Elizabeth

- 1668

• Name	Elizabeth   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	31 Mar 1668	Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [3]
  Person ID	I23248	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AW, Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2023

  
  

  Family	Capt. William French,   b. Abt 1604, of Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England d. 20 Nov 1681, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1623  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Sarah French,   b. Mar 1638, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts + 2. Hannah French,   b. Abt 1643, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F13984	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2023

  
  

• Notes

  It appears likely that her birth surname was Symes. From Meyerink (citation details below): "[W]hen Sarah Simes, unmarried, died testate in Cambridge, 10 June 1653, her will mentioned several prominent New Englanders, but she only described two of them as her brothers (which term often also meant brother-in-law or step-brother). She also arrived on the Defence in 1635, age 30, with the French family and also as a "servant" to Harlakenden. There is no reason not to believe that William French married Sarah's sister. Proof of such a relationship, or that Sarah had a sister Elizabeth, has not yet come to light. It is, however, interesting that William French bestowed the name Sarah on two of his daughters, both of whom lived to marry."

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S6881] Kory L. Meyerink, "The English Origins and Family of Brothers William1 French and John1 French of Cambridge, Massachusetts." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 177:31, Winter 2023. [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.