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Capt. William French

Male Abt 1604 - 1681  (~ 77 years)


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  • Name William French  [1
    Prefix Capt. 
    Born Abt 1604  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Nov 1681  Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Person ID I22988  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of TWK
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2021 

    Family 1 Elizabeth,   d. 31 Mar 1668, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Bef 1625  [2, 6
    Children 
    +1. Sarah French,   b. Mar 1638, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 
    Family ID F13984  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Lathrop,   b. 4 Oct 1640, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1734  (Age > 95 years) 
    Married 6 May 1669  Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 6
    Children 
    +1. Sarah French,   b. 29 Oct 1671, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 8 Jul 1727 and 29 Dec 1727, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    +2. Hannah French,   b. 25 Jan 1676, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1766  (Age 89 years)
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2021 
    Family ID F13845  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Said to have been the first representative of Billerica to the General Court in 1666.

  • Sources 
    1. [S5307] Simon Crosby the Emigrant: His English Ancestry, and Some of His American Descendants by Eleanor Davis Crosby. Boston: Geo. H. Ellis, 1914.

    2. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England,1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.

    3. [S692] The Scott Genealogy by Mary Lovering Holman. Boston: 1919.

    4. [S505] A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family in This Country by E. B. Huntington. Ridgefield, CT: J. M. Huntington, 1884., date only.

    5. [S3036] Richard Hawes of Dorchester, Massachusetts and Some of His Descendants by Frank Mortimer Hawes. Hartford, Connecticut: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1932.

    6. [S756] Early New England Families Study Project: Accounts of New England Families from 1641 to 1700 by Alicia Crane Williams. Online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society.