Elizabeth Downen1,2

#4090, (circa 1784 - )
Relationship2nd great-grandaunt of William David Lewis
Father*Josiah Downen1 (c 1750 - c 1801)
Mother*Mary Elizabeth Smith1 (1747 - 1835)

Family

James Calvin b. s 1790
Child 1.Sarah "Sally" Calvin5 (c 1813 - )
Her married name was Calvin. 
Birth*circa 1784She was born circa 1784.2 
1790She appeared on the census of 1790 in the household of Josiah Downen and Mary Elizabeth Smith at Pendleton Co., South CarolinaG.3 
Marriage*1803She married James Calvin in 1803 at Muhlenberg Co., KentuckyG.4,2 

Citations

  1. [S2089] "Early Downen History, 2nd Edition", 1972, Elizabeth Myers (Carmi, Illinois), to Mrs. Eben F Pinkham (Exater, California), p. 1. Elizabeth Downen and Polly Downen (putative). "Two marriages occur in Muhlenberg Co Ky in 1803, one concerning Polly Downe to John Lacy and another an Elizabeth Downen to James Colvin (aka Calvin). Compiler merely suggest these are [twin] daughters of Josiah ."; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  2. [S627] Blanche Moye Cook, History of the Downen Family, 1777-1970 (Illinois: Alice Roberta Bradley, typist, 1974), pp. 15-16. Elizabeth Downen and Polly Downen, twin daughters b. 1784. Elizabeth marr. James Calvin in Muhlenberg Co. KY, 1803; Polly marr. John Lacy, same place and year.
  3. [S268] 1790 U.S. Federal Census, image viewed online Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.com. Josiah (16+); Mary (F); M (16+) [Job or William]; 3 m (<16) [Josiah, Timothy, David]; 3 f [Elizabeth, Patsy and Hannah or Polly].
  4. [S1413] The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, compiler, Kentucky Marriage Records (The Register) (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), p. 585. Muhlenberg Co., 1799-1836. James Calven and Elizabeth Downey, marr. 1803, by Wm. Bourland, online Ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky Marriage Records.
  5. [S477] Downen Book, Alexandrian Library, Mount Vernon, online http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx, Sarah (Sally) Calvin, b. IN ca. 1813 IN; marr. (1) John D Stephens, Posey Co. IN, 3 Aug 1831, son William H Stephens b. IN ca. 1836; marr. (2) in Posey Co. IN, 27 Mar 1849, David Dalrymple, b. KY ca. 1811. [Not named in Mills-Miller]. Hereinafter cited as Downen Book.