William French - Research

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Contents 1 Bibliographic Review 1.1 Related WikiTree Profiles 1.2 Torrey NE Marriages 1.2.1 Third Supplement 1.2.2 Volume 1

Bibliographic Review

What do sources say about the first wife of William French?

Related WikiTree Profiles

• William French (abt.1604-1681)
• Elizabeth (Unknown) French (abt.1604-1668)

Torrey NE Marriages

Summary of Sources below: No publications provide sources for a last name. Only The Ancestry of Samuel, Freda and John Warner (1949) includes both Godfrey and Symmes, but with question marks. The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. calls her Elizabeth (Symmes?) and only The genealogies of Dwight Stone and Olive Evans (1907) uses Elizabeth Symmes.

Third Supplement

Melinda Lutz Sanborn (2003) p. 104.
French, William (c1604-1681) & 1/wf Elizabeth ____ ( -1668); m by 1625 Billerica. [GM 2:591]. Anderson, Robert Charles. Great Migration, Vol 2, (2008) page 591. Digital images: American Ancestors (subscription)
Comments: Assuming that Francis was a child and that Elizabeth was his first wife, m by about 1625

Volume 1

Clarence Almon Torrey (2015) Page 582 AmericanAncestors (subscription)
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Entry FRENCH, William (1603-1681) & 1/wf Elizabeth GODFREY?/ [SYMMES?] (1603-1668); in Eng, by 1625?, by 1624?, by 1629; Cambridge/Billerica {Warner-Harrington 218, 351; Backus Anc. 59, 82; McIntire Anc. 274; Reg. 44:367, 88:75, 89:182; Parker (,9) 207; Scott (1919) 195; Dillon Anc. 24; Cram 35; Stone-Evans 40; Stratford Hist 2:1204; Parker-Ruggles 325; Paine (#5) 120; Manning 141?; Marks-Platt 25; Morris-Convers 30} Key

Warner-Harrington 218, 351 Warner-Harrington: Warner, Frederick Chester, The Ancestry of Samuel, Freda and John Warner, typescript, 5 vols. (Boston, 1949, 1955) Internet Archive borrow: p 218 p 351
Comments: William's wife Elizabeth (Godfrey?) (Symmes?) (p 218)

Backus Anc. 59, 82: Backus, Mary. The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus (Salem, Mass., 1949) p 59. Digital images: HathiTrust p 59 p 82
Comments: William's wife Elizabeth _______ m. of daughter Hannah French to John Brackett.

McIntire Anc. 274: McIntire Anc.: McIntire, Robert Harry, Ancestry of Robert Harry McIntire and of Helen Annette McIntire, His Wife (Norfolk, Va., 1950). p 274. Digital images: Internet Archive
Comments: William and Elizabeth French. (Marriage of son Samuel to Sarah Cummings (disproven)

Reg. 44:367: French, John M. Liuet. William French and His Descendants, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1890) Vol. 44, Page 367. Digital images: Internet Archive.
Comments: William's first wife only named as Elizabeth ________

Reg 88:75, 89:182: "Memoirs" (i.e. Memorials for NEHGS members) vol 88 (1934) American Ancestors (subscription); vol 89 (1934) American Ancestors (subscription)
Comments: No mention of William's wife.

Parker (,9) 207: Linzee, John William. The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. (Boston: [S. Usher], 1913. Page 207. Digital images: Internet Archive
Comments: William French and wife 1st Elizabeth (Symmes?) French

Scott (1919) 195: Holman, Mary Lovering, The Scott Genealogy (Boston, 1919) Page 195; Digital images: Internet Archive
Comments: William and Elizabeth ________

Dillon Anc. 24: The ancestors of Arthur Orison Dillon and his poems (1927) p 24 Digital images: Internet Archive
Comments: William and Elizabeth. Essex origins from customs house.

Cram 3: Cram, Charles. Genealogical Outline of the Cram, Walker, and Weekes Families (Boston, 1934) p 3. Digital images: HathiTrust
Comments: Wife not mentioned

Stone-Evans 40: Neil, Julia Evans Stone.From generation to generation. The genealogies of Dwight Stone and Olive Evans (Champlin Press, Columbus, Ohio, 1907) Page 40. Digital Image: Internet Archive
Comments: Names wife as Elizabeth Symmes, without providing a source or further comment.

Stratford Hist 2:1204: Orcutt, Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1886) Vol. 2, Page 1204. Digital Image: Internet Archive
Comments: Wife is only referred to as Elizabeth. Lists Francis of Derby, CT as a son.

Parker-Ruggles 325: Linzee, John William. The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. (Samuel Usher, Boston, Mass., 1913) Page 325. Digital image: Internet Archive.
Comments: Does not mention William's wife. References court testimony in which he gives his age as about 50 in 1652.

Paine (#5) 120: Paine, Lyman May. My Ancestors, A Memorial of John Paine and Mary Ann May of East Woodstock, Conn. (Chicago, Ill., 1914) Page 120. Digital image: Internet Archive.
Comments: Wife is only mentioned as Elizabeth. Uses the 15 March 1603 bp in Halstead [Disproven in 1911]

Manning 141?: Manning, William H. The Genealogical and Biographical History of the Manning Families of New England (Salem Press Co., Salem, Mass., 1902) Page 141. Digital image: Internet Archive.
Comments: Wife only mentioned as Elizabeth

Marks-Platt 25: Lines, Eliza J., Marks-Platt Ancestry (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press, 1902) Page 25. Digital image: Internet Archive.
Comments: Wife not mentioned. Cites History of Derby, and assigns Francis French of Derby as son (disproven).

Morris-Convers 30: Morris, Tyler Seymour. Ephraim and Pamela (Converse) Morris - Their Ancestors and Descendants (T.S. Morris, Chicago, 1894) Page 30. Digital image: Internet Archive.
Comments: Wife is only mentioned as Elizabeth. Uses the 15 March 1603 bp in Halstead [Disproven in 1911]