Charity French (1747 - aft. 1813)

Born 15 Aug 1747 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Died after 11 Jun 1813 after age 65 in St. John, New Brunswick

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Biography

Charity French (male) was born 15 Aug 1747 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut [now United States], to Jeremiah French and Hannah.^[1][2]

Charity was christened on 20 Sep 1747 at Christ Episcopal Church, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut.^[3]

Charity French, son of Jeremiah and Hannah French, married Mercy Dewey, daughter of Martin and Elizabeth Dewey. (Possibly around 1773 based on birth of first child.^[4]) Charity resided in Pittstown, New York in 1775-6. He was a Loyalist in the American Revolution, imprisoned 1776, escaped 1777 to New York City where he served under Col Willard of British Army. After the war, he moved to Dover, Dutchess County to rejoin his family. He was arrested and escaped to New Brunswick in 1783-4, where he subsequently lived unitl he died in 1813 in St John, New Brunswick [now Canada].^[5]

Note

The transcriptions in Family Search and Ancestry indicate that this person was female. But the original record is not available to check; possibly record does not specify and it was assumed female?

Based on marriage, Charity was male. Based on record for first child, daughter Charity, Charity the father was male.^[4]

Sources

^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WD-Q99 : 11 February 2018), Charity French (female), 15 Aug 1747; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Charity French. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Charity French Famous Kin
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Charity French. 1774. Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Schenectady, Berne, and Schaghticoke, Book 5. U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} French, Mansfield Joseph. Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel French, the Joiner, of Stratford, Connecticut (Ann Arbor, Mich., Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1940) Page 177

See also:

• Beekman Patent, The Settlers of, [Dutchess Co., NY], Vol. 5, pp. 403, 408-413, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).