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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. From Worldconnect database of Frank Mitchell accessed 13 Feb 2010: "Deborah m. John Downs, Sr.(?). Deborah is not mentioned in the will of her father, dated 22 Oct 1714, so had probably died by that time. Her son is mentioned as "my grandson, John Downs."
2. FHL book 929.273 R871rg "Ancestry of Long Island and Greenwich 1667-1992," by Rundall, Austin, Brownhill, Parker (poorly punctuated), pp. 518-519:
"DEBORAH? (Rundle/Rundall) Downs 2, William Rundle Sr. 1.
Resided: Greenwich Community, Fairfield Co. CT.
Born: ca 1683 Greenwich, Fairfield Co. Connecticut.
Died: ca 1710? prior to writing of her father's Will dated Oct. 22, 1714.
Parents: William Rundle / Abigail Mills wife 2.
Married: ca 1700-1709 ? to (John?) Downs (given name not known).
Children (Downs)3:
1) John, b. ca 1700 1709 (before Oct. 22, 1714 Will of William Rundle 1 who left his grdson John Downs 2 shillings).
Compiler note: Deborah? Rundle - (her name remains unconfirmed) however, we note her eldest sister, Sarah (Rundle) Knapp, named her fifth child born Aug. 25 1710, Deborah (Knapp). Was this child named in her sister's memory? To compound this mystery, the Downs Family GENEALOGIES by Jacobus list John Downs Sr. as having seven sons with Deborah the name of two sons' wives. The 2nd wife of John Jr. was Deborah Odell. They married May 25th 1713; she died May 23, 1745 at Greenfield. Son Daniel m. Deborah who had children between the years of 1716-1722 after the death of Deborah Rundle Downs. According to Jacobus' records there could be only one other exception, that of John Downs Sr.'s youngest son Nathaniel born Dec. 27, 1676 and bpt. Sep. 27, 1685 at New Haven (no further information on him). Is it possible Nathaniel Downs was attracted to Deborah Rundle thus giving the Downs a third daughter-in-law by name of Deborah? If so, it is probable the couple named their son John after Nathaniel's father, John Downs.
References:
1. Families of ANCIENT NEW HAVEN... Compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A. Vol. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII... 1922 to 1939; reissued 1974 - Downs Family Genealogy.
2. FAN'S of Old Fairfield V. 1. See Anne 1-10-3-8. Downs Family.
3. William Rundle 1 Will See copy in Chapter 1.
4. "Ye Historie Ye Greenwich.". See William 1. pg. 453: "John Downs, Jr. Sep. 12 1719 bought land of Joseph Ferris."
SOURCES_MISC:
1. FHL book 929.273-K727kf: "Knapp's N' Kin, The Ancestral Lines of Frederick H Knapp and Others," compiled by: Frederick H Knapp, Rt. #2, Box 438C, AB Hwy, Richland, Missouri, 65556; 1987; Revised/Updated 1991. It notes the following sources, none of which I have yet reviewed:
-Hist. of G'Wich, by S.P. Mead (1911).
-Hist. of Stamford, CT, by E.B. Huntington.
-G'wich VR's.
-Fam. of Old F'fld, by D.L. Jacobus.
-Mass. Col. Rec., Vol. I.
-TAG Vol. 25, p. 38 (1949)
-New Haven Co. VR's.
-Rundle Fam. of America (1992).
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