Emanuel Downing - From various sources

The history of my Downing family in New England starts with Emanuel Downing, who was chris. Aug. 12, 1585, in Ipswich England. He died July 26, 1658 in Salem, Mass. He was first married Ann Ware, she died, and he then married, on Apr. 10, 1622, in Ipswich in England, Lucy Winthrop.
Emanuel was the son of Rev. George Downing and Dorcas Bellamy born abt. 1550 and died between 1602 and 1610.
The Rev. George Downing was born abt. 1552 in Great Dunham, Norfolk, England, his will was probated Oct. 3, 1611. He was the son of Geoffrey Downing, born Mar. 17, 1524 at Great Dunham, England, and Elizabeth Wingfield. Through his mother's line he is descended from Richard Fitzz Alan and Elizabeth DeBohun and many of notable Kings and Queens of England and Europe, through a tangled web of marriages.

Lucy his second wife was the daug. of Adam Winthrop born, Aug. 10, 1548 and died Mar. 28, 1623, he married Ann Browne, in London Feb., 20 1579. Lucy was sister to Governor of Mass., John Winthrop. Lucy was chris. Jan. 27, 1601 in Groton, England.
There is lots of information about these families available in print and on the web, they seem an interesting lot.

Lucy and Emanuel had children
George
Mary
James
Susan
Ann
Lucy
John
Dorcas

John and Mahitable Brabrooke had children:
1. Nathaniel Born: Abt. 1666, Salem, Mass
2. John Born: Abt. 1668, Ipswich, Mass
3. Charles Born: Abt. 1670, Ipswich, Mass. Died: 7 Feb. 1690
4. Sarah Born: 1673, Ipswich, Essex, Mass. Died: 21 May 1724, Ipswich, Ma
5. John Born: Oct. 31, 1675, Ipswich, Essex, Mass.
6.Margaret Born: Feb. 7, 1677, Ipswich, Mass Died: Abt. 1678
7. David, Born: 1678, Ipswich, Mass, Died: Sep. 20, 1723, Gloucester, Mass.
8. Nathaniel, Born: 1681, Ipswich, Mass. Chris: Nov. 17, 1699, Old South Church, Boston, Mass, Died: Springfield, Mass. Married: Margaret Pynchon daug. of John Pynchon and Margaret Hubbard
9. Richard, Born: Dec. 23, 1683, Ipswich, Mass, Died: Nov. 3, 1702 Ipswich, Mass
10. Sarah, Born: Abt. 1771, Ipswich, Mass.

Nathaniel and Margaret had a daughter Margaret Downing who was born mar. 23, 1714. She married Isaac Terry, in Enfield Conn. July 18, 1734

See direct line to my NY Terrys

Other Interesting information about the Downings.
Information about their farm in Salem
From: History of Salem Vol 2
Information about their house on Essex Street
including a rendering of the house
From: History of Salem Vol 2
A short bio. on Emanuel's son George with image
From: History of Salem Vol 2 and NEHGR

There seems to have been a few John Downings in the Ipswich and Salem areas which has cast some doubt as to which John Downing, Mehitable Brabrook was married. There appeared in the Downing Genforum, posted by the same person, a number of notes refuting this marriage between Emanuel's son John and Mahitable Brabrook (Braybrook). I have found some of the disputed information in some of the town histories.

At this point in time, I am keeping these lines as they are. Everything I have read in print and on the web states that Mehitable was married to Emanuel's son John. I realize of course that new information can be found at any point in time and that the foundation of information upon which this family is based could very well be wrong from the start and that everyone working on this family is using the same wrong information. The information presented in the Downing Genform makes this family a work in progress and I will continue searching for more information and updating this family as time permits.