John French

1642 - Abt 1706  (64 years)

• Name	John French
  Birth	1642	Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Married	Abt 1660 (18 years)  [1]
  Phebe Kayes, the daughter of Robert and Sarah Kayes. She was born on 17 June 1639 in Watertown, Massachusetts. She died in May 1701 in Topsfield, Massachusetts having committed suicide by drowning. Issue: 1. Mary French 2. Sarah French (1665-____) 3. Phebe French (1667-____) 4. John French (1671-1730) 5. Lydia French (1674-1746) 6. Richard French (1676-1757) 7. Hepsibah French (1679-____) 8. Patience French (1681-____)
  Moved To	Abt 1664 (22 years)	Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Occupation	say 1672 (30 years)  [1]
  He was a tailor.
  Oath	1678 (36 years)	Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  John took the Oath of Fidelity and Allegiance.
  Will	3 Aug 1680 (38 years)	Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  He was mentioned in his father's will.
  Death	Abt 1706	Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Siblings	3 brothers and 2 sisters
  1. Sarah French   d. Before 1680 + 2. Mary French,   b. 22 Mar 1634, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Abt 1719, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 84 years) ▻ Robert Smith,  m. Before 26 Mar 1656   3. Thomas French,   b. 1636, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   4. John French,   b. 1642, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Abt 1706, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 64 years)   5. Samuel French   d. 1688, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   6. Ephraim French,   b. 1643, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Sep 1716, Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 73 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Jacob French,   b. 1555   d. 11 Nov 1615, Assington, Suffolk, England  (Age 60 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Frances Lechmore,   b. Abt 1588, England   (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I20686
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Ensign Thomas French,   c. 27 Nov 1608, Assington, Suffolk, England d. 8 Aug 1680, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 71 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Scudamore,   b. Abt 1612, England d. 6 May 1681, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1John French(1642 – Abt 1706) 2Ensign Thomas French(1608 – 1680) 4Thomas French(1584 – 1639) 8Jacob French(1555 – 1615) 16 17 9Susan Warren(Abt 1555 – ) 18William Warren( – Abt 1554) 19Katherine( – 1570) 5Susan Riddlesdale(1584 – 1658) 10John Riddlesdale(1557 – 1629) 20Henry Riddlesdale(1520 – 1591) 21Joan 11Dorcus( – 1624) 22 23 3Mary Scudamore(Abt 1612 – 1681) 6William Scudamore(Abt 1586 – ) 12John Scudamore 24 25 13unknown wife 26 27 7Frances Lechmore(Abt 1588 – ) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1642 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Moved To - Abt 1664 - Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Oath - 1678 - Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Will - 3 Aug 1680 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - Abt 1706 - Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S651] Davis, Walter Goodwin. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis volume I, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1995). [S1341] Threlfall, John Brooks. "The English Origin of John & Thomas Wiswall" , (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume LVIII, 1982).