WILLIAM DOWNEY, II: Owings Stone Family Genealogy — 20,000+ ancestors and their relatives

Suffix II

Birth 11 May 1789 Virginia

Gender Male

Cause of Death of injuries when thrown from a horse

Education Princeton College; read law with Judge Henry St. George Tucker, of Va.

Graduated Princeton (studied law)

Military Note Downey, William. Pa. Pa. Ens 16 infantry 14 July 1813; 2 lieutenant 15 Aug 1813; 1 lieutenant 22 Feb 1814; honorable discharged 15 June 1815; 2 lieutenant 5 infantry 3 Sept 1816; honorable discharged 1 June 1821.

-- Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, D, p. 381

Occupation Mason

Religion Presbyterian

Died 24 Oct 1828 Frederick Co., Maryland

Buried Frederick Co., Maryland

Person ID I1269 Owings Stone Genealogy, Ancestry & Heritage

Last Modified 15 Oct 2006 00:00:00

Father JOHN DOWNEY, b. 20 Aug 1753, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania

Mother RUHAMA STOCKSDALE, b. Abt 1750, Lancaster Co., Penn.

Family ID F865 Group Sheet

Family CORDELIA HARRIS DORSEY, b. 19 Feb 1798, Frederick Co., Maryland

Married 30 Sep 1813 Frederick Co., Maryland [3, 5]

Children

	1. Maria Downey, b. Abt 1815
	2. Harriet Dorsey Downey, b. 18 Jul 1818, Libertytown, Frederick Co., Maryland
	3. Basil Dorsey Downey, b. Abt 1821
	4. John Downey, b. 1824
	5. WILLIAM DOWNEY, III, b. 8 Dec 1825, Manfred, Frederick Co., Maryland

Histories Downey: 1893 News clipping
The obituary of Nancy Wineberry, servant and former slave, clipped from The Daily News, Frederick, Maryland, 13 July 1893. I have linked her to Downey family members she may have known.

Family ID F864 Group Sheet

Histories Downey: 1831 News clipping
Announcement of the sale of property in the estate of William Downey, husband of Cordelia Dorsey Downey

Notes	After his marriage, he settled on the Brick House farm in New Market, Maryland. He built the east end of the house in 1820. Represented Frederick Co. for one term in the Maryland Legislature. A law was passed granting him the right to transport his 18-20 slaves from Virginia to Maryland.

Sources

[S34] Warfield, J.D., (Kohn & Pollock, Baltimore)
[S39] McKinsey, Folger; T.J.C. Williams, (L. R. Titsworth & Co.)
[S82] Newman, Harry Wright, (Maryland Pioneer Series)
[S457] Scharf, J. Thomas, (Regional Publishing Co (Baltimore)), p605
[S40] Martin, John Stanwood

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Histories		Downey: 1831 News clipping Announcement of the sale of property in the estate of William Downey, husband of Cordelia Dorsey Downey