Catharine DOWNING
Born: 9 May 1774, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: April 1869,
Died: April 1869,
Married: Barnabas Collins O'BRIEN 23 November 1793
William
DOWNING
Born
5 February 1749
,
Londonderry, New Hampshire, New England
Died
12 June 1816
,
Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Born: 5 February 1749 in Londonderry, New Hampshire, New England
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William married Mary LOGAN abt. 1768 in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary LOGAN was born abt. 1744 in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland. Mary died abt. 1793 in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada .
William DOWNING died 12 June 1816 in Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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William DOWNING married 
Mary LOGAN
Marriage date: abt. 1768
Marriage place: Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mary LOGANMarriage date: abt. 1768
Marriage place: Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Birth — 17495 February 1749
Londonderry, New Hampshire, New England
1774 Birth of ChildCatharine DOWNING was born 9 May 1774, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cobequid, Acadia)
William was 25 years old.
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
Death — 181612 June 1816
Onslow, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
He died at the age of 67.
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New Hampshire was named by Captain John Mason after Hampshire, England. (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1686 - New England
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1775 - New Hampshire, New England
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of New Hampshire
June 21, 1788 - New Hampshire becomes 9th U.S. state
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