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William French (1580)

William French
Born in Bures St Mary, Suffolk, Englandmap
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Son of and
Brother of , , and
Husband of — married 3 Jul 1603 in Bures St Mary, Suffolk, Englandmap
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Father of , , and
Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Biography

Name

William French

Baptism

25 Jul 1580 Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England, son of Jacob French

Marriage

William married Elizabeth Newes in 1603 in Bures S Mary B T, Suffolk, England.[1]

Children:

  1. William French b 1604, m Elizabeth (possibly Symes), probably
  2. Thomas French bp Twinstead, Essex, 10 November 1606
  3. Jacob French bp Twinstead, Essex 17 January 1607/8.
  4. John French b say 1610, probably in Essex m. Joan/Joanna Syday in England about 1633, probably immigrant to Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England

Sources

  1. ↑ Marriage: "England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850"
    FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 13 June 2023)
    William French marriage to Elz Newes in 1603 in Bures S Mary [Bishops Transcript], Suffolk, England.
  • Meyerink, Kory L., The English Origins and Family of Brothers William1 French and John1 French of Cambridge, Massachusetts, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 2023) Vol. 177, Page 41. Subscription




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Pierpont-94 Rick Pierpont
French-2080 and French-1789 appear to represent the same person because: See Meyerink for additional information.
posted by Rick Pierpont
Fitz-Henry-9 Jo Fitz-Henry
Rick, could you provide the evidence please? Perhaps put it in a FSP. We need to be able to review what is behind the paywall. At present they look like different men.

Thanks, Jo England Project Managed Profiles team coordinator.

posted by Jo Fitz-Henry
Pierpont-94 Rick Pierpont
There is a substantial amount of information in the article cited, and I did not go through it. There was a father and son, both named William French. The father married Elizabeth Newes and the son married Elizabeth (possibly Symes). John French, the immigrant is the son of William French and Elizabeth Newes.

So, I think there is more of a problem than just a simple merge.

I don't know what you mean by FSP.

posted by Rick Pierpont
Fitz-Henry-9 Jo Fitz-Henry
FSP = Free Space Profile.

The issue with the article is that it is locked away. Unless you have the expensive subscription to NEHGS, you can't access it. So the evidence needs to go where it can be seen by everyone.

posted by Jo Fitz-Henry
Fitz-Henry-9 Jo Fitz-Henry
French-2080 and French-1789 do not represent the same person because: They appear to be two different men with different wives and born in different counties. Please add any relevant sourced primary evidence to the profiles as research notes.
posted by Jo Fitz-Henry
M Cole
Jo: You are correct. These are two different men. Two competing theories on the parents of the two immigrant French brothers. I have a copy of the article that I'm happy to share with anyone who needs it (just PM me). I've been looking for someone to summarize the research, but as of yet no volunteers.

https://www.americanancestors.org/sites/default/files/2023-03/nehgr-register-177-1-winter-2023-entire.pdf

posted by M Cole
edited by M Cole
GeneJ X
William French, chr. 25 Jul 1580 in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk. "William ffrench was baptised xxvth July 1580."

Citing "Bures St Mary 1538-1600 FL540/4/1." Ray Whitehead, trans., "...Warren and French entries from the Bures St. Mary Parish Register," 2010; French Family Association.

The same baptismal data reported in John B. Threlfall, "Thomas French of Assington, Suffolk, England, and Ipswich, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 142:250-252, in particular part, p. 250; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.

posted by GeneJ X

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