Zephaniah French (1769 - 1852)

Born 19 Oct 1769 in Windham, Windham County, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Deborah (Robinson) French — married 1793 in Otsego, Otsego, New York, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (White) French — married 24 Jun 1805 in Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 27 May 1852 at age 82 in Bloomfield, Davis, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Zephaniah French was born 19 October 1769 in Windham, Windham County, Connecticut Colony to parents John French and Elisabeth Robinson.^[1]

In 1850, Zephaniah, age 78 (per census) was living in Grove, Davis County, Iowa, in the household of his son Franklin R. French, and family.^[2]

Zephaniah died 27 May 1852, and is buried in Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa in Bloomfield South Cemetery. His gravestone indicates he was a Mason. It also shows his birth year incorrectly as 1770, and so he was age 82 at death, not 81 as shown on the stone.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Volume: Windham, page 100. See record at subscription site.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ48-D8Q : 12 April 2016), Zephaniah French in household of Franklin R French, Grove, Davis, Iowa, United States; citing family 16, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ ‘’Find A Grave’’, indexed database, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed --), Memorial for -- (--) Find A Grave: Memorial #99782130 with gravestone image (Our Family Genealogy, photographer.