Francis Downs
Anne Arundel County Court Clerk, 1685-1689
MSA SC 3520-13124
Biography:
Little is known about Francis Downs. According to historian Donnell MacClure Owings, Downs was commissioned as Clerk on February 19, 1685/6. He was ousted by Protestant Associators on September 4, 1689 during the Maryland Revolution that occurred from July, 1689 until May, 1690. During this period, Protestants overthrew the proprietary government of the Colony of Maryland and its officers. It is possible that Downs returned to England after this episode. This would explain the lack of information available on Francis Downs. The only other source that menionts Downs is Index 71 which lists documents in which his signature, as Clerk, appears. The Index does not include any information on land belonging to Downs.
Resources consulted which did not contain information on Downs:
MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES FINDING AIDS AND INDEXES, (Probate Records, Colonial, Index) Index 1, MSA S1393.
MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES FINDING AIDS AND INDEXES, (Church Records, Marriage, Index), Index 27, MSA S1400.
MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES FINDING AIDS AND INDEXES, (Church Reocrds, Death and Burial, Index), Index 29, MSA S1402.
MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES FINDING AIDS AND INDEXES, (Death Records, Index), Index 31, MSA S1404.
MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES FINDING AIDS AND INDEXES, (Bible and Tombstone Records, Index), Index 32, MSA S1406.
MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES FINDING AIDS AND INDEXES, Land Office Records (Patents, Index) Index 54, MSA S1426.
MARYLAND STATE ARCHIVES FINDING AIDS AND INDEXES, (Land Records, Annapolis, Index), Index 70, MSA S1442.
McIntire, Robert Harry. Annapolis Maryland Families. Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1979.
Newman, Harry Wright. A Genealogical History of Some Early
Families of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Westminster:
Family Line Publications, 1996.
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