Ancestry of
Henry Downs

(1757–1831)

Henry Downs

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Philemon Downs 
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • 4 Mar 1757 
  • Birth Location:
  • Caroline County, Maryland 
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Sep 1831 
  • Death Location:
  • Thomas Chapel, Kent, Delaware 
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  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

• Marriages for Henry Downs

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  • Spouse:
  • Rebecca Morton
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1787

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  • Spouse:
  • Elizabeth Leager

• Sources for Henry Downs

  • ¹ Biographical and Genealogical History of the State of Delaware, Vol. 2, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: J. M. Runk and Co. (1899), 837.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A034364.
  • ³ The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Washington, D.C.: R. B. Clark (1959-1990), 1981-1984, Vols. 22-25, p. 112 (not sure which volume).
  • ⁴ Papenfuse, Edward C., et. al., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, Volume 1: A-H, Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press (1985), 281.