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Thomas FRENCH

Thomas FRENCH[1]

Male 1562 - 1613  (50 years)

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  • Name Thomas FRENCH 
    Born 17 Sep 1562  Halstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 Jan 1613  Halstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 20 Nov 1613  St John the Baptist Churchyard, Findon, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I47172  Main
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2023 

    Family Agnes “Anne” OLMSTEAD,   b. Abt 1566, Halstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1624, Halstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Edward FRENCH,   b. Abt 1598, Halstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1674, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years)
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2023 
    Family ID F32661  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • THOMAS FRENCH, who married ANNE or AGNES, daughter and co-heiress with her two sisters of JOHN OLMSTEAD, gentleman, of Stanstead Hall, Halstead, which place she either inherited or had as her marriage portion. Thomas French was buried in Halstead 20 Nov. 1613, his will being proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 27 Jan. 1613-14. He mentions wife Ann, son Thomas, and his mother-in-law] Palladia. To sons John, Edward, William, Robert, and Francis £400 each, and to each daughter £300. His wife Ann was buried in Halstead 11 Feb. 1624-5, and her estate was administered by her son Edward and daughter Margaret.
      Children:
      i. THOMAS.
      ii. MARY, b. 1592; m. bef. 1621, — BACON.
      iii. ANN, b. 1592.
      iv. JOHN, mentioned in 1599 in his grandfather's will; buried in Hal- stead 11 Mar. 1638.
      v. ELIANOR, b. 1597; m. abt. 1630, GEORGE GUNTER.
      vi. EDWARD, b. 1598; of Thorpe Morieux, 1624; living 1642.
      vii. ELIZABETH, b. 1600.
      viii. MARGARET, b. 1601; m. at Bury St. Mary, 16 July 1627, SAMUEL DIKE, clerk.
      ix. WILLIAM, bapt. 15 March 1603.
      x. ROBERT, m. (1) EDITH; m. (2) ELIZABETH MAN; and d. 1660.
      xi. FRANCIS, b. 1606.
      xii. JEMIMA (entered in church register erroneously as Jeremia), b. 1607.
      xiii. JUDITH, b. 1609; m. EDWARD WYGOTT.
      xiv. DOROTHY, b. 1611; m. THOMAS LEWYN. [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, The, (NEHGS, Boston, MA), 65:285.

    2. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 259565739.


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Updated 23 Dec 2023