Abraham DOWNEY, Sr.

Abt 1757 - Aft 1830  (~ 73 years)

• Name	Abraham DOWNEY
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	Abt 1757	Prince Edward County, VA
  Gender	Male
  AFN	1BQ1-P5R
  Death	Aft 1 Jun 1830	Warren County, KY
  Notes	(1) Source: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File ®, Copyright © 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998. (2) A household headed by Abram DOWNEY is listed in the 1790 census of Surry County, NC, near households headed by Samuel DOWNEY and Peter DOWNEY. Listed in Abram's household are 1 free white male over 16 years of age; 4 free white males under 16 years of age; and 4 free white females. Assuming that Abram is the free white male listed in the 1790 census as then being over 16 years of age, he would have been born before 1774, according to the 1790 census. Assuming that the other four males in Abram's household are sons of Abram and/or his wife, all of those sons would have been born between 1774 and 1790, according to the 1790 census. Assuming that Abram's wife was one of the four free white females listed in his household in the 1790 census, the other three females listed in his household were probably daughters of Abram and/or his wife. (3) A household headed by Abraham DOWNEY is listed in the 1800 census of Salisbury, Surry County, NC, near households headed by Samuel DOWNEY and Peter DOWNEY. Listed in Abraham's household are 3 free white males under 10 years of age; 2 free white males between 16 and 26 years of age; 1 free white male between 26 and 45 years of age; 3 free white females between 10 and 16 years of age; and 1 free white female between 26 and 45 years of age. Assuming that Abraham is the free white male listed in the 1800 census as then being between 26 and 45 years of age, he would have been born between 1755 and 1774, according to the 1800 census. Assuming that Abraham's wife is the free white female listed in the 1800 census as then being between 26 and 45 years of age, she would have been born between 1755 and 1774, according to the 1800 census. Assuming that the other persons in Abraham's household are children of Abraham and/or his wife, those children would have consisted of five sons (two of which sons would have been born between 1774 and 1784, and three of which sons would have been born between 1790 and 1800, according to the 1800 census) and three daughters (all of which daughters would have been born between 1784 and 1790, according to the 1800 census). (4) A household headed by Abram DOWNEY is listed in the 1810 census of Warren County, KY. Listed in Abram's household are 2 free white males between 10 and 16 years of age; 1 free white male between 16 and 26 years of age; 1 free white male over 45 years of age; 1 free white female under 10 years of age; 1 free white female between 16 and 26 years of age; and 1 free white female over 45 years of age. Assuming that Abram is the free white male listed in the 1810 census as then being over 45 years of age, he would have been born before 1765, according to the 1810 census. Assuming that Abram's wife is the free white female listed in the 1810 census as then being over 45 years of age, she would have been born before 1765, according to the 1810 census. Assuming that the other persons in Abram's household are children of Abram and/or his wife, those children would have consisted of three sons (one of which sons would have been born between 1784 and 1794, and two of which sons would have been born between 1784 and 1794, according to the 1810 census) and two daughters (one of which daughters would have been born between 1784 and 1794, and one of which daughters would have been born between 1800 and 1810, according to the 1810 census). (5) A household headed by Abraham DOWNEY, Sr. is listed in the 1820 census of Warren County, KY, near households headed by Abraham DOWNEY, Jr. and Martin DOWNEY. Listed in Abraham, Sr.'s household are 1 free white male over 45 years of age; and 1 free white female between 26 and 45 years of age. Since only 1 male is listed in Abraham, Sr.'s household in the 1820 census, he must be the free white male listed in the 1820 census as then being over 45 years of age. He was born before 1775, according to the 1820 census. The free white female listed in the 1820 census as then being between 26 and 45 years of age seems to have then been too young to have been Abraham, Sr.'s wife. Assuming that she is his daughter, she would have been born between 1775 and 1794, according to the 1820 census. (6) A household headed by Abram DOWNEY is listed in the 1830 census of Warren County, KY. However, that Abram DOWNEY was probably Abram DOWNEY, Jr., since the oldest male in his household in the 1830 census was then between 20 and 30 years of age. If Abram DOWNEY was living at the time of the 1830 census, he would have then been substantially older than 30 years of age. A free white male between 70 and 80 years of age is listed in a household headed by Martin DOWNEY in the 1830 census of Warren County, KY. That 70- to 80-year-old male might have been Martin's father, Abraham DOWNEY, Sr. Assuming that the 70- to 80-year-old male is Abraham DOWNEY, Sr., he would have been born between 1750 and 1760, according to the 1830 census. (7) The compiler has tentatively determined that Abraham DOWNEY, Sr. died sometime after June 1, 1830, the official enumeration date of the 1830 census.
  Person ID	I7924	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Peter DOWNEY,   b. Abt 1734, Amelia County, VA d. 1803, Surry County, NC (Age ~ 69 years)
  Mother	Margaret ASTON,   b. Abt 1736, Amelia County, VA
  Marriage	Abt 1754	Prince Edward County, VA
  Family ID	F3845	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary (DOWNEY),   b. Abt 1760, Prince Edward County, VA
  Marriage	Abt 1778	Prince Edward County, VA
  Children	1. Martin DOWNEY,   b. 21 Sep 1793, Surry County, NC d. 28 May 1849, Warren County, KY (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F3847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024