Mary (French) Alden (1765 - 1810)

Born 27 Oct 1765 in Braintree, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Silas Alden Sr. — married 6 Mar 1786 (to 11 Oct 1810) in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Oct 1810 at age 44 in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Mary "Polly" Polly was born in 1765. She was the daughter of Thomas French and Silence Wild.

She married as his first wife, Silas Alden, son of Simeon and Mary (Packard) Alden, on 6 Mar 1786 at Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.

Children, per family memorial (1810):^[1]

1. Silas Jr., b. 24 Oct 1786
2. Calvin, b. 23 Aug 1788
3. Samuel, b. 19 Nov 1790
4. Polly, b, 21 Feb 1792
5. Adoniram, b. 9 Feb 1794
6. Leonard, b. 13 Jul 1796
7. Thomas, b. 11 Aug 1798
8. Cynthia F., b. 20 Jan 1801; d. 5 Feb 1805
9. Melinda, b. 9 Mar 1803
10. Sally F., b. 23 Feb 1805
11. Sukey F., b. 23 Feb 1805
12. Cynthia, b. 9 Jun 1808

She passed away in 1810. After her death Silas married Charlotte French on 28 Apr 1811 at Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

1. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=BHdHAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA46

• Sprague, Waldo Chamberlain. Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, MA. 1640-1850 (2001). Profiles: 90, 1785. See Genealogies of Families of Braintree, Quincy, Weymouth, Randolph, Holbrook, Mass. & Others.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 29 May 2018, 22:59), entry for Polly French(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KL1G-QSY); contributed by various users.