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September 2006
(generations 1,2,3,4,5 etc. are numbered 1,3,5,7,9 etc. Additional spouses are 2,4,6,8 etc.)
Compiled by Gordon Speer, 3304 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, IL 61081
1 Thomas FRENCHE (1520?-1599) m. Bridget ..... Weathersfield, Essexshire, England
The French families worked in the clothing business in southeastern England, and also
in Massachusetts after 1635.
3 Mary FRENCHE m. John COLLINS
3 Elizabeth FRENCHE m. John MEADE
3 Thomas FRENCHE II ( -1/27/1613) m. Anne ..... Halstead, Essexshire, England
5 John FRENCHE
5 Edward FRENCHE
5 Robert FRENCHE
5 William FRENCHE
5 Francis FRENCHE
5 several daughters
5 Thomas FRENCHE III (7/2/1580- ) m. Anne MAPLESDEN of Smarden - Biddenden, Kent, England
7 William FRENCH (3/16/1603- ) m. 1623 Elizabeth SYMMES (1605- ) Billerica,
Massachusetts tailor (fourteen children)
9 Francis FRENCH (1624-1691) m. 4/10/1661 Lydia BUNNELL (nine children)
9 Elizabeth FRENCH (1629- ) m. 1650 Richard ELLIS Dedham, Massachusetts (7 children)
9 Mary (or Maria) FRENCH (1633-5/27/1672) m. Jonathan HYDE Cambridge, MA (14 children)
9 John FRENCH (2/ /1635-10/ /1712) m. 6/21/Abigail COGGIN ( -4/5/1662)
10, m. 2nd 7/3/1663 Hanna BURRAGE ( -7/7/1667)
10, m. 3rd 1/14/1768 Mary ROGERS ( -6/16/1677)
10, m. 4th 1/16/1678 Mary KITTREDGE ( -1719)
To John French and his four wives there were born six children, including:
11 William FRENCH m. about 1710 Mehitible PATTEN
13 'General' William FRENCH
13 Nathaniel FRENCH
13 several other children
9 Sarah FRENCH (3/ /1638- ) m. Jonathan PEAKE (10 children)
9 Jacob FRENCH (3/16/1640-5/20/1713) m.9/20/1665 Mary CHAMPNEY Billerica, MA (10 children)
10 m. 2nd Mary CONVERS ( -6/18/1686) (one child)
10 m. 3rd Mary .....
10 m. 4th Ruth .....
9 Hannah FRENCH (4/12/1641-6/20/1642) fourteen months
9 Hannah FRENCH (2/16/1644-5/9/1674) m. 9/6/1661 John BRACKETT (nine or ten children)
9 Samuel FRENCH (12/3/1645-7/16/1646) seven months
9 Samuel FRENCH (1648-11/4/1727) m. Elizabeth CHAMPNEY (perhaps a sister of Jacob's wife)
10 m. 2nd 12/24/1682 Sarah CUMMINGS (1/28/1661- )
11 Sarah FRENCH (2/7/1684- )
11 Samuel FRENCH (9/10/1685-11/4/1727) age 42
11 Joseph FRENCH (3/10/1687-9//1735 m. 1711 Elizabeth CUMMINGS (1/5/1687-4/30/1751)
Dunstable, Massachusetts
11 John FRENCH (5/6/1691- ) (six children)
11 Ebenezer FRENCH (4/7/1693-9/5/1724) killed by Indians at 31, leaving a son, Ebenezer, Jr.
11 Richard FRENCH (4/8/1695- )
11 Alica FRENCH (11/20/1699- ) m. Nathaniel WOODS
11 Jonathan FRENCH (2/11/1704-11/17/1757) age 53
8 William, at age 66, married 2nd. 5/6/1669 Mrs. Mary Lothrop STEARNS
9 1b Mary FRENCH (4/3/1670- ) m. Robert SHARP
10 m. 2nd Nathaniel DRINCK
9 1c Sarah FRENCH (10/29/1671- ) m. Joseph CROSBY (12 children)
9 1d Abigail FRENCH (4/14/1673-4/13/1674) one year
9 1e Hannah FRENCH (1/25/1676- ) m. John CHILD Watertown, Massachusetts
This was the third daughter named Hannah. William was 72 when she was born.
11 Hannah CHILD m. ..... FAY (child: Jonathan FAY)
7 Francis FRENCH (6/29/1606- ) born in England
7 Jerrymya FRENCH (11/21/1607- ) born in England
7 John FRENCH born in England, lived in Middleboro and Oakham, Massachusetts