Polly Downen1,2

#4096, (circa 1784 - )
Relationship2nd great-grandaunt of William David Lewis
Father*Josiah Downen1 (c 1750 - c 1801)
Mother*Mary Elizabeth Smith1 (1747 - 1835)

Family

John Lacy b. s 1780
Children 1.___1 Lacy5 (bt 1805 - 1810 - )
 2.___2 Lacy5 (bt 1805 - 1810 - )
 3.___3 Lacy5 (bt 1805 - 1810 - )
 4.___4 Lacy5 (bt 1805 - 1810 - )
 5.___5 Lacy5 (bt 1810 - 1820 - )
 6.___6 Lacy5 (bt 1810 - 1820 - )
Her married name was Lacy.3 
Birth*circa 1784She was born circa 1784 at Anderson Co., South CarolinaG.2 
Marriage*1 October 1803She married John Lacy on 1 October 1803 at Muhlenberg Co., KentuckyG.3,4 
1820She and John Lacy appeared on the census of 1820 at Marrs Twp., Posey Co., IndianaG; indexed as Robb Tshp, p 1.5 

Citations

  1. [S2089] "Early Downen History, 2nd Edition", 1972, Elizabeth Myers (Carmi, Illinois), to Mrs. Eben F Pinkham (Exater, California), p. 1. Elizabeth Downen and Polly Downen (putative). "Two marriages occur in Muhlenberg Co Ky in 1803, one concerning Polly Downe to John Lacy and another an Elizabeth Downen to James Colvin (aka Calvin). Compiler merely suggest these are [twin] daughters of Josiah ."; Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  2. [S627] Blanche Moye Cook, History of the Downen Family, 1777-1970 (Illinois: Alice Roberta Bradley, typist, 1974), pp. 15-16. Elizabeth Downen and Polly Downen, twin daughters b. 1784. Elizabeth marr. James Calvin in Muhlenberg Co. KY, 1803; Polly marr. John Lacy, same place and year.
  3. [S50] Kentucky Marriage Records 1802-1850, online Ancestry.com, Polly Downen and John Lacy, 1 Oct 1803, Muhlenberg Co.
  4. [S693] Muhlenberg County KY GenWeb Project, online muhlenberg.genealogenie.net, Marriages, bk 1, p. 5, no. 75; John Lacy and Polly Downen, perf. by Benjamin Talbot.
  5. [S115] 1820 U.S. Federal Census. John Lacy (26-44); F (26-44) [Polly]; 2 m (10-15); m (<10); 2 f (10-15), 2 f (<10).