Abel
French
Born in Otterham, Cornwall.
Ancestors 
Son of John French
and Alice (Mitchel) French
Brother of
Margaret French, Mary French, Priscilla French, John French, Thomas French, Stephen French, William French, Elizabeth French, Thomasin French and William French
Husband of
Margery (Sleeman) French
— married
8 May 1784 in Otterham, Cornwall, England
Descendants 
Father of
Alice (French) Jewell and Abel French
Died
at about age 96
in Tresmeer, Cornwall, England
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Apr 2022
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Biography
Abel was baptised on the 27th of April 1755 in Otterham, Cornwall, England. He is the son of John French and Alice Mitchel.[1]
- Sources
- Cornwall OPC Database Baptisms
- Day Month 27 Apr
- Year 1755
- Parish Circuit or Chapel Otterham
- Forename Abel
- Surname FRENCH
- son
- Father Forename John
- Mother Forename Alice
https://cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/baptisms/
Marriage
- Day Month 08-May
- Year 1784
- Parish Circuit Or Chapel Otterham [2][3]
- Groom Abel FRENCH
- Groom Residence otp (of the parish of Otterham)
- Groom Signed / Marked (S/M) M
- Bride Margery SLEEMAN
- Bride Residence otp (of the parish of Otterham)
- Bride Condition sojourner
- Bride Signed / Marked (S/M) M
- Banns / Licence (B/L) B
- Witness 1 John Jenkin
- Witness 2 John Pearse
Widowed in 1825, Abel was with his daughter Alice and her husband William Jewell in Tresmeer, Cornwall in the 1851 Census.[4]
Abel died at the age of 97 at Treburtle (residence of his daughter and son-in-law) in the parish of Tresmeer, Cornwall and was buried on the 24th of September 1851 in that parish.[5]
Sources
- ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB3Z-3JP : 19 September 2020), Abel French, 1755.
- ↑ https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/marriages/
- ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJ1V-CYD : 13 March 2020), Abel French, 1784.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG28-888 : 9 November 2019), Abel French in household of William Jewel, Tresmeer, Cornwall, England; citing Tresmeer, Cornwall, England, p. 2, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-database/burials/
- "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQYY-4SX : 5 March 2021), Abel French, Otterham, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
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