PA
     5 " , Charles T. 4 [1846] M PA
     6 " , John R. 7/12 [ca Feb 1850] M PA
     7 " , John R. 69 [1791] M None PA
     8 MOORE, Robert 70 [1780] M Mulatto Laborer MD
     9 ROLFF, James 12 [1838] M Mulatto NC
     10 GILBERT, Sophia 17 [1833] F MD
     11 VAN SKILES, Anna 16 [1834] F PA.¹¹

     Ann (?) married Jacob Minshall.¹

     Ann (?) and Jacob Minshall lived at Middletown Township, Chester Co. (now Delaware Co.), Pennsylvania, USA.¹

     Hannah Downing was born on 22 September 1799 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^3,2
Hannah Downing died on 17 October 1799 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^3,2
      ; per GK Jones: "died young."⁴

     Deborah Ann Downing was born on 7 November 1800 at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^5,1,2,4 She married Samuel J. Downing, son of Joseph Richard Downing and Ann Worrall.⁶

Deborah Ann Downing died on 17 December 1869 at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 69.^5,1,2
Deborah Ann Downing was buried after 17 December 1869 at Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; From Find A Grave: Debbie Anna Downing
Birth:      Nov. 7, 1800
Downingtown
Chester County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death:      Dec. 17, 1869
Downingtown
Chester County
Pennsylvania, USA

Daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Miller Downing, she married her cousin, Samuel J. Downing, about 1830. They had one daughter, Ann, in 1838. Farmers and Quakers. Both Debbie and Samuel descend from Thomas Downing (1691-1772), for whom Downingtown is named.

Burial:
Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery
Downingtown
Chester County
Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Row 2, Grave 2

Created by: Ray Downing
Record added: Jun 09, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 11135153.¹
     Reference: (an unknown value.)⁷ (an unknown value.)^7,2

Deborah Ann Downing and Samuel J. Downing appeared in the census of 1840 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 84, line 17
     Name:     Samuel S Downing [Samuel J Downing]
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1 [1791-1800] Samuel J b1794
     Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79:     1 [1761-1770] Joseph Richard b1765
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1 [aft 1835] ?Unknown
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1 [1801-10] Deborah Ann (Downing) b1800
     Free Colored Persons - Females - 10 thru 23:     1
     Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     1
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     4
     Total Free Colored Persons:     1
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     5.⁸

Deborah Ann Downing and Samuel J. Downing appeared in the census of 22 August 1850 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 215-A, lines 17-21, dwelling 311, family 316
     17 DOWNING, Samuel J. 55 [1795] M Farmer Chester Co PA
     18 " , Debby A. 49 [1801] F Chester Co PA
     19 " , Ann W 11 [1839] F Chester Co PA
     20 MILLER, Mary E 35 [1815] F Chester Co PA
     21 BULLER, Ann 17 [1833] F Chester Co PA.⁹

Deborah Ann Downing and Samuel J. Downing appeared in the census of 18 June 1860 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; pp. 101-2; lines 35-40, 1; dwelling 67; family 66
     35 DOWNING, Samuel J 65 [1795] M Farmer $4500 $250 Chester Co PA
     36 " , Debby A 59 [1801] F $160 Chester Co PA
     37 " , Ann W 22 [1838] F Chester Co PA
     38 MILLER, Mary E 46 [1814 F $4500 Lancaster Co PA
     39 MEREDITH, Elizabeth 34 [1826] F $4000 Chester Co PA
     40 RICHARDSON, Susan 45 [1815] F Domestic Lancaster Co PA
     1 " , Henry 6 [1854] M Chester Co PA.¹⁰

     Harriet Downing was born on 6 October 1802 at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^4,1,3
Harriet Downing died on 14 February 1874 at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 71.^4,1
Harriet Downing was buried after 14 February 1874 at Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; From Find A Grave website: Harriett Downing
Birth:      Dec. 6, 1802
Downingtown
Chester County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death:      Feb. 14, 1874
Downingtown
Chester County
Pennsylvania, USA

Daughter of Richard Downing and Elizabeth Miller Downing. Did not marry.

Burial:
Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery
Downingtown
Chester County
Pennsylvania, USA

Created by: Ray Downing
Record added: Jul 18, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 11382681.¹
      ; per GK Jones: "died young."⁵

Harriet Downing was listed as a resident in Richard R. Downing and Elizabeth Miller's household in the census report on 23 August 1850 at East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 252A; Lines 7-11; Dwelling 313 Family 318
     7 DOWNING, Richard 72 [1778] M Miller Chester Co. PA
     7 " , E Miller 73 [1777] F Chester Co. PA
     7 " , Harriett 48 [1802] F Chester Co. PA
     7 RITCHESON, Susan 38 [1812] F Chester Co. PA
     7 " , Debby 4/12 [1850] F Chester Co. PA.⁶

Harriet Downing appeared on the census of 15 June 1860 in the household of Richard R. Downing and Elizabeth Miller at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 97, Lines 18-21, Dwelling 34 Family 33
     18 DOWNING, Richard R 81 [1779] M - Miller 4,000 332 Chester Co. PA
     19 " , Elizabeth M Downing 82 [1778] F Chester Co. PA
     20 " , Harriett 57 [1803] F Chester Co. PA
     21 " , Mary E 21 [1839] F Chester Co. PA.⁷

Harriet Downing appeared in the census of 28 June 1870 at U. S. Census, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 74-B, line 34, dwelling 131, family 142
     34 DOWNING, Harriett 62 [1808] F W Keeping House $1000 PA.⁸

     Richard Price Downing was born on 27 November 1813 at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; confirmed by Quaker record.^3,2
Richard Price Downing died on 28 September 1837 at Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, USA, at age 23.³
      ; per GK Jones: "died young."⁴

     Samuel J. Downing was born on 9 December 1794 at Concord Meeting, Concordville Townshp, Delaware Co. (Chester Co. bef 1789), Pennsylvania, USA; Confirmed by Quaker record.^9,2,7 He married Deborah Ann Downing, daughter of Richard R. Downing and Elizabeth Miller.¹⁰

Samuel J. Downing died on 16 August 1876 at Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 81.^9,2
Samuel J. Downing was buried on 19 August 1876 at Downingtown Friends Burial Ground, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find A Grave website: Samuel J Downing
Birth:      unknown
Death:      1876


Inscription:
Comments field is Burial Date

Note: 8/19

Burial:
Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery
Downingtown
Chester County
Pennsylvania, USA

Created by: Dan Oh
Record added: Jul 29, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 40025354.¹¹
     Reference: (an unknown value.)¹² (an unknown value.)^12,2

Samuel J. Downing and Deborah Ann Downing appeared in the census of 1840 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 84, line 17
     Name:     Samuel S Downing [Samuel J Downing]
     Home in 1840 (City, County, State):     East Caln, Chester, Pennsylvania
     Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49:     1 [1791-1800] Samuel J b1794
     Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79:     1 [1761-1770] Joseph Richard b1765
     Free White Persons - Females - Under 5:     1 [aft 1835] ?Unknown
     Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39:     1 [1801-10] Deborah Ann (Downing) b1800
     Free Colored Persons - Females - 10 thru 23:     1
     Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade:     1
     Free White Persons - Under 20:     1
     Free White Persons - 20 thru 49:     2
     Total Free White Persons:     4
     Total Free Colored Persons:     1
     Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves:     5.¹³

Samuel J. Downing and Deborah Ann Downing appeared in the census of 22 August 1850 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 215-A, lines 17-21, dwelling 311, family 316
     17 DOWNING, Samuel J. 55 [1795] M Farmer Chester Co PA
     18 " , Debby A. 49 [1801] F Chester Co PA
     19 " , Ann W 11 [1839] F Chester Co PA
     20 MILLER, Mary E 35 [1815] F Chester Co PA
     21 BULLER, Ann 17 [1833] F Chester Co PA.¹⁴

Samuel J. Downing and Deborah Ann Downing appeared in the census of 18 June 1860 at U. S. Census, East Caln Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; pp. 101-2; lines 35-40, 1; dwelling 67; family 66
     35 DOWNING, Samuel J 65 [1795] M Farmer $4500 $250 Chester Co PA
     36 " , Debby A 59 [1801] F $160 Chester Co PA
     37 " , Ann W 22 [1838] F Chester Co PA
     38 MILLER, Mary E 46 [1814 F $4500 Lancaster Co PA
     39 MEREDITH, Elizabeth 34 [1826] F $4000 Chester Co PA
     40 RICHARDSON, Susan 45 [1815] F Domestic Lancaster Co PA
     1 " , Henry 6 [1854] M Chester Co PA.¹⁵

Samuel J. Downing appeared in the census of 28 June 1870 at U. S. Census, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 74-A, line 14-21, dwelling 123, family 134
     14 DOWNING, Samuel J. 75 [1795] M W Retired Farmer $5,000 $1,500 PA
     15 " , Ann W 32 [1838] F W Keeping House PA
     16 " , Elizabeth 92 [1778] Retired Lady $4000 PA
     17 " , Charles 32 [1838] M W Retired $10,000 PA
     18 " , Ellen 31 [1839] F W PA
     19 MERIDITH, Elizabeth 44 [1826] F W Retired Lady $5,000 PA
     20 RICHARDSON, Susan 50 [1820] F W Domestic Servant PA
     21 " , Henry 15 [1855] M W Labourer PA.¹⁶

     Henry Downing was born on 7 April 1795 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^5,2,1 He married Rachel Bryant Chew, daughter of Constant Chew and Martha Ewing, in 1818
; his 1st wife.
There is a marriage record on Ancestry for a Henry Downing and Rachel Chew for 16 Nov 1823 in Gloucester Co., NY, but that is 4 years after the date of birth of their daughter, Ellen.^2,1 Henry Downing married Christiana (?) after 1825
; his 2nd wife.^1,6
Henry Downing died on 29 September 1854 at Dyberry Township, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 59; Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Deaths, 1852-1854
     Name:     Henry Downing
     Gender:     Male
     Death Place:     Dyberry Township
     Registration County:     Wayne
     Age at Death:     58
     Birth Place:     Downingtown, Pennsylvania
     Father:     Jacob Downing
     Mother:     Sarah Downing
     Spouse:     Christiana Downing
     Source Citation: Pennsylvania State Archives; Reel Number: 673
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Deaths, 1852-1854 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Series 26.28, Record and Indexes of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. Microfilm, rolls 668-673. Records of the Department of State, Record Group 26. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.^5,2,1,7
      ; per GK Jones: "died young."⁶

Henry Downing and Christiana (?) appeared in the census of 10 October 1850 at Dyberry Township, Wayne Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Note: Ne and his wife are in the household of a younger Alonzo Hubbard.]
p. 194-B, lines 26-27, dwelling 122, family 122
     26 DOWNING, Henry 55 [1795] M Farmer PA
     27 " , Christeana 43 [1807] F Germany.⁸

     Elizabeth Downing was born on 11 October 1789 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^4,5,1 She married Robert Valentine Sharpless, son of Abraham Sharpless and Phebe Valentine, on 1 May 1810 at Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985
     Name: Rob Sharples
     Event Type: Marriage
     Marriage Date: 1 May 1810
     Marriage Place: Pennsylvania
     Spouse Name: Eliza Downing
     Organization Name: Dr. Samuel Worchester Butler
     Source Citation: Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 649.
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Marriage Record #2: Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Robert Sharples
     Marriage Date:     10 May 1810
     Marriage Date on Image:     10 Fifth 1810
     Marriage Place:     Philadelphia
     Residence Place:     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     Father:     Abraham Sharples
     Mother:     Phebe Sharples
     Spouse:     Eliza Downing
     Spouse Father:     Jacob Downing
     Spouse Mother:     Sarah Downing
     Event Type:     Marriage Intention (Marriage)
     Monthly Meeting:     Philadelphia Monthly Meeting
     Type (Orthodox or Hicksite):     Pre-Separation
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Philadelphia
     Source Citation: Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1759-1814; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: JA2.4
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data:
      Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
      North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina.
      Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana.
      Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.

Marriage Record #3: Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Robert Sharples
     Marriage Date:     10 May 1810
     Marriage Date on Image:     10 Fifth 1810
     Marriage Place:     Lancaster, Pennsylvania
     Father:     Abraham Sharples
     Mother:     Phebe Sharples
     Spouse:     Eliza Downing
     Spouse Father:     Jacob Downing
     Spouse Mother:     Sarah Downing
     Event Type:     Marriage
     Monthly Meeting:     Nottingham and Little Britain Monthly Meeting
     Type (Orthodox or Hicksite):     Orthodox
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Lancaster
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Marriages, 1759-1814; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph:359
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data:
      Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
      North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina.
      Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana.
      Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.^5,6,1,7,8
Elizabeth Downing died on 14 August 1882 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 92; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915
Name: Eliza D Sharples
Birth Date: abt 1788
Death Date: 14 Aug 1882
Death Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age at Death: 94
Gender: Female
FHL Film Number: 1003708Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803–1915." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2008, 2010. From originals housed at the Philadelphia City Archives. "Death Records."^4,9,10
Elizabeth Downing was buried on 17 August 1882 at Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth: unknown
Death: Aug. 14, 1882

Inscription:
Comments field is Burial Date

Note: 8/17

Burial:
Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery
Downingtown
Chester County
Pennsylvania, USA

Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?]

Created by: Dan Oh
Record added: Jul 29, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 40025582.¹⁰

     Reference: (an unknown value.)^4,1 She mentioned with Abraham Sharpless between 1810 and 1830; Abraham Sharples has a large number of young adults living in his household in the 1810, 1820 and 1830 censuses. His son, Robert, does not appear in separate listings in any of these years. It is likely that he and his wife Elizabeth (Downing) - married in May 1810, were living in his father's household during those years.

Elizabeth Downing was listed as a resident in Mary Drinker Downing's household in the census report on 12 July 1870 at U. S. Census, Bellefonte, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; [Mary (Drinker) Downing living in the same household as her sister-in-law, Elizabeth (Downing) Sharpless. Both were widows.]
p. 747B; Lines 16-20; Dwelling 111; Family 96
     16 VALENTINE, Mary D 76 [1794] F W Keeping House $75,000 $6,000 PA
     17 SHARPLES, Eliza 86 [1784] F W PA
     18 ADAMS, Bella 50 [1820] F W Domestic Servt Ireland
     19 HAZEL, Anna 16 [1854] F W Domestic Servt PA
     20 SPICER, George 17 [1853] M W Domestic Servt PA.¹¹

Elizabeth Downing was listed as a resident in Catherine Franklin Sharpless's household in the census report on 4 June 1880 at U. S. Census, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 221-A, lines 34-41; Dwelling 72; family 75
     34 WHITE, C. F. (T?) W F 60 [1820] Married Keeps boarding house DL DL PA
     35 " , Alice W F 30 [1850] Daughter Single at home PA DL MA
     36 " , Clement W M 28 [1852] Son Single No occupation MD DL MA
     37 " , Augustus W M 24 [1856] Son Coal Dealer MD DL MA
     38 " , Laura I.(?) W F 22 [1858] Daughter Single At home MD DL MA
     39 SCOTT, Martha Mulatto F 13 [1867] Servant Single NJ NJ NJ
     40 SHARPLES Eliza D. W F 91 [1789] Mother Widow At home PA PA PA
     41 PHILLIPS, Chas W. W M 28 [1852] Boarder Single Machinist MA MA MA.¹²

     Robert Valentine Sharpless was born on 23 August 1788 at Glen Mills, Delaware Co. (Chester Co. bef 1789), Pennsylvania, USA; Ancestry.com - U.S., Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940
     Name:     Robert Sharples
     Birth Date:     23 Aug 1788
     State:     Pennsylvania
     Monthly Meeting:     Concord Monthly Meeting
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, 1680-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
     Original data: Hinshaw, William Wade. William Wade Hinshaw's Index to Unpublished Quaker Records. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College.

Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Robert Sharples
     Birth Date:     23 Aug 1788
     Birth Date on Image:     23 Eighth 1788
     Birth Place:     Delaware, Pennsylvania
     Father:     Abraham Sharples
     Mother:     Phebe Sharples
     Event Type:     Birth
     Monthly Meeting:     Concord Monthly Meeting
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Delaware
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Births and Marriages, 1693-1808; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph 123
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data:
      Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
      North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina.
      Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana.
      Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.^6,7,8 He married Elizabeth Downing, daughter of Jacob Downing and Sarah Sandwith Drinker, on 1 May 1810 at Delaware Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; Marriage Record #1: Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985
     Name: Rob Sharples
     Event Type: Marriage
     Marriage Date: 1 May 1810
     Marriage Place: Pennsylvania
     Spouse Name: Eliza Downing
     Organization Name: Dr. Samuel Worchester Butler
     Source Citation: Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 649.
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
     Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Marriage Record #2: Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Robert Sharples
     Marriage Date:     10 May 1810
     Marriage Date on Image:     10 Fifth 1810
     Marriage Place:     Philadelphia
     Residence Place:     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     Father:     Abraham Sharples
     Mother:     Phebe Sharples
     Spouse:     Eliza Downing
     Spouse Father:     Jacob Downing
     Spouse Mother:     Sarah Downing
     Event Type:     Marriage Intention (Marriage)
     Monthly Meeting:     Philadelphia Monthly Meeting
     Type (Orthodox or Hicksite):     Pre-Separation
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Philadelphia
     Source Citation: Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1759-1814; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: JA2.4
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data:
      Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
      North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina.
      Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana.
      Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.

Marriage Record #3: Ancestry.com - U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
     Name:     Robert Sharples
     Marriage Date:     10 May 1810
     Marriage Date on Image:     10 Fifth 1810
     Marriage Place:     Lancaster, Pennsylvania
     Father:     Abraham Sharples
     Mother:     Phebe Sharples
     Spouse:     Eliza Downing
     Spouse Father:     Jacob Downing
     Spouse Mother:     Sarah Downing
     Event Type:     Marriage
     Monthly Meeting:     Nottingham and Little Britain Monthly Meeting
     Type (Orthodox or Hicksite):     Orthodox
     Yearly Meeting:     Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
     Meeting State:     Pennsylvania
     Meeting County:     Lancaster
     Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Marriages, 1759-1814; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph:359
     Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
     Original data:
      Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
      North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina.
      Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana.
      Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.^{9,10,11,12,13}
Robert Valentine Sharpless died in 1822 at Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^6,1
Robert Valentine Sharpless was buried in 1822 at Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery, Downingtown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from Find A Grave website:
Birth: unknown
Death: 1822
Inscription:
Comments field is Burial Date
Burial:
Downingtown Friends Meetinghouse Cemetery
Downingtown
Chester County
Pennsylvania, USA

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Created by: Dan Oh
Record added: Jul 29, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 40025593.¹
     Reference: (an unknown value.)⁶ He mentioned with Abraham Sharpless between 1810 and 1830; Abraham Sharples has a large number of young adults living in his household in the 1810, 1820 and 1830 censuses. His son, Robert, does not appear in separate listings in any of these years. It is likely that he and his wife Elizabeth (Downing) - married in May 1810, were living in his father's household during those years.