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Descendants of Richard French

Generation No. 1

1. RICHARD¹ FRENCH (RICHARD^A) was born 1627 in Coggeshall, Co. Essex, ENG, and died Dec 14, 1688 in Marshfield, MA, USA ¹. He married (1) MARTHA. She was born Unknown, and died Unknown. He married (2) MARTHA BEARE 1659 in Marshfield,MA,USA, daughter of RICHARD BEARE and GRACE. She was born Unknown, and died Unknown.

Notes for RICHARD FRENCH:
It is believed Richard French came to Colonial America around 1635. He was a lad of nine or ten years old when he came over. His mother died giving birth to him and it is believed that his godfather, or uncle was Lt. William French of Cambridge who later settled in Billerica.

Court records of Middlesex Co. show charges against Richard with "uncivil carriage and abuse offred to the body of Jane Evans, a servant of Richard Hildreth," and the court found him guilty of the charge. (3 Oct 1654)

He left town and went to Marshfield. The Plymouth County court records of 7 June 1659, evidence that Richard French "..is accused by Heptsibah Andrews to have comitted bodily uncleanes with her, and hath stood engaged to the court to answer for the same and appeered att this Court; and likewise the said Heptsibah Andrews was likewise sumoned to apeer..to take bonds of him to pay a considerable sume towards the keept of the child....etc." However, it seems Ms. Andrews did not appear at the second hearing and Richard was released from bond.

More About RICHARD FRENCH:
Baptism: May 06, 1629, Coggeshall, Essex Co., ENG ²
Emigration: Abt. 1647, Emigrated to Cambridge, MA, USA
Occupation: Fisherman
Probate: Dec 21, 1688, Marshfield, MA, USA

More About RICHARD FRENCH and MARTHA BEARE:
Marriage: 1659, Marshfield,MA,USA

Children of RICHARD FRENCH and MARTHA are:

2.	i.		LT. JOSEPH² FRENCH, b. 1649, Cambridge, MA, USA; d. Nov 26, 1732, Bedford, Middlesex, MA, USA.
3.	ii.		SAMUEL FRENCH, b. Jul 13, 1653, Cambridge,MA; d. Jan 11, 1729/30, Dunstable, MA.

Children of RICHARD FRENCH and MARTHA BEARE are:

	iii.		ELIZABETH² FRENCH³, b. Feb 02, 1659/60, Marshfield, MA ⁴; d. Unknown.
	iv.		JOHN FRENCH, b. Abt. 1661; d. Bet. 1710 - 1711, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia ⁵.

Notes for JOHN FRENCH:
John was of "Marshfield when he sold his part of the "Sippecan" Barnstable land to Job Randall of Scituate.

He was a soldier of the Mass. Bay Colony militia whose troops were sent by the Governor to aid the British in the attack on Nova Scotia in 1710 against the French, during Queen Anne's War.

More About JOHN FRENCH:
Probate: Jan 02, 1712/13, Marshfield, MA, USA ⁶

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