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Lt. William French[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]

Male Abt 1604 - 1681  (~ 77 years)


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  • Name William French 
    Prefix Lt. 
    Birth Abt 1604  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12] 
    • He was in his 78th year when he died.
    Gender Male 
    Migration About the last of Jul 1635  From London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20] 
    To Boston
    aboard Defence 
    • The ship arrived on 8 Oct 1635.
    • Role: Family2
    Property 8 Feb 1635/6  Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    had one house
    Freeman 3 Mar 1635/6  Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9] 
    Property 6 Feb 1636/7  Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    was granted two acres of land
    Member 1638  [9] 
    the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company 
    Property BY 1639  Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    "one house with garden and backside in the town"
    Property 6 Sep 1642  Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    held four parcels: "in the town one dwelling house with about half a rood of ground"; "in the New West Field two acres"; "on the south side of Charles River, eight acres more or less being in the seventh lot in the lower division of lots"; and "in the upper division of those lots eight acres more or less being the three and fiftieth lot there"
    Event:
    land inventory
    Property 1645  Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    was granted "six acres & half" on the west side of Monotamye River
    Property 15 Aug 1646  [9] 
    "four acres of land more or less in New West Field"
    Removed to 1652  Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Property 4 Jun 1652  Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    received lot #24, 150 acres
    Event:
    division of Shawsheen
    Property 27 Feb 1654/5  Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    "four acres of land ... in a planting field commonly called there West Field"
    Property 10 Jun 1656  Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    "my now mansion situated in Cambridge before named with about half a rood of land adjoining to the same ..., also a barn and outhouse standing on the east side the highway with about half a rood of land adjoining thereto"
    Office 18 Oct 1659  Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    empowered to marry others
    Office 19 Dec 1660  Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    deputy from Billerica
    Where:
    General Court
    Office 15 May 1667  Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    empowered to marry others
    Property Feb 1667/8  Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    a parcel of meadow "containing by estimation one acre and three quarters"
    Capt. Jonathan Danforth, deed recipient
    Property 29 Nov 1678  Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    a parcel of land "containing by estimation twenty-five acres lying on the Pine Plain"
    Sgt. Jacob French, deed recipient
    Will 5 Jun 1679  [8] 


    • (very difficult to read)

      I William French of Billerica aged about seaventy & six I have already given to all my children that have been already married their portions, I add as followeth to eldest son John French, to Wm. the son of Jacob French, to Elizabeth ye Daughter Richard Ellis, to Jonathan ye son of Jonathan Hides, to ye eldest Daughter of Jonathan Peake, to Marah ye Daughter of Jno. Brackett, which are all my grandchildren.
      Remainder unto my wife, & to those children born to me by her. Wife and Jacob French to be executors. Made 5 June 1679. Presnce of Samll. Whiting Junr., Jonath. Danforth Sen
    Death 20 Nov 1681  Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5] 
    Probate 20 Dec 1681  [8] 
    President From 20 Jan 1989 to 20 Jan 1993  United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [21, 22] 
    41st
    George H. W. Bush
    • Role: Ancestor
    President From 20 Jan 2001 to 20 Jan 2009  United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [21, 22, 23] 
    43rd
    George W. Bush
    • Role: Ancestor
    Occupation tailor  [9]
    Person ID I11333  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2020 

    Father ________ French 
    Mother ________ ________ 
    Family ID F13189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Godfrey,   b. Abt 1604/5   d. 31 Mar 1668, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 63 years)  [8, 9, 12, 24] 
    Marriage Bef 1624  [2, 4, 5, 9, 25] 
    Children 
    +1. Francis French,   b. Abt 1624/5, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1681, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years)
     2. Elizabeth French,   b. Abt 1629, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1681 (Age ~ 51 years)
     3. Mary French,   b. Abt Jan 1632/3, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Corp. John French,   b. Abt Feb 1634/5, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1712, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 77 years)
     5. Sarah French,   b. Mar 1637/8, Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1681 (Age ~ 42 years)
    +6. Sgt. Jacob French,   b. 16 Jan 1639/40, Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1713, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     7. Hannah French,   b. 2 Apr 1641, Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jun 1642, Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    +8. Hannah French,   b. 16 Feb 1643/4, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1674, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     9. Samuel French,   b. 3 Dec 1645, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jul 1646, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F4159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Mary Lothrop  [26] 
    Marriage 6 May 1669  [2, 5, 8, 9] 
    Children 
     1. Mary French,   b. 3 Apr 1670, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Sarah French,   b. 29 Oct 1671, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Abigail French,   b. 14 Apr 1673, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1674, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     4. Hannah French,   b. 25 Jan 1675/6, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1766, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F4164  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1604 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To Boston,aboard Defence  - About the last of Jul 1635 - London, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - had one house - 8 Feb 1635/6 - Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFreeman - 3 Mar 1635/6 - Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted two acres of land - 6 Feb 1636/7 - Newe Towne, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "one house with garden and backside in the town" - BY 1639 - Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - held four parcels: "in the town one dwelling house with about half a rood of ground"; "in the New West Field two acres"; "on the south side of Charles River, eight acres more or less being in the seventh lot in the lower division of lots"; and "in the upper division of those lots eight acres more or less being the three and fiftieth lot there",Event:
    land inventory - 6 Sep 1642 - Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay, British America    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted "six acres & half" on the west side of Monotamye River - 1645 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - 1652 - Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - received lot #24, 150 acres,Event:
    division of Shawsheen - 4 Jun 1652 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "four acres of land ... in a planting field commonly called there West Field" - 27 Feb 1654/5 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - "my now mansion situated in Cambridge before named with about half a rood of land adjoining to the same ..., also a barn and outhouse standing on the east side the highway with about half a rood of land adjoining thereto" - 10 Jun 1656 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOffice - empowered to marry others - 18 Oct 1659 - Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOffice - deputy from Billerica,Where:
    General Court - 19 Dec 1660 - Massachusetts Bay, British America    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOffice - empowered to marry others - 15 May 1667 - Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - a parcel of meadow "containing by estimation one acre and three quarters",Capt. Jonathan Danforth, deed recipient - Feb 1667/8 - Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - a parcel of land "containing by estimation twenty-five acres lying on the Pine Plain",Sgt. Jacob French, deed recipient - 29 Nov 1678 - Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Nov 1681 - Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPresident - 41st,George H. W. Bush - From 20 Jan 1989 to 20 Jan 1993 - United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPresident - 43rd,George W. Bush - From 20 Jan 2001 to 20 Jan 2009 - United States Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S940] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 2, 204, 00191.

    2.  2.  [S940] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 2, 205, 00191.

    3.  3.  [S206] Vital Records of Billerica, MA, 364, 00570.

    4.  4.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 4:55, 00390.

    5.  5.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 44:367, 00390.

    6.  6.  [S835] WARGS, 2182, 00831.

    7.  7.  [S905] Founders of Old Dunstable, 18, 00901.

    8.  8.  [S938] FFA Chart #2, 00094.

    9.  9.  [S576] TGMSP, William French, 00516.

    10.  10.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 49030458, 00974.

    11.  11.  [S1137] Planters of the Commonwealth, 168, 00988.

    12.  12.  [S1410] Hotten, 100, 00299.

    13.  13.  [S1307] Middlesex County, MA Probate File Papers, 1648-1871, Middlesex Cases 8000-9999; 8528:1-3, 00609.

    14.  14.  [S1137] Planters of the Commonwealth, 167, 00988.

    15.  15.  [S576] TGMSP, William Read (3), 00516.

    16.  16.  [S1372] History of the Reed Family, 61, 00036.

    17.  17.  [S576] TGMSP, Richard Champney, 00516.

    18.  18.  [S23] Genealogical History of the Clark and Worth Family, 278, 00219.

    19.  19.  [S1409] Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650, 15, 00159.

    20.  20.  [S1410] Hotten, 89, 00299.

    21.  21.  [S1151] Ancestors of American Presidents, 177, 01001.

    22.  22.  [S1151] Ancestors of American Presidents, 437, 01001.

    23.  23.  [S1151] Ancestors of American Presidents, 511, 01001.

    24.  24.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 19531444, 00974.

    25.  25.  [S206] Vital Records of Billerica, MA, 362, 00570.

    26.  26.  [S1151] Ancestors of American Presidents, 455, 01001.