Descendants of William Downton
1 William Downton b. Est. 1668
m. Est. 1693 Worthen, Shropshire, England Sarah = William Downton b. Est 1670
2 Sarah Downton b. C1693 c. 17-Feb-1694 Worthen, Shropshire, England (Registers of Worthen, 1558-1812)
2 Richard (Ricus) Downton c. 26-Nov-1696 Worthen, Shropshire, England (Registers of Worthen, 1558-1812)
2 Thomas (Thoma) Downton c. 12-Apr-1699 Worthen, Shropshire, England
m. C1726 Margrett =Thomas Downton b. C1703 Probably Habberley, Shropshire, England
3 Margrett Downton c. 9-Jan-1726 Habberley, Shropshire, England (Shropshire parish registers of the parishes of Bromfield, Greet, Bedstone, Middleton Scriven, Deuxhill and Glazeley, Habberley, Cardeston and Ratlinghope Church of England. Diocese of Hereford)
3 William Downton b. C1728 c. 17-Feb-1728 Habberley, Shropshire, England (Bishop's transcripts, 1630-1849 Church of England. Parish Church of Habberley Shropshire)
m. 17-Jun-1754 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England Mary = William Downton b. Est. 1730
4 Sarah Downton c. 15-Feb-1756 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England (Registers of Pontesbury 1538-1812)
4 Thomas Downton b. C1757 c. 2-Oct-1758 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England (England, Shropshire, Pontesbury - Registers of Pontesbury 1538-1812
4 Margaret Dounton (Downton) b. C1760 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England c. 15-Nov-1761 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England (Registers of Pontesbury 1538-1812)
m. 28-Oct-1783 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England Francis Roberts
4 Mary Downton b. C1764 c. 30-Dec-1764 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England (Registers of Pontesbury 1538-1812)
4 William Dounton (Downton) c. 19-May-1767 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England c. 29-Oct-1769 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England (Registers of Pontesbury 1538-1812)
4 John Downton b. C1769 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England (Registers of Pontesbury 1538-1812)
4 William Downton b. C1770 Pontsford, Shrewsbury, Short Hill Shrops c.8-Sep-1771 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England (Registers of Pontesbury 1538-1812)
m. 24-Jul-1792 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England Sarah Ford b. 21-Aug-1771 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England Pontesbury, Shropshire, England
5 Martha Downton b. & c. 2-Feb-1794 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England
5 Sarah Downton b. 17-Apr-1796 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England
5 Maria Downton b. & c. 29-Jul-1798 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England
5 Sarah (Second) Downton b. & c. 14-Dec-1800 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England
m. 8-Jan-1827 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England John Edwards
5 Jane Downton b. & c. 6-Mar-1803 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England
5 William Downton [Death 2155/9086] b. 20-Oct-1805 Short Hill Shropshire England c. 20-Oct-1805 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England d. 8-Sep-1884 Hawthorn Victoria Australia
m. 1828 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Emma Gittens b. 26-May-1805 Cardleston, Shropshire, England LDS film 442405 d. 20-Sep-1888 Hawthorn Victoria Australia. Victoria Death 2857/9665
6 Mary Downton b. 1829
6 Sarah Downton
6 Jane Downton b. 1838 Shropshire England d. 26-Jan-1879 50 Lion St. Hawthorn, Victoria Australia
m1 1862 William Godfrey d. 17-Nov-1865 Hawthorn Victoria Australia
m2 26-Sep-1867 Christ Church Lower Hawthorn Victoria William Ludlow b. 1829 Stroud, Gloucestershire, England d. 13-Oct-1879 Hawthorn, Melbourne, Australia
7 William George Godfrey b. 1863 Hawthorn Victoria Australia
7 Edwin Godfrey b. 1864 Emerald Hill Melbourne Australia d. 1867 Hawthorn Victoria Australia
7 Henry Godfrey b. 1865 Hawthorn Victoria Australia
7 Eliza Jane Ludlow
7 Thomas Ludlow
7 Emma Ludlow b. 22-Jul-1875 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia d. 3-Sep-1931
m. 10-Oct-1900 Emma's home, Pakenham, Vic. Congregational Thomas Perry Trinham b. 23-Sep-1873 Sandridge, Melbourne Victoria, Australia
6 Charlotte Downton b. 1839
6 William Downton b. 1840
6 Martha Downton b. 1842
m. 1869 Charles Bowen
6 Annie Downton b. 1845
6 Samuel Downton
5 Thomas Downton b. 20-Mar-1808 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England
5 Samuel Downton b. & c. 19-Aug-1810 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England
4 William Downton b. C1770 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England
4 Martha Downton b. C1774 c. 8-Oct-1775Pontesbury, Shropshire, England (Registers of Pontesbury 1538-1812)
4 Sarah Downton b. C1793 Pontesbury, Shropshire, England Habberley, Shropshire, England
3 Sarah Downton b. C1732 c. 2-Jul-1732, Habberley, Shropshire, England ( Bishop's transcripts, 1630-1849 Church of England. Parish Church of Habberley, Shropshire)
3 Thomas Downton c. 12-Oct-1735 Habberley, Shropshire, England ( Bishop's transcripts, 1630-1849 Church of England. Parish Church of Habberley, Shropshire)
3 Benjamin Dounton (Downton) b. C1739 c. 5-Aug-1739 Habberley, Shropshire, England
2 William Downton b. C1700 Worthen, Shropshire, England
2 Samuel Downton c. 10-Jul-1703 Worthen, Shropshire, England.
Note: An entry in The following list of names is taken from Richard Gough's “History of Myddle", a parish in Shropshire. The history was written about the year 1700. reads as follows “Downton, Samuel s. of William. A wastrel. Twice married. Page 197” The full Downton entry reads “Downton, Dorothy d. of John Downton, d nearly 100, late 1600s page 215. Downton, John Alderton, churchwaren in 1658 page 117. Downton, Samuel s. of William. A wastrel. Twice married. Page197. Downton, William Alderton page 197.”