William
French
Born in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of William French
and Hannah (Harvey) French
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Rachel (Hewit) French
— married
18 Jul 1788 in Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Rufus Hewit French
Died
at age 79
in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Nov 2019
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Biography
William was born in 1768. He was the son of William French and Hannah Harvey. He passed away in 1847. A photo of their tombstone can be found in the Find A Grave website.
Sources
- Davis, Mavis F., Research on the French Family of West Hartland, Connecticut, Including the Wilder and Tiffany Families, Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Conn., July 2016) Vol. 49, No. 1, Page 59-60.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
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Natalie French
Natalie French
Glad I found him here in wiki tree. I’m one of his descendants. Very proud of his grand father William French Sr. who fought in the Revolutionary War and died in 1776.
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Rejected matches › William French (1769-)
William is 13 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 25 degrees from Carl Sagan, 20 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 29 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 24 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 19 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 25 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 12 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 17 degrees from Isaac Newton, 25 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 20 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 16 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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