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Martinus Hoffman + Tryntje Benson

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Jesse Downes	3 APR 1764 -- 12 OCT 1827
Naomi Taunt	6 AUG 1761 -- 11 APR 1852

Harmanus Martense Hoffman	3 JUN 1745 -- 1 SEP 1829
Cathrine Verplanck	21 APR 1765 -- 4 MAY 1833

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John⁴ Downes

Birth	23 DEC 1784⁴		MA, Norfolk Co, Stoughton⁴ ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Massachusetts Trails To The Past
Navy	abt 1812		USS Essex (1799), Executive Officer
Navy	1815		USS Epervier (1814), Commander
Navy	1816⁵		USS Ontario (1813), Commander
Navy	1818⁵		USS Independence (1814), Captain
Navy	1819-1821		USS Macedonian (1812), Commander
Navy	1819-1822⁵		USS Macedonian (1812), Captain
Navy	1823-1825⁵		USS Guerriere (1814), Captain
Navy	1829-1830⁵		USS Java, Captain
Navy	1832-1834		USS Potomac (1822), Commander
Navy	1836⁵		MA, Middlesex Co, Charlestown, Boston Navy Yard, Captain
Death	11 AUG 1854⁴		MA, Middlesex Co, Charlestown ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Massachusetts Trails To The Past
Grave			MA, Middlesex Co, Cambridge, Mt Auburn Cemetery ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Massachusetts Trails To The Past

Aged: 69.6 years

Maria Gertrude² Hoffman²

Birth	14 OCT 1798²		NY, Columbia Co² ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page New York TTTP
Death	22 FEB 1877²
Grave			MA, Middlesex Co, Cambridge, Mt Auburn Cemetery ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Massachusetts Trails To The Past

Aged: 78.4 years

Children	First Name	Birth Dt	Death Dt	Birth Place		Spouses
1+	John	25 AUG 1822	21 SEP 1865		NY, Dutchess Co, Upper Red Hook	Frances Harrod Foster

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Sources

John Downes
Book: Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers, 1859; ➤
Website: Family Search Trees; ➤
Website: Register of the Navy, 1816-1836; ➤
Website: Naval Officers of the War of 1812; ➤

Maria Gertrude Downes
Website: Family Search Trees; ➤

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