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Facts and Events
Ebenezer3 (Thomas2 Thomas1), of Somersworth; Lebanon, 1754; Arundel, 1758; housewright, yeoman; bought land at Arundel, 1755. Ebenezer, apprent. ab. 1701 to Richard Pinkham; adult in 1715, housewright List 298. His captivity in Bummer’s War is much in print Farmer’s Belknap, p. 205, N. E. Capt. ii. 164. The letter of 25 Aug. 1725 in the News Letter says he had 5 ch. at Piscataqua. He was a Quaker and was taken by the Indians in 1724 and grossly insulted and abused for refusing to dance for their diversion, but the Quaker records, so generous in some respects, ungratefully refuse to give us any mention of him. "The Boston News Letter" in 1725 says that he returned from captivity "having a wife and five children at Pascataqua". In 1746 he deeded half his homestead to his s. Ebenezer. Ab. 1760 Ephraim and Ebenezer Downes were liv. in Arundel, and went east. Wife Elizabeth 1737-1755.
Early Narraguagus River families of Washington County, Maine. state without citation that his wife was Elizabeth Hanson. Their work is so reliable that this is probably true. Certainly the Downes and the Hansons were close. They were both Quakers living in the same areas. Ebenezer's aunt Ann2 Lord (1678-1745) married Tobias3 Hason. Perhaps the answer is hidden somewhere in Friends Records, Dover, N.H., Monthly Meeting,” NHGR 2(1904–5):77–78, 124 or “Journal of the Rev. John Pike,” N.H. Hist. Soc. Colls., 3(Concord, N.H., 1832):47. Both Pike and the meeting notes have antidotes about both families.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thomas Downes of Dover, NH and his Descendants, in Tibbetts, Charles W, ed, and New Hampshire Society of Genealogists. The New Hampshire genealogical record. (Dover, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Genealogical Society )
6:148, Jan 1909.
Ebenezer3 Downes (Thomas2 Thomas1), of Somersworth; Lebanon, 1754; Arundel, 1758; housewright, yeoman; bought land at Arundel, 1755. His wife as shown by deeds 1737-1755 was Elizabeth, Ebenezer was a Quaker and was taken by the Indians in 1724 and grossly insulted and abused for refusing to dance for their diversion, but the Quaker records, so generous in some respects, ungratefully refuse to give us any mention of him. "The Boston News Letter" in 1725 says that he returned from captivity "having a wife and five children at Pascataqua".
Children:
Ebenezer4 Downes, of Somersworth, Arundel, laborer; with father conveys all their land in Somersworth to James Pike 1755; 1755 buys land at Arundel; 1756 buys land at Coxhall (Lyman); 1777 with wife Jane both of a place called Number 4, county of Lincoln conveys land at Newington belonging to John Walton, father of Jane. He married Jane, daughter of John Walton of Newington.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939).
Ebenezer3 Downes (son of Thomas2 and Mary2 (Lord) Downes), apprent. ab. 1701 to Richard Pinkham; adult in 1715, housewright. List 298. His captivity in Bummer’s War is much in print—Farmer’s Belknap, p. 205, N. E. Capt. ii. 164. The letter of 25 Aug. 1725 printed in the News Letter says he had 5 ch. at Piscataqua. In 1746 he deeded half his homestead to his s. Ebenezer. Ab. 1760 Ephraim and Ebenezer Downes were liv. in Arundel, and went east. Wife Elizabeth 1737-1755.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Priscilla Eaton, The Descendants of Nathan1 Lord of Kitery (Part II), in Lapham, William B. (William Berry). The Maine genealogist and biographer : a quarterly journal. (Augusta, Maine: Maine Genealogical and Biographical Society)
Vol 33.2 71-88@78-81, May 2011.
[This is part II of a three part article published in volumes 33.1-33.3 in Feb, May, Aug, 2001].
Ebenezer3 Downes (son of Thomas2 and Mary2 (Lord) Downes), b. say 1692; m. ELIZABETH —. On 1 Oct. 1716, Ebenezer Downes of Dover sold to John Hurd 50 acres, “being one half of land given my brother Thomas Downes, by my grandmother Martha Lord.”298 Ebenezer’s captivity during Dummer’s War is much in print. In 1724 he was captured by Indians and carried to Canada, where he refused to dance for the entertainment of his captors. The Boston News-Letter of 2 Sept. 1725 noted that he returned from captivity in 1725, “having a Wife & five Children at Piscataqua.” Ebenezer was still living in 1755 when he bought land in Arundel.299
Children of Ebenezer3 and Elizabeth (—) Downes:
1. Ebenezer Downs,300 m. Jane Walton.301
2. Nathaniel Downes, m. prob. Berwick, bef. 2 March 1756, Susanna —.302
3. Lois Downes, m. abt. 1749, Mathurin Ricker.303
4. Ephraim Downes.
298 Lord, Descendants of Nathan Lord, 62.
299 “Thomas Downes of Dover, N.H., and His Descendants, NHGR 6(1909):148.
300 In 1746 his father deeded him half his homestead (Gen. Dict. Maine & N.H., 203).
301 In 1777 Ebenezer Downes, with wife Jane, both of a place called Number 4, Lincoln Co., conveyed land at Newington to John Walton, father of Jane (“Thomas Downes of Dover, N.H., and His Descendants,” NHGR 6(1909):149.
302 Nathaniel and Susanna Downs baptized sons Nathaniel and Ichabod, 2 March 1756
(Anderson, Berwick Church Records, 212).
303 N.H. Province Deeds, 44:410
- Downs, in Lamson, Darryl B. (Darryl Byron), and Leonard F Tibbetts. Early Narraguagus River families of Washington County, Maine. (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, c2002)
1:260-1.
Ebenezer4 Downes Jr, b 172?; d 1810+ [d 16 Sept 1803 per Stu TR?]; son of Ebenezer3 (Thomas2-1) and Elizabeth3 Hanson (of Thomas2-1 Hanson) Downs; laborer at Somersworth NH { 175 5}, moved to Arundel { 175 6}, then to Township #4 {1777} married second to JANE5 WALTON, b 1728/30+; d 1800+; dau of Samuel4 and Elizabeth3 (Pray) Walton of Newington NH. On 28 Nov 1791 he sold his 110-acre homestead lot north of Tunk Stream to son Ebenezer for 100 pounds [Wash Co Deed 1 :515]; He held settlers' lot at Cherryfield that was occupied 1796-98 by Mrs. Hannah(-) Fickett Wakefield
This source is very reliable but the authors do not state the source of the information regarding Elizabeth Hanson.
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