Brief Life History of Stephen
When Stephen Downer was born about 1765, in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States, his father, Rev. Cyprian Downer, was 25 and his mother, Hannah Jewett, was 25. He married Jane Spink about 1784, in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died about 1840, in Lima Center, Lima Township, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Pierce Family Burial Ground, Chelsea, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States.
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- Stephen Downer, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1765–1840 Male
1765–1828 Female
Children (9)
1785–1864 Male
1788–1877 Female
1790–1843 Male
1791–1877 Male
1793–1877 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1741–1819 Male
1741–1783 Female
Siblings (4)
1765–1840 Male
1769–1852 Male
1774–1824 Male
1775–1867 Female
World Events (8)
1776
Age 11
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 11
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 21
Name Meaning
English (Isle of Wight, Hampshire, and Sussex): topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or down, from Middle English douner, a derivative of Middle English doun (Old English dūn) ‘hill’ + -er. It is synonymous with atte Doune (see Down ) and is a type of formation especially common in Sussex, Surrey, and Hampshire.
English: in the north-West Midlands perhaps a variant of Downward with shortening of the final syllable to -er, a habitational name probably from Downwood (Herefordshire) and perhaps also Dunwood (Staffordshire), with -wood re-etymologized as -ward and occasionally shortened to -ard. See also Downard .
Irish (Tipperary): variant of Dooner 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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