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Abiathar French (1754)

Abiathar French
Born in South Parish, Braintree, Massachusettsmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 6 Feb 1778 in Hatfield, Massachusettsmap
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown] in Lake County, Ohio, United States of Americamap
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Biography

Abiathar French was born in 1754. He was a son of Abiathar French and Margaret Niles of Braintree, Massachusetts.

Note: His father Abiathar French moved the family from Braintree to Westhampton about 1770 with Noah C. Howard (1735-1781). Their wives were sisters.

This Abiathar French married 6 Feb 1778 at Hatfield, Massachusetts, Beriah Alvord, with whom he had 4 children, born at Westhampton [1],[2]:

  1. John French, b. 7 Dec 1778
  2. Jacob French, b. 23 May 1781; married Abigail Bartlett
  3. Abiathar French (9 Apr 1784 - 4 Jan 1815)
  4. Timothy French, b. 20 Jan 1790

Others, as yet uncertain as children of this family, not listed in the Westhampton birth records:

  • David French, d. (murdered) 19 Aug 1826 [3]; married Lucy Kneippe [4],
  • Rebecca French, 1793 - 8 Nov 1853 [5]
  • Rhoda French [name appears only in caption of F-A-G for David French]

Notably, Abiathar and his sister Dorothy became mutual brother/sister-in-law upon Dorothy's marriage to Jehiel Alvord in June of 1778. These families moved together to the wilderness of northeastern Ohio, probably about 1800, becoming some of the earliest settlers of that region.

Abiathar French Jr. died probably in what is now Lake County, Ohio. The date of his death is not known, according to a wide ranging account appearing in his online memorial site [6].

Sources

  1. A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord an Early Settler of Windsor, Conn. and Northampton, Mass. (1908), no. 104: https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00alvo/page/83/mode/1up
  2. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-WHHN?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DH-927%3A353350301%2C353420101%2C353423601 : 20 May 2014), Hampshire > Westhampton > Births, marriages, deaths 1770-1851 > image 14 of 91; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
  3. Find A Grave: Memorial #147426816
  4. "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN3R-QN9 : Wed Oct 18 15:49:45 UTC 2023), Entry for David French and Lucy Kneippe, 09 Mar 1809.
  5. Find A Grave: Memorial #42016725
  6. Find A Grave: Memorial #148500497
  • Sprague, Waldo Chamberlain. Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, MA. 1640-1850.




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