Silas
French
Born before in Huntington, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph French
and Charity (Beardsley) French
Brother of
Henry French, Eunice (French) McCollom, James French, Gideon French, Abner French, Mercy French, Gideon French [half], Phebe (French) Shelton and Ebenezer French
Husband of
Anna (Curtis) French
— married
22 Dec 1794 in Southbury, Connecticut, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Erastus French and Burton I French
Died
after age 68
in Wakeman, Huron County, Ohio, United States of America
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jan 2014
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Biography
Silas French was born in Huntington, Connecticut on August 27, 1773, and christened in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Huntington on August 29, 1773. He was the son of Joseph French and Charity Beardsley.
Silas married Anna Curtis in Southbury, Connecticut on December 22, 1794.
Silas died in Wakeman, Ohio on May 29, 1842, and was buried in Wakeman Township Cemetery.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #39639695
- French, Mansfield Joseph, Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel French the Joiner of Stratford, Connecticut. Syracuse, New York: Edward Brothers, Inc. (1940) page 296.
- Wolff, Kathryn Downs. Benjamin Curtis of Newtown in 1790, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Nov 2013) Vol. 56, No. 2, Page 91.
- "They lived first in Southbury and then moved to Ohio in 1821. Six children can be attributed to them through vital records and cemetery stones; five more are listed in the French genealogy."
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Silas 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 Silas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Silas 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 Silas:
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~0.78%
Lucille Crighton
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~0.39%
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