John French

1612 - 1692  (80 years)

• Name	John French
  Born	26 May 1612	Dorset, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 August 1692	Braintree, MA
  Notes	JOHN, Dorchester 1639, by w. Grace had John, b. 28 Feb. 1641; Thomas, 10 July 1643, d. at 13 yrs.; rem. to Braintree, there had Dependence, 7 Mar. 1649; Temperance, 30 Mar. 1651; William, 31 Mar. 1653; Elizabeth 29 Sept. 1655; Thomas, again, 10 Mar. 1658, d. next yr.; and Samuel, 22 Feb. 1660. His w. Grace d. 28 Feb. 1681; and he m. under a contr. of 8 July 1683, Elinor, d. of Rev. William Thompson, wid. of William Veazey. Prob. he was that freem. of 1644, tho. Thayer says 1639 (when no such person is found), and he prefers claim of Cambridge John. He d. 6 Aug. 1692, aged 80; and ten pages of Thayer's Genealogy are filled with acco. of his descend. one of wh. was Rev. Jonathan of Andover, H. C. 1771. His wid. d. 23 Apr. 1711, aged 85. Temperance m. John Bowditch, and d. 12 Aug. 1720. Very difficult is the problem of adjusting the parentage of descend. of this John French, as in the distribut. of his est. was needful; and tho. after much study I succeed. for all others, the Lambs evade my search. See Geneal. Reg. XII. 353. [1]
  Person ID	I25832	Schirado
  Last Modified	24 December 2003

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Grace Kingsley,   d. 28 February 1679/80, Braintree, MA
  Married	about 1640
  Children	1. William French,   b. 31 March 1653, Braintree, MA ,   d. 22 February 1690/1  (Age 37 years)
  Family ID	F18766	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Joseph Savage, (Little Brown, Boston, 1860).