John Downs1,2,3
M, b. 17 July 1704, d. 16 July 1745
| Father | William Downs b. 1 Feb 1667/68, d. 2 Mar 1707/8 |
| Mother | Abigail Ryder b. c 1672, d. 28 Dec 1751 |
John was born on Thursday, 17 July 1704 in Aquabogue in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. John married Margaret Howell, daughter of Jacob Howell and Margaret Parshall, on 16 May 1728 in Aquabogue in the Town of Southold.3 The family resided at Aquabogue, Suffolk Co., L.I., New York. John made his will on 9 July 1745 at the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
In the name of God, Amen. I, John Downs, of Southold in Suffolk County, yeoman, being weak and sick. "I give my Soul to God, in hopes of a kind reception through Jesus Christ, my Lord, and my body to the Earth to be decently buried in hopes of a Joyfull and Comfortable Resurrection at the Last Day." All debts and funeral expenses are to be paid by my executors. I leave to my eldest son John 1/2 of my land northward of Long Hole, and he shall have his half on the east side joining to my brother William Downs; I also leave him 1/2 of my Little Neck, that is the south end of both land and meadow; and he is to allow his mother, my now wife, the improvement of the same till he is of age, and then she is to have the use of 1/3 so long as she remains my widow. I leave to my third son, James, the other half of my land, from the middle of Long Hole to the Sound uplond the west side; also 1/2 of my Little Neck, both land and meadow upon the north; my wife to have the improvement of it till he is of age. And my son James shall have a drift way through the land which I have given to my son John to the bridge. And my sons John and James shall have a drift way from the bridge to the south road. I leave to my second son Daniel all my land and meadow which I have not disposed of, except 1/2 of the swamp called the Long Hole which lieth against the land which I give to my son John: And my wife is have the use of it till my son John is of age. I leave to my wife Margaret the use of all lands as above and all moveable estate for her " to dispose among my children as she sees fit, and when she sees." execpt 4 cows, which I give to my four daughters [not named], and I make my wife executor. Dated July 9, 1745. Witnesses, Jacob Howell, Youngs Wells, Daniel Wells.4
John departed this life on Friday, 16 July 1745 in Aquabogue in the Town of Southold at age 40 years, 11 months and 29 days. He was buried at Jamesport in the Jamesport Cemetery. The inscription on his tombstone reads: HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF MR JOHN DOWNS WHO DIED JULY Ye 16th 1745 IN ye 41st YEAR OF HIS AGE. His will was probated on 5 August 1745.
In the name of God, Amen. I, John Downs, of Southold in Suffolk County, yeoman, being weak and sick. "I give my Soul to God, in hopes of a kind reception through Jesus Christ, my Lord, and my body to the Earth to be decently buried in hopes of a Joyfull and Comfortable Resurrection at the Last Day." All debts and funeral expenses are to be paid by my executors. I leave to my eldest son John 1/2 of my land northward of Long Hole, and he shall have his half on the east side joining to my brother William Downs; I also leave him 1/2 of my Little Neck, that is the south end of both land and meadow; and he is to allow his mother, my now wife, the improvement of the same till he is of age, and then she is to have the use of 1/3 so long as she remains my widow. I leave to my third son, James, the other half of my land, from the middle of Long Hole to the Sound uplond the west side; also 1/2 of my Little Neck, both land and meadow upon the north; my wife to have the improvement of it till he is of age. And my son James shall have a drift way through the land which I have given to my son John to the bridge. And my sons John and James shall have a drift way from the bridge to the south road. I leave to my second son Daniel all my land and meadow which I have not disposed of, except 1/2 of the swamp called the Long Hole which lieth against the land which I give to my son John: And my wife is have the use of it till my son John is of age. I leave to my wife Margaret the use of all lands as above and all moveable estate for her " to dispose among my children as she sees fit, and when she sees." execpt 4 cows, which I give to my four daughters [not named], and I make my wife executor. Dated July 9, 1745. Witnesses, Jacob Howell, Youngs Wells, Daniel Wells.4
John departed this life on Friday, 16 July 1745 in Aquabogue in the Town of Southold at age 40 years, 11 months and 29 days. He was buried at Jamesport in the Jamesport Cemetery. The inscription on his tombstone reads: HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF MR JOHN DOWNS WHO DIED JULY Ye 16th 1745 IN ye 41st YEAR OF HIS AGE. His will was probated on 5 August 1745.
Family | Margaret Howell b. c 1711 |
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Citations
- [S30] New York Historical Society, Collections of the New York Historical Society Abstract of Wills, Volume 28: pages 49-50.
- [S181] William Salmon, The Salmon Records, a Private Registar of Marriages & Deaths of the Residents of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, N.Y., and of persons more or less closely associated with that place, 1696-1811., page 126.
- [S2249] Aurtho Channing Down, Down Family of Long Island, page 62.
- [S506] Note: New York Wills: Liber 15, page 421.