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Subject: FRENCH ; circa 1615 Dorcester, Dorset Eng. including KINGSEY, THAYER, ALLEN
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 23:52:19 GMT

FRENCH circa 1615 Dorcester, Dorset Eng. including KINGSEY, THAYER, ALLEN
LAMB

Generation No. 1
1. FRENCH1
Children of FRENCH are:
2. i. JOHN (SR.)2 FRENCH, b. Abt. 1615, Dorchester, Dorset , England; d.
August 06, 1692, Braintree, Norfolk., MA.
3. ii. MARGARET FRENCH, b. 1610, Bumpstead, Steeple England; d. 1650,
Braintree, Norfolk Co.,MA.

(There may be a brother named Stephen FRENCH)

Generation No. 2
2. John (SR.)2 FRENCH (FRENCH1) was born Abt. 1615 in Dorchester, Dorset ,
England, and died August 06, 1692 in Braintree, Norfolk., MA. He married (1)
Grace (??KINGSLEY? ?) Bef. 1683 in England, d/o ?? John KINGSLEY&
Elizabeth. She was born 1621 in England, and died February 28, 1691/92 in
Braintree, Norfolk,., MA. He married (2) Eleanor THOMPSON July 08, 1683. She
died 1717.
More About John (SR.) FRENCH:
Children info: Children of John & Grace born at Braintree, except first two
John Jr & Thomas who were bron in England
Emigration: Abt. 1635
Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dyer/french.htm
More About Grace (KINGLEY??)******Trying to verify her surname and
parents****
buried: Hancock Cemetary, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Source: May 27, 2001, From Pioneers of Massachusetts 1620-1650

i John FRENCH Jr. m. Experience THAYER d/o
ii. THOMAS FRENCH, b. July 10, 1643, Prob. Dorcester, Dorset England; d.
August 28, 1656, Braintree, Norfolk, Suffolk., MA.

Children born in Braintree, Norfolk Co.,MA

5. iii. MARY FRENCH, b. 1646, Braintree, Norfolk, Suffolk., MA; d. 1672,
Braintree, Norfolk, Suffolk., MA.
6. iv. DEPENDENCE (1) FRENCH, b. July 01, 1648, Braintree, Norfolk,, MA.
v. TEMPERENCE FRENCH, b. March 30, 1651, Braintree, Norfolk., MA; d. August
12, 1720, Braintree, Norfolk., MA; m. JOHN BOWDITCH, 1682, Braintree,
Norfolk, Ma; b. Abt. 1651, Braintree, Norfolk,., MA; d. 1718, Braintree,
Norfolk,., MA.
7. vi. WILLIAM (1) FRENCH, b. January 31, 1652/53, Braintree, Norfolk., MA;
d. February 22, 1690/91.
8. vii. ELIZABETH FRENCH, b. July 29, 1655, Braintree, Norfolk Co., VA; d.
Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
9. viii. THOMAS FRENCH, b. January 10, 1656/57, Braintree, Norfolk,
Suffolk., MA; d. September 22, 1717.
10. ix. SAMUEL (1) FRENCH, b. February 22, 1659/60, Braintree, MA; d.
October 13, 1718, Braintree, MA.


3. MARGARET2 FRENCH (FRENCH1) was born 1610 in Bumpstead, Steeple England,
and died 1650 in Braintree, Norfolk Co.,MA. She married (1) SAMUEL ALLEN.
She married (2) EDWARD LAMB Abt. 1632 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA.
More About MARGARET FRENCH:
Note on death: [French Family Assoc., Chart #130)
Note*: Probably a sister of John French, FFA chart 5.
Child of Margaret FRENCH and Edward LAMB is:
i. Hannah 3 LAMB, b. December 27, 1633, Watertown, Middlesex, MA.

Generation No. 3

4. John (JR)3 FRENCH (JOHN (SR.)2, FRENCH1) was born February 28, 1640/41 in
pob. Dorcester, Dorset England, and died August 06, 1699 in Braintree,
Norfolk, Suffolk., MA. He married EXPERIENCE THAYER, daughter of THOMAS
THAYER and ANNA HANNAH). She was born March 15, 1657/58 in Braintree,
Norfolk, Suffolk., MA, and died September 29, 1719 in Braintree, Norfolk,
Suffolk., MA.
More About JOHN (JR) FRENCH:
Birth info: Children of John & Grace born at Braintree, except first two
John Jr & Thomas who were born in England
Christening: December 12, 1642
Medical Information: .S.10-63: We brethren & near neighbors of late have
observed John French to be very childish by reason of the great decays of
his understanding and memory and incapable of disposing and ordering
Source: Sprague collection/ NEHGS

Children of JOHN FRENCH and EXPERIENCE THAYER are:
i. John (3) 4 FRENCH, b. September 20, 1686.
ii. Anna FRENCH, b. January 15, 1687/88, Braintree, Norfolk, Suffolk., MA.
11. iii. LT. Thoms FRENCH, b. June 23, 1690, Braintree, Norfolk, Suffolk.,
MA. m. Mary ALLEN d/o
Dea. Joseph Allen & Rebbecca LEADER
iv. Grace FRENCH, b. February 22, 1691/92.
v. Deborah FRENCH, b. August 16, 1694, Braintree, Norfolk, Suffolk., MA.
12. vi. John (III) FRENCH, b. April 16, 1699, Braintree, Norfolk, Suffolk.,
MA; d. 1755, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts.
vii. William FRENCH, b. January 16, 1695/96.

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