Samuel French
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Samuel French (1667 - 1732)

Stg Samuel French
Born in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticutmap
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Son of and
Brother of [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and
Husband of — married about 1693 in Fairfield, Connecticut Colonymap
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Father of , , , , , , , , and
Died at age 65 in Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticutmap
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Contents

Biography

  • Uncle: Jonathan Pitman, from whom he inherited

Children of Samuel and Abigail

  1. Samuel, bapt. 2 Dec. 1694, m. Mary Sherman
  2. Deborah, bapt. 2 Aug. 1696 died young
  3. Ebenezer, bapt. 5 Nov. 1699, m. Eleanor Smith
  4. Abigail, bapt. 11 Jan. 1701/2; m. Stephen Bennett
  5. Elizabeth, bapt. 11 June 1704; m. Slater
  6. Gamaliel, bapt. 30 June 1706 m. (1) Hannah (2) Sarah Redfield
  7. Thankful, bapt. 23 Jan. 1707/8; m. Josiah Taylor
  8. Martha, bapt. 27 May 1711
  9. Deborah, bapt. 16 Aug 1713; m. Weed
  10. Sarah, b. abt. 1717, m. John Mallett[1]

Probate

His will is dated 2 December 1732 and proved on 15 January 1732/33 in Fairfield.[2]

His inventory was taken on 23 January 1732/33 and recorded at Fairfield.[3]

Sources

  1. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930) Vol 1 pg 209-210.
  2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TK57 : 18 April 2021), , FHL microfilm 007627301, image 163, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 6, 1721-1750, Page 192-193.
  3. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TK5G  : 18 April 2021), , FHL microfilm 007627301, image 169-170, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 6, 1721-1750, Page 204-205.
  • "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, (FamilySearch : 3 December 2014), Samuell French, 21 Aug 1667; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
  • Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
  • Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
  • U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
  • "Find A Grave Index," database, (FamilySearch : 13 December 2015), Samuel French, 1732; Burial, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America, Old Stratfield Cemetery; citing record ID 13964008, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  • Pendery, Joyce S., Descendants of George and Margery Wathen of Salem, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2000) Vol. 154, Page 337.

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Partridge-944 Carole Partridge
I removed Mary Button as Samuel's mother. Mary was Thomas' first wife, and the mother of his first six(?) children. However, Deborah Unknown (possibly Button) was the mother of Thomas' last two children, Samuel and Abigail.
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