Samuel French (1737 - 1814)

Born 15 May 1737 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony

Husband of Susanna (Wallbridge) French — married 23 Nov 1758 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 29 Mar 1814 at age 76 in Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Private Samuel French served with Massachusetts during the American Revolution.

Samuel French is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A215615.

Samuel French, born 15 May 1737 at Norwich, Connecticut, was the 2nd child of Samuel French and Elizabeth (White) French ^[1], who were married 4 Nov. 1734 (F.C.R.).

Samuel married 23 November 1758 at Norwich, Connecticut, Susanna Wallbridge ^[2].

There were nine children of this family, all born in Norwich except their last one:

1. Ebenezer French (1759-1761)
2. Ozias French (1761-1809); married Elizabeth Dayton
3. Lucy French (1763-)
4. Jabez French (1765-1848); married Sarah Johnson
5. Lydia (French; abt.1769-1813); married Reuben Cowing
6. Azel French (1771-1776 in Norwich, CT)
7. Susa French (1773-)
8. Eunice French (1775-)
9. Azael French (1778-1835), b. Chester, MA; married Parmelia Nimocks

Samuel French died 29 March 1814 at Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, entered to the town record 24 October 1814 ^[3].

Notes

The death of their child Azel in 1776 at Norwich, and birth of their last child, Azael, in 1778 in Chester are important for discerning the timeframe when this family moved from Norwich, Connecticut, to Chester, Massachusetts.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7G-DB2C : 7 February 2023), Samuell French, ; citing Birth, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008143428.
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7G-DB2V : 7 February 2023), Samuel French, ; citing Marriage, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008143428.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8W-9JY : 20 May 2022), Samuel French, 29 Mar 1814; citing Death, Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009719.

• "Descendants of Henry Wallbridge, who married Ann Amos, December 25th, 1688, at Preston, Conn, with some notes on the allied families of Brush, Fassett, Dewey, Fobes, Gager, Lehman, Meech, Stafford. Scott"