Born in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles French
and Anna (Woodcock) French
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Joseph Russell
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 66
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Jan 2015
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Biography
Polly FRENCH was born 28 Aug 1798 in Derby, New Haven, CT. She died 27 May 1865 and was buried in Great Hill Cemetery, Seymour, New Haven, CT. Polly married Joseph RUSSELL.
Sources
- 1850 Oxford Census. Daughter Sarah J. is living w/ her. Also Sarah's children Wales and Sarah Jennings.
- 1860 Oxford Census.
- Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Great Hill Cemetery, p. 98. http://oxfordpast.net/ghcemscan98.html.
- Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 722.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 3, p 626.
- Great Hill Cemetery Photograph - Seymour, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem15614.html.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Polly:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Polly:
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