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First Name
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Thomas DOWNES

Thomas DOWNES

Male 1610 - 1699  (88 years)

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  • Name Thomas DOWNES  [1] 
    Born 2 Feb 1610  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Migration 1635  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Migration 1657  Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Immigrant? Y 
    Died 21 Jan 1699  Dover Neck, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I3943  Main
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2019 

    Family Katherine MNU,   b. Abt 1630, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1702, Dover Neck, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years) 
    Married Dover Neck, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Rebecca DOWNES,   b. 22 Apr 1652, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Sgt Thomas DOWNES,   b. 17 Mar 1654, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1711, Kittery, York, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     3. Elizabeth DOWNES,   b. 17 Nov 1663, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Mary DOWNES,   b. 1664, Dover Neck, Strafford, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2023 
    Family ID F1398  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Feb 1610 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - 1635 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - 1657 - Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Jan 1699 - Dover Neck, Strafford, New Hampshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - - Dover Neck, Strafford, New Hampshire Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Came to Boston on the Defiance.
      r. 1652, Boston, Massachusetts
      r. 1656, Dover (Cocheco), NH
      ——
      DOWNE — a term applied in England to a tract of poor, sandy hill land, used only for maturing sheep. [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S34] Ancestors of Paul Bailey McBride, McBride, Paul.

    2. [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA).

    3. [S187] New England Families, Directory of the Ancestral Heads of, Frank R. Holmes, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1974), lxx.


Notes

This website uses dates from the Gregorian calendar (New Style), unless otherwise noted.

For more information on dates, see Wikipedia: Old Style and New Style dates.

I strive to document my sources. However, some people and dates are best guesses and will be updated as new information is revealed. If you have something to add, please let me know.

Updated 23 Dec 2023