↑ 1.01.11.21.3 Hyde, Myrtle Stevens, “A Study of the Downing Family in England, with Connections in Early New England”, v. 74 [Jul-Oct 1999] : 161-174, 299-308., in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.) (at 74:302).
ABIGAIL(1) DOWNING, bp. 5 Oct 1617 (the parish register lists the father as John Downing, but obviously Joseph is meant), d. Hadley, Mass., 8 Nov. 1694; m. RICHARD(1) Montague.