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Family Group Sheet
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Origins of French and Danforth families and Surname translation information.
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HUSBAND Richard FRENCH
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Birth
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1627
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Cogges Hall, Essex, England. Add’l Info
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6 May 1629
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Cogges Hall, Essex, England
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Death
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14 Dec 1688
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Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA
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Marriage
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1647
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Martha Danforth Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA
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Misc.
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3 Oct 1654
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Uncivil carriage and abuse charges in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA. Add’l Info
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Misc.
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7 June 1659
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Comitted bodily uncleanes with Heptsibah Andrews in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA. Add’l Info
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Father
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Richard FRENCH b: Abt. 1595
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Mother
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Elizabeth FULLER b: 19 Jan 1606 in Coggeshall, Essex, England
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WIFE Martha DANFORTH View Family Group Record as a Child
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Birth
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1628
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Framlingham, Polmesgate, Suffolk, England
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Death
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1663
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Billerica, Middlesex Co., MA
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Father
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Nicholas DANFORTH b: 1 Mar 1589 in Framingham, Suffolk, England d: 8 Apr 1638 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA
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Mother
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Elizabeth SYMMES b: 1603/1605 in Cambridge, Middlesex, England d: 31 Mar 1668 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA
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CHILDREN of this Union
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Samuel FRENCH
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Birth
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3 Dec 1648
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Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA
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Death
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4 Nov 1727
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Dunstable, Middlesex Co., MA
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Joseph FRENCH View Group Record as a Parent
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Birth
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4 Mar 1649
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Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA
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Death
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26 Nov 1732
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Bedford, Middlesex Co., MA
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Marriage
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2 Jan 1672
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Elizabeth KNIGHT in Concord, Middlesex Co., MA
b: 18 Oct 1655 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA d: 20 Jan 1746 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA
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Spouse Father
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John KNIGHT b: 14 May 1626 in Romsey, Hampshire, England d: 25 Feb 1677 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA
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Spouse Mother
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Bathsheba INGERSOLL b: 1 Jul 1629 in Sutton, Bedfordshire, England d: d: 25 Oct 1705 in Newbury, Essex Co., MA
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Children
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View Family Group Record
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Samuel FRENCH
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Birth
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13 Jul 1653
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Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA
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Occupation
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bet 1680-1720
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Innkeeper; Dunstable, Middlesex Co., MA
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Death
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4 Nov 1724
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Dunstable, Middlesex Co., MA
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Marriage
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28 Dec 1682
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SARAH CUMMINGS in Dunstable, Middlesex Co., MA
b: 28 Jan 1661 in Topsfield, Essex County, MA d: 1722 in Dunstable, Middlesex Co., MA
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Spouse Father
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John CUMMINGS b: 1630 in Topsfield, Essex, MA d: 1 Dec 1700 in Dunstable, Middlesex Co., MA
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Spouse Mother
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Sarah HOWLETT b: 3 Mar 1634 in Ipswich, Essex, MA d: 7 Dec 1688 in Dunstable, Middlesex Co., MA
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Children
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Contact me for names with birth and death dates.
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Elizabeth FRENCH
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Birth
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2 Feb 1660
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Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA
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Death
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1661
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Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA
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John FRENCH
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Birth
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1661
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Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA
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Military
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1710
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Massachusetts Militia aiding the British against the French during Queen Anne's War; Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
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Death
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1711
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Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
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Misc
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2 Jan 1712
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Had probate executed for his Last Will & Testament; Marshfield, Plymouth Co., MA
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Note:
It is believed Richard French came to Colonial America around 1635. He was a lad of nine or ten years old when he came over. His mother died giving birth to him and it is believed that his godfather, or uncle was Lt. William French of Cambridge who later settled in Billerica.
3 Oct 1654 Court Record:
Court records of Middlesex Co. show charges against Richard with "uncivil carriage and abuse offred to the body of Jane Evans, a servant of Richard Hildreth," and the court found him guilty of the charge. {From FFA, Mara French} 'Richard French "pinned down with his knee" his neighbor's maid, Jane Evans in 1654. Apparently he chased her on horseback. It's all written up in a book called "Sex in Middlesex." Cambridge, MA, where he lived, was in Middlesex County. The story uses no profanity, but uses rather amusing old English. No where could I find that he was actually put in "jail". I'm not sure what means of torture they used in those days - perhaps hard labor. Immediately after his sin, he sold his land in Cambridge for less than he bought it for, perhaps showing it was a forced sale. He was then unheard of for 3 years until he showed up in Marshfield. However, there is a document that says he was "late, of Bedford" which doesn't mean he died in Bedford, but that he was from there after he moved to Marshfield. Bedford was the address of his son Joseph. He left town and went to Marshfield.
7 June 1659 Court Records:
The Plymouth County court records evidence that Richard French "..is accused by Heptsibah Andrews to have comitted bodily uncleanes with her, and hath stood engaged to the court to answer for the same and appeered at this Court; and likewise the said Heptsibah Andrews was likewise sumoned to apear..to take bonds of him to pay a considerable sume towards the keept of the child....etc." However, it seems Ms. Andrews did not appear at the second hearing and Richard was released from bond.
Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. 7- Judicial Acts: 1636-1692
From Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, Vol. 7, ed. by Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, M.D., 1857, Boston, MA. p. 196. Oct. 27, 1675
[Case of Richard French of Marshfield, executor of the estate of Richard Beare, v. Benjamine Church]
"The Names of the Jury. Samuell Dunham, sworne [et al.]"
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