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Descendants of Thomas DOWNS

Generation No. 1

1. Sr. Thomas¹ DOWNS¹ was born 2 Feb 1611/12 in England¹, and died 21 Jan 1698/99 in Dover, Strafford Co., NH¹. He married Katherine (?)¹. She died 23 Dec 1702 in Dover, Strafford Co., NH¹.

Notes for Sr. Thomas DOWNS:
Thomas DOWNES came to Boston, Massachusetts in 1650 on the ship "Defiance". Thomas was in Boston in 1652 where he witnessed the will of George BURDEN. The town of Dover, NH granted him land in Conchecho in 1656. He was taxed there in 1657. In 1675, he bought ten acres of the town and he was one of the petitioners to remain a part of Massachusetts in 1677. In 1670, Thomas sold Jediah ANDREWS of Salisbury "My late dwelling house and lot" on east side of the neck, bounded by Fore River, south by Mr. RAYNOR'S land, north and west by The Common. In 1687, he sold Thomas HANSON fifty acres granted him by the town in 1656 at Conchecho near Mr. RAYNOR'S. Thomas was constable in 1666. He was a shoemaker by trade.
Thomas owned 60 acres in Great Falls, NH (now called Somersworth, NH). It was at Indigo Hill. There was a saw mill and grist mill just below the falls in Somersworth. In 1750, Samuel DOWNS owned this land. In 1900, a Mr. MORRILL owned a part of it.
Rev. PIKE says in his diary that Thomas DOWNS died after one months illness.

MAINE PIONEERS, 1623 - 1660

Thomas DOWNS of Dover, fined in 1657 for going in his boat on the Sabbath. Wife Katherine; Ch. Elizabeth b. 17 Nov 1663. (Dov. Hist. Coll.)
Estate admin. by son Gershom, 1713.

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One of Thomas DOWNS's descendants, William Ephraim Daniel DOWNES, wrote the article "Thomas DOWNES of Dover, NH, and His Descendants" that is used for most of the reference material for the DOWNS genealogy. He graduated from Harvard University with high honors in 1891. In 1899, He received his Doctor of Philosophy at Boston University.

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More About Sr. Thomas DOWNS:
Medical Information: According to Rev. Pike's diary, "Thomas Downes, senior, died after one months sickness, wanting only twelve days of eighty-seven years old."¹
Occupation: 1666, Served as Constable, but was a shoemaker by trade

More About Katherine (?):
Medical Information: According to Rev. Pike's diary, "Old sister Downs died with illness, age and suffering."²

Children of Thomas DOWNS and Katherine (?) are:

	2	i.	Rebecca² DOWNS ³, born 22 Apr 1652 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA.
+	3	ii.	Sergt. Thomas DOWNES, Jr., born 17 Mar 1653/54 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA; died 1711 in Kittery, York Co., ME.
	4	iii.	Elizabeth DOWNS³, born 17 Nov 1663 in Dover, Strafford Co., NH³.

More About Elizabeth DOWNS:
Burial: Dover, Strafford Co., NH

iv.

Mary DOWNS, born 1664 in Dover, Strattford Co., NH; died 1696 in Dover, Strafford Co., NH.

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