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Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Came to America from Halstead, England with his wife and 4 children and was one of the original settlers of Billerica. Lieutenant in the militia and later captain. The first Deacon in 1659. Author of Strength out of Weakness published in London.
• Great Migration: 1635 on the Defence
• Misc: Evidence of his activity in the cause of Indian instruction is found in a letter written by him to "a godly friend in England," the famous tract entitled "Strength out of Weakness" published in London and re-printed by the Boston Historical Society,
• Web Address: http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA/CHARTSWEB/ChartEB.htm
• Web Address: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/French-20
• Occupation: Tailor
• Residence: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• _MILT: Lietenant of local militia during King Philip's War
• Departure: 1635
• Immigration: 3 Oct 1635; On the ship Defence
• _MILT: Between 1643 and 1650, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, Junior Sergeant in 1643, First Sergeant in 1646, and Ensign in 1650
• _MILT: 1647, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Militia member made Lieutenant on March 26, 1647, and later Captain
• Residence: 1652, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Lieutenant William French's story begins in the quaint town of Halstead, Essex, England, where he was born on March 15, 1603. His life took a pivotal turn in 1635 when he, his wife Elizabeth, and their young children embarked on the "Defence" for the New World. This journey was not without its trials; the ship faced storms and a perilous leak, but ultimately, they arrived safely in Boston on October 3, 1635.

William's life in the New World was one of service and leadership. He first settled in Newtown, now Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he purchased land in 1639. His involvement in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in Boston, where he served as Junior Sergeant, First Sergeant, and Ensign, showcased his commitment to the community's defense and governance.

In 1652/3, William moved to Billerica, Massachusetts, becoming one of its original proprietors. His roles in the town were varied and significant. He was appointed to solemnize marriages, chosen to sit in the Deacon's seat, and served as a commissioner to establish country rates. As one of the first selectmen, he held a position of trust and responsibility, reflecting the community's confidence in his leadership.

William's dedication to education and religious instruction was evident in his service on a committee to examine children and servants in reading, religion, and the catechism. His political involvement extended to being the first Deputy or Representative of Billerica in the General Court at Boston.

His first wife, Elizabeth, passed away in 1668, and he later married Mary (Lathrop) Stearns, the widow of John Stearns. This union brought together a large blended family, with children from both marriages.

William's commitment to the cause of Indian instruction is highlighted in his letter to a friend in England, which was published as the tract "Strength out of Weakness." This work provided a detailed account of the testimony of an Indian convert, illustrating his interest in cross-cultural relations and religious outreach.

William French passed away on November 20, 1681, in Billerica, leaving behind a legacy of public service, community leadership, and a commitment to the betterment of his adopted homeland. His life story is a testament to the challenges and opportunities faced by early American settlers and the significant role they played in shaping the history of the United States.


The official website of the surname French has excellent information on the French family including Thomas French.

http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA/CHARTSWEB/ChartEB.htm

LIEUT. WILLIAM FRENCH

Immigrant in the "Defence" 1635 from Hartwick

Lieut. William French or Frenche, tailor, son of Thomas and Anne French, born 15 March 1603 at Halstead, Co. Essex, England, died 20 Nov 1681 aged 78 Billerica, Middlesex Co., Ma. William married 1st in England, Elizabeth ( ), born 1603 Canturbury, England and died 31 March 1668 at Cambridge, Ma. The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy by F. A. Virkus, v. 7, p. 852 says William French's wife was Elizabeth Godfrey. William married 2nd to Mary (Lathrop) Stearns, the daughter of Thomas Lathrop of Barnstable, and the widow of John Stearns, she later married Isaac Mixter. William, as shown by the record in the custom house, came with his family in the Defense from London, England in 1635 when he was aged 32, wife Elizabeth 30, Francis 10, Elizabeth 6, Marie 2 1/2, John 5 mo's. In the winter of 1634 he sailed in the "Defense" from Hartwick, but the vessel was driven back by storms and the journey was postponed until summer. Sailing once more proved perilous for the ship sprang a leak, but arrived safely at Boston, Ma. on October 3rd, 1635. Admitted freeman 1636. Educator. He settled first at Newtown where he purchased land in 1639, now called Cambridge. When the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in Boston was organized William was an early member and held the rank of Junior Sergeant in 1643, First Sergeant in 1646, and Ensign in 1650. He also became a member of the militia company at Cambridge of which he was made Lieutenant on March 26, 1647, and later Captain. In 1652/3 he removed to Billerica, eighteen miles north of Boston, where he was one of the original proprietors. Appointed to solemnize marriages. He held many offices of trust, showing that much confidence was placed in him when to hold office was to bear great responsibility. In 1659 he was chosen "to sit in the Deacon's seat", and appointed comitioner to establish the cuntry rates. In 1660 he was one of the first selectmen and served nine years. In 1661 he served on a committee to examine children and servants in "reading, religion, and the catechism." In 1660 he was the first Deputy or Representative of Billerica in the General Court at Boston, taking his seat in 1663. Evidence of his activity in the cause of Indian instruction is found in a letter written by him to "a godly friend in England," the famous tract entitled "Strength out of Weakness" published in London and re-printed by the Boston Historical Society, (Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 3d S. vol. iv. p. 149-196) in which he gives a detailed account of the testimony of an Indian convert. His land in the town amounted to two hundred and fifty acres, which were increased by subsequent allotments in later divisions.
Children: of William and Elizabeth French
FRANCIS b. Eng. abt 1624, m. Lydia Bunnell
Elizabeth b. Eng. abt. 1629, m. Robert Eliot of Dedham
Mary b. Eng. abt. Jan 1633, m. Nathaniel Dunkler
John b. Eng. abt Feb 1635, bp. by Mr. Hooker in Cambridge
m. Abigail Coggan
Sarah b. Cambridge March 1638, prob. d. young
Jacob b. Cambridge 16 March 1640, d. 20 May 1713 aged 73 Billerica, m. Mary Champney
Hannah b. Cambridge 12 April 1641, d. 20 June 1642
Hannah b. Cambridge 16 Feb 1644,
m. 6 Sept 1661 John Brackett, had nine ch.
Samuel b. Cambridge 3 Dec 1645, d. 15 July 1646
Samuel b. abt 1648, m. Sarah Cummings
Children: of William and Mary French
Mary b. Billerica 3 Apr 1670, m. Mr. Sharp
Sarah b. 29 Oct 1671, m. Joseph Crosby, had twelve ch.
Abigail b. 14 Apr 1673, d. 13 Apr 1674
Hannah b. 25 Jan 1676, m. John Childs

Contact:
Susan Dorris
dorris@onecliq.net

IMMIGRANT ANCESTORLIEUT. WILLIAM FRENCHImmigrant in the "Defence" 1635 from Hartwick
Lieut. William French or Frenche, tailor, son of Thomas and Anne French, born 15 March 1603 at Halstead, Co. Essex, England, died 20 Nov 1681 aged 78 Billerica, Middlesex Co., Ma. William married 1st in England, Elizabeth ( ), born 1603 Canturbury, England and died 31 March 1668 at Cambridge, Ma. The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy by F. A. Virkus, v. 7, p. 852 says William French's wife was Elizabeth Godfrey. William married 2nd to Mary (Lathrop) Stearns, the daughter of Thomas Lathrop of Barnstable, and the widow of John Stearns, she later married Isaac Mixter. William, as shown by the record in the custom house, came with his family in the Defense from London, England in 1635 when he was aged 32, wife Elizabeth 30, Francis 10, Elizabeth 6, Marie 2 1/2, John 5 mo's. In the winter of 1634 he sailed in the "Defense" from Hartwick, but the vessel was driven back by storms and the journey was postponed until summer. Sailing once more proved perilous for the ship sprang a leak, but arrived safely at Boston, Ma. on October 3rd, 1635. Admitted freeman 1636. Educator. He settled first at Newtown where he purchased land in 1639, now called Cambridge. When the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in Boston was organized William was an early member and held the rank of Junior Sergeant in 1643, First Sergeant in 1646, and Ensign in 1650. He also became a member of the militia company at Cambridge of which he was made Lieutenant on March 26, 1647, and later Captain. In 1652/3 he removed to Billerica, eighteen miles north of Boston, where he was one of the original proprietors. Appointed to solemnize marriages. He held many offices of trust, showing that much confidence was placed in him when to hold office was to bear great responsibility. In 1659 he was chosen "to sit in the Deacon's seat", and appointed comitioner to establish the cuntry rates. In 1660 he was one of the first selectmen and served nine years. In 1661 he served on a committee to examine children and servants in "reading, religion, and the catechism." In 1660 he was the first Deputy or Representative of Billerica in the General Court at Boston, taking his seat in 1663. Evidence of his activity in the cause of Indian instruction is found in a letter written by him to "a godly friend in England," the famous tract entitled "Strength out of Weakness" published in London and re-printed by the Boston Historical Society, (Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 3d S. vol. iv. p. 149-196) in which he gives a detailed account of the testimony of an Indian convert. His land in the town amounted to two hundred and fifty acres, which were increased by subsequent allotments in later divisions.
Children: of William and Elizabeth French
FRANCIS b. Eng. abt 1624, m. Lydia Bunnell
Elizabeth b. Eng. abt. 1629, m. Robert Eliot of Dedham
Mary b. Eng. abt. Jan 1633, m. Nathaniel Dunkler
John b. Eng. abt Feb 1635, bp. by Mr. Hooker in Cambridge
m. Abigail Coggan
Sarah b. Cambridge March 1638, prob. d. young
Jacob b. Cambridge 16 March 1640, d. 20 May 1713 aged 73 Billerica, m. Mary Champney
Hannah b. Cambridge 12 April 1641, d. 20 June 1642
Hannah b. Cambridge 16 Feb 1644,
m. 6 Sept 1661 John Brackett, had nine ch.
Samuel b. Cambridge 3 Dec 1645, d. 15 July 1646
Samuel b. abt 1648, m. Sarah Cummings
Children: of William and Mary French
Mary b. Billerica 3 Apr 1670, m. Mr. Sharp
Sarah b. 29 Oct 1671, m. Joseph Crosby, had twelve ch.
Abigail b. 14 Apr 1673, d. 13 Apr 1674
Hannah b. 25 Jan 1676, m. John Childs

Contact:
Susan Dorris
dorris@onecliq.net

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http://www.usgennet.org/usa/il/topic/history/FrenchWilliam.html

Found here: http://ntgen.tripod.com/bw/french_index.html

Note: References below to "TGM" are for the "The Great Migration", Vol 2, sketch of William French, released in 2001, by Anderson, Sanborn and Sanborn. This is the latest and greatest material on William French of Cambridge.

Origins

The origins of William French are unknown. I quote another researcher: "There are so many discrepancies and suppositions concerning the English ancestry of William FRENCH that it is best to omit all references to possibilities until such time as the conflicts are resolved."

He definitely was not the William French reported in earlier genealogies as baptized in Halstead, Essex, England, on 15 Mar 1603; as a 1637 London, England, will for another William French has been found and proved to be the one born in Halstead. See NEHGR 65:284-86 and TGM.

His origins are reported as unknown in TGM.

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The Immigrant

Born: About 1603-5. Per reference in his will that he was 76 when he made his will in 1679 = 1603. Age on passenger list was 30 in 1635 = 1605.

Immigrated: 1635 on the ship Defence, probably with first wife, Elizabeth (___) and four children, ages 5 months to age 10. Embarked probably Harwich, England August 10, 1635, landed Boston, October 2, 1635. On Cambridge Freeman's list of 3 Mar 1635/6.

See passenger list of the Defence Note William is listed in a different section from his family. Note he is shown as servant to Roger Harlakenden. I haven't learned what that was about.... Also note that an Elizabeth French, aged 30, was named once with children and no father; and an Eliza French, aged 32, was named in a different place, directly under William French, servant of Roger Harlankenden... I haven't learned what that is about, either. Was she listed twice? A different woman?? The children listed here do appear to be confirmed later in his will, so this does appear to be his family, but the presentation in this passenger list does raise some questions.

This situation is not mentioned in TGM, leading me to believe the above may be a transcription error and that there was only one Elizabeth Lathrop listed on that list.

Occupation: Tailor (TGM)

Residence: Landed at Boston, moved within days to Cambridge (1635). Was then one of the founders of Billerica, Middlesex Co, Mass and removed there probably about 1652. (Billerica was called the Shawhine Grant until 1655.) On Freeman's list of 03/03/1635/36.

Spouse: He was married twice:

1) Elizabeth, identity unknown, born about 1605 (aged 30-32 on Defence passenger list, England, died March 31, 1668, in Billerica, Mass. She was about 63 years of age when she died. Ten children born from about 1624-1648.(I have seen references to her surname as both Godfrey and Symmes, but TGM reports her identity as unknown. There was a Sarah Simes on the Defence passenger list with them.)

2) Mary Lathrop (Thomas2, John1), born October 04, 1640 in Barnstable, Mass, her second husband. She was 37 years younger than William French! They married May 06, 1669, when William was approaching 70 years of age, and then they had four children! Mary first married John Stearns and had five children with him. So this household had 14 children and five step-children!!

Mary married Isaac Mixer, Jr. on June 29, 1687, as her third husband, after William French died. Mary outlived Isaac Mixer, Jr. and died sometime after 1735, after she was 95 years old.

Titles, Positions: Was a Selectman for Billerica for nine years. He was sometimes referred to as "Lieut", a role he had in the militia.

Died: November 20, 1681, in Billerica, Middlesex Co, Mass

Will/Estate: His will was made June 5, 1679, inventory taken November 20, 1681. William had already provided for his children prior to the time of writing his will. However he did make bequests to his grandchildren. The children from his second marriage, and his wife, participated in the division of the estate.

From: The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles, p 208:

(Midd. V: 276-278) I William French of Billerica aged about seaventy& six I have already given to all my children that have been already married their portions, I add as followeth to eldest son John French, to Wm. the son of Jacob French, to Elizabeth ye Daughter Richard Ellis, to Jonathan ye son of Jonathan Hides, to ye eldest Daughter of Jonathan Peake, to Marah ye Daughter of Jno. Brackett, which are all my grandchildren.

Remainder unto my wife, & to those children born to me by her. Wife and Jacob French to be executors. Made 5 June 1679. Presnce of Samll. Whiting Junr., Jonath. Danforth Sen. Proved 20 Dec. 1681.

8 Dec. 1681. Mary French Executrix to ye Estate of Lt. French her dec'd Husband made oath to Inventory.

(Midd. XVI: 413) Lt William French of Billerica (Who deceased 20 Nov. 1682) Division of his Estate, the widow one third, to Mary French (now Sharp) eldest dau., to Sarah French, to Hannah French. Dated 6 Dec. 1687.

The widow's part was set off from the estate of her 1st husband John Stearns, deceased, consented to by Sarah Crosby, Mary Dunklin, Hannah Child, daughters of the within mentioned Wm. French. Dated 20 Aug. 1722.

Probable Siblings:

William French administered the estate of John French of Cambridge and was named his brother in those probate records. This John was also a tailor.

He may also have been a brother to Richard French of Cambridge. (Lived in vicinity, named a son Samuel, as did William, etc - but no firm proof). Richard is probably the father of Samuel French who married Sarah Cummings (see below and TGM.)

On-line biographies of William French:

Biography of William French at the Michael Roman Page.

Biography of William French and one line of his family, along with English ancestry, at the Stephen Lawson page. (This page has moved. If anyone know where it moved to, please write me. Thanks.)

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Notable Kin

Notable French's include Samuel Morse, inventor of the telegraph and Charles Goodyear, discoverer of the vulcanization process for rubber.

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Sources and Resources

Primary Source

The primary source for William French is the recently released "The Great Migration", 2001, Vol 2, pp 588-593, by Anderson, Sanborn, and Sanborn. This is a series of books that follows the "The Great Migration Begins", and is a part of the Great Migration Study Project of the NEHGS.

Other Sources

Ancestry of Hattie Whitney, Michael Roman

The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles, 1913

History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877, Pg 278

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Notes, Questions, Errata

There were several other New England immigrants with the surname French. Be careful out there... lots of opportunity for mixups.

NOT son of Thomas French of Halstead, Essex, England. That Thomas French did have a William French born in 1603, but he has been proven to be a William French who died in England and is not our immigrant. See NEHGR 65:284-86 and TGM.

Three Daughters Named Hannah

William had three daughters named Hannah. The first, born 1641, died young. The second, still from the first wife, born 1644, lived to adulthood and married John Brackett. But, she died in 1674, and he then named yet another daughter Hannah, this one from the second wife, Mary Lathrop. She was born 1676, married John Child, and is my ancestor.

Samuel French md Sarah Cummings, was probably son of Richard French - not William.

From The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles, 1913. p 207, which shows Samuel as a son of Richard and Martha (___) French of Cambridge:

"Proof has not been discovered, of the statement found among written authorities, that Lieut. Samuel French, who m. Sarah Cummings, is the son of Lieut. William and 1st wife Elizabeth (Symmes?) French of Billerica. From the Cambridge Records we find that [a] Samuel, the son of William and Elizabeth French, was b. 3 Dec. 1645, and bur. 15 July 1646, and no other son by the name of Samuel was born to William French in Cambridge. But the Cambridge records do show that Richard and Martha French had a son Samuel b. 13 July 1653."

This conclusion is shared by TGM.

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Subsequent Generations

Thomas French family taken by Indians at the Deerfield Massacre. Thomas French's wife was killed as the Indians took a group of 112 English citizens north to Canada. Thomas and two children were "redeemed" (I guess that means released, probably for ransom, but I don't see details.), two children married Canadians (I don't know if that means they were "sold" to French Canadians or what happened there), and one lived an Indian life. I had this reference here when I thought, based on Bullard, that this Thomas was a grandson of John French of Cambridge, brother of William French of Billerica. It now seems that most believe him to be a descendant of Thomas and Susan (Riddesdale) French of Ipswich (Thomas > John > Thomas m Mary Catlin). If that is true, he's not related to us, but I will leave this link here anyway, as it is fascinating history.

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Children of William French and of Mary Lathrop:

Descendants of William French

1 William French 1604 - 1681

.. +Elizabeth (___) 1605 - 1668

........... 2 Francis French 1624 - 1681
............... +Lydia Bunnell 1643 - 1708
........... 2 Elizabeth French 1629 - 1681
............... +Richard Ellis 1629 - 1694
........... 2 Mary French 1633 - 1672
............... +Jonathan Hyde 1626 - 1711
........... 2 John French 1635 - 1712
............... +Abigail Coggan 1637 - 1662
........... *2nd Wife of John French:
............... +Hannah Burrage 1643 - 1667
........... *3rd Wife of John French:
............... +Mary Rogers 1650 - 1677
........... *4th Wife of John French:
............... +Mary Littlefield 1640 - 1719
........... 2 Sarah French 1638 - 1694
............... +Jonathan Peake 1637 - 1700
........... 2 Jacob French 1640 - 1713
............... +Mary Champney 1640 - 1681
........... *2nd Wife of Jacob French:
............... +Mary Convers 1650 - 1686
........... *3rd Wife of Jacob French:
............... +Mary (___) 1650 - 1709
........... *4th Wife of Jacob French: << this wife not in TGM
............... +Ruth (___) 1650 - 1730
........... 2 Hannah (1) French 1641 - 1642
........... 2 Hannah French 1644 - 1674
............... +John Brackett 1637 - 1686
........... 2 Samuel French 1645 - 1646

*2nd Wife of William French:
.. +Mary Lathrop 1640 - 1735

........... 2 Mary French 1670 -
............... +Robert Sharp 1670 -
........... *2nd Husband of Mary French:
............... +Nathaniel Duncklee 1670 -
........... 2 Sarah French 1671 -
............... +Joseph Crosby 1671 -
........... 2 Abigail French 1673 - 1674
........... 2 Hannah French 1676 - 1766 << my ancestor
............... +John Child 1669 - 1748

Since I am also descended from Mary Lathrop, I am half cousin to the descendants of Mary from her first marriage to John Stearns:

Descendants of Mary Lathrop

Descendants of Mary Lathrop

1 Mary Lathrop 1640 - 1735

.. +John Stearns 1630 - 1669

........... 2 Isaac (1) Stearns 1658 - 1659
........... 2 Samuel Stearns 1659 - 1735
........... 2 Isaac Stearns 1661 - 1739
............... +Mary Merriam 1664 -
........... 2 Nathaniel Stearns 1663 -
........... 2 Thomas Stearns 1665 - 1696
............... +Rebecca Chamberlain 1662 -

*2nd Husband of Mary Lathrop:
.. +William French 1604 - 1681

........... 2 Mary French 1670 -
............... +Robert Sharp 1670 -
........... *2nd Husband of Mary French:
............... +Nathaniel Duncklee 1670 -
........... 2 Sarah French 1671 -
............... +Joseph Crosby 1671 -
........... 2 Abigail French 1673 - 1674
........... 2 Hannah French 1676 - 1766
............... +John Child 1669 - 1748

*3rd Husband of Mary Lathrop:
.. +Isaac Mixer 1630 - 1716

+Birth: 1605
Essex, EnglandDeath: Nov. 20, 1681
Billerica
Middlesex County
Massachusetts, USA
There are many discrepancies regarding William's parentage, so it is best not to speculate.

He is an immigrant ancestor who arrived aboard the "Defence", Edward Bostock, Master, which had left England after 18 July 1635 and arrived in Boston 8 October 1635.

WILLIAM FRENCH, came to New England in the ship Defence in 1635, with his wife Elizabeth and four children, Francis aged 10, Elizabeth 6, Mary 2 1/2, and John 5 months. William French is entered on the passenger list as servant to Mr. Harlakenden, "no doubt for purposes of deception," Savage says. Emigration at that time was not the unrestricted right of English Puritans. The child John was baptized on their arrival at New Towne (Cambridge) by the Rev. Thomas Hooker, a fellow-passenger whose name does not appear on the shipping list, since his departure, had it been known to the authorities, would no doubt have been prevented.

In the French family at Cambridge other children were born: Sarah, Jacob, two Hannahs, a Samuel who died young, and a second Samuel, whose birth is not recorded.

William French was made a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony the 3rd of March 1635/6, and a member of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company in 1638. His home in Cambridge was on what is now the westerly side of Dunster Street about midway between Harvard Square and Mt. Auburn Street. He bought this property in 1639 and sold it to William Barrett June 10th, 1656.

Settlement of Billerica (Shawshin) was begun about 1653 and William French was one of the first proprietors. The town was incorporated in 1655 and in the printed account of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary it is stated (giving as reference Rec. Massachusetts vol. iv, pt. 2, p. 383) that in 1659 Lt. French, for Billerica and Chelmsford, was empowered to join in marriage within those towns or limits such persons as shall desire the same, being authorized by law. In March 1659/60, when the first selectmen (townsmen was the old name) were chosen, he was one of the five. As Lieutenant in the local militia he did garrison duty during King Philip's war.

The official website of the surname French has excellent information on the French family including Thomas French.

http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA/CHARTSWEB/ChartEB.htm

LIEUT. WILLIAM FRENCH

Immigrant in the "Defence" 1635 from Hartwick

Lieut. William French or Frenche, tailor, son of Thomas and Anne French, born 15 March 1603 at Halstead, Co. Essex, England, died 20 Nov 1681 aged 78 Billerica, Middlesex Co., Ma. William married 1st in England, Elizabeth ( ), born 1603 Canturbury, England and died 31 March 1668 at Cambridge, Ma. The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy by F. A. Virkus, v. 7, p. 852 says William French's wife was Elizabeth Godfrey. William married 2nd to Mary (Lathrop) Stearns, the daughter of Thomas Lathrop of Barnstable, and the widow of John Stearns, she later married Isaac Mixter. William, as shown by the record in the custom house, came with his family in the Defense from London, England in 1635 when he was aged 32, wife Elizabeth 30, Francis 10, Elizabeth 6, Marie 2 1/2, John 5 mo's. In the winter of 1634 he sailed in the "Defense" from Hartwick, but the vessel was driven back by storms and the journey was postponed until summer. Sailing once more proved perilous for the ship sprang a leak, but arrived safely at Boston, Ma. on October 3rd, 1635. Admitted freeman 1636. Educator. He settled first at Newtown where he purchased land in 1639, now called Cambridge. When the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in Boston was organized William was an early member and held the rank of Junior Sergeant in 1643, First Sergeant in 1646, and Ensign in 1650. He also became a member of the militia company at Cambridge of which he was made Lieutenant on March 26, 1647, and later Captain. In 1652/3 he removed to Billerica, eighteen miles north of Boston, where he was one of the original proprietors. Appointed to solemnize marriages. He held many offices of trust, showing that much confidence was placed in him when to hold office was to bear great responsibility. In 1659 he was chosen "to sit in the Deacon's seat", and appointed comitioner to establish the cuntry rates. In 1660 he was one of the first selectmen and served nine years. In 1661 he served on a committee to examine children and servants in "reading, religion, and the catechism." In 1660 he was the first Deputy or Representative of Billerica in the General Court at Boston, taking his seat in 1663. Evidence of his activity in the cause of Indian instruction is found in a letter written by him to "a godly friend in England," the famous tract entitled "Strength out of Weakness" published in London and re-printed by the Boston Historical Society, (Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 3d S. vol. iv. p. 149-196) in which he gives a detailed account of the testimony of an Indian convert. His land in the town amounted to two hundred and fifty acres, which were increased by subsequent allotments in later divisions.
Children: of William and Elizabeth French
FRANCIS b. Eng. abt 1624, m. Lydia Bunnell
Elizabeth b. Eng. abt. 1629, m. Robert Eliot of Dedham
Mary b. Eng. abt. Jan 1633, m. Nathaniel Dunkler
John b. Eng. abt Feb 1635, bp. by Mr. Hooker in Cambridge
m. Abigail Coggan
Sarah b. Cambridge March 1638, prob. d. young
Jacob b. Cambridge 16 March 1640, d. 20 May 1713 aged 73 Billerica, m. Mary Champney
Hannah b. Cambridge 12 April 1641, d. 20 June 1642
Hannah b. Cambridge 16 Feb 1644,
m. 6 Sept 1661 John Brackett, had nine ch.
Samuel b. Cambridge 3 Dec 1645, d. 15 July 1646
Samuel b. abt 1648, m. Sarah Cummings
Children: of William and Mary French
Mary b. Billerica 3 Apr 1670, m. Mr. Sharp
Sarah b. 29 Oct 1671, m. Joseph Crosby, had twelve ch.
Abigail b. 14 Apr 1673, d. 13 Apr 1674
Hannah b. 25 Jan 1676, m. John Childs

Contact:
Susan Dorris
dorris@onecliq.net

IMMIGRANT ANCESTORLIEUT. WILLIAM FRENCHImmigrant in the "Defence" 1635 from Hartwick
Lieut. William French or Frenche, tailor, son of Thomas and Anne French, born 15 March 1603 at Halstead, Co. Essex, England, died 20 Nov 1681 aged 78 Billerica, Middlesex Co., Ma. William married 1st in England, Elizabeth ( ), born 1603 Canturbury, England and died 31 March 1668 at Cambridge, Ma. The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy by F. A. Virkus, v. 7, p. 852 says William French's wife was Elizabeth Godfrey. William married 2nd to Mary (Lathrop) Stearns, the daughter of Thomas Lathrop of Barnstable, and the widow of John Stearns, she later married Isaac Mixter. William, as shown by the record in the custom house, came with his family in the Defense from London, England in 1635 when he was aged 32, wife Elizabeth 30, Francis 10, Elizabeth 6, Marie 2 1/2, John 5 mo's. In the winter of 1634 he sailed in the "Defense" from Hartwick, but the vessel was driven back by storms and the journey was postponed until summer. Sailing once more proved perilous for the ship sprang a leak, but arrived safely at Boston, Ma. on October 3rd, 1635. Admitted freeman 1636. Educator. He settled first at Newtown where he purchased land in 1639, now called Cambridge. When the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in Boston was organized William was an early member and held the rank of Junior Sergeant in 1643, First Sergeant in 1646, and Ensign in 1650. He also became a member of the militia company at Cambridge of which he was made Lieutenant on March 26, 1647, and later Captain. In 1652/3 he removed to Billerica, eighteen miles north of Boston, where he was one of the original proprietors. Appointed to solemnize marriages. He held many offices of trust, showing that much confidence was placed in him when to hold office was to bear great responsibility. In 1659 he was chosen "to sit in the Deacon's seat", and appointed comitioner to establish the cuntry rates. In 1660 he was one of the first selectmen and served nine years. In 1661 he served on a committee to examine children and servants in "reading, religion, and the catechism." In 1660 he was the first Deputy or Representative of Billerica in the General Court at Boston, taking his seat in 1663. Evidence of his activity in the cause of Indian instruction is found in a letter written by him to "a godly friend in England," the famous tract entitled "Strength out of Weakness" published in London and re-printed by the Boston Historical Society, (Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 3d S. vol. iv. p. 149-196) in which he gives a detailed account of the testimony of an Indian convert. His land in the town amounted to two hundred and fifty acres, which were increased by subsequent allotments in later divisions.
Children: of William and Elizabeth French
FRANCIS b. Eng. abt 1624, m. Lydia Bunnell
Elizabeth b. Eng. abt. 1629, m. Robert Eliot of Dedham
Mary b. Eng. abt. Jan 1633, m. Nathaniel Dunkler
John b. Eng. abt Feb 1635, bp. by Mr. Hooker in Cambridge
m. Abigail Coggan
Sarah b. Cambridge March 1638, prob. d. young
Jacob b. Cambridge 16 March 1640, d. 20 May 1713 aged 73 Billerica, m. Mary Champney
Hannah b. Cambridge 12 April 1641, d. 20 June 1642
Hannah b. Cambridge 16 Feb 1644,
m. 6 Sept 1661 John Brackett, had nine ch.
Samuel b. Cambridge 3 Dec 1645, d. 15 July 1646
Samuel b. abt 1648, m. Sarah Cummings
Children: of William and Mary French
Mary b. Billerica 3 Apr 1670, m. Mr. Sharp
Sarah b. 29 Oct 1671, m. Joseph Crosby, had twelve ch.
Abigail b. 14 Apr 1673, d. 13 Apr 1674
Hannah b. 25 Jan 1676, m. John Childs

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Found here: http://ntgen.tripod.com/bw/french_index.html

Note: References below to "TGM" are for the "The Great Migration", Vol 2, sketch of William French, released in 2001, by Anderson, Sanborn and Sanborn. This is the latest and greatest material on William French of Cambridge.

Origins

The origins of William French are unknown. I quote another researcher: "There are so many discrepancies and suppositions concerning the English ancestry of William FRENCH that it is best to omit all references to possibilities until such time as the conflicts are resolved."

He definitely was not the William French reported in earlier genealogies as baptized in Halstead, Essex, England, on 15 Mar 1603; as a 1637 London, England, will for another William French has been found and proved to be the one born in Halstead. See NEHGR 65:284-86 and TGM.

His origins are reported as unknown in TGM.

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The Immigrant

Born: About 1603-5. Per reference in his will that he was 76 when he made his will in 1679 = 1603. Age on passenger list was 30 in 1635 = 1605.

Immigrated: 1635 on the ship Defence, probably with first wife, Elizabeth (___) and four children, ages 5 months to age 10. Embarked probably Harwich, England August 10, 1635, landed Boston, October 2, 1635. On Cambridge Freeman's list of 3 Mar 1635/6.

See passenger list of the Defence Note William is listed in a different section from his family. Note he is shown as servant to Roger Harlakenden. I haven't learned what that was about.... Also note that an Elizabeth French, aged 30, was named once with children and no father; and an Eliza French, aged 32, was named in a different place, directly under William French, servant of Roger Harlankenden... I haven't learned what that is about, either. Was she listed twice? A different woman?? The children listed here do appear to be confirmed later in his will, so this does appear to be his family, but the presentation in this passenger list does raise some questions.

This situation is not mentioned in TGM, leading me to believe the above may be a transcription error and that there was only one Elizabeth Lathrop listed on that list.

Occupation: Tailor (TGM)

Residence: Landed at Boston, moved within days to Cambridge (1635). Was then one of the founders of Billerica, Middlesex Co, Mass and removed there probably about 1652. (Billerica was called the Shawhine Grant until 1655.) On Freeman's list of 03/03/1635/36.

Spouse: He was married twice:

1) Elizabeth, identity unknown, born about 1605 (aged 30-32 on Defence passenger list, England, died March 31, 1668, in Billerica, Mass. She was about 63 years of age when she died. Ten children born from about 1624-1648.(I have seen references to her surname as both Godfrey and Symmes, but TGM reports her identity as unknown. There was a Sarah Simes on the Defence passenger list with them.)

2) Mary Lathrop (Thomas2, John1), born October 04, 1640 in Barnstable, Mass, her second husband. She was 37 years younger than William French! They married May 06, 1669, when William was approaching 70 years of age, and then they had four children! Mary first married John Stearns and had five children with him. So this household had 14 children and five step-children!!

Mary married Isaac Mixer, Jr. on June 29, 1687, as her third husband, after William French died. Mary outlived Isaac Mixer, Jr. and died sometime after 1735, after she was 95 years old.

Titles, Positions: Was a Selectman for Billerica for nine years. He was sometimes referred to as "Lieut", a role he had in the militia.

Died: November 20, 1681, in Billerica, Middlesex Co, Mass

Will/Estate: His will was made June 5, 1679, inventory taken November 20, 1681. William had already provided for his children prior to the time of writing his will. However he did make bequests to his grandchildren. The children from his second marriage, and his wife, participated in the division of the estate.

From: The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles, p 208:

(Midd. V: 276-278) I William French of Billerica aged about seaventy& six I have already given to all my children that have been already married their portions, I add as followeth to eldest son John French, to Wm. the son of Jacob French, to Elizabeth ye Daughter Richard Ellis, to Jonathan ye son of Jonathan Hides, to ye eldest Daughter of Jonathan Peake, to Marah ye Daughter of Jno. Brackett, which are all my grandchildren.

Remainder unto my wife, & to those children born to me by her. Wife and Jacob French to be executors. Made 5 June 1679. Presnce of Samll. Whiting Junr., Jonath. Danforth Sen. Proved 20 Dec. 1681.

8 Dec. 1681. Mary French Executrix to ye Estate of Lt. French her dec'd Husband made oath to Inventory.

(Midd. XVI: 413) Lt William French of Billerica (Who deceased 20 Nov. 1682) Division of his Estate, the widow one third, to Mary French (now Sharp) eldest dau., to Sarah French, to Hannah French. Dated 6 Dec. 1687.

The widow's part was set off from the estate of her 1st husband John Stearns, deceased, consented to by Sarah Crosby, Mary Dunklin, Hannah Child, daughters of the within mentioned Wm. French. Dated 20 Aug. 1722.

Probable Siblings:

William French administered the estate of John French of Cambridge and was named his brother in those probate records. This John was also a tailor.

He may also have been a brother to Richard French of Cambridge. (Lived in vicinity, named a son Samuel, as did William, etc - but no firm proof). Richard is probably the father of Samuel French who married Sarah Cummings (see below and TGM.)

On-line biographies of William French:

Biography of William French at the Michael Roman Page.

Biography of William French and one line of his family, along with English ancestry, at the Stephen Lawson page. (This page has moved. If anyone know where it moved to, please write me. Thanks.)

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Notable Kin

Notable French's include Samuel Morse, inventor of the telegraph and Charles Goodyear, discoverer of the vulcanization process for rubber.

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Sources and Resources

Primary Source

The primary source for William French is the recently released "The Great Migration", 2001, Vol 2, pp 588-593, by Anderson, Sanborn, and Sanborn. This is a series of books that follows the "The Great Migration Begins", and is a part of the Great Migration Study Project of the NEHGS.

Other Sources

Ancestry of Hattie Whitney, Michael Roman

The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles, 1913

History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877, Pg 278

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Notes, Questions, Errata

There were several other New England immigrants with the surname French. Be careful out there... lots of opportunity for mixups.

NOT son of Thomas French of Halstead, Essex, England. That Thomas French did have a William French born in 1603, but he has been proven to be a William French who died in England and is not our immigrant. See NEHGR 65:284-86 and TGM.

Three Daughters Named Hannah

William had three daughters named Hannah. The first, born 1641, died young. The second, still from the first wife, born 1644, lived to adulthood and married John Brackett. But, she died in 1674, and he then named yet another daughter Hannah, this one from the second wife, Mary Lathrop. She was born 1676, married John Child, and is my ancestor.

Samuel French md Sarah Cummings, was probably son of Richard French - not William.

From The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles, 1913. p 207, which shows Samuel as a son of Richard and Martha (___) French of Cambridge:

"Proof has not been discovered, of the statement found among written authorities, that Lieut. Samuel French, who m. Sarah Cummings, is the son of Lieut. William and 1st wife Elizabeth (Symmes?) French of Billerica. From the Cambridge Records we find that [a] Samuel, the son of William and Elizabeth French, was b. 3 Dec. 1645, and bur. 15 July 1646, and no other son by the name of Samuel was born to William French in Cambridge. But the Cambridge records do show that Richard and Martha French had a son Samuel b. 13 July 1653."

This conclusion is shared by TGM.

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Subsequent Generations

Thomas French family taken by Indians at the Deerfield Massacre. Thomas French's wife was killed as the Indians took a group of 112 English citizens north to Canada. Thomas and two children were "redeemed" (I guess that means released, probably for ransom, but I don't see details.), two children married Canadians (I don't know if that means they were "sold" to French Canadians or what happened there), and one lived an Indian life. I had this reference here when I thought, based on Bullard, that this Thomas was a grandson of John French of Cambridge, brother of William French of Billerica. It now seems that most believe him to be a descendant of Thomas and Susan (Riddesdale) French of Ipswich (Thomas > John > Thomas m Mary Catlin). If that is true, he's not related to us, but I will leave this link here anyway, as it is fascinating history.

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Children of William French and of Mary Lathrop:

Descendants of William French

1 William French 1604 - 1681

.. +Elizabeth (___) 1605 - 1668

........... 2 Francis French 1624 - 1681
............... +Lydia Bunnell 1643 - 1708
........... 2 Elizabeth French 1629 - 1681
............... +Richard Ellis 1629 - 1694
........... 2 Mary French 1633 - 1672
............... +Jonathan Hyde 1626 - 1711
........... 2 John French 1635 - 1712
............... +Abigail Coggan 1637 - 1662
........... *2nd Wife of John French:
............... +Hannah Burrage 1643 - 1667
........... *3rd Wife of John French:
............... +Mary Rogers 1650 - 1677
........... *4th Wife of John French:
............... +Mary Littlefield 1640 - 1719
........... 2 Sarah French 1638 - 1694
............... +Jonathan Peake 1637 - 1700
........... 2 Jacob French 1640 - 1713
............... +Mary Champney 1640 - 1681
........... *2nd Wife of Jacob French:
............... +Mary Convers 1650 - 1686
........... *3rd Wife of Jacob French:
............... +Mary (___) 1650 - 1709
........... *4th Wife of Jacob French: << this wife not in TGM
............... +Ruth (___) 1650 - 1730
........... 2 Hannah (1) French 1641 - 1642
........... 2 Hannah French 1644 - 1674
............... +John Brackett 1637 - 1686
........... 2 Samuel French 1645 - 1646

*2nd Wife of William French:
.. +Mary Lathrop 1640 - 1735

........... 2 Mary French 1670 -
............... +Robert Sharp 1670 -
........... *2nd Husband of Mary French:
............... +Nathaniel Duncklee 1670 -
........... 2 Sarah French 1671 -
............... +Joseph Crosby 1671 -
........... 2 Abigail French 1673 - 1674
........... 2 Hannah French 1676 - 1766 << my ancestor
............... +John Child 1669 - 1748

Since I am also descended from Mary Lathrop, I am half cousin to the descendants of Mary from her first marriage to John Stearns:

Descendants of Mary Lathrop

Descendants of Mary Lathrop

1 Mary Lathrop 1640 - 1735

.. +John Stearns 1630 - 1669

........... 2 Isaac (1) Stearns 1658 - 1659
........... 2 Samuel Stearns 1659 - 1735
........... 2 Isaac Stearns 1661 - 1739
............... +Mary Merriam 1664 -
........... 2 Nathaniel Stearns 1663 -
........... 2 Thomas Stearns 1665 - 1696
............... +Rebecca Chamberlain 1662 -

*2nd Husband of Mary Lathrop:
.. +William French 1604 - 1681

........... 2 Mary French 1670 -
............... +Robert Sharp 1670 -
........... *2nd Husband of Mary French:
............... +Nathaniel Duncklee 1670 -
........... 2 Sarah French 1671 -
............... +Joseph Crosby 1671 -
........... 2 Abigail French 1673 - 1674
........... 2 Hannah French 1676 - 1766
............... +John Child 1669 - 1748

*3rd Husband of Mary Lathrop:
.. +Isaac Mixer 1630 - 1716

+Birth: 1605
Essex, EnglandDeath: Nov. 20, 1681
Billerica
Middlesex County
Massachusetts, USA
There are many discrepancies regarding William's parentage, so it is best not to speculate.

He is an immigrant ancestor who arrived aboard the "Defence", Edward Bostock, Master, which had left England after 18 July 1635 and arrived in Boston 8 October 1635.

WILLIAM FRENCH, came to New England in the ship Defence in 1635, with his wife Elizabeth and four children, Francis aged 10, Elizabeth 6, Mary 2 1/2, and John 5 months. William French is entered on the passenger list as servant to Mr. Harlakenden, "no doubt for purposes of deception," Savage says. Emigration at that time was not the unrestricted right of English Puritans. The child John was baptized on their arrival at New Towne (Cambridge) by the Rev. Thomas Hooker, a fellow-passenger whose name does not appear on the shipping list, since his departure, had it been known to the authorities, would no doubt have been prevented.

In the French family at Cambridge other children were born: Sarah, Jacob, two Hannahs, a Samuel who died young, and a second Samuel, whose birth is not recorded.

William French was made a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony the 3rd of March 1635/6, and a member of the Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company in 1638. His home in Cambridge was on what is now the westerly side of Dunster Street about midway between Harvard Square and Mt. Auburn Street. He bought this property in 1639 and sold it to William Barrett June 10th, 1656.

Settlement of Billerica (Shawshin) was begun about 1653 and William French was one of the first proprietors. The town was incorporated in 1655 and in the printed account of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary it is stated (giving as reference Rec. Massachusetts vol. iv, pt. 2, p. 383) that in 1659 Lt. French, for Billerica and Chelmsford, was empowered to join in marriage within those towns or limits such persons as shall desire the same, being authorized by law. In March 1659/60, when the first selectmen (townsmen was the old name) were chosen, he was one of the five. As Lieutenant in the local militia he did garrison duty during King Philip's war.

William French, the immigrant ancestor of this family, was born
in Halsted, County Essex, England, March 15, 1603, and died at Bill-
erica, Massachusetts, November 20, 1681, aged seventy-seven. He
married ; first) Elizabeth -------, (surname believed to be Symm.es,
sister of Rev. Zr.chariah Symmes). He had four children born in
England, and came to America in the same ship, the “Defence,” with
Rev. Thomas Shepard and his brother Samuel, Roger Harlakenden,
and George and Joseph Cooke, in the summer of 1635. He settled
first in Cambridge, and in 1652 was one of the original proprietors
and first settlers of Billerica. He was lieutenant of the militia, and
afterwards captain; was the first man to sit in the “deacon’s seat.” in
1659; commissioner to establish the county rates in 1659; select-
man in 1660 and for nine years in all; was on a committee to
examine children and servants in reading, religion and the catechism,
in 1661 ; wras the first representative or deputy to the general court at
Boston, elected in 1660, and taking his seat in 1663. A tract written by
him entitled “Strength out of \\ eakness,” in which he gives a detailed
account of the testimony of an Indian convert to Christianity, was
published in London, and afterward republished in the Massachusetts
Historical Society Collections. He bought part of the old Dudley
farm in Billerica, and his house stood near the turnpike east of the
Bradford road, near Ralph Hill’s House. Hill called him “brother”
in his will. He was a tailor by trade. His wife, Elizabeth, died March
31, 1663, and he married (second) May 6, 1669, Mary Stearns, widow
of John Stearns, and daughter of Thomas Lathrop, of Barnstable,
Massachusetts. His widow married, June 29, 1687, Isaac Mixer, of
Watertown. His estate was divided December 6, 1687, between the
widow and three daughters-Mary Sharp, and Sarah and Hannah
French. Children of William and Elizabeth French: 1. Frances, born
about 1625. 2. Elizabeth, born 1629-31; married --------------- Ellis, of
Watertown. 3. Mary, born 1633. 4. John, born 1635, mentioned be-
low. 5. Sarah, born March, 1638. 6. Jacob, born March 16, 1639-40.
7. Hannah, born February 2, 1641-42; died June 20, following. 8.
Samuel, born December 3, 1645; died July 15, 1646. 9. Samuel,
born after 1646; pioneer in Dunstable, Massachusetts. Children
of William and Mary French: 10. Mary, born April 3, 1670; mar-
ried Nathaniel Dundee, n. Sarah, born October 29, 1671 ; married
---------Sharp, who died in military service; married (second) Joseph
Crosby. 12. Abigail, born April 14, 1673; died April 13, 1674. 13.
Hannah, born January 25, 1675 ; married October 5, 1693, John Child,
of Watertown.

Birth:
To this genealogical tragedy of errors several professional and amateur genealogists have contributed by stating that Lieut. William French of Cambridge was baptized in Halstead, Essex Co., England, March 15, 1603 and was descended, through three generations of the name of Thomas, from Thomas Frenche, the elder, of Wethersfield, County Essex England, who died in 1599. Yet Mrs. Elizabeth (French) Bartlett, descendant of Lieut. William French, and "Record Searcher in England for the Committee on English Research of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908-1917," published in New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 65 pp. 284-286, proof that the William French who was baptized March 15, 1603, in Halstead, Essex Co., England, died in London in 1621, unmarried, and that his estate was administered by his brother, John, and then his brother, Edward, when John died, and then sister Elianor when Edward died.

Misc:
Evidence of his activity in the cause of Indian instruction is found in a letter written by him to "a godly friend in England," the famous tract entitled "Strength out of Weakness" published in London and re-printed by the Boston Historical Society, (Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 3d S. vol. iv. p. 149-196) in which he gives a detailed account of the testimony of an Indian convert.

Immigration:
In the winter of 1634 he sailed in the "Defense" from Hartwick, but the vessel was driven back by storms and the journey was postponed until summer. Sailing once more proved perilous for the ship sprang a leak, but arrived safely at Boston, Ma. on October 3rd, 1635.

William married GODFREY SYMMES, Elizabeth on 20 Nov 1621 in Halstead, Essex, England. Elizabeth (daughter of SYMMES*, Reverend Reverend William and OLIVER, Elizabeth) was born on 26 Oct 1605 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; died on 31 Mar 1668 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married LATHROP, Mary on 6 May 1669 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born on 4 Oct 1640 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1735 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1635; With her family

Notes:

2.2 Elizabeth French, b. in England ca. 1629, baptized 5 Sep 1630 in Halstead, England at the parish church of St. Andrews [6], but this record could not be found. She immigrated at age 6 [4] with parents, m1. Robert Eliot/Elliot of Dedham [1] prior to Nov 1658 [4] on 19 Sep 1650 [6], m2. Richard Ellis [1] p. 53. Richard Ellis is listed in his father-in-law’s will. Elizabeth died prior to her father’s death of 1681.

Parish church of St Andrews

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married CHAMPNEY, Mary on 7 Sep 1665 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of CHAMPNEY, Richard and UNKNOWN, Jane) was born on 1 Nov 1639 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 Apr 1681 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married CONVERSE, Mary on 30 Jun 1685 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born on 26 Nov 1655 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 18 Jun 1686 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married MOORE, Ruth in 1711 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Ruth was born on 6 Jan 1657 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 6 Nov 1730 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Wars: Soldier in King Philip's War and a corporal in the fight at Brookfirld
• Name: John French I
• Residence: Lived on the South side of Fox Hill, on the east road, Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Immigration: 1635; At 5 months, with his parents
• Death: Oct 1712, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: 20 May 1713, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

John French, b. in England ca. Feb. 1635, immigrated age 5 mo. [4] with parents, m1. 21 Jun 1659 to Abigail Coggan, dau. of Henry of Barnstable. Abigail d. 5 Apr 1662. John m2. 3 Jul 1663 Hannah, dau. of John Burrage or Burridge of Charlestown, MA. Hannah d. 7 Jul 1667. John m3. 14 Jan 1668 Mary Rogers. Mary d. 16 Jun 1677. John m4. 16 Jan 1677/78 Mary, dau. of Francis Littlefield of Woburn, MA and widow of John Kittredge of Billerica. Mary d. 1719. John was a colonel in the militia, and was often in the Town’s service. He was wounded by the Indians in an assault on Quaboag in 1675, d. Oct 1712.

John French, son of William French (1), was born in Eng-
land, early in 1635, and was brought over to America by his parents
when but five months old. He died in Billerica, Massachusetts, in
October, 1712. He resided on the south side of Fox Hill, on the east
road. He was a soldier in King Philip’s War, and was a corporal in
the fight at Brookfield in 1675. He was wounded in this assault at
Quaboag (Brookfield), and in a petition subsequently describes him-
self as a “poor wounded” man. He was poor enough for a time, and
was harassed by the constable before he recovered from the losses of
the war. He was an influential citizen of Billerica, and held many
town offices from time to time. He married (first) June 21, 1659,
Abigail Coggan, daughter of Henry Coggan, of Barnstable, Massa-
chusetts. She died April 5, 1662, aged twenty-four, and he married
(second) July 3, 1662, Hannah Burrage, daughter of John Burrage,
of Charlestown. She died July 7, 1667, aged twenty-three, and he mar-
ried (third) January 14, 1667-68, Mary Rogers, daughter of John
Rogers. She died June 16, 1677, and he married (fourth) January 16,
1678, Mary Kittredge, widow of John. She died October 7. 1719,
surviving him. Children of the second wife: 1. Hannah, born Janu-
ary 20, 1663-64; married John Kittredge. 2. Abigail, born December
6, 1665; married Benjamin Parker. Child of the third wife: 3. Mary,
born March 4, 1669^70 ; married Nathan Shed. Children of the fourth
wife: 4. John, horn May 15, 1679; mentioned below. 5. Elizabeth,
born July 24, 1681 ; married December 25, 1706, Thomas Abbot. 6.
William, born November 26, 1683; died April 21, 1685. 7. Sarah, born
September 15, 1685; married --------- Flint. 8. William, born August
8, 1687. 9. Hannah, born February 18, 1692-93; married Jonathan
Richardson and Benjamin Frost.
A descendant of John French, named William French, a resident
of Dummerston in the New Hampshire grants, was the celebrated
victim of the Westminster massacre in 1775. As this was the direct
result of the first organized resistance to British authority in the
American colonies, William French has been claimed as the first
martyr to the cause of American Independence. On his gravestone is
this quaint inscription:
In memory of William French
Son of Mr. Nathaniel French, Who
was shot at Westminster, March ye 13th.
1775, by the hands of Cruel Ministerial tools
Of Georg ye 3d, in the Corthouse at 11 a’clock
At Night in the 23d year of his Age.
HFRF WILLIAM FRENCH his Body lies
for Murder his Blood for Vengeance Cries
King Georg the third his Tory Crew
that with a Bawl his Head Shot threw
For Liberty and his Countrys Good
he lost his Life his dearest blood.

A much married man...

katpafadded this on 17 Oct 2010

John and Abigail Coggin [dup. Abigall Cogin], June 21, [1659, in Barnstable.]* [Abigail Coggin. MR] John and Hannah Burridge, July 3, 1662.* [Burrage, July 3, 1663. MR] John and Mary Rogers, Jan. 14, 1667.* John and Mary Kittredge [dup. Kitteridg], wid., Jan. 16, 1677-8.* [Kitterige. MR] From Vital Records of Billerica

http://ancestorbios.blogspot.com/2012/02/poor-wounded-man-john-french.htmlA Poor Wounded Man – John French

B. 1635 in England
M. (1) 21 Jun 1659 in Billerica, Massachusetts
Wife: Abigail Coggan
M. (2) 3 Jul 1662 in Billerica, Massachusetts
Wife: Hannah Burrage
M. (3) 14 Jan 1668
Wife: Hannah Rogers
M. (4) 16 Jan 1678 in Billerica, Massachusetts
Wife: Mary (Littlefield) Kittredge
D. October 1712 in Billerica, Massachusetts
Emigrated: 1635 on the ship Defence

John French experienced the hardships of living in 17th century New England, having three wives who died young, and later becoming wounded while fighting Indians. He was born in 1635 in England to William and Elizabeth French, their third child. When he was still a small baby, the family boarded the ship Defence, landing in Boston on October 8th. The family settled in Cambridge, where John grew up. His parents had six more children there.

In 1653, the French family moved to the new town of Billerica and on June 21, 1659, John married Abigail Coggan of Barnstable. She died less than three years later at the age of 23, on April 5, 1662. He quickly married again on July 3rd of that year to Hannah Burrage of Charlestown. She bore him two daughters, but died on July 7, 1667 also at the age of 23. John married a third time on January 14, 1668 to Mary Rogers. She had a daughter in 1670 and died on June 16, 1677. Finally, on 16 Jan 1678, he married a fourth wife, Mary (Littlefield) Kittredge, who had been widowed with five young sons. John and Mary had six children together.

John served as a corporal in the militia in Billerica during King Phillip's War. On August 2, 1675, the militia met up with Indians in a swamp near Billerica called Quaboag (or Brookfield) where several settlers were killed. John was in the fight, and after shooting an Indian, he got hit by return fire, which cut off one of his thumbs and seriously wounded his body near his shoulder.

After the war, John petitioned the town for financial help, describing himself as "a poor wounded man." He was exempted from paying taxes for several years. He was also permitted to sit "at the table with Capt. John Lane and Mr. Crosby" during church services, and his wife Mary was allowed to "sit in the front gallery with Mrs. Foster and those women placed there." It was said that he was "an influential citizen of Billerica and held many town offices from time to time." John died in October of 1712 at the age of 77.

Children by Hannah Burrage:
1. Hannah French – B. 14 Dec 1664, Billerica, Massachusetts; D. 9 Oct 1755, Tewksbury, Massachusetts; M. John Kittredge (1666-1714), 3 Apr 1685, Billerica, Massachusetts

2. Abigail French – B. 6 Dec 1665; D. 13 Mar 1723; M. Benjamin Parker (1662-?), 10 Nov 1697

Children by Mary Rogers:
1. Mary French – B. 4 Mar 1670; D. 21 Aug 1740, Billerica, Massachusetts; M. Nathan Shed (1669-?)

Children by Mary Littlefield:
1. John French – B. 15 May 1679, Billerica, Massachusetts; M. Ruth Richardson (1685-?), 13 Feb 1707, Billerica, Massachusetts

2. Elizabeth French – B. 24 Jul 1681, Billerica, Massachusetts; D. 30 Sep 1754, Andover, Massachusetts; M. Thomas Abbott, 25 Dec 1706, Billerica, Massachusetts

3. William French – B. 26 Nov 1683, Billerica, Massachusetts; D. 1685, Billerica, Massachusetts

4. Sarah French – B. 15 Sep 1685, Billerica, Massachusetts; M. Joseph Frost (1683-?)

5. Hannah French – B. 18 Feb 1693; D. 12 Dec 1769; M. (1) Jonathan Richardson (?-1720), 1713, Billerica, Massachusetts; (2) Benjamin Frost

6. William French – B. 8 Aug 1687, Billerica, Massachusetts; D. 25 Feb 1746; M. Mehitable Patten (1687-1743), about 1712

Sources:
"Lieutenant William French and his Descendants," John M. French, The New England historical and genealogical register, 1890
The Kittredge Family in America, Mabel T. Kittredge, 1936
Billerica, a centennial oration by the Rev. Elias Nason, July 4, 1876, 1876

John married LITTLEFIELD, Mary on 14 Jan 1677 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of LITTLEFIELD, Francis and HILL, Jane) was born on 14 Dec 1646 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 7 Oct 1719 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married COGGAN, Abigail on 21 Jun 1659 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. Abigail was born in 1638 in Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA; died on 5 Apr 1662 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married on 3 Jul 1662 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married BURRAGE, Hannah on 3 Jul 1662 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of BURRAGE, John and STOWERS, Mary Joanna) was born on 14 Oct 1643 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 7 Jul 1667 in Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1635; With her parents - she was 2-1/2

Notes:

2.3 Mary French, b. in England ca. Jan 1633, immigrated age 2 1/2 [4] with parents, baptized between two and three years of age at her father’s "joyning", m. Jonathan Hyde, d. 27 May 1672 at the birth of her son Joseph, who was her 12th or 14th child. First child was Jonathan Jr. who was mentioned in William (1) will along with his father, Jonathan Hyde Sr., therefore, both were living in 1681.

Died:
Died in childbrith; son Joseph either her 12th or 14th child

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married DANFORTH, Sarah on 22 May 1695 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah (daughter of DANFORTH, Captain Jonathan and POULTER, Elizabeth) was born on 13 Dec 1676 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 15 Oct 1751 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: Madison, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
• Name: John, Jr. French
• Death: 17 Dec 1745, Madison, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; Age: 66

Notes:

Birth:
Age: 0

John married RICHARDSON, Ruth on 13 Feb 1708 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Ruth (daughter of RICHARDSON, Thomas and STEVENSON, Mary Stimpson) was born on 4 Dec 1685 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1728 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary. Mary was born in 1682; died on 22 Jan 1710; was buried in Madison, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married on 13 Feb 1707 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married KITTREDGE, John II on 3 Aug 1685 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. John (son of KITTREDGE, John I and LITTLEFIELD, Mary, son of KITTREDGE, John I) was born on 24 Jan 1666 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 28 Apr 1714 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: DAVIS, Elizabeth. Elizabeth (daughter of DAVIS, Joseph and PATTEN, Rebecca) was born on 6 Nov 1699 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Feb 1737 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: 1792, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas married HARDY, Ruth on 6 Feb 1739 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Ruth (daughter of HARDY, Zachariah and WALLINGFORD, Hepzibah) was born on 14 Jun 1720 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Dec 1807 in Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 21 Dec 1800, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph married MANNING, Mary Pricilla on 4 Jan 1749 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born in 1731 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Dec 1786 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John French III
• Birth: 14 Oct 1710, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

John married KITTREDGE, Mary on 30 Oct 1732 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of KITTREDGE, Dr. John III and ABBOTT, Mary, daughter of KITTREDGE, Dr. John III, daughter of ABBOTT, Mary) was born on 23 Feb 1713 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Mar 1759 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Relation to Me: 9th Great Uncle
• Revolutionary War: A065814
• Wars: 1775, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Answered the alarm to Lexington and Concord at start of Revolutionary War

Hannah married FROST, Edmund on 1 Dec 1712 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Edmund (son of FROST, Samuel Sr and MILLER, Elizabeth) was born on 5 Mar 1691 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 29 May 1766 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: USA

Dr. married ABBOTT, Mary on 19 Apr 1707 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary (daughter of ABBOTT, Thomas and STEWART, Sarah) was born on 23 Jul 1686 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 22 May 1743 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Anna is often cited as having died 13 Oct 1759. There was a Hannah Frost who died that day, but I don't think this is Anna. Anna is listed as the mother of a daughter who was born 5 days later (18 Oct) as well as of sons who were born years later.

Anna married FROST, Edmund on 11 Jan 1749 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Edmund (son of FROST, Edmund and KITTREDGE, Hannah) was born on 3 Apr 1723 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 Mar 1811 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married on 11 Jan 1749 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 22 Jun 1745, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Age: 0

Notes:

I do believe her maiden name was French as well as her married name.

Ruth and her husband Samuel were 1st cousins

Ruth married FRENCH, Solomon on 24 Oct 1765 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Solomon (son of FRENCH, John and KITTREDGE, Mary) was born on 11 Mar 1736 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Mar 1803 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Relation to Me: 8th Great Uncle
• Revolutionary War: unproved
• Wars: 1775, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Answered the alarm to Lexington and Concord at start of Revolutionary War

Notes:

Private, Capt. Jonathan Brown’s Co. (Southeast Co.. in Tewksbury), Col. David Green’s (Middlesex Co.) which marched on the Alarm of April 19, 1775, service; 2 days.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Relation to Me: 7th Great Uncle
• Revolutionary War: A134573
• Wars: 1775, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Lexington and Concord Revolutionary War Patriot
• _MILT: 1775; Lexington and Concord Revolutionary War Patriot
• Residence: 1790, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1800, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1810, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1820, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Probate: 1825, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Private, Capt. Jonathan Brown’s Company, (Southeast Company in Tewksbury), Col. David Green’s (Middlesex Co,) Regiment, which marched on the Alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 3 days.

Aaron married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1736
• Birth: 11 Mar 1737, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Age: 0
• Residence: 1790, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: 27 Mar 1803, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Age: 67

Notes:

Solomon and his wife Ruth were paternal 1st cousins

Solomon married FRENCH, Ruth on 24 Oct 1765 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Ruth (daughter of FRENCH, Thomas and HARDY, Ruth) was born on 22 Jun 1745 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: There were 77 militiamen at Lexington, 400 at Concord and 3,800 at the end of Battle. By the next morning, Boston was surrounded by a huge militia army, numbering over 15,000, which had marched from throughout New England.
• Relation to Me: 6th Great Grandfather
• Revolutionary War: A042523
• Residence: Massachusetts, USA
• Wars: 1775; Revolutionary War Soldier; answered the alarm to Lexington and Concord, fought in Col David Greene's regiment
• Residence: 1790, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Private , Capt. Jonathan Brown’s Co. (Southeast Co. in Twksbury), Col. David Green’s (Middlesex County) Regiment which marched on the Alarm of April 19, of April 19, 1775; service 2 days.

Reuben married FROST, Anna on 31 Jan 1775 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Anna (daughter of FROST, Edmund and FRENCH, Anna) was born on 15 Feb 1755 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 Mar 1831 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Revolutionary War: unproved
• Wars: 1775, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; On the list of those who answered the alarm to Lexington and Concord at start of Revolutionary War
• _MILT: 1775; On the list of those who answered the alarm to Lexington and Concord at start of Revolutionary War

Notes:

Private, Capt. Jonathan Brown’s Company ( Southeast Company in Tewksbury), Col. David Green’s (Middlesex Co.) Regiment which marched on Alarm of April 19, 1775; service 2 days

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Massachusetts, USA
• Death: 1 Mar 1911, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army, as returned by Capt. Joshua Baldwin, dated Billerica, Feb. 16, 1778; residence, Tewksbury; engaged for town of Tewksbury (also given Holliston).

Edmund married FRENCH, Anna on 11 Jan 1749 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Anna (daughter of FRENCH, Jacob and DAVIS, Elizabeth) was born on 16 Aug 1728 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 Apr 1789 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mary French
• Name: Mary Kittredg
• Birth: 23 Feb 1712/13, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Mary married FRENCH, John on 30 Oct 1732 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. John (son of FRENCH, John Jr. and RICHARDSON, Ruth) was born on 24 Nov 1710 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 Jan 1778 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Relation to Me: 7th Great Uncle
• Revolutionary War: A042882
• Wars: 1775; Revolutionary War Patriot who fought at Lexington and Concord
• _MILT: 1775; Attained rank of Corporal during the Revolutionary War

Jonathan married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Fought at Lexington and Concord and at Bunker Hill
• Relation to Me: 7th Great Uncle
• Wars: 1775; Revolutionary War Patriot - Rank of Sergeant
• _MILT: 1775; ORDERLY SGT, PVT; CAPTS JOHN TRULL, BENJAMIN WALKER, AMOS FOSTER, COLS BRIDGE, HOW, 27TH MA REGT, LEXINGTON ALARM, BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL, POW

Jacob married SHEDD, Lydia on 2 Oct 1777 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Lydia was born on 14 Jun 1761 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 10 Sep 1816 in Norway, Oxford, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married LEEMAN, Abigail on 28 Jul 1785 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Abigail was born on 8 May 1758 in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA; died on 21 Jul 1786. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: FROST, Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born on 8 Jul 1763 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 3 Apr 1799 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Wars: War of 1812 veteran

Joel married FOWLER, Susanna on 20 Jun 1800 in Norway, Oxford, Maine, USA. Susanna was born on 25 Dec 1779 in Norway, Oxford, Maine, USA; died in Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married FRENCH, Reuben on 31 Jan 1775 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Reuben (son of FRENCH, John and KITTREDGE, Mary) was born on 15 May 1741 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 Nov 1808 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
• Revolutionary War: A042935
• Name: Zepheniah Frost
• Residence: Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: Massachusetts, USA
• Wars: 1776; Revolutionary War Soldier
• Residence: 1790, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1800, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 4 Mar 1831, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1833, Massachusetts, USA

Zephaniah married FRENCH, Ruth on 17 May 1787 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Ruth (daughter of FRENCH, Solomon and FRENCH, Ruth) was born on 3 Jan 1767 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married FROST, Zephaniah on 17 May 1787 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Zephaniah (son of FROST, Edmund and FRENCH, Anna) was born on 1 May 1761 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Jul 1843 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: FRENCH, Molly. Molly was born on 20 Jul 1768 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 23 Oct 1815 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1840, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Loammi married FROST, Anna "Nancy" on 22 Aug 1805 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Anna (daughter of FROST, Zephaniah and FRENCH, Ruth) was born on 12 Sep 1787 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Jul 1861 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Relation to Me: 7th Great Uncle
• Revolutionary War: A134573
• Wars: 1775, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Lexington and Concord Revolutionary War Patriot
• _MILT: 1775; Lexington and Concord Revolutionary War Patriot
• Residence: 1790, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1800, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1810, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1820, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Probate: 1825, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Private, Capt. Jonathan Brown’s Company, (Southeast Company in Tewksbury), Col. David Green’s (Middlesex Co,) Regiment, which marched on the Alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 3 days.

Aaron married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1736
• Birth: 11 Mar 1737, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Age: 0
• Residence: 1790, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: 27 Mar 1803, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Age: 67

Notes:

Solomon and his wife Ruth were paternal 1st cousins

Solomon married FRENCH, Ruth on 24 Oct 1765 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Ruth (daughter of FRENCH, Thomas and HARDY, Ruth) was born on 22 Jun 1745 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: There were 77 militiamen at Lexington, 400 at Concord and 3,800 at the end of Battle. By the next morning, Boston was surrounded by a huge militia army, numbering over 15,000, which had marched from throughout New England.
• Relation to Me: 6th Great Grandfather
• Revolutionary War: A042523
• Residence: Massachusetts, USA
• Wars: 1775; Revolutionary War Soldier; answered the alarm to Lexington and Concord, fought in Col David Greene's regiment
• Residence: 1790, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Private , Capt. Jonathan Brown’s Co. (Southeast Co. in Twksbury), Col. David Green’s (Middlesex County) Regiment which marched on the Alarm of April 19, of April 19, 1775; service 2 days.

Reuben married FROST, Anna on 31 Jan 1775 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Anna (daughter of FROST, Edmund and FRENCH, Anna) was born on 15 Feb 1755 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 1 Mar 1831 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Revolutionary War: unproved
• Wars: 1775, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; On the list of those who answered the alarm to Lexington and Concord at start of Revolutionary War
• _MILT: 1775; On the list of those who answered the alarm to Lexington and Concord at start of Revolutionary War

Notes:

Private, Capt. Jonathan Brown’s Company ( Southeast Company in Tewksbury), Col. David Green’s (Middlesex Co.) Regiment which marched on Alarm of April 19, 1775; service 2 days

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1840, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Loammi married FROST, Anna "Nancy" on 22 Aug 1805 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Anna (daughter of FROST, Zephaniah and FRENCH, Ruth) was born on 12 Sep 1787 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 27 Jul 1861 in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Loammi French and his wife Anna Nancy Frost are maternal first cousins, also 1st cousins 1x removed
• Name: Anna Frost
• Name: Nancy Frost
• Birth: 9 Dec 1787, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1811, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1850, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

The evidence seems to show that Nancy and Anna Frost are the same person.

Anna married FRENCH, Loammi on 22 Aug 1805 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Loammi (son of FRENCH, Reuben and FROST, Anna) was born on 11 Jun 1780 in Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Jul 1851 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Heart disease

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Vermont, USA
• Name: Judith French
• _DNA: match
• Residence: 1850, Weston, Windsor, Vermont, USA
• Residence: 1860, Andover, Windsor, Vermont, USA

Notes:

Birth:
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Judith married TUCKER, Moses Whitcomb on 19 Sep 1842 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Moses (son of TUCKER, Joseph and WHITCOMB, Abigail Leland) was born on 13 Apr 1814 in Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died after 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married FROST, Zephaniah on 17 May 1787 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Zephaniah (son of FROST, Edmund and FRENCH, Anna) was born on 1 May 1761 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Jul 1843 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: FRENCH, Molly. Molly was born on 20 Jul 1768 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 23 Oct 1815 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Heart disease

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Vermont, USA
• Name: Judith French
• _DNA: match
• Residence: 1850, Weston, Windsor, Vermont, USA
• Residence: 1860, Andover, Windsor, Vermont, USA

Notes:

Birth:
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s142/sh/4771f6ae-f35b-40ef-a021-4144f2dea77b/e10b6cc25d41474131dd31fc0808dd23

Judith married TUCKER, Moses Whitcomb on 19 Sep 1842 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Moses (son of TUCKER, Joseph and WHITCOMB, Abigail Leland) was born on 13 Apr 1814 in Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died after 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Relation to Me: 3 GGF
• Occupation: Shoemaker
• Residence: Vermont, USA
• Residence: Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
• _DNA: match
• Residence: 1850, Weston, Windsor, Vermont, USA
• Residence: 1860, Andover, Windsor, Vermont, USA
• Residence: 1870, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
• Residence: 1880, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
• Residence: 1900, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1910, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

Notes:

George was employed as a Shoemaker in Rochester, NH. He died of carcinoma of the lip. Probably as a result of smoking a pipe.


Died:
His body was interred in Shorey Cem., Old River Rd., Lebanon, ME. Death caused by carcinoma of lower lip.

George married ELLIS, Eliza Augusta in 1867. Eliza (daughter of ELLIS, Isaac and HARTFORD, Charlotte H) was born on 30 Dec 1849 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; died on 8 Dec 1913 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: Y
• Name: //
• Name: Jane Tucker
• Residence: 1860, Andover, Windsor, Vermont, USA; Residence Post Office: Andover
• Residence: 1870, Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1880, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1900, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1910, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

Eliza married MACE, Charles W in 1868 in New Hampshire, USA. Charles was born about 1845 in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 6 Aug 1914 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Loammi French and his wife Anna Nancy Frost are maternal first cousins, also 1st cousins 1x removed
• Name: Anna Frost
• Name: Nancy Frost
• Birth: 9 Dec 1787, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1811, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1850, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

The evidence seems to show that Nancy and Anna Frost are the same person.

Anna married FRENCH, Loammi on 22 Aug 1805 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Loammi (son of FRENCH, Reuben and FROST, Anna) was born on 11 Jun 1780 in Massachusetts, USA; died on 8 Jul 1851 in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Relation to Me: 3 GGF
• Occupation: Shoemaker
• Residence: Vermont, USA
• Residence: Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
• _DNA: match
• Residence: 1850, Weston, Windsor, Vermont, USA
• Residence: 1860, Andover, Windsor, Vermont, USA
• Residence: 1870, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
• Residence: 1880, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
• Residence: 1900, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1910, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

Notes:

George was employed as a Shoemaker in Rochester, NH. He died of carcinoma of the lip. Probably as a result of smoking a pipe.


Died:
His body was interred in Shorey Cem., Old River Rd., Lebanon, ME. Death caused by carcinoma of lower lip.

George married ELLIS, Eliza Augusta in 1867. Eliza (daughter of ELLIS, Isaac and HARTFORD, Charlotte H) was born on 30 Dec 1849 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; died on 8 Dec 1913 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: Y
• Name: //
• Name: Jane Tucker
• Residence: 1860, Andover, Windsor, Vermont, USA; Residence Post Office: Andover
• Residence: 1870, Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1880, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1900, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1910, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

Eliza married MACE, Charles W in 1868 in New Hampshire, USA. Charles was born about 1845 in Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died on 6 Aug 1914 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Memberships: member of the Paul revere Lodge, Knights of Pythias, was financial secretary of Mystic Lodge, No. 19, A.O.U.W. for more than 40 years
• Misc: avid fisherman, loved to play baseball,
• Wars: Worked at Charlestown Navy Yard during WWI
• Occupation: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Shoe Factory Executive
• Religion: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Advent Christian Church member
• Religion: member of Advent Christian Church
• _DNA: Match (maternal)
• Residence: 1880, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
• Residence: 1900, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1920, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1930, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1935, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

Notes:

.Born on the family farm in South Lebanon, Maine, probably on a piece of land which had been owned by Isaac Ellis, his grandfather. He probably spent his early years on the farm and then went to work in the shoe industry in the area. At the age of 19 he married Alice Mae Shorey at Somersworth, NH. They were married by F.L. Shapleigh, JP, 15 May 1891, and moved to Lynn two years later. He was an avid fisherman, loved to play baseball, and even though he was in semi-retirement at the outbreak of the Second World War, he went to work in the Boston Navy Yard to help the war effort.
Most of their children and some of their grandchildren were born in the family home at 2 Hillcrest Avenue, atop Pine Hill, in Lynn, Mass. This was one of two houses at the top, and I (Ernest S. Jr.) recall picking blueberries next to the house, wandering the paths to the edge of a gravel pit, on top of which sat a large rock which was nicknamed "Stagecoach Rock" because of an indentation resembling a seat. We spent many hours playing cowboys and Indians on that rock. The family also had many gatherings at the house, notably each Fourth of July when the uncles would each buy an assortment of fireworks and set those off as it became dark, then we would watch the aerial display from Manning Bowl.
A notable event occurred, I believe at the wedding of Alice Jane Pelley, which took place at the house. Ice cream was served which had been kept cold in a large quantity of dry ice. One of the cousins (Bruce Cormack always got the blame) dropped some of the ice in the large concrete goldfish pond in the backyard, causing it to boil and bubble and smoke.
Ernest E. died of a brain hemorrhage. He was a member of the Paul revere Lodge, Knights of Pythias, was financial secretary of Mystic Lodge, No. 19, A.O.U.W. for more than 40 years, and a member of the Advent Christian Church.
His son, Ernest S. wrote in his column, Shots 'n Casts in the Beverly Times:
"I have just recently lost one of my best fishing pals. The day that I saw the light of the world for the first time, he was out smelt fishing, so I come by my angling ambitions naturally. Many is the trout stream we waded together, and many a time had we been out in the harbor after mackerel. When the fish weren't biting very well, he would tell me about trout fishing in his youth on a farm. How they would cut long poles and leave them in the barn to season. Whenever they needed a rod they always had one at hand. By tying a short piece of line on the end and with a hook and a worm they could catch enough brook trout to make a good meal. Horn pouting, or perch fishing as they did it more than 60 years ago, were all fascinating stories. He really knew how to fish a trout brook and catch trout, where it seemed that none could exist. I will always remember our many fishing trips and other enjoyable times together. I will probably never realize the many things he did and sacrifices he made to make life a little easier for me. Yes, it is hard to lose a fishing pal. Particularly when he was your father."
I also remember the years when he, my father and I would pick anemones from the pilings in Beverly Harbor for research at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. I never knew how this came to be, but Beverly apparently had the best for research, and I remember Dad getting me up early in the morning to catch the lowest low tides and we would rent a dory and poke along the pilings, reaching down into the cold water, getting fingernails under the
foot of the anemones and pulling them off the piling. Once the tide had come up, we would go in for me to go to school and Dad to go to work, while Grampa packed the anemones in ice in wooden kegs for shipment by train to Woods Hole. I think they were paid 10 cents each for them.
Compiled and Edited by
Ernest Shorey Tucker Jr.

This version printed in the year 2001
All copyright rights waived in the interest of
preservation, correction and continuation
of this family history.


Died:
Died at home; 2 Hillcrest Ave., Lynn, MA

Ernest married SHOREY, Alice Mae on 15 Jul 1891 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Alice (daughter of PERKINS, Angelina "Angie", daughter of SHOREY, Hosea Edwin Charles, daughter of SHOREY, Hosea Edwin Charles and PERKINS, Angelina "Angie") was born on 6 Sep 1873 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; died on 12 Sep 1956 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Eugene Tucker
• _DNA: match
• Birth: Sep 1881, Maine, USA
• Residence: 1900, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Death: 25 Jun 1969, Sanford, York, Maine, USA

Eugene married HANSON, Emma A on 16 Jul 1910 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Emma was born about 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
• Residence: 1900, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: Abt 1907
• Residence: 1910, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
• Residence: Between 1917 and 1918, York County, Maine, USA
• Residence: 1920, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; Relation to Head: Head; Residence Marital Status: Married
• Residence: 1935, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1938, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1940, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
• Residence: 1950, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
• Residence: Bef 1951, New Hampshire, USA

Charles married CALKINS, Edna Nettie on 17 Jun 1905 in Milton, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Edna was born about 1883 in Trescott, Washington, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Leander married EMERY, Azalah G on 22 Feb 1896 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Azalah was born about 1862 in South Berwick, York, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1900, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1910, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1930, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

Family/Spouse: Mary E. Mary was born about 1877 in New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Heart disease

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Vermont, USA
• Name: Judith French
• _DNA: match
• Residence: 1850, Weston, Windsor, Vermont, USA
• Residence: 1860, Andover, Windsor, Vermont, USA

Notes:

Birth:
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s142/sh/4771f6ae-f35b-40ef-a021-4144f2dea77b/e10b6cc25d41474131dd31fc0808dd23

Judith married TUCKER, Moses Whitcomb on 19 Sep 1842 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Moses (son of TUCKER, Joseph and WHITCOMB, Abigail Leland) was born on 13 Apr 1814 in Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died after 1860. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Memberships: member of the Paul revere Lodge, Knights of Pythias, was financial secretary of Mystic Lodge, No. 19, A.O.U.W. for more than 40 years
• Misc: avid fisherman, loved to play baseball,
• Wars: Worked at Charlestown Navy Yard during WWI
• Occupation: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Shoe Factory Executive
• Religion: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Advent Christian Church member
• Religion: member of Advent Christian Church
• _DNA: Match (maternal)
• Residence: 1880, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
• Residence: 1900, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1920, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1930, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1935, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

Notes:

.Born on the family farm in South Lebanon, Maine, probably on a piece of land which had been owned by Isaac Ellis, his grandfather. He probably spent his early years on the farm and then went to work in the shoe industry in the area. At the age of 19 he married Alice Mae Shorey at Somersworth, NH. They were married by F.L. Shapleigh, JP, 15 May 1891, and moved to Lynn two years later. He was an avid fisherman, loved to play baseball, and even though he was in semi-retirement at the outbreak of the Second World War, he went to work in the Boston Navy Yard to help the war effort.
Most of their children and some of their grandchildren were born in the family home at 2 Hillcrest Avenue, atop Pine Hill, in Lynn, Mass. This was one of two houses at the top, and I (Ernest S. Jr.) recall picking blueberries next to the house, wandering the paths to the edge of a gravel pit, on top of which sat a large rock which was nicknamed "Stagecoach Rock" because of an indentation resembling a seat. We spent many hours playing cowboys and Indians on that rock. The family also had many gatherings at the house, notably each Fourth of July when the uncles would each buy an assortment of fireworks and set those off as it became dark, then we would watch the aerial display from Manning Bowl.
A notable event occurred, I believe at the wedding of Alice Jane Pelley, which took place at the house. Ice cream was served which had been kept cold in a large quantity of dry ice. One of the cousins (Bruce Cormack always got the blame) dropped some of the ice in the large concrete goldfish pond in the backyard, causing it to boil and bubble and smoke.
Ernest E. died of a brain hemorrhage. He was a member of the Paul revere Lodge, Knights of Pythias, was financial secretary of Mystic Lodge, No. 19, A.O.U.W. for more than 40 years, and a member of the Advent Christian Church.
His son, Ernest S. wrote in his column, Shots 'n Casts in the Beverly Times:
"I have just recently lost one of my best fishing pals. The day that I saw the light of the world for the first time, he was out smelt fishing, so I come by my angling ambitions naturally. Many is the trout stream we waded together, and many a time had we been out in the harbor after mackerel. When the fish weren't biting very well, he would tell me about trout fishing in his youth on a farm. How they would cut long poles and leave them in the barn to season. Whenever they needed a rod they always had one at hand. By tying a short piece of line on the end and with a hook and a worm they could catch enough brook trout to make a good meal. Horn pouting, or perch fishing as they did it more than 60 years ago, were all fascinating stories. He really knew how to fish a trout brook and catch trout, where it seemed that none could exist. I will always remember our many fishing trips and other enjoyable times together. I will probably never realize the many things he did and sacrifices he made to make life a little easier for me. Yes, it is hard to lose a fishing pal. Particularly when he was your father."
I also remember the years when he, my father and I would pick anemones from the pilings in Beverly Harbor for research at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. I never knew how this came to be, but Beverly apparently had the best for research, and I remember Dad getting me up early in the morning to catch the lowest low tides and we would rent a dory and poke along the pilings, reaching down into the cold water, getting fingernails under the
foot of the anemones and pulling them off the piling. Once the tide had come up, we would go in for me to go to school and Dad to go to work, while Grampa packed the anemones in ice in wooden kegs for shipment by train to Woods Hole. I think they were paid 10 cents each for them.
Compiled and Edited by
Ernest Shorey Tucker Jr.

This version printed in the year 2001
All copyright rights waived in the interest of
preservation, correction and continuation
of this family history.


Died:
Died at home; 2 Hillcrest Ave., Lynn, MA

Ernest married SHOREY, Alice Mae on 15 Jul 1891 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Alice (daughter of PERKINS, Angelina "Angie", daughter of SHOREY, Hosea Edwin Charles, daughter of SHOREY, Hosea Edwin Charles and PERKINS, Angelina "Angie") was born on 6 Sep 1873 in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; died on 12 Sep 1956 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Eugene Tucker
• _DNA: match
• Birth: Sep 1881, Maine, USA
• Residence: 1900, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Death: 25 Jun 1969, Sanford, York, Maine, USA

Eugene married HANSON, Emma A on 16 Jul 1910 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Emma was born about 1876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
• Residence: 1900, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: Abt 1907
• Residence: 1910, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
• Residence: Between 1917 and 1918, York County, Maine, USA
• Residence: 1920, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA; Relation to Head: Head; Residence Marital Status: Married
• Residence: 1935, Belknap, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1938, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1940, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
• Residence: 1950, Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
• Residence: Bef 1951, New Hampshire, USA

Charles married CALKINS, Edna Nettie on 17 Jun 1905 in Milton, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Edna was born about 1883 in Trescott, Washington, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Leander married EMERY, Azalah G on 22 Feb 1896 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Azalah was born about 1862 in South Berwick, York, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1900, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1910, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1930, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

Family/Spouse: Mary E. Mary was born about 1877 in New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _DNA: Matched
• Residence: 1900, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
• Residence: 1916, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; was living at 2 Hillcrest Ave when she got married
• Residence: 1920, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1929, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1930, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

Notes:

Birth:
Lived at 305 Summer St

Verna married MCCARTHY, Joseph M. on 20 Jun 1916 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Joseph (son of MCCARTHY, John J and DONOVAN, Mary Josephine) was born on 28 Feb 1897 in 88 Flint St, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Dec 1966 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]