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Mary <I>Pegan</I> Downing

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Mary Pegan Downing

Birth
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
19 Mar 1832 (aged 85)
Chester County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Mary was the daughter of Andrew Pegan/Pagan.

Wife of John Downing.

Mother of Sarah DOWNING, Mrs. Wm. Hinkle.

Grandmother of Mary Jane HINKLE, Mrs. Tinsley Dill Martin.

Gr-Gr grandmother of Permella Catherine Martin, Mrs. Tobias Lancaster.

Gr-Gr-Gr grandmother of Beulah Tabitha Lancaster, Mrs. Hugh Whitfield.
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Added notes:

Mary Pagan, born about 1746, probably in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Died in Chester County, South Carolina 19 March 1832.

Born near Paquea and Martic Forge in the Susquehanna River valley of PA.

Her father, Andrew, named his farm "Pagan's Fancy". The Pagans were Scots-Irish Presbyterians, emigrants from Ulster.

Mary married John Downing on 13 March 1764 in Lancaster, PA.

John's origin, possibly from Ulster.

Their first child, Elizabeth, arrived the next year, and as was the pattern in those days John, Mary and Elizabeth moved to land that they could call their own here in the Carolinas.

Mary Downing in 1810 Chester Co, SC census: 1 male 16-26, 1 male 26-45; 1 female 10-16, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 26-45, 1 female over 45.
Mary was the daughter of Andrew Pegan/Pagan.

Wife of John Downing.

Mother of Sarah DOWNING, Mrs. Wm. Hinkle.

Grandmother of Mary Jane HINKLE, Mrs. Tinsley Dill Martin.

Gr-Gr grandmother of Permella Catherine Martin, Mrs. Tobias Lancaster.

Gr-Gr-Gr grandmother of Beulah Tabitha Lancaster, Mrs. Hugh Whitfield.
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Added notes:

Mary Pagan, born about 1746, probably in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Died in Chester County, South Carolina 19 March 1832.

Born near Paquea and Martic Forge in the Susquehanna River valley of PA.

Her father, Andrew, named his farm "Pagan's Fancy". The Pagans were Scots-Irish Presbyterians, emigrants from Ulster.

Mary married John Downing on 13 March 1764 in Lancaster, PA.

John's origin, possibly from Ulster.

Their first child, Elizabeth, arrived the next year, and as was the pattern in those days John, Mary and Elizabeth moved to land that they could call their own here in the Carolinas.

Mary Downing in 1810 Chester Co, SC census: 1 male 16-26, 1 male 26-45; 1 female 10-16, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 26-45, 1 female over 45.


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  • Created by: Jane
  • Added: Sep 11, 2005
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11729802/mary-downing: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Pegan Downing (5 Apr 1746–19 Mar 1832), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11729802, citing Fishing Creek Presbyterian Cemetery, Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Jane (contributor 46787182).