Mary Pagan 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Abt 1746
    Christening: 
          Death: 19 Mar 1832 -  ( about age 86) 2
         Burial: in Fishing Creek Presbyterian Cem., Chester Co., SC
 Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children 
1. *John Downing (3 Aug 1744 - May 1802) 1 
       Marriage: 13 Mar 1764 - Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania 3 4
       Children:
                1. Elizabeth Downing (Abt 1765-1855)
                2. Ann Downing (Abt 1769-Abt 1843)
                3. Andrew Downing (1771-1844)
                4. John Downing (1776-1870)
                5. Mary Downing (      -      )
                6. Robert Downing (Abt 1780-      )
                7. William Downing (1775/1784-      )
                8. Jane Downing (1785-Abt 1870)
                9. Sarah "Sally" Downing (Abt 1790-1840/1850)
Notes
General:
WILL;

A typescript of the will can be seen at https://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/ (South Carolina Department of Archives and History).

Chester County (Mss Will: Estate Record Book L, Page 106; Estate Packet: Apt 16, Pkg 269)

"I Mary Downing Senr being weak of body . . ."

Signed September 28, 1831 by Mary (her X mark) Downing in the presence of R. G. Mills, Robt. Gill Sener, and Samuel Wherry

Probated April 6, 1832

1) to my daughter Elizabeth Jones my chest of drawers
2) to my daughter Ann Downing $50 and all my body cloths
3) to my daughter Polly Gill all my beds, bedsteads and bed furniture, and $100
4) to my daughter Polly Gill all the remainder of my estate after my debts & funeral expenses are paid and a decent head stone for my grave
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Sources

1 Brent H. Holcomb and Elmer O. Paker, Early Records of Fishing Creek Presbyterian Church, Chester County, South Carolina, 1799-1859, 1980, pg 158. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 11729802.

3 Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881, Repository: http://www.ancestry.com.

4 "Familysearch.org," "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CYF-HGS2 : 13 January 2021), Mary Pagan in entry for John Downing, 1764.

5 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com db: jdamewood.

6 "Downing Bible," http://www.biblerecords.com/downing.html.

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