Joel Ellsworth Downing 1890

Joel Ellsworth DOWNING

 was Born on August 8, 1890 in Valley Creek, Chester Co., Pa. Joel Ellsworth died on 23 July 23, 1984, he was 93. he was buried in St. Paul's Churchyard, Lionsville, Pa. Alias/AKA: Ellsworth.

 

On December 3, 1916, when Joel Ellsworth was 26, he married Clara Wilson, (Great Aunt), daughter of William Frederick Wilson Jr. and Anna Margaret Dunlap. Clare was born on April 18, 1893 in Lionville, Chester Co., Pa. and died on July 16, 1975, she was 82. She was buried in St. Paul's Churchyard, Lionsville, Pa. She resided in Anselma, Pa. in 1916.

They had the following children:

                        William Ellsworth (1C1R), born on April 14, 1918. William died on August 10, 1987, he was 69. On February 14, 1948, when William Ellsworth was 29, he married Irene McLaughlin, born  About 1920.

                         Dorothy Wilson (1C1R) was born on July 14, 1919 in West Chester, Chester Co., Pa. and died in 2008. She resided in Alaska in 1968. She resided in Washington State in 2007. On 11 March 11, 1968, when Dorothy Wilson was 48, she married Robert E. Menig, born about 1919. Robert E. died on March 22, 1990, he was 71.

                       Anna Margaret (1C1R) was born on July 27, 1921 in West Chester, Chester Co., Pa. On November 5, 1945, when Anna Margaret was 24, she married William George Baldwin Sr., born about 1920.

                        Ruth Esther (1C1R) was born on August 16, 1923 and died in 2008. She resided in Pocopson Home in 2007. On March 30, 1946, when Ruth Esther was 22, she married Marshall Fields, born about 1930. Marshall died on January 31, 1987, he was 57.

                        Marian Louise (1C1R) was born on September 11, 1925 in Sugartown, Chester Co., Pa. Marian Louise died on December 6, 1986, she was 61. On February 19, 1949, when Marian Louise was 23, she married Wallace E. Conner, born about 1925

                        Clara Jean (1C1R) was born on June 12, 1928 in Sugartown, Chester Co., Pa. On January 3, 1947, when Clara Jean was 18, she married Albert Holston, born about 1925.

                        Alice Lucinda (1C1R), born on June 15, 1931 in Sugartown, Chester Co., Pa. Namesake: Great Grandmother Lucinda Couch Evans and her Father's sister Alice Lucinda Downing. On July 25, 1952, when Alice Lucinda was 21, she first married Leslie C. Hughes, born about 1930. They were divorced in January 1958.

On August 28, 1959, when Alice Lucinda was 28, she second married Granville B. Cantrell, born on October 12, 1919. Granville B. died on January 20, 1993, he was 73. He was buried in St. Paul's Churchyard, Lionsville, Pa.

(See Family Currents Wilsons for further information on the children of Ellsworth and Clara Downing.

Anna Margaret Downing 1921

Anna Margaret Downing (1C1R) was born on July 27, 1921 in West Chester, Chester Co., Pa. On November 5, 1945, when Anna Margaret was 24, she married William George Baldwin Sr., born about 1920.

They had the following children:

                        William George (2nd Cousin) was born on February 16, 1947. On October 1, 1983, when William George was 36, he married Janet Holowecky, born about 1950.

                        Diane Margaret (1953-)

George H. Brown 1720

George H. Brown was my 5th Great Grandfather. Born on 8 Nov 1720 in Pennsmanor, Bucks Cunty., Pa., George H died in Falls Township, Bucks County Pa. about 1790.

Children:
George (1765-1797)
Adley (1772-1842)

Mercy Brown, my 6th Great Aunt, was born January 12, 1722 in Falls Township, Bucks County. Pa. and died in Falls Township, Pa. on January 22, 1784, she was 62.

On September 7, 1747 when Mercy was 25, she married Joshua Baldwin, son of John Baldwin and Hannah, in Falls Township, Bucks, Pa. Born on Novenber 13, 1721 in Chester, Chester County, Pa. Joshua died in E. Caln, Chester County, PA on May 13, 1800, he was 78.

IGI (BES) batch 7303620 sheet 76 film 822630 (ss) batch 7303620 sheet 86 film 822630 Marriage: Records of Goshen Mtg. in "Society of Friends Records of Chester County", page 130, film 389402, in Salt Lake City Genealogical Library. Joshua was the son of John (2), the son of John (1) of Middletown, who came with brothers Thomas and Francis Baldwin from Oxfordshire, England, and first settled in Aston, now in Delaware, before 1689. He was a Quaker and m. Katharine Carter, Wid. Edward Turner, 1689. After the death of his first wife, Sarah Downing, Joshua Baldwin married Mercy Brown

(Joshua was to marry again into the family with Ann Meredith). Joshua and Mercy had a daughter, Hannah Baldwin. Hannah married William Milhous, who was the 4xgreat grandfather of Richard Milhous Nixon, also a Quaker.

They had the following children:
Hannah (1748-1825)

John was born on December 11, 1751 in Goshen, Chester Co., Pa. John died on December 26, 1758, he was 7.1

Samuel was.born on 13 April 13, 1754 in Chester County, Pa. Samuel died in August 1778, he was 24.1

Rachel was born on July 13, 1756 in Chester County, Pa. Rachel died about 1826.

Ann was born on December 13, 1758 in Chester County, Pa. Ann died about 1828.

Mercy was born on January 15, 1761 in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. Mercy died in Short Creek, Jefferson County, Ohio on 15 December 15, 1835, she was 74.

Jane was born on March 22, 1763 in Cecil, Pa. Jane died about 1833.