Mary FRENCH
Born: 2 March 1634, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 22 March 1683, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 22 March 1683, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Married: Robert SMITH 1656
Thomas
FRENCH
Born
27 November 1608
,
Assington, Suffolk, England
Died
8 August 1680
,
Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Thomas FRENCH
Born: 2 March 1635, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: abt. 1711, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: abt. 1711, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Married: Mary ADAMS
John FRENCH
Born: abt. 1635, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 15 March 1706, Topsfield, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: 15 March 1706, Topsfield, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Married: Phoebe KEYES 1663
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Thomas - bap. Nov. 27, 1608, St. Edmund's, Assington, Suffolk, England; d. Aug. 8, 1680, Ipswich, MA. Emigrated to America by 1631 when he was a member of the Boston, MA church; freeman, Nov. 6, 1632; dismissed to Ipswich church, Jan. 27, 1638/ 9. He was a soldier in the Pequot expedition and was called Sgt. to 1664, and Ensign thereafter. Will dated Aug. 3, 1680. Thomas married about 1631, probably in Boston MA, Mary (d. May 6, 1681, Ipswich, MA), whose may have been Mary MORTON, an original member of the First Church of Boston, MA. Children: Mary died in infancy; Mary married Robert SMITH (they became ancestors of Joseph SMITH, founder of the LDS Church); Thomas married Mary ADAMS; John married Phoebe KEYES (founders of the family branch at Topsfield, MA); probably Sarah; Samuel; and Ephraim married.
Thomas - bap. Nov. 27, 1608, St. Edmund's, Assington, Suffolk, England; d. Aug. 8, 1680, Ipswich, MA. Emigrated to America by 1631 when he was a member of the Boston, MA church; freeman, Nov. 6, 1632; dismissed to Ipswich church, Jan. 27, 1638/ 9. He was a soldier in the Pequot expedition and was called Sgt. to 1664, and Ensign thereafter. Will dated Aug. 3, 1680. Thomas married about 1631, probably in Boston MA, Mary (d. May 6, 1681, Ipswich, MA), whose may have been Mary MORTON, an original member of the First Church of Boston, MA. Children: Mary died in infancy; Mary married Robert SMITH (they became ancestors of Joseph SMITH, founder of the LDS Church); Thomas married Mary ADAMS; John married Phoebe KEYES (founders of the family branch at Topsfield, MA); probably Sarah; Samuel; and Ephraim married.
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http://larkturnthehearts.blogspot.com/2011/05/thomas-french-connections.html
http://larkturnthehearts.blogspot.com/2011/05/thomas-french-connections.html
Birth — 160827 November 1608
Assington, Suffolk, England
1634 Birth of ChildMary FRENCH was born 2 March 1634, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)
Thomas was 25 years old.
1635 Birth of ChildThomas FRENCH was born 2 March 1635, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
Thomas was 26 years old.
Death — 16808 August 1680
Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
He died at the age of 71.
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