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Joseph French (d. 1710), son of Edward French and Anne Unknown
Susanna Stacy (d. 1687), daugher of Simon Stacy and Elizabeth Clarke
Joseph French, Jr. died on 6 June 1710 in Salisbury. [1] He married Susanna Stacy.
Susanna, the wife of Joseph, died on 12 February 1687 in Salisbury. [1]
Susanna's mother Elizabeth Stace made a noncupative will and was to be buried in Ipswich. She mentioned her Sons Simon and Thomas and her daughters Sarah Buswell, Susanna French, Mary Meaors and Ann. Witnesses were Simon, Sarah and Anne Stace. The court allowed it and granted administration of Simon Stace on 11 November 1669. [2]
Children of Joseph French and Susanna Stacy:
i. Joseph French was born on 16 March 1654 in Salisbury. He married Sarah Eastman.
ii. Elizabeth French was born on 5 November 1655 in Salisbury. [3] She died there on 6 December 1655. [1]
iii. Simon French was born on 24 October 1657 in Salisbury. [3] He died on 19 April 1732 in Salisbury. [1] He married Johanna Jackman by 1686, when they had a child born in Salisbury. [3][4] She died on 15 May 1704 in Salisbury. [1] He married second Mrs. Abigail Noyes of Newbury on 8 May 1707 in Newbury. [5] Abigail, the widow of Simon, died on 27 January 1746 in Salisbury. [1]
iv. Ann French was born on 10 March 1659 in Salisbury. [3] She married Richard Long on 21 July 1680 in Salisbury. [5] Richard was killed by Indians on the Haverhill-Amesbury Road on 4 September 1694. [6] Ann married second Thomas Mudgett in 1696. [6] She married third Alexander Magoon of Kingston, New Hampshire. [6]
Ann is referred to as a widow on 29 October 1694. [7]
v. Edward French was born on 14 May 1663 in Salisbury. [3] He died there on 8 June 1663. [1]
vi. Sergeant Edward French was born on 6 April 1667 in Salisbury. [3] Sergeant Edward French died in December 1737 in Salisbury. [1] He married Mary Winsley after 17 September 1695 (intention) in Salisbury. [5] Mary, the wife of Sergeant Edward French, died on 4 January 1735/6 in Salisbury. [1]
Edward was a sergeant in the militia. [6]
References:
1. Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915), 563–6.
2. George Francis Dow, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, digitized volumes (Salem Witch Project: Documentary Archive and Transcription Project : http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/index.html), 4:2467.
3. Vital Records of Salisbury, 104–12.
4. Arthur Wilmot Ackerman, "Caleb Jay French," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 80 (1926): 115.
5. Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915), 362–7.
6. Carol Clark Johnson, A Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Families (n.p.: privately printed, 1970: 181–3.
7. "Essex County, MA: Early Probate Records, 1635–1681," digitized books, AmericanAncestors, vol. 2: 441–6.
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