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Philip FRENCH, I

Male Bef 1625 - Bef 1704  (< 78 years)


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  • Name Philip FRENCH 
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    Birth Bef 13 Nov 1625  Probably Knodishall, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 13 Nov 1625  Saxmundham, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Probably London, England. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Name Philip FRENCHx I 
    Will 12 Feb 1698  Kelshall [now Kelsale] Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Bef 4 Feb 1704  Kelshall [Kelsale], Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate 4 Feb 1704  Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (1) Source: "French Family Association Chart 131"
      http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA/CHARTS/Chart131/.

      (2) The following information regarding a lawsuit in Maryland (Proceedings of the [Maryland] Provincial Court, 1675-1677, pp. 239-240), establishes the fact that Philip French I became a merchant in London, England:

      Thomas Bell & Philip ffrench & Compa agt John Rawlings, Liber NN p. 151:

      John Rawlings late of Dorchester County otherwise called John Rawlings of Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland Boatewright was Sumoned to answer unto Thomas Bell and Philip ffrench & Company of London merchants of a plea that he render unto them the full & just quantity of twenty foure thousand pounds of good sound merchantable tobacco & caske which to them he oweth and unjustly deteineth.

      And whereupon the said Thomas Bell & Philip ffrench & Compa by Robert Ridgely their Attorny say that whereas the said John Rawlings the two & twentith day of January 1674 by his certaine writeing Obligatory sealed with the seale of him the said John & here in Court pduced whose date is the day and yeare aforesaid did acknowledge and confesse himselfe to Owe & stand indebted unto the said Thomas & Philip and Compa the just & full quantity of twenty foure thousand pounds of good sound merchantable tobacco & caske due to be paid at the then dwelling house of the said John in Dorchester County at or before the tenth day of October then next ensueing the date of the same writeing Obligatory unto the said Thomas and Philip & company or either of their heirs executors or administrators or ffactors To the which payment well & truly to be made he the said John did bind himselfe his heirs executors and administrators firmly by those presents Yet the said John Rawlings the said twenty foure thousand pounds of tobacco to them the said Thomas and Philip and Company according to the tenor of the said writeing Obligatory though often thereunto required hath not paid but the same to pay hath denyed and as yet doth deny whereupon the said Thomas and Philip and Compa say they are damnified and have lost to the value of thirty thousand pounds of tobacco and thereupon they produce their suite.

      And the aforesaid John Rawlings in his proper person cometh & defendeth the force & injury when &c & the said John prayeth the heareing of the said writeing Obligatory and it read unto him he also prayeth the heareing of the Condition of the said writeing Obligatory and it is read unto him in these words The Condition of the above Obligation is such that if the abovebound John Rawlings his heirs executors & admrs shall well & truly pay or cause to be paid at the place abovementioned twelve thousand two hundred and three pounds of good sound merchantable tobacco & caske at or before the tenth day of October next unto Mr Thomas Bell & Philip ffrench & Company or ffactor without fraud or covin that then this Obligation to be void & of none effect else to remaine in full force & vertue to the which I have sett my hand & seale the day and yeare abovewritten.

      Which being read & heard the said John as to the said summe of twelve thousand two hundred and three pounds of tobacco in the said Condition of the said writeing Obligatory mentioned nothing in barr thereof saith, wherefore it is considered by the Court here that the said Thomas Bell & Philip ffrench & company as to the said summe of twelve thousand two hundred & three pounds of tobacco against the said John remaine wholly undefended, and that the said Thomas Bell & Philip ffrench & Company recover against the said John Rawlings aswell the said summe of twelve thousand two hundred and three pounds of tobacco the debt aforesaid as also the summe of six hundred pounds of tobacco for their costs and Charges in this behalfe expended and the said John in mercy &c.

      Taken and acknowledged before Us the 23th November 1675.

      Philip Calvert
      Jesse Wharton.

      (3) Philip FRENCH I apparently retired to Kelshall (Kelsale), Suffolk, England.

      (4) Clarkson, Matthew, The Clarksons of New York, a Sketch, Vol. 1, New York, NY: Bradstreet Press, 1875, pp. 180-186:

      Philip French I, the ancestor of the family of that name in America, was residing, towards the close of the same century, in the same town [Kelsale]. By his will, which was dated February 12, 1697-8, and admitted to probate February 4, 1703-4, he leaves to his wife, Rebekah French, £60 a year; to John French, his second son, he bequeaths the sum of £1,000, to be paid to him in current money in New York by Philip French II, his eldest son, within twelve months after testator's decease; and to William French, his youngest son, he leaves the sum of £800, when he shall accomplish the full age of twenty-one years; he also leaves to Ann Pigeon, his sister, £20, and in case of her dying before testator, then said sum to be paid to her son, Matthew Pigeon; to his cousin, John French, he leaves £30. He appoints his eldest son, Philip, his sole executor and residuary legatee, and his said kinsman (cousin), John French, "super-adviser" of his will, and desires hint to take care of his affairs "until my said son, Philip French, shall come over into England, if he shall happen to be beyond sea at the time of my decease," and also guardian of his youngest son, William. Testator bequeaths to his son Philip II and his heirs male his messuage, lands, and tenements, etc., in Kelshall, and in default of male issue, to his second son, John, and his heirs male, and for want of such issue, to his youngest son, William French.

      Philip French I, the testator, died at Kelshall in May, 1702, and on the 12th of that month was buried in the church at that place.

      In the spring of 1689 his son Philip II arrived at Boston in the "Prudent Sarah," accompanied, it is said, by his brother John, but of the latter very little is definitely known. Philip II, at this time, was scarcely twenty-two years of age. He soon, however, became a prosperous merchant, and further increased his wealth by his marriage, on the 8th of July, 1694, with Anne, a daughter of the Hon. Fredmick Philipse, a man of large property, who had emigrated from Friesland, Holland, to New Amsterdam. Mr. French II was a violent anti-Leislerian, and experienced all the changes of fortune which befell his party, at one time having been banished from the city and under attainder, and at other times having been made Speaker of the Assembly and Mayor of New York. His death occurred in 1707, when he could not have been more than forty years of age. His wife, three daughters and an only son, survived him. His eldest child, Philip, died in infancy.

      Philip , the second son, was baptized on the 17th of November, 1697, and was married, in 1720, to Susanna, daughter of the Hon. Anthony Brockholles, a major in the British army. They were the parents of Mrs. David Clarkson, jr.

      Elizabeth was baptized on the 14th of February, 1700, and married, July 13, 1718, Cornelius Van Horne, Mayor of New York, and member of the Governor's Council, in New Jersey, in which Province his two sons, John and Philip, resided. The latter was a Judge of the Common Pleas. This Cornelius, and the David already referred to in these pages, and Cornelius G., the husband first of Joanna Livingston and afterwards of Judith Jay, were severally the sons of three brothers, John, Abraham and Gerrit, whose grandfather, Jan. Cornelissen Van Hoorn, came to America some time prior to 1645, from the pleasant and opulent city of Hoorn, on the Zuyder-Zee.

      Margaret was baptized May 4, 1701, and died unmarried.

      Anne, the youngest child, became the wife of Joseph Reade, at one time a member of the Governor's Council, and for a long series of years a Warden and Vestryman of Trinity Church. The street known as Reade street derived its name from him.

      (5) Coldham, Peter Wilson, The Complete Book of Emigrants 1661-1699, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990, p. 697 [transcript provided by Judith J. French ]:

      1698

      18 September-14 January 1699. Deposition in London re the New York ship Frederick, Mr. Humphrey Parking, captured by the Dutch in 1698 and taken to Hamburg. Deponents include: Humphrey Parking, mariner aged 30, resident in New York for eight years but born at Empicombe, Devon; Richard S. Sampson, fisherman aged 23, resident of Piscataway, New England, for 16 years but born at Stonehouse, Devon; John Lawrence, sailor aged 23, born and resident in Long Island, New York; PHILIP FRENCH, merchant aged 31, resident in New York for 12 years but born at the Hermitage, Wapping, Middlesex; and John Narramore, shipwright aged 21, born and resident in Boston, New England (EA).

      (6) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/:

      Description: Will of Phillip French of Kelshall, Suffolk
      Date [proved]: 04 February 1704
      Catalogue reference: PROB 11/474
      Dept: Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
      Series: Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers
      Piece: Name of Register: Ash Quire Numbers: 1 - 45
      Image contains 1 will of many for the catalogue reference

      In the Name of God Amen the twelfth day of the month of ffebruary in the ninth yeare of the reigne of our Sovereigne Lord William the third by the grace of God of England Scotland ffance King Defender of the ffaith &c. annoq Dom 1697 I Phillip ffrench of Kelshall in the county of Suff Esqr. being of good and perfect mind and memory praised be Almighty God and calling to remembrance the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof do make ordaine and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following and first and above all things I remitt and comend my soule into the mercifull hands of Almighty God my maker hoping through the meritts of the most precious death and passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to be made pertaker of his everlasting kingdom of heaven and my corruptible body to the earth to be buried in Christian buriall at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named and now for the settling of my goods and temporall estate which it hath pleased the Lord to lend me in this world I doe give and dispose the same as followeth Imprimis I give and bequeath unto Rebekah ffrench my loving wife one annuity or yearly rent charge of sixty pounds per annum during the terme of her naturall life to be paid at the two most usuall ffeast days or times of payment in the year that is today the ffeast of St John Baptist the nativity of our Lord Christ by even and equall portions cleare without any deduction for taxes reparacons or other charges or reprizes whatsoever and to be chargeable upon issueing and goeing out of all my messuages lands Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever both freehold and Coppyhold herein devised to Phillip ffrench my eldest son and the heirs males of his body the first payment thereof to be made and begin at which of the said ffeast dayes shall ffirst happen next after my decease and I give and bequeath unto the said Rebekah ffrench my loving wife all the ffurniture in the parlor chamber as it now stands and one hundred pounds of lawfull English money and also one paire of Sheets four dozen of Napkins three pair of Pillowbeers six Towells four Table Cloaths and four sideboards cloaths to be chosen by her out of my Linnen. And I give and bequeath unto the said Rebekah ffrench my loving wife and Phillip ffrench my son all my plate and rings which shall be in my house at Kelshall in the county of Suff at my decease to be equally divided between them all which gifts and legacies given unto the said Rebekah my wife are upon Condition that she shall not claime any Dower or thirds out of my ffreehold or Coppyhold messuages lands Tenements or hereditaments whatsoever or wheresoever but shall release her Dower right and tytle of Dower or thirds in and to the same to my said son Phillip his heirs or assignes or to such other person or persons to whom I shall give the same and their heirs upon reasonable request to be made to her for that purpose and if any said wife shall claime any Dower or thirds out of any part of my estate ffreehold or Coppyhold or shall not release the same upon request as aforesaid Then I will that all the bequests herein given to her shall be absolutely void and my mind and will is that if it shall happen the said annuity or yearly rent of sixty pounds or any part or parcell thereof to be behind or unpaid during the space of forty days next after any of the said feast dayes upon which the same ought to be paid as aforesaid That then and soe often it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Rebekah ffrench my loving wife and her assignes into my said messuages lands tenements and hereditaments both ffreehold and Copyhold herein after devised to the said Phillip my son and every or any part thereof to enter and thereto distraine and the distress and distresses and then and there found to take and from thence lawfully and peaceably lead drive and carry away and the same to detaine impound and keep untill the said annuity or yearly rent of sixty pounds are so much thereof as shall be so behind and unpaid and all other charges about the recovery thereof shall be fully satisfied contented and paid unto the said Rebekah ffrench my loving wife or her assignes and if no sufficient distress shall be found upon the said messuages lands Tenements hereditaments and premisses by the space of fourty days next after the aforesaid time limitted for takeing such distress as aforesaid that then my mind and Will further is that then and soe often it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said Rebekah ffrench my loving wife or her assignes into my said messuages lands tenements and hereditaments both freehold and Copyhold herein after devised to the said Phillip ffrench my son to enter and the same to have hold and enjoy untill the said annuity and all arrears thereof and all costs and damages be fully paid and satisfied And I give and bequeath unto John ffrench my sonn the sume of one thousand pounds to be paid him in currant money in new Yorke in America by the said Phillip ffrench my eldest son within twelve months next after my decease And in case default of payment shall be made of the said money then I will that it shall and may be lawfull to and for the said John ffrench my sonn his Executors and assignes into all or any of my lands and tenements both ffreehold and Coppyhold in England devised to the said Phillip ffrench my sonn and the heirs of his body to enter and the same to have hold and enjoy untill the sume of six hundred pounds of lawfull English money with costs and damages shall be fully paid and satisfied unto him the said John ffrench his executors administrators and assignes And I give and bequeath unto the said Phillip ffrench my sonn and his heirs all my messuages lands Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever situate lying and being in Knoddishall or elsewhere late in the occupation of John Sawer or his assignes and now in the occupation of Joseph Alby wch I purchased of Jeremiah ffrench To have and to hold the same with their and every of their appurtenances unto the said Phillip ffrench my sonn and to his heirs and assignes for ever Upon Condition that he the said Phillip ffrench my son his heirs and assignes shall well and truly pay out of the afore bequeathed premisses unto William ffrench my youngst sonn the summe of Eight hundred pounds of lawfull English money when he shall accomplish his full age of one and Twenty years if she the said Rebekah ffrench my loving wife shall upon reasonable request to be made to her for that purpose as aforesd release her dower right and title of dower or thirds out of all my freehold and Coppyhold messuages lands Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever unto the said Phillip ffrench my son his heirs or assignes according to my true intent and meaning before in this my last Will and Testameny menconed and so expressed But if the said Rebekah ffrench my wife shall refuse to make such release of her dower right and title of dower or thirds as aforesaid Then in such case I will and my mind is that the said Phillip ffrench my son his heirs and assignes shall pay out of the afore bequeathed premisses unto the said Willm ffrench my son only the sume of four hundred pounds of lawfull English money when he shall accomplish his said age of one and Twenty years. And my mind and Will further is that the said Phillip ffrench my son his heirs and assignes shall also well and truly pay or cause to be paid out of the afore bequeathed premises unto the Guardian of the said William ffrench my son one Annuity or yearly sume of Twenty pounds of lawfull English money without any Abatement deduction or defalcacon for or by reason of any parliament Taxes or other matter cause or thing whatsoever yearly and every year untill the said Willm ffrench my sonn shall accomplish his said age of one and Twenty years to be employed for and towards his maintenance and to be paid at the two most usuall ffeasts or termes of payment in the year that is to say the ffeast days of the Annuntiacon of the Blessed Lady Mary the Virgin and St Michaell the Archangell by even and equall porcons att or in the porch of the parish Church of Kelshall aforesaid the first payment thereof to be made and begin at which of the sd ffeast dayes shall first happen next after my decease And if it shall so happen that the said Phillip ffrench my sonn his heirs or assignes shall make default in the payment of all or any part of the said severall sumes of Eight hundred pounds or foure hundred pounds as the same shall severally happen to become due and payable as aforesaid or of the said Annuity or yearly rent of Twenty pounds during the space of Twenty days after any of the said dates or times whereon any of them ought to have been paid as aforesaid Then I will and my mind is that the said Willm ffrench my Sonn his Executors administrators or assignes shall and may enter into all or any part of the afore bequeathed premisses and the same to hold and enjoy untill he or they respectively shall be fully satisfied and paid all such sume and sumes of money as shall be soe behind and unpaid and also all such charges and expences whatsoever as he or they shall expend lay out and disburse either in law or equity in and about the recovering of the same And I give and bequeath unto the said Phillip ffrench my sonn and the heirs males of his body lawfully begotten or to be begotten my Capitall messuage in Kelshall aforesaid and all other my messuages lands Tenements and hereditaments whatsoever or wheresoever not herein before bequeathed both ffreehold and Coppyhold he paying thereout my said wifes annuity of sixty pounds per annum and my severall legacies above in this my Will bequeathed and if he shall dye without issue male of his body as aforesaid Then I give and bequeath the said messuages lands Tenements and hereditaments both ffreehold and Coppyhold unto my said sonn John ffrench and the heirs males of his body lawfully begotten or to be begotten and for want of such issue I doe give and bequeath the same unto my said sonn Willm ffrench and his heirs for ever he they and every of them respectively paying the said Annuity and legacies as aforesaid And I give and bequeath unto Ann Pigeon my sister Twenty pounds to be paid her within six months after my decease and in case she dye before she receive it Then I give the said Twenty pounds to Mathew Pigeon her son to be paid at the time aforesaid And I give and bequeath unto my Cousin John ffrench the sume of thirty pounds But if he happen to be dead before me Then I will that it be paid to his eldest sonn And I give and bequeath unto the poor of the parish of Kelshall aforesaid the sume of five pounds and to the poor of the parish of Saxmundham in the said County of Suff the sume of fourty shillings to be paid into the hands of the Church wardens of the said severall parishes and distributed to them att their discretion All the residue of my goods chattells cattle household stuffe and implements of household and husbandry shipping ready money and debts oweing to me by bills Bonds mortgages or otherwise howsoever and the messuages and Lands soe mortgaged in case they shall be forfeited and all other my estate whatsoever as well reall as personall not formerly bequeathed I give and bequeath the same unto my Executor hereafter named and to his heirs and assignes forever to be by him employed toward the payment of my debts legacies ffunerall expenses and the charges of the probate of this my last Will and Testament and the overplus thereof I will shall be disposed of to and for his owne use at his will and pleasure and now upon the great Trust and confidence which I have and do repose in the said Phillip ffrench my eldest sonn I do constitute ordaine and make him the said Phillip ffrench my son sole Executor of this my Testament and last Will desireing him to be carefull to performe the same in all things according to my true intent and meaning herein declared and I do constitute and make the said John ffrench my Kinsman Supervisor of this my Testament and last Will desiring him to be aiding and assisting to my Executor in the performance thereof and that he would take care of my affairs until my said son Phillip ffrench shall come over into England if he shall happen to be beyond sea at the time of my decease and that he would alsoe preserve my stock and goods for the said Phillip ffrench my son and I doe alsoe make and appoint him the said John ffrench my kinsman Guardian unto the said Willm French my son untill he shall accomplish his age of one and Twenty years and now revokeing and adnulling all and every Testament and Testaments Will and Wills heretofore either by me made and declared either by word or writing I doe declare this to be my Testament and last Will being contained in five sheets of paper to every sheet hereto I have subscribed my name and fixed my seale to to a Labell put through the tops thereof in the presence of those witnesses whose names are hereunder written Phillip ffrench Sealed subscribed and published by the said Phillip ffrench the Testator as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in the presence of the said Testator did subscribe our names thereunto as witnesses Ralph Eave Ophraim Ager Jo. Newson[?].

      (7) Pursuant to Philip FRENCH I's will, the testator's son, Philip FRENCH II, was given land in Knodishall, Suffolk, England which the testator had purchased from the testator's brother, Jeremiah FRENCH. Also, pursuant to that will, the testator's "cousin," John FRENCH, was given a bequest of £30, and was made supervisor of that will. Who that "cousin," John FRENCH was, the compiler does not know.
    • (1) Source: French, Mansfield Joseph, Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel French, the Joiner, of Stratford, Connecticut, Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1940, pp. 16-17. According to this source, "[a]lthough the family was probably living in Knodishall," Philip was taken "to the ancient church in Saxmundam for baptism.

      Knodishall is about 2.688 miles, as the crow flies, and about 3.848 miles, by land transport, from Saxmundham.

      (2) Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911:

      First name(s): Phillip
      Father's first name(s): Thomas
      Last name: French
      Mother's first name(s): Mariery
      Birth year: 1625
      Baptism year: 1625
      Baptism date: 13 Nov 1625
      Place: Saxmundham
      County: Suffolk
      Country: England
      Relationship: Son of
      Father's first name(s): Thomas
      Mother's first name(s) Mariery
      Record type: Records
      Source: Suffolk Baptism Index (Part 1)
      Record set: Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911
      Category: Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
      Subcategory: Parish Baptisms
      Collections from: England, Great Britain

      (3) There are substantial questions about the accuracy of at least some of the information about Philip FRENCH, Sr. and his family contained in French, Mansfield Joseph, Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel French, the Joiner, of Stratford, Connecticut, Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1940, pp. 29, 31.

      The compiler knows of no evidence that Philip FRENCH, Jr. was the son of a woman named Mary; that he was born February 1, 1656; that he was born in Kelshall, now Kelsale, and within the present bounds of Saxmundham; or that he was baptized in St. John the Baptist Church, Saxmundham, on February 8, 1657. In a depostion given in 1698, Philip FRENCH, Jr. testified that he was then age 31 (which would mean that he was born in about 1667), and that he was born at the Hermitage, Wapping, Middlesex, England. [See Item 4 below.]

      Philip FRENCH, Jr., who is described in the will of Philip FRENCH, Sr. as the testator's eldest son, is believed by the compiler to have been born about 1667; therefore, his younger brother John FRENCH would have been born after 1667.

      The compiler knows of no evidence that John FRENCH was the son of a woman named Mary or that he was baptized in St John the Baptist Church, Saxmundham, County Suffolk, England on March 13, 1659.

      There is at least some doubt about whether Philip FRENCH, Sr. was a brother of Rev. Jeremiah FRENCH, since the author does not indicate that Rev. Jeremiah FRENCH had a sister named Ann, yet the author quotes with apparent approval an abstract of the will of Philip FRENCH, Sr. stating that Philip had a sister named Ann PIGEON.

      (4) The questions about the accuracy of information on pp. 29 and 31 of Mansfield Joseph French's book are based upon the research of Jeanette Sarah (Graham) French (1936-2021).

      (5) The information below is taken from pp. 29 and 31 of Mansfield Joseph French's book and is presented here so that its accuracy can be questioned:

      Philip French, junior, son of Philip and Mary French of Kelshall, County Suffolk, England, was born Feb. 1, 1656, probably in Kelshall, now Kelsale, and within the present bounds of Saxmundham. He was baptized in St John the Baptist Church, Saxmundham, Feb. 8, 1656 (old style), really 1657. Philip French, senior, was undoubtedly the younger brother of Rev. Jeremiah French. His baptism is recorded in St John the Baptist Church, Saxmundham, Nov. 13, 1625; and he bought from Rev. Jeremiah the old family estate at Knodishall. Moule's "English Counties" describes "Knodishall, or Knottishall, 3 miles east from Saxmundham," also "Benhall, one and one-half miles west from Saxmundham," also "Kelsale, one mile north from Saxmundham" These hamlets are all now (1939), within Saxmundham postal district. In Vol. 61, page 393, of "New England Historical and Genealogical Register" appears an "Abstract of Will of Phillip French of Kelshall, County Suffolk, esquire, " dated 12 Feb. 1697-8; giving "Wife Rebeckah annuity of £60. Eldest son Phillip French my lands in Knoddishill purchased of Jeremiah French. To John French my son £1000 to be paid him in New York in America. Youngest son William French under 21. Sister Ann Pigeon and Mathew, her son. Cousin John French £3, but if dead to his eldest son, and he to be supervisor till my son Philip come over to England, if he shall happen to be beyond sea. Proved in P.C.C. 4 Feb., 1703-4, by Philip the son and Exor." . . .

      Capt. John French, son of Philip and Mary French of Kelshall, recently Kelsale, County Suffolk, England, and brother of Philip French, junior, of New York, was baptized March 13, 1659, in St John the Baptist Church, Saxmundham, County Suffolk, England.

      (6) Coldham, Peter Wilson, The Complete Book of Emigrants 1661-1699, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990, p. 697 [transcript provided by Judith J. French ]:

      1698
      18 September-14 January 1699. Deposition in London re the New York ship Frederick, Mr. Humphrey Parking, captured by the Dutch in 1698 and taken to Hamburg. Deponents include: Humphrey Parking, mariner aged 30, resident in New York for eight years but born at Empicombe, Devon; Richard S. Sampson, fisherman aged 23, resident of Piscataway, New England, for 16 years but born at Stonehouse, Devon; John Lawrence, sailor aged 23, born and resident in Long Island, New York; PHILIP FRENCH, merchant aged 31, resident in New York for 12 years but born at the Hermitage, Wapping, Middlesex; and John Narramore, shipwright aged 21, born and resident in Boston, New England (EA).

      (7) Because of the substantial questions about the accuracy of the information about Philip FRENCH, Sr. and his family contained on pp. 29 and 31 of Mansfield Joseph French's book, the compiler has decided to show as two different persons (1) the Philip FRENCH, Sr. described in Mansfield Joseph FRENCH's book, and (2) the Philip FRENCH who was the father of Philip, John and William FRENCH.
    Person ID I10307  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2022 

    Father Thomas FRENCH,   b. Bef 20 Nov 1574, Knodishall, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 4 Feb 1654, Knodishall, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 79 years) 
    Mother Margery KNIGHTS,   b. Bef 21 Jan 1570, Saxmundham, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 29 Sep 1653, Knodishall, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 83 years) 
    Marriage 4 Nov 1617  Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • (1) England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850:

      First name(s): Thomas
      Last name: French
      Marriage year: 1617
      Spouse's first name(s): Margery
      Spouse's last name: Nights
      Place: Suffolk Archdeaconry Marriage Licences
      County: Suffolk
      Country: England
      Source: Boyd's 1st miscellaneous marriage index, 1415-1808
      Record set: England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850
      Category: Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
      Subcategory: Parish Marriages
      Collections from: England, United Kingdom
    Family ID F4907  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth CRAWLEY,   b. Bef 1645   d. Probably London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 10 Jun 1661  Saint Giles Cripplegate, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • (1) England Marriages 1538-1973:

      First name(s): Phillip
      Last name: French
      Name note: —
      Marriage year: 1661
      Marriage date: 10 Jun 1661
      Marriage place: London
      Spouse's first name(s): Elizabeth
      Spouse's last name: Crawley
      Spouse's age: —
      County: London
      Country: England
      Record set: England Marriages 1538-1973
      Category: Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
      Subcategory: Parish Marriages
      Collections from: England, Great Britain
    Children 
     1. Philip FRENCH, II,   b. Bef 13 Feb 1667, Wapping, Middlesex, England [in present-day Tower Hamlets Borough of Greater London] Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 3 Jun 1707 (Age < 40 years)
     2. Capt. John FRENCH,   b. Between 1667 and 1677
    Family ID F869  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2022 

    Family 2 Rebekah (FRENCH),   b. Yes, date unknown   d. Aft 12 Feb 1698 
    Marriage Bef 12 Feb 1698 
    Children 
     1. Rebekah FRENCH,   b. Bef 20 Sep 1674, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 12 Feb 1698 (Age < 23 years)
     2. William FRENCH,   b. 11 Jul 1681, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
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    1. Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Details: Citation Text: (1) The Church of JesusChrist of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index ®, Copyright © 1980, 2002, data as of February 12, 2009, Batch No.: M022431, Dates: 1561 - 1634, Source Call No.: 0380199, Type: Film, Printout Call No.: 6903743, Type: Film, Sheet: 00: PHILLIP FRENCH Male Marriages: Spouse: ELIZABETH CRAWLEY Marriage: 10 JUN 1661 Saint Giles Cripplegate, London, London, England.