John Downing –1681

John Downing, –1681

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John Downing

Name: John /Downing/

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Marriage of parents	George Thomas Downing — Frances Howard, Baroness of East Haley — View this family 1654
Birth of a brother	George Downing 2nd Baronet Of East Hatley 1656 Essex, London, England Source: Find A Grave Index Citation details: "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q291-48VS : 15 December 2021), George Downing, ; Burial, Croydon, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, All Saints Churchyard; citing record ID 157344352, <i>Find a Grave</i>, http://www.findagrave.com. External link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q291-48VS Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q291-48VS
Death of a paternal grandfather	Emanuel Downing July 26, 1656 Edenburgh, Scotland
Death of a paternal grandfather	Emanuel Downing July 26, 1658 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Source: Public Member Trees Citation details: Database online. Text: Record for Emanuel Downing
Death of a paternal grandfather	Emanuel Downing July 26, 1658 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Source: Public Member Trees Citation details: Database online. Text: Record for Dorcas Bellamy
Birth of a sister	Lucy Downing 1664
Marriage	View this family September 2, 1669 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Death of a sister	Philadelphia Downing March 8, 1676
Death of a paternal grandmother	Lucy Winthrop April 19, 1679 London, England
Death of a sister	Francis Downing 1681 (0 after death)
Burial of a mother	Frances Howard, Baroness of East Haley St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Croydon, London Borough of Croydon, Greater London, England Source: Find A Grave Index Citation details: "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-TG31 : 9 June 2021), Frances Howard Downing, ; Burial, Croydon, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, All Saints Churchyard; citing record ID 83171401, <i>Find a Grave</i>, http://www.findagrave.com. External link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-TG31 Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-TG31 Source: FamilySearch Family Tree External link: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9840/records/6338232 Note: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9840/records/6338232 Source: FamilySearch Family Tree External link: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/60526/records/599952 Note: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/60526/records/599952
Death	1681

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father	Links Birth: August 1623 37 22 — Dublin, Ireland Arrival: June 13, 1630 — Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Education: 1642 — Graduated from Harvard Marriage: 1654 Civic Duties: Member of Parliament for Edinburgh — between 1654 and 1656 — Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Civic Duties: Member of Parliament for Carlisle — between 1656 and 1660 — Carlisle, Cumberland, England Appointed: July 1, 1663 — Created a Baronet Civic Duties: Teller of the Exchequer — between 1660 and 1684 Civic Duties: Member of Parliament for Morpeth — between 1660 and 1684 — Morpeth, Northumberland, England Title of Nobility: Baronet of East Hatley — between 1663 and 1684 — East Hatley, Cambridgeshire, England LifeSketch: Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet (c. 1625 – c. 19 July 1684) was an Anglo-Irish preacher, soldier, statesman, diplomat, turncoat and spy, after whom Downing Street in London is named. As Treasury Secretary he is credited with instituting major reforms in public finance. His influence was substantial on the passage and substance of the mercantilist Navigation Acts. The Acts strengthened English commercial and Naval power, contributing to the security of the English state and its ability to project its power abroad. More than any other man he was responsible for arranging the acquisition of New York from the Dutch, and is remembered there in the name of Downing Street, in Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of Emmanuel Downing, barrister, and of Lucy Winthrop, sister of Massachusetts Bay Governor John Winthrop. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. While Downing Street, London, is named after him, Downing College, Cambridge derives its name from his grandson, Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet. The title became extinct when the 3rd Baronet's cousin, Sir Jacob Downing, 4th Baronet, died in 1764. His family joined Winthrop in America in 1638, settling in Salem, Massachusetts. Downing attended Harvard College and was one of nine students in the first graduating class of 1642. He was hired by Harvard as the college's first tutor. In 1645 he sailed for the West Indies with slaves in tow, as a preacher and instructor of the seamen, and arrived in England some time afterwards, becoming chaplain to Colonel John Okey's regiment (who had originally sponsored Downing's education in America). ... His wife, Frances, died on 10 July 1683, and he died in Cambridge just over a year later, around 19 July 1684, when his will was proved, after having acquired a substantial fortune, and was considered to be the largest landowner in Cambridgeshire (critics claimed he amassed the fortune partly through his exceptional meanness about money). He was succeeded in the title by his eldest son Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet. He had two younger sons, William and Charles, and four daughters: 1. Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet (c. 1656 – 15 April 1740), who succeeded to the baronetcy; married Lady Catharine Cecil (died 1688), daughter of the third Earl of Salisbury, with whom he had one son: Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet (c. 1685–1749); died without issue 2. William Downing (1663–1704) 3. Charles Downing (died 15 April 1740); Comptroller of Customs in Salem; married Sarah Garrard, daughter and coheir of Jacob Garrad, son and heir of Sir Thomas Garrad, 2nd Baronet of Langford, with whom he had two children: Sarah (died young, 1706); Sir Jacob Garrard Downing, 4th Baronet (1717–1764), MP for Dunwich, who inherited the baronetcy from his cousin in 1749 but who died without a male heir, leaving it extinct 4. Frances (died 1681); married John Cotton, heir of Sir John Cotton, 3rd Baronet; her husband died before his father, leaving the title to their son Sir John Cotton, 4th Baronet; 5. Philadelphia (died 8 March 1676), married Sir Henry Pickering, 2nd Baronet in Westminster Abbey and had three daughters. 6. Mary (died 1728), married Thomas Barnardiston; mother of Thomas Barnardiston, whose law reports became a legend for their inaccuracy; 7. Lucy (died 1711), who married firstly the Irish statesman Sir Richard Bulkeley, 2nd Baronet, and secondly the Irish judge William Worth, but had no surviving issue by either marriage. He was buried in the family vault he had had built in All Saints' Church in the village of Croydon in Cambridgeshire. While Downing Street, London, is named after him, Downing College, Cambridge, derives its name from his grandson, Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet. The title became extinct when the 3rd Baronet's cousin, Sir Jacob Downing, 4th Baronet, died in 1764. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_Downing,_1st_Baronet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Downing_College_Bird's_Eye Cambridge Upon the death of Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet in 1749, the wealth left by his grandfather, Sir George Downing, who served both Cromwell and Charles II and built 10 Downing Street (a door formerly from Number 10 is in use in the college), was applied by his will. Under this will, as he had no direct issue (he was legally separated from his wife), the family fortune was left to his cousin, Sir Jacob Downing, and if he died without heir, to three cousins in succession. If they all died without issue, the estates were to be used to found a college at Cambridge called Downing. Sir Jacob died in 1764, and as the other named heirs had also died, the college should have come into existence then, but Sir Jacob's widow, Margaret, refused to give up the estates and the various relatives who were Sir George's legal heirs had to take costly and prolonged action in the Court of Chancery to compel her to do so. She died in 1778 but her second husband and the son of her sister continued to resist the heirs-at-law's action until 1800 when the Court decided in favour of Sir George's will and George III granted Downing a Royal Charter, marking the official foundation of the college. The architect William Wilkins was commissioned by the trustees of the Downing estate, who included the Master of Clare College and St John's College and the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, to design the plan for the college. Wilkins, a disciple of the neo-classical architectural style, designed the first wholly campus-based college plan in the world based on a magnificent entrance on Downing Street reaching back to form the largest quadrangle in Cambridge, extending to Lensfield Road. But this was not to be. The estate was much reduced by the suit in Chancery, and the grand plans failed. Much of the north side of what was then the "Pembroke Leys" was sold to the University and is now home to scientific buildings ("The Downing Site"). In fact, only limited East and West ranges were initially built, with the plans for a library and chapel on the south face of the college shelved. Downing College Chapel, built in 1951 The third side of the square was only completed in 1951 with the building of the college chapel. Where the fourth side would have been is now a large paddock (known simply as "The Paddock"), with many trees. Though not fully enclosed, the court formed before the Downing College is perhaps largest in Cambridge or Oxford (a title contested with Trinity College's Great Court). An urban legend amongst Cambridge students claims that Trinity pays an undisclosed sum to the college annually with the condition that it will never build the fourth side of the square, so that Trinity may maintain the distinction of having the largest enclosed court of all colleges of Cambridge.[citation needed] The college is renowned for its strong Legal and Medical tradition, the former subject being built up by the late Professor Clive Parry, his pupil and successor John Hopkins (now an emeritus fellow) and the current Director of Studies in Law and Senior Tutor, Graham Virgo. Legal notables who have been honorary fellows of the college include the late Sir John Smith, the pre-eminent criminal lawyer of his generation, the first solicitor to be appointed to the Court of Appeal and House of Lords, Lord Collins of Mapesbury and Sir Robert Jennings, former President of the International Court of Justice. Downing has one of the biggest intakes in Law for undergraduate study. Although the College law society is named after Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranwoth, it is fabled that there exists a more secretive law society named the Three Kings. However, since identities of members have never been disclosed, this is doubted. Downing students remain prominent in the University world; in the past few years Cambridge Union Presidents, Blues captains, Law and Economic Society Presidents and more have hailed from the college. It is also a politically active college, but rather with politically active members and alumni occupying different parts of the British political spectrum, from the militant left to the extreme right (Nick Griffin, the leader of BNP, went to Downing). In this sense, it is quite different from other colleges, as the student body of many of the politically active colleges tend to incline toward one party or another. The college is also strong in the sports field, with its men's football team currently league champions (2008/9) and their rugby team resident in the upper echelons of Division 1. The newly re-established women's rugby team won cuppers in 2007. The boat club is successful too, with the Women's first boat gaining Lents Headship of the river in the 1994 Lent Bumps The men's first boat has held the headship several times in the 1980' and 1990's (for example in 1994 to 1996) while gaining the Mays headship in 1996, on each occasion recognising the tradition of "burning the boat" (using an old wooden 8 oared boat, while the rowers of the winning boat jump the flames)and remains near the top positions in both University bumps races [Lents and Mays] in 2010 ,[1] gregcurtis63 Educated: Harvard College — Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Military: Scoutmaster-General of Commonwealth Forces in Scotland Title of Nobility: Sir, Baronet INDI:FSID: LR6P-4NV INDI:_PHOTO: /Users/jtayloe/Documents/Family Tree Maker/Johnnie R Tayloe March 1 2019 Media/SirGeorgeDowning.jpg Death: July 7, 1684 — Camlingay, Cambridgeshire, England Burial: 1684 — All Saints Church, Croydon, Cambridgeshire, England Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse Frances Howard, Baroness of East Haley George Downing 2nd Baronet Of East Hatley Charles Downing Francis Downing Philadelphia Downing John Downing Lucy Downing George Thomas Downing 1623–1684 Birth: August 1623 37 22 — Dublin, Ireland Death: July 7, 1684 — Camlingay, Cambridgeshire, England
mother	Links Birth: 1633 — Brampton, Cumbria, England Marriage: 1654 FindAGrave: 83171401 Title of Nobility: Lady INDI:FSID: LVMX-8H7 Death: July 10, 1683 — London, Middlesex, England Burial: St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Croydon, London Borough of Croydon, Greater London, England Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse George Thomas Downing George Downing 2nd Baronet Of East Hatley Charles Downing Francis Downing Philadelphia Downing John Downing Lucy Downing Frances Howard, Baroness of East Haley 1633–1683 Birth: 1633 — Brampton, Cumbria, England Death: July 10, 1683 — London, Middlesex, England
Marriage	Marriage — 1654 —
3 years younger brother	Links Birth: 1656 32 23 — Essex, London, England Marriage: July 12, 1683 — Glamorganshire, Wales LifeSketch: Sir George Downing, 2nd Baronet (c. 1656 – June 1711) was a British civil servant. He was the son and heir of Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet, for whom Downing Street is named. His father worked as Teller of the Receipt of the Exchequer from 1660 until 1684 and was made a baronet of East Hatley, in 1663. In 1680, the younger George Downing joined his father as a Teller of the Receipt of the Exchequer, holding that position until April 1689. His father died in July 1684, and the younger Downing inherited his father's baronetcy. On 12 July 1683, Downing married Lady Catharine Cecil, daughter of James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, and his wife Lady Margaret Manners, daughter of the Earl of Rutland. They had one son before Lady Catharine's death in 1688, George Downing, who inherited his father's title upon the second baronet's death in June 1711. George married Mary Forester, daughter of Sir William Forester of Dothill, Shropshire, in whose home he was brought up following his mother's death. He also served as Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1686–87. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_Downing,_2nd_Baronet INDI:FSID: G8HZ-WDX Death: June 1711 — Gaminglay, Cambridgeshire, England Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse Catherine Cecil George Downing James Downing Isabella Elizabeth Downing George Downing 2nd Baronet Of East Hatley 1656–1711 Birth: 1656 32 23 — Essex, London, England Death: June 1711 — Gaminglay, Cambridgeshire, England
brother	Links Death: April 15, 1740 Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse Sarah Garrad Charles Downing –1740 Death: April 15, 1740
sister	Links Death: 1681 Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse John Cotton Francis Downing –1681 Death: 1681
sister	Links Death: March 8, 1676 Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse Henry Pickering Philadelphia Downing –1676 Death: March 8, 1676
himself	Links Marriage: September 2, 1669 — Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death: 1681 Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse John Downing –1681 Death: 1681
younger sister	Links Birth: 1664 40 31 Death: October 9, 1711 Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Lucy Downing 1664–1711 Birth: 1664 40 31 Death: October 9, 1711

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himself	Links Marriage: September 2, 1669 — Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death: 1681 Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse John Downing –1681 Death: 1681
Marriage	Marriage — September 2, 1669 — Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

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Shared note	Mehitabel Braybrooke Downing and Joan Braybrooke Penney are two of the ten women who signed a document in December 1692, accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witchcraft Trials.

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Family with parents
father Parents Emanuel Downing Lucy Winthrop	George Thomas Downing 1623–1684
mother	Frances Howard, Baroness of East Haley 1633–1683
younger brother Family Catherine Cecil George Downing James Downing Isabella Elizabeth Downing	George Downing 2nd Baronet Of East Hatley 1656–1711
brother Family Sarah Garrad	Charles Downing –1740
sister Family John Cotton	Francis Downing –1681
sister Family Henry Pickering	Philadelphia Downing –1676
himself	John Downing –1681
younger sister	Lucy Downing 1664–1711

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