Wives of John Bridge: nixing "Susan Marjorie French"

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Susan Marjory French cannot be the wife of John Bridge.  The profile of her father Jacob French states that his daughter Susan French died 1 Aug 1613, in Assington, Suffolk, England. While there was a Susan French, daughter of Thomas, she was b. 1616, and too young to be this one.

This [maybe not so] well-sourced chart is referenced (see "3.5 Susan French, chr. 1589 in Assington, d. 1613 in Assington")  http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA/CHARTSWEB/ChartE001.htm#_Riddlesdale_Family_in_1

Posting since there's discussion about her on John Bridges profile; also someone with French family expertise may at least want to glance at her.  I think all she needs is detaching from all Bridges, and her death data and sources fixed.

WikiTree profile: Susan French
in Genealogy Help by Patricia Hawkins G2G6 Mach 3 (35.6k points)
edited by Patricia Hawkins
Or maybe not-so-well sourced; I'm not finding the source for her death record.

Can someone turn it up?

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Looks like there is a missing space between the 'well-sourced chart' and the word 'This' - so the link goes nowhere.

Could you edit it, please?
by Ros Haywood G2G Astronaut (2.0m points)

Whoops, I seem to have dragged my mouse; damn rodents.  Fixed.

Having looked into this further -- a) John Bridge's origins were unknown, and his first wife's name was never known.

b) His second wife's name was Elizabeth, not Susan.

c) There's not a hint anywhere that Jacob French's daughter, sister to Thomas French, immigrated.  Thomas French's wife Susannah immigrated -- but she came married to him.  Thomas French's daughter Susan immigrated -- but she came unmarried and childless, and was indentured to the Winthrop household for several years after arrival (and then vanished.)

If you have NEHGS membership, here's the John Bridge article, in Great Migration 1634-1635, A-B: https://www.americanancestors.org/DB114/i/7051/393/235168605

Article on Thomas French, here; Dudley Wildes
https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE946524

 

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