Jemima (Elkinton) French (1725 - 1789)

Born 3 Mar 1725 in Burlington, New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas French III — married 8 May 1746 in New Jersey

Descendants

Died Apr 1789 at age 64 in Moorestown, Burlington, New Jersey, United States

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Jemima was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

Jemima Elkington was born in 1725. She was said to have been of Evesham Township in Burlington, New Jersey when she married to Thomas French in 1746, an act that Thomas was admonished for as she was not a Quaker. At a "Women's Friends" monthly meeting at Haddonfield in 1752, it was reported by overseers of Chester Meeting "ye Jemima French desire to come under ye notice of Friends which Friends take under consideration."

Jemima made her will dated 1 April 1789. It was proved 13 May 1789 in Burlington, NJ. She mentioned her three sons Edward, Uriah, and George. She mentioned her daughter Sarah Brown and granddaughter Unea Keen, indicating the residue of her estate was to be divided equally between her four children and Unea Keen.

Sources

• [1] French, Howard Barclay, 1848-1909. Genealogy of the descendants of Thomas French who came to America from Nether Heyford. Volume 1. Philadelphia, Priv. print, 1909.

• [2] Lippincott : five generations of the descendants of Richard and Abigail Lippincott by Olsen, Judith M. p. 353.

• Marriage
• New Jersey archives, ser. 1; New Jersey Historical Society; Archives of New Jersey, ser. 2. Documents relating to the colonial, Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary history of the State of New Jersey. Page 131[3]

Research Notes

Niece of Jemima, daughter of her brother George Elkinton Encyclopedia of American Quaker genealogy, by ... v.2. Hinshaw, William Wade, 1867-1947. Ref: Page 216. 1781 Jemima Elkinton, dt of George, Burlington Co., received by request. Marries to Samuel Wills, son of Daniel, Burlington Co., at Ancocas MH the same year. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015038929710