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Lucy Downing (Winthrop)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Groton, Suffolk, England
Death: April 19, 1679 (78)
Hampton, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Place of Burial: Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London, England, WC2N 4JJ, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Adam Winthrop, III and Anne Agnes Winthrop
Wife of Emanuel Downing and Emanuel Downing
Mother of Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet; Lucy Norton; Joshua Downing; Robert Downing; Henry Downing and 4 others
Sister of Sarah Winthrop; infant Anne Winthrop; Anne Fones; Governor John Winthrop, Sr. and Jane Gostlin
Half sister of Given Name Still Winthrop

Managed by: Anne Momsen Bartee
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About Lucy Downing

Lucy Winthrop Downing

Also Known As: "Sister of Gov. John Winthrop - Massachusetts Bay Colony"

Birthdate: January 9, 1601 Groton, Suffolk, England

Death: Died April 19, 1679 London, Middlesex, England

Place of Burial: Suffolk, England

St Martin-in-the-Fields Churchyard Westminster City of Westminster Greater London, England

Father: Adam Winthrop, III Mother: Anne Browne

Spouse: Rev. Emmanuel Downing Married: April 10, 1622 St. Peter's, London, England

Mother of: 1.Lucy Downing 2.George Downing 3.Joshua Downing 4.Nicholas Downing 5.Robert Downing 6.Adam Downing 7.Ann Downing 8.Martha Downing 9.Dorcas Downing 10.Henry Downing 11.Dorcas Downing 12.John Downing

Sister of: Sarah Winthrop; infant Anne Winthrop; Anne Fones, (Younger); Gov. John Winthrop, Massachusetts Bay Colony Jane Winthrop

Half sister of infant Still Winthrop

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FROM History of York by Banks, page 179:...Emanuel Downing, a wealthy lawyer of London, brother-in-law of Winthrop, and the "friend at Court" of the Massachusetts Colony

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Winthrop family John Winthrop (1588–1649): governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony

Lucy Winthrop Downing, mother of diplomat Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet, founder of New York, of Downing Street, London, and ultimately of Downing College, Cambridge UK. Lucy's letter to her brother Governor Winthrop provided the impetus for the founding of Harvard College.

John Winthrop the Younger (1606–1676): governor of Connecticut Fitz-John Winthrop (1637–1711): governor of Connecticut

John Winthrop: married Anne Dudley, granddaughter of Thomas Dudley John Winthrop (1714–1779): acting president of Harvard, pioneer of American science

Thomas Lindall Winthrop (1760–1841): lieutenant governor of Massachusetts

Robert Charles Winthrop (1809–1894): lawyer, politician, philanthropist

Winthrop Rockefeller (1912–1973): governor of Arkansas, philanthropist

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Lucy Downing's Timeline

1601
January 9, 1601
Groton, Suffolk, England
January 27, 1601
Groton, Suffolk, England
1623
August 1623
Dublin, Ireland
1625
1625
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
1627
1627
1629
1629
London, Middlesex, England
1630
March 10, 1630
Ipswich, Essex Co., MA
1633
April 12, 1633
Lincolnshire Village, England (United Kingdom)
1636
1636
Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts