1762 - 1822 (60 years)
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Name |
James FRENCH |
Born |
6 Jun 1762 |
Hollis, Hillsborough County, NH |
Gender |
Male |
AFN |
21SK-CN0 |
Died |
1 Sep 1822 |
Boscawen, Merrimack County, NH |
Notes |
(1) The American Historical Society, Inc., Greene, Heath and Allied Families, New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1932, pp. 94-95:
JAMES FRENCH, son of James and Sarah (Brooks) French, was born in Hollis, New Hampshire, June 6, 1761-62, and died in Boscawen, New Hampshire, September I, 1822. He was wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill. In Rindge he resided upon the Calvin Davis farm, in the northeast part of the town. He was a manufacturer of baskets. About 1813 he removed from Rindge to Boscawen, New Hampshire. James French married (first), in Rindge, April 13, 1781, Hannah Russell. . . . He married (second), July 12, 1809, Olive Sawyer, who was born in Dracut, Massachusetts, and died in Canterbury, New Hampshire, January 17, 1875. She was the daughter of Deacon Francis and Tamar (Barker) Sawyer.
Children of first marriage, born in Rindge, except the first:
1. Isaac L., born in Jaffrey, June 22, 1782.
2. Hannah, born February 6, 1783, died March 6, 1783.
3. Hannah, born January or June 24, 1784.
4. Sarah. . . .
5. James, born February 3, 1788, died in infancy.
6. James, born February 1, or 28, 1789, died March 30, 1862; married, September 12, 1811, Polly Whitney, born in Townsend, Massachusetts, May 29, I790; removed to Hancock, New Hampshire.
7. Jonathan, or Samuel, Brooks, born August or May 2, 1791, died January 23, 1886.
8. Betsy, born May 13 or 18, 1793.
9. Edward Jewett, born June 27, 1795.
10. Nancy, born March 12, 1802.
11. Mahala, born May 25, 1804; married, in Plymouth, New Hampshire, in 1825, Thomas Randall.
Children of second marriage, first born in Rindge, other two in Boscawen:
12. Francis Sawyer, born May 31, 1810, died in Boscawen, April 4, 1870; married, November 10, 1835, Asenath Sawyer, daughter of Aaron and Sarah (Griffin) Sawyer.
13. Olive, born February 1, 1812; married Stewart Noyes.
14. Asa Milton, born October 3, 1814
(J. O. Lyford: History of the Town of Canterbury, Vol. II, pp. 154-55. W. W. Hayward: History of Hancock, New Hampshire,1764-1889, Vol. I, p. 591. D. B. Cutter : History of the Town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, p. 329. Ezra S. Stearns: History of the Town of Rindge, New Hampshire, pp. 526-27, 678-79.)
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Person ID |
I15724 |
Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families |
Last Modified |
29 Dec 2018 |
Family 1 |
Hannah RUSSELL |
Married |
13 Apr 1781 |
Rindge, Cheshire County, NH |
Children |
| 1. Isaac L. FRENCH, b. 22 Jun 1782, Jaffrey, Cheshite County, NH [natural] |
| 2. Hannah, b. 6 Feb 1783, Rindge, Cheshire County, NH , d. 6 Mar 1783, Rindge, Cheshire County, NH (Age 0 years) [natural] |
| 3. Hannah, b. 24 Jan 1784, Rindge, Cheshire County, NH [natural] |
| 4. Sarah FRENCH, b. 17 Feb 1786, Rindge, Cheshire County, NH , d. 13 Feb 1851, Plymouth, Grafton County, NH (Age 64 years) [natural] |
| 5. James FRENCH, b. 3 Feb 1788, Rindge, Cheshire County, NH , d. Bef 1 Feb 1789, Rindge, Cheshire County, NH (Age < 0 years) [natural] |
| 6. James FRENCH, b. 1 Feb 1789, Rindge, Cheshire County, NH , d. 30 Mar 1862 (Age 73 years) [natural] |
| 7. Jonathan Brooks FRENCH, b. 2 Aug 1791, Rindge, Cheshire County, NH [natural] |
| 8. Betsy FRENCH, b. 13 May 1793, Rindge, Cheshire County, NH [natural] |
| 9. Edward Jewett FRENCH, b. 27 Jun 1795, Rindge, Cheshire County, NH [natural] |
| 10. Nancy FRENCH, b. 12 Mar 1802, Rindge, Cheshire County, NH [natural] |
| 11. Mahala FRENCH, b. 25 May 1804, Rindge, Cheshire County, NH [natural] |
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Last Modified |
29 Dec 2018 19:11:43 |
Family ID |
F7072 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 2 |
Olive SAWYER, b. Dracut, Middlesex County, MA , d. 17 Jan 1875, Canterbury, Merrimack County, NH |
Married |
12 Jul 1809 |
Children |
| 1. Francis Sawyer FRENCH, b. 31 May 1810, Rindge, Cheshire County, NH [natural] |
| 2. Olive FRENCH, b. 1 Feb 1812, Boscawen, Merrimack County, NH [natural] |
| 3. Asa Milton FRENCH, b. 3 Oct 1814, Boscawen, Merrimack County, NH [natural] |
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Last Modified |
29 Dec 2018 19:11:43 |
Family ID |
F7073 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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