↑ 1.01.1 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 74:174).
JOSHUA DOWNING, bp. St. Brides, Fleet Street, London, 3 Feb. 1627/8 (father called "Gent." in entry, and the mother is "Luce"); m. ----- -----. In Salem 1642/3; Barbados 1647; and collector at Glasgow 1658.