Savage French (abt. 1695 - 1769)

Born about 1695 in County Cork, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Towgood) French — married 10 Jan 1729 in St. Nicholas, Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Descendants

Died 12 Nov 1769 at about age 74 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland

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Biography

Birth and Origins

Savage French of Cork, Esq. was born c. 1695 son of James French and Elizabeth Diamond ^[1]

Marriage and Family

He married Mary Towgood, daughter and ultimate heir of George Towgood, Esq. and Catherine Crofts (daughter and eventually co-heir of Alderman Christopher Crofts of Cork) on 10th January 1729 at St Nicholas, Cork City ^{[2] [1]}

Savage and Mary had 15 known children.

Their children:

• Sampson Towgood French d. 1770 d.s.p.
• Savage French
• Richard Temple French
• Matthew Desane Twogood French
• Elizabeth Savage French d. 1819
• Catherine French m. Michael Becher, esq
• Melian Towgood French
• Dorcas French^[1]

Death

He died 1769

His will was dated 15 June 1769, was proved 31 Jan 1770^[1]

1769 Freeman’s Journal 16 Nov 1769 “Died~at Cork, Savage French sen[ior], Esq.”

"1769 French, Savage, Cork Esq, Will^[3]

"1770 French, Savage, Cork^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Part 90, Volume 1, Bernard Burke, Harrison, 1862, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=BSkAAAAAQAAJ&dq https://books.google.com.au/books?id=BSkAAAAAQAAJ&q=516#v=onepage&q&f=false
2. ↑ Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage License Bonds Indexes, 1623-1866", public Irish record, National archives , http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/dm/IRE_DIOC_007246531_00154.pdf
3. ↑ Prerogative Court, Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Wills & Administrations Indexes, 1595-1858," database, National Archives of Ireland, Dublin,, http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/dw/IRE_DIOC_007246588_00046.pdf
4. ↑ Index to Prerogative Court, Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Wills & Administrations Indexes, 1595-1858," database, National Archives of Ireland, Dublin,, http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/dw/IRE_DIOC_007246541_00287.pdf

• Newspaper announcements

See also:

• ThePeerage.com: Colonel Savage French

• Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland , 1912.