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Francis Downes

Male 1724 - 1776  (52 years)


Personal Information

  • Name Francis Downes 
    Birth 1724  Ixworth, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 26 Apr 1724  St Mary's Church, Ixworth, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Apprenticeship 1741  Ixworth, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • He was apprenticed to William Parr of Ixworth in 1741 for £4 pounds.
    Occupation Blacksmith 
    Will 1776 
    Original Will of Francis Downs of Great Livermore (Great Livermere) 
    • Held At:
      Suffolk Record Office
      Reference Number:
      IC/500/1/230/100
      Date:
      1776
    Death Dec 1776  Great Livermere, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 17 Dec 1776  St Peter's Church, Great Livermere, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1173  FamilyTree1
    Last Modified 18 Aug 2025 

    Father Francis Downes,   b. 1693, Norton, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1768, Bardwell, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Freeland,   b. 1694, Ixworth, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1729, Ixworth, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Family ID F324  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Green,   b. Abt 1729   d. Aug 1806, Great Livermere, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 6 Nov 1749  St Mary's Church, Stratford St Mary, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. John Downes,   b. 1750, Bardwell, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1811, Great Livermere, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    +2. Francis Downes,   b. 1751, Troston, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1828, Troston, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +3. George Downes,   b. 1754, Troston, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1839, Little Livermere, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     4. Mary Downes,   b. 1756, Troston, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Richard Downes,   b. 1758, Great Livermere, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Elizabeth Downes,   b. 1761, Great Livermere, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +7. Thomas Downes,   b. 1763, Great Livermere, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1843 (Age 80 years)
     8. Benjamin Downes,   b. 1765, Great Livermere, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1818, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
     9. Sarah Downes,   b. 1767, Great Livermere, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     10. William Downes,   b. 1770, Great Livermere, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     11. Anne Downes,   b. 1772, Great Livermere, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +12. Susan Downes,   b. 1774, Great Livermere, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1853, Great Tey, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F378  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2014