Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Jacob DOWNER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1698 in Germany b
  • Death: 1752 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Hans DANNER Birth: 25 Mar 1678 in Langnau, Bern, Switzerland Death: Germany
    • Mother:
  • Anna (DANNER)

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Michael DOWNER
  2. Jacob Jr DOWNER Birth: Abt 1726

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Davis, Richard Warren, Emigrants Refugees and Prisoners, Vol III. Provo, UT: author, 1999. NYPL APK 01-2370v3. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p[0-9]*].
  2. Dohner, Dudley, Dohner Family Cemeteries, in Dohner Family Newsletter, Feb 1986. LDS Fiche#6055123. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Dohner FamCemeteries2].
  3. Dohner, Harry H., The Dohners of America: History and Genealogical Record, Cour D'Alene, Idaho: Mrs. Ruth Rodkey Barnard, 1984?. LDS Film#1033987#18. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/235364. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DohnerHH DOHNER [pP][0-9]*].
  4. Ellis, Franklin, History of Lancaster County. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883. M-LH UMI LH571. Available at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012288388. Volume 2 available at http://archive.org/details/historyoflancast02elli Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p[0-9]*].
  5. Gerberich, Albert H, and Garus M Brumbaugh, Lancaster County PA Tax Lists 1751, 1756, 1757, 1758. Reprinted from National Genealogical Society Quarterly, March 1933. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007809693 images 348-368. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA TaxLists 1751-8 p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: DohnerHH DOHNER p36]
abt 1703 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p325],
place:
[Ref: DohnerHH DOHNER p36],
parents:
Hans DANNER & Anna ___ [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p325],
father:
[Ref: DohnerHH DOHNER p36]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Ellis LancasterCoPA p867]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
1783 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p325, DohnerHH DOHNER p36]
Sources with Information about marriage to Barbara LANDIS
date:
before abt 1726 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p325],
child:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p325]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth WOOLSLAGEL
date:
first marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: Dohner FamCemeteries2],
names:
[Ref: DohnerHH DOHNER p36]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
Michael DOWNER (#12138), Jacob DOWNER Jr (#12137) [Ref: DohnerHH DOHNER p36]
Research Notes:
Dec 24 1731: Michael and Jacob Downer purchased 200 acres of land next to George Kendig and wife Barbara in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster County, PA [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p325]

Sep 13 1739: bought land in Donegal [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p325]

1751: taxed at Lampeter [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p325]

1751: taxed in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, PA, for 10s [Ref: LancasterCoPA TaxLists 1751-8 p7]

may be the Jacob Donner who had a daughter named Elizabeth who was left land by John Woolslagel in 1758 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p325]

will dated 4 Apr 1780 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p325]



Pedigree of Jacob DOWNER
                            /-----Michael DANNER
                   /-----Jacob DANNER
                  |         \-----Madleni ZAUGG
          /-----Christian TANNER
         |         \-----Anna GIESSBUHLER
 /-----Hans DANNER
|         \-----Elsbeth FISCHER
Jacob DOWNER
 \-----Anna (DANNER)



Descendants of Jacob DOWNER
1. Jacob DOWNER m1. Barbara LANDIS m2. Elizabeth WOOLSLAGEL
m. Barbara LANDIS father: Felix LANDIS mother: Rosanna (LANDIS)
m. Elizabeth WOOLSLAGEL father: John WOOLSLAGEL