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William Downs

Also Known As: "Down"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bristol, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Death: circa November 1749 (42-50)
Yarmouth, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Immediate Family:

Son of William Downs, of Bristol County
Husband of Elizabeth Downes
Father of Elizabeth Robbins Downs; Desire Bearse; Barnabas Downs; Thankful Bacon; Jabez Downs and 11 others
Brother of Edward Downs and Samuel Downs

Managed by: Barry Michael Sack
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About William Downs

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Downs-435

William Downs III (1703 - abt. 1749)

William Downs III aka Downes

Born 17 Sep 1703 in Bristol, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Son of William (Downes) Downs and Elizabeth (Gorham) Baxter

Brother of Edward Downs, Samuel Downs, Thankful (Baxter) Hinckley [half], Richard Baxter [half] and Hannah Baxter [half]

Husband of Elizabeth (Baxter) Downs — married before 10 Jun 1726 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Father of Elizabeth (Downs) Robbins, Desire (Downs) Bearse, Barnabus Downs Sr., Thankful (Downs) Hope, Mary Downs, Jabez Downs, Infant Downs, Sarah (Downs) Seaver, William Downs IV, Isaac Downs, Lydia Downs and Benjamin Downs

Died about Nov 1749 at about age 46 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 2 Mar 2022 | Created 6 Jan 2013

Biography

Sources

Bears, C. Austin, Bears Barss Genealogy, Bears Books, Canada, 1989
White, Elizabeth Pearson. John Howland of the Mayflower (Picton Press, Camden, Maine 1990) Vol. 1, Page 256.


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William Downs's Timeline

1703
September 17, 1703
Bristol, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1727
August 1, 1727
Yarmouth, Barnstable, Morocco
1728
December 10, 1728
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1730
August 8, 1730
Yarmouth, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay
1732
September 22, 1732
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
1734
April 12, 1734
Yarmouth, Barnstable, Morocco
July 17, 1734
Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
1735
March 23, 1735
Yarmouth, Barnstable, Morocco
1737
October 25, 1737
Yarmouth, Barnstable, Morocco