Person:Frances Downman (1)

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Frances Downman
m. 23 Oct 1750
  1. Frances Downman1758 - 1821
  2. Rawleigh William Downman1762 - 1838
  3. Joseph Ball Downman - 1799
m. Bef 10 Mar 1781
Facts and Events
Name Frances Downman
Alt Name[1] Mrs. Fanny Ball
Gender Female
Birth? 4 May 1758 Lancaster, Virginia, United States
Marriage Bef 10 Mar 1781 Lancaster, Virginia, United Statesto Maj. James Ball
Other[1] 10 Mar 1781 Lancaster, Virginia, United Statesnamed in Will of Rawleigh Downman, her father
Death? 23 Jan 1821 Northumberland County, Virginia

Records in Virginia

1653-1800 Lancaster County, Virginia Wills [Ida J. Lee];
DOWNMAN, Rawleigh (Christ Church Parish). Will. 10 Mch. 1781. Rec. 19 Apl. 1781.
Wife Frances land in Richmond Co. bought of James Ball;
Sons: Joseph Ball Downman, Rawleigh William Downman (plantation called Windsor Forest in Stafford Co.) also my silver coffee pot which I gave him in lieu of a two handled cup given him by his grandmother Frances Ball, decd. Plantation in :Stafford and another in Fauquier to Joseph Ball Downman.
Daughter Fanny Ball, wife of Major James Ball, all my Continental certificates."
Extrs. John Chinn, Richard Mitchell, sons Jos. Ball and Rawleigh Wm. Downman.
Wits. Thos. White, Elizabeth White, Wm. Sydnor, Robert Chinn. W.B. 20, p. 188.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Will Abstract of Rawleigh Downman, in Lee, Ida J. Abstracts Lancaster County, Virginia, Wills, 1653-1800. (Richmond: Dietz Press, 1959).

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    DOWNMAN, Rawleigh (Christ Church Parish). Will. 10 Mch 1781. Rec. 19 Apl. 1781.
    Wife Frances land in Richmond Co. bought of James Ball ; sons: Joseph Ball Downman, Rawleigh William Downman (plantation called Windsor Forest in Stafford Co.) also my silver coffee pot which I gave him in lieu of a two handled cup given him by his grandmother Frances Ball, decd. Plantation in Stafford and another in Fauquier to Joseph Ball Downman. Daughter Fanny Ball, wife of Major James Ball, all of my Continental certificates." Extrs. John Chinn, Richard Mitchell, sons Jos. Ball and Rawleigh Wm. Downman. Wits. Thos. White, Elizabeth White, Wm. Sydnor, Robert Chinn. W.B. 20, p. 188.
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    [Identifies her a daughter of Rawleigh and Frances Downman and wife of Major James Ball.]

  2.   Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties.