John Downing 1640

John Downing, 1640–1694 (aged 54 years)

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John Downing

Name: John /Downing/

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Birth	March 1, 1640 54 39 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Latitude: 42.519543 Longitude: -70.896706
Marriage of a half-sister	Anthony Stoddard — Mary Downing — View this family about 1640 (aged 0)
Marriage of a half-sister	Robert Roberts — Susan Downing — View this family 1642 (aged 1 year) Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Source: Public Member Trees Citation details: Database online. Text: Record for Susan Downing
Death of a half-sister	Mary Downing June 16, 1647 (aged 7 years) Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Marriage of a sister	William Norton — Lucy Downing — View this family about 1649 (aged 8 years) Massachusetts, USA
Marriage of a brother	George Thomas Downing — Frances Howard, Baroness of East Haley — View this family 1654 (aged 13 years)
Marriage of a sister	Joseph Gardner — Ann Downing — View this family about 1656 (aged 15 years) Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Latitude: 42.519543 Longitude: -70.896706
Death of a father	Emanuel Downing July 26, 1656 (aged 16 years) Edenburgh, Scotland
Death of a father	Emanuel Downing July 26, 1658 (aged 18 years) Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Source: Public Member Trees Citation details: Database online. Text: Record for Emanuel Downing
Death of a father	Emanuel Downing July 26, 1658 (aged 18 years) Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Source: Public Member Trees Citation details: Database online. Text: Record for Dorcas Bellamy
Death of a sister	Martha Downing after 1662 (aged 21 years) Westinster, England
Death of a half-sister	Susan Downing September 25, 1666 (aged 26 years) Essex, Massachusetts, USA Source: Public Member Trees Citation details: Database online. Text: Record for Susan Downing
Marriage	Mehitabel Braybrooke — View this family November 2, 1669 (aged 29 years) Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Birth of a daughter	Sarah Downing 1673 (aged 32 years)
Marriage of a sister	Simon Bradstreet — Ann Downing — View this family June 6, 1676 (aged 36 years)
Death of a mother	Lucy Winthrop April 19, 1679 (aged 39 years) London, England
Birth of a son	Nathaniel Downing November 17, 1679 (aged 39 years) Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Burial of a brother	George Thomas Downing 1684 (aged 43 years) All Saints Church, Croydon, Cambridgeshire, England Source: FamilySearch Family Tree Citation details: References Muskett, Joseph James (1900). Suffolk Manorial Families, Being the County Visitations and Other Pedigrees. W. Pollard. p. 99. Retrieved 13 June 2017. Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1914. p. 382. Retrieved 13 June 2017. Shipton, Clifford Kenyon (1873). Sibley's Harvard Graduates: Biographical Sketches of Those who Attended Harvard College ... with ... Massachusetts Historical Society. p. 28. Retrieved 13 June 2017. Waters, Henry Fitz-Gilbert (1901). Genealogical Gleanings in England. New England Historic Genealogical Society. p. 37. Retrieved 13 June 2017. "Sir George Downing". Encyclopædia Britannica (online). Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 29 August 2015. "Sir George Downing". Online Encyclopedia - Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 29 August 2015. Maitland, Frederic William (1908). The Constitutional History of England: A Course of Le External link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_Downing,_1st_Baronet Note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_Downing,_1st_Baronet
Death of a brother	George Thomas Downing July 7, 1684 (aged 44 years) Camlingay, Cambridgeshire, England Source: FamilySearch Family Tree External link: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/1981/records/19554 Note: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/1981/records/19554
Marriage of a daughter	Thomas Lufkin — Sarah Downing — View this family December 22, 1692 (aged 52 years) Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Latitude: 42.615925 Longitude: -70.661964
Death	April 29, 1694 (aged 54 years) Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: May 1, 1585 35 25 — St. Lawrence, Ipswich, England Birth: August 12, 1585 35 25 — St Lawrence, Ipswich, Suff, England Birth: August 12, 1585 35 25 — Ipswich, Suffolk, England Education: December 1602 — Enter Cambridge University Marriage: April 10, 1622 — Groton, England Arrival: 1633 — New England Immigration: 1638 — Sailed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony on the Thomas and Francis Arrival: 1638 — Salem, Massachusetts Arrival: between 1620 and 1650 — Salem, Massachusetts Death: July 26, 1656 — Edenburgh, Scotland Death: July 26, 1658 — Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Death: July 26, 1658 — Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse Lucy Winthrop George Thomas Downing Lucy Downing Joshua Downing Robert Downing Ann Downing Martha Downing John Downing Family with spouse Ann Ware Susan Downing James Downing Mary Downing Emanuel Downing 1585–1658 Birth: August 12, 1585 35 25 — St Lawrence, Ipswich, Suff, England Death: July 26, 1658 — Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
mother	Links Birth: January 9, 1601 52 43 — Groton Hall, England Marriage: April 10, 1622 — Groton, England Immigration: 1638 — Traveled to Massachusetts Bay Colony on the Thomas and Francis Religion: November 4, 1638 — Admitted to the Church in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts Death: April 19, 1679 — London, England Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse Emanuel Downing George Thomas Downing Lucy Downing Joshua Downing Robert Downing Ann Downing Martha Downing John Downing Lucy Winthrop 1601–1679 Birth: January 9, 1601 52 43 — Groton Hall, England Death: April 19, 1679 — London, England
Marriage	Marriage — April 10, 1622 — Groton, England
17 months elder brother	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
2 years elder sister	Links Birth: about 1625 39 23 — Ipswich, Suffolk, England Marriage: about 1649 — Massachusetts, USA Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse William Norton Lucy Downing 1625– Birth: about 1625 39 23 — Ipswich, Suffolk, England
3 years elder brother	Links Birth: before February 3, 1628 42 27 — London, England Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Joshua Downing 1628– Birth: before February 3, 1628 42 27 — London, England
14 months elder brother	Links Birth: March 24, 1629 43 28 — London St. Bride's Church Fleet Street, Middlesex, England Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Robert Downing 1629– Birth: March 24, 1629 43 28 — London St. Bride's Church Fleet Street, Middlesex, England
5 years elder sister	Links Birth: about 1633 47 31 — London, England Marriage: about 1656 — Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Marriage: June 6, 1676 Death: April 19, 1713 — Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse Joseph Gardner Family with spouse Simon Bradstreet Ann Downing 1633–1713 Birth: about 1633 47 31 — London, England Death: April 19, 1713 — Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
4 years elder sister	Links Birth: March 31, 1637 51 36 — St. Clement Danes, Westminster, Middlesex, England Death: after 1662 — Westinster, England Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Martha Downing 1637–1662 Birth: March 31, 1637 51 36 — St. Clement Danes, Westminster, Middlesex, England Death: after 1662 — Westinster, England
3 years himself	Links Birth: March 1, 1640 54 39 — Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Marriage: November 2, 1669 — Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA Death: April 29, 1694 — Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse Mehitabel Braybrooke Sarah Downing David Downing Nathaniel Downing John Downing 1640–1694 Birth: March 1, 1640 54 39 — Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death: April 29, 1694 — Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Father’s family with Ann Ware
father	Links Birth: May 1, 1585 35 25 — St. Lawrence, Ipswich, England Birth: August 12, 1585 35 25 — St Lawrence, Ipswich, Suff, England Birth: August 12, 1585 35 25 — Ipswich, Suffolk, England Education: December 1602 — Enter Cambridge University Marriage: April 10, 1622 — Groton, England Arrival: 1633 — New England Immigration: 1638 — Sailed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony on the Thomas and Francis Arrival: 1638 — Salem, Massachusetts Arrival: between 1620 and 1650 — Salem, Massachusetts Death: July 26, 1656 — Edenburgh, Scotland Death: July 26, 1658 — Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Death: July 26, 1658 — Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse Lucy Winthrop George Thomas Downing Lucy Downing Joshua Downing Robert Downing Ann Downing Martha Downing John Downing Family with spouse Ann Ware Susan Downing James Downing Mary Downing Emanuel Downing 1585–1658 Birth: August 12, 1585 35 25 — St Lawrence, Ipswich, Suff, England Death: July 26, 1658 — Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
father’s partner	Links Birth: 1592 — Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Death: October 23, 1641 — Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse Emanuel Downing Susan Downing James Downing Mary Downing Ann Ware 1592–1641 Birth: 1592 — Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Death: October 23, 1641 — Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
half-sister	Links Birth: 1622 36 30 — St Michael Corn, London, London, England Birth: 1622 36 30 — St Michael Corn, London, London, England Marriage: 1642 — Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death: September 25, 1666 — Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death: September 25, 1666 — Essex, Massachusetts, USA Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse Robert Roberts Ephraim Roberts Susan Downing 1622–1666 Birth: 1622 36 30 — St Michael Corn, London, London, England Death: September 25, 1666 — Essex, Massachusetts, USA
half-brother	Links Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map James Downing –
half-sister	Links Birth: July 15, 1615 29 23 — London, Middlesex, England Immigration: 1633 — Travel on the Mary & Jane from England to Boston, MA Marriage: about 1640 Death: June 16, 1647 — Boston, Massachusetts, USA Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse Anthony Stoddard Benjamin Stoddard Solomon Stoddard Mary Downing 1615–1647 Birth: July 15, 1615 29 23 — London, Middlesex, England Death: June 16, 1647 — Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Family with Mehitabel Braybrooke
himself	Links Birth: March 1, 1640 54 39 — Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Marriage: November 2, 1669 — Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA Death: April 29, 1694 — Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse Mehitabel Braybrooke Sarah Downing David Downing Nathaniel Downing John Downing 1640–1694 Birth: March 1, 1640 54 39 — Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death: April 29, 1694 — Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
wife	Links Birth: 1652 — Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Marriage: November 2, 1669 — Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA Death: April 25, 1721 — Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse John Downing Sarah Downing David Downing Nathaniel Downing Mehitabel Braybrooke 1652–1721 Birth: 1652 — Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death: April 25, 1721 — Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Marriage	Marriage — November 2, 1669 — Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
4 years daughter	Links Birth: 1673 32 21 Marriage: December 22, 1692 — Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death: May 21, 1724 — Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse Thomas Lufkin Sarah Downing 1673–1724 Birth: 1673 32 21 Death: May 21, 1724 — Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
son	Links Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map David Downing –
son	Links Birth: November 17, 1679 39 27 — Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Marriage: August 10, 1704 — Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA Death: about September 20, 1723 Links Compact tree Interactive tree Pedigree map Family with spouse Margaret Pynchon Nathaniel Downing 1679–1723 Birth: November 17, 1679 39 27 — Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death: about September 20, 1723

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Shared note	Mehitabel was the illegitimate child of Richard Braybrook and his indentured servant Alice Ellys.

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Family with parents
father Parents George Downing Dorcas Bellamy	Emanuel Downing 1585–1658
mother Parents Adam Winthrop Anne Brown	Lucy Winthrop 1601–1679
elder brother Family 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
elder sister Family William Norton	Lucy Downing 1625–
elder brother	Joshua Downing 1628–
elder brother	Robert Downing 1629–
elder sister Family Joseph Gardner Family Simon Bradstreet	Ann Downing 1633–1713
elder sister	Martha Downing 1637–1662
himself	John Downing 1640–1694

Father’s family with Ann Ware
father Parents George Downing Dorcas Bellamy	Emanuel Downing 1585–1658
father’s partner	Ann Ware 1592–1641
half-sister Family Robert Roberts Ephraim Roberts	Susan Downing 1622–1666
half-brother	James Downing –
half-sister Family Anthony Stoddard Benjamin Stoddard Solomon Stoddard	Mary Downing 1615–1647

Family with Mehitabel Braybrooke
himself	John Downing 1640–1694
wife	Mehitabel Braybrooke 1652–1721
daughter Family Thomas Lufkin	Sarah Downing 1673–1724
son	David Downing –
son Family Margaret Pynchon	Nathaniel Downing 1679–1723

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John Downing(1640–1694)
- Mehitabel Braybrooke1669