Priscilla (Mooar) French (1724 - 1784)

Born 12 Jun 1724 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Nicholas French — married 5 Jun 1744 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 18 Feb 1784 at age 59 in Hollis, Hillsboro, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Priscilla Mooar was born at Andover, Massachusetts on June 12, 1724, daughter of Timothy Sr. and Ann (Blanchard) Mooar. ^{[1] [2]}

Her mother Ann died on December 15, 1729 at Andover. ^{[1] [2]} On November 6, 1732, Timothy More was named guardian of Timothy, Benjamin, Mary, Anne and Priscilla More, his children by his wife Anne Blanchard, deceased. ^[3]

In her grandfather Jonathan Blanchard's will, written on August 30, 1742, he left L5 each to:

• my grandchildren, children of my daughter Anne More deceased: Timothy, Benjamin, Mary, Anne and Priscilla ^[4]

Priscilla married Nicholas French on June 5, 1744. ^{[1] [2]} Nicholas, youngest child and sixth son, of Deacon William and Sarah (Danforth) French was born in Billerica, Massachusetts September 5, 1711. ^{[5] [6]}

The family resided at Hollis New Hampshire. ^[6]

Her father Timothy More Sr. wrote his will on March 8, 1759, and it was recorded on April 5, 1762 in it he names, among others, his daughter Priscilla French. ^[7]

Priscilla died on February 18, 1784. ^{[6] [8]}

Nicholas died at Hollis, New Hampshire on August 20, 1796 at the age of nearly eighty five years. ^{[6] [9]}

Children

1. Timothy ^[6] born on July 6, 1745. ^[10]
2. Priscilla ^[6] born on October 2, 1747. ^[11]
3. Nicholas^[6] born on January 30, 1750. ^[12]
4. Isaac ^[6] born on September 1, 1752. ^[13]
5. Lucy ^[6] born on April 21, 1755. ^[14]
6. Sarah. ^[6]
7. Jonathan born on August 21, 1759; died on September 18, 1835; married Mary Keyes in 1788.^[6]
8. Sarah 2d ^[6] born on April 22, 1762. ^[15]
9. David ^[6] born on October 2, 1765. ^[16]

Research notes

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Vital Records of Andover Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. 1- Births, Vol. 2: Marriages and Deaths, The Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1912
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Mooar, Gregory. Mooar (Moors) Genealogy: Abraham Mooar of Andover, and His Descendants, Charles H. Pope, Publ., Boston, Massachusetts, 1901 p.11-2: 18-20
3. ↑ Case 18694:p. 1- 8 : Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13788/18694-co8/30415474
4. ↑ Case 2604: p.1-16: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13745/2604-co16/30061222
5. ↑ Vital Records of Billerica Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1908
6. ↑ ^{6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12} Crane, Ellery Bicknell, editor. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume 2, Lewis Publishing Co., New York, 1907 p. 216-7
7. ↑ Case 18695: p. 1-9 : Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13788/18695-co4/30415478
8. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS29-4LD : 12 December 2014), Priscilla French, 18 Feb 1784; citing Hollis, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,076.
9. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS29-4X3 : 12 December 2014), Nicholas French, 20 Aug 1796; citing Hollis, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,076.
10. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDJK-6QF : 12 December 2014), Nicholas French in entry for Timothy French, 06 Jul 1745; citing HOLLIS TWP,HILLSBORO,NEW HAMPSHIRE; FHL microfilm 1,000,938.
11. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDN5-3RN : 12 December 2014), Nicholas French in entry for Priscilla French, 02 Oct 1747; citing HOLLIS TWP,HILLSBORO,NEW HAMPSHIRE; FHL microfilm 1,000,938.
12. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLLR-5M5 : 12 December 2014), Nicholas French, 30 Jan 1750; citing Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,000,937.
13. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDJN-TX9 : 12 December 2014), Nicholas French in entry for Isaac French, 01 Sep 1752; citing HOLLIS TWP,HILLSBORO,NEW HAMPSHIRE; FHL microfilm 1,000,937.
14. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDNL-ZBK : 12 December 2014), Nicholas French in entry for Lucy French, 21 Apr 1755; citing HOLLIS TWP,HILLSBORO,NEW HAMPSHIRE; FHL microfilm 1,000,937.
15. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDN5-3RQ : 12 December 2014), Nicholas French in entry for Sarah French, 22 Apr 1762; citing HOLLIS TWP,HILLSBORO,NEW HAMPSHIRE; FHL microfilm 1,000,938.
16. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDJN-TFD : 12 December 2014), Nicholas French in entry for David French, 28 Oct 1765; citing HOLLIS TWP,HILLSBORO,NEW HAMPSHIRE; FHL microfilm 1,000,937.

See also:

• "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDNL-ZB2 : 12 December 2014), Priscilla in entry for Lucy French, 21 Apr 1755; citing HOLLIS TWP,HILLSBORO,NEW HAMPSHIRE; FHL microfilm 1,000,937.

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