Lucy (Adams) French (abt. 1574 - bef. 1605)

Born about 1574 in Barton Saint David, Somerset, England [uncertain]

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Died before 29 Mar 1605 before about age 31 in Crewkerne, Somerset, England [uncertain]

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Biography

This profile is part of the Adams Name Study.

Lucy Adams was born "say" 1574 based on the estimated year of her marriage. She was the daughter of John and Agnes (Stone) Adams, as proven by her father's will where her children and widower were named.^[1]

Lucy married Richard French as his first wife about 1594. The marriage year is estimated based on the baptism of their first known child, John, on 7 June 1595 in Misterton^[2] where all of Richard's children where christened.

"Luce, the wife of Richard Frenche" was buried at St Bartholomew's Crewkerne Parish Church, Somerset, on 29 March 1605.^[3][4]

The will of Lucy's father, John Adams of Barton [St.] David, Somersetshire, was dated 19 March 1603/4, and bequeathed 20s. to be divided equally among the children of Richard French of Misterton: John French [bp. 7 June 1595], Stephen French [bp. 26 Dec. 1600], and "Mary" [corrected to Margery] French [bp. 18 May 1603]. Their relationship to the testator was not stated, nor was the name of Richard French's wife, but it is assumed that French was John Adams’s son-in-law. J. Gardner Bartlett's Adams genealogy^[1][5] was consequently able to identify their mother only as “a daughter” of John and Agnes (Stone?) Adams and wife of Richard French. But the burial record of Lucy, wife of Richard French, confirms her identity. She was the mother of the first four of Richard's known children.

About four months after Lucy's death, Richard married again in Misterton on 2 August 1605 to his second wife, Alice Thompson ("Ales Tomsin").^[6][7] Alice was the mother of Richard's last four known children.

The children of Richard French and his first wife Lucy Adams, baptisms recorded at Misterton:

1. John Frenche, bp. 07 Jun 1595^[8] named in father's will 1638.
2. Margery Frenche, bp. 28 July 1600;^[9] prob. d. bef. 1603.
3. Stephen French), bp. 26 Dec 1600;^[10] d. bef. 29 July 1679 Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
4. Margerie Frenche, bp. 1? May 1603;^[11] bur. 22 Jun 1623 Crewkerne.

Research Notes

A previous version of the profile included a given or middle name of "Judith." No evidence of this name has been found. Madison-125 03:38, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Bartlett, Joseph Gardner, Henry Adams of Somersetshire, England, and Braintree, Mass. : His English Ancestry and Some of His Descendants. ([New York : s.n.], 1927.), pages 41, (complete transcription of John Adams' will), 46.
2. ↑ Church of England (Misterton Parish, Somerset) "Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, in the Parish of Misterton in the County of Somerset, 1558-1761," Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com. Image for John Frenche, baptism, 07 Jun 1595 (accessed 15 Aug 2023); citing Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\p\mis/2/1/1. Note: indexed as "John Frompe." Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 60856 #3331240
3. ↑ Church of England (Crewkerne Parish, Somerset) "Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812, Crewkerne 1558-1650," Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com. Image for Luce Frenche, burial, date 29 Mar 1605 (accessed 18 Aug 2023); citing Somerset Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\p\crew/2/1/1. Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 60856 #2101274
4. ↑ "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6D9S-37CD : 25 February 2022), Luce Frenche, 1605.
5. ↑ Adams, Enid Eleanor, Ancestors and Descendants of Jeremiah Adams, 1794-1883 of Salisbury, Connecticut, Sullivan County, New York, Harbor Creek, Pennsylvania and Vermilion, Ohio. Including known descendants of his brothers and sisters, most of whom went to Michigan Seventh in Descent from Henry Adams of Braintree, Massachusetts, (Victor, ID: Ancestor Hunters, 1972), p. 9
6. ↑ Church of England (Misterton Parish, Somerset) "Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, in the Parish of Misterton in the County of Somerset, 1558-1761," Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com. Image for Richard Frenche & Ales Tomsin, marriage "ii August" 1605 (accessed 15 Aug 2023); citing Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\p\mis/2/1/1. Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 60856 #3331367
7. ↑ "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6DMG-CZW1 : 10 August 2022), Richard Frenche, 1605. Spouse's Name: ___ Tomson. Cites Somerset Archives Reference: D/P/MIS 2/1/1.
8. ↑ Church of England (Misterton Parish, Somerset) "Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, in the Parish of Misterton in the County of Somerset, 1558-1761," Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com. Image for John Frenche, baptism, 07 Jun 1595 (accessed 15 Aug 2023); citing Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\p\mis/2/1/1. Note: indexed as "John Frompe." Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 60856 #3331240
9. ↑ Church of England (Misterton Parish, Somerset) "Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, in the Parish of Misterton in the County of Somerset, 1558-1761," Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com. Image for [Marie (crossed out)] Margerye Frenche, baptism, 28 July 1600 (accessed 15 Aug 2023); citing Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\p\mis/2/1/1. Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 60856 #3331303
10. ↑ Ancestry.com. Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812, Misterton 1558-1761; Image 57 of 178; Reference Number: D\p\mis/2/1/1 Ancestry Sharing Link Note: this record is indexed as "Woodrow French," but the child's name is written as "Steeven ffreche."
11. ↑ Church of England (Misterton Parish, Somerset) "Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, in the Parish of Misterton in the County of Somerset, 1558-1761," Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com. Image for Margerie Frenche, baptism, 1? May 1603 (accessed 15 Aug 2023); citing Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\p\mis/2/1/1. Note: indexed as "Margarita Prestage" Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 60856 #3331340

See also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 28 March 2018, 03:23), entry for Judith Lucy Adams(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MMJY-QNP); contributed by various users
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 12 March 2018, 01:41), entry for JUDITH LUCY ADAMS(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LYPZ-RL5); contributed by various users