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Ancestry.com - Individual Database Search Results http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?DB=WORCMA1731&TI=0&GS=FRENCH&QUER Y=FRENCH&SUBMIT=SEARCH&DATABASEID=5189&TITLE=WORCESTER+COUNTY%2C+MA+INDEX+TO +PROBATE+VOL+1+%26+2++A+-+Z++JULY+1731+-+1881&DATABASENAME=WORCMA1731&SEARCH ENGINE=SSE.DLL&SERVER=SEARCH&TYPE=F&fh=0 Search Terms: FRENCH (49) Database: Worcester County, MA Index to Probate Vol 1 & 2 A - Z July 1731 - 1881 Combined Matches: 49 Next Hits Record Date Surname Given Name Residence Record Type 1824 French Abel Fitchburg Administration 1789 French Abial Mendon Will 1786 French Abijah Milford Administration 1793 French Abijah Milford Guardianship 1792 French Adam Milford Guardianship 1864 French Adams E. Winchendon Administration 1793 French Amme Milford Guardianship 1877 French Asaph Templeton Will 1837 French Catharine D. Oakham Guardianship 1841 French Catherine D. Oakham Will Viewing records 1-10 of 49 Record Date Surname Given Name Residence Record Type 1844 French Cyrus Brookfield Administration 1793 French Delpha Milford Guardianship 1772 French Desire Templeton Administration 1837 French Edwin Oakham Guardianship 1838 French Elizabeth Ashburnham Administration 1864 French Elvirus F. Winchendon Guardianship 1792 French Ezra Douglas Administration 1845 French Fisher Templeton Administration 1864 French Flora G. Winchendon Guardianship 1872 French Hiram Worcester Administration Viewing records 11-20 of 49 Record Date Surname Given Name Residence Record Type 1826 French Isaac Oakham Will 1793 French Joanna Milford Guardianship 1829 French Joel Ashburnham Administration 1776 French John Mendon Will 1823 French John Oakham Will 1762 French Joseph Holden Administration 1843 French Leavit Ashburnham Guardianship 1835 French Levi Fitchburg Guardianship 1845 French Lipha Templeton Will 1809 French Lois Royalston Guardianship Viewing records 21-30 of 49 Record Date Surname Given Name Residence Record Type 1847 French Loresta Weirs N.H. Guardianship 1847 French Lyceria L. Weirs N.H. Guardianship 1868 French Mary Athol Will 1844 French Mehitable Templeton Will 1869 French Melinda K. Grafton Administration 1874 French Mercy W. Harvard Administration 1799 French Micah Royalston Will 1841 French Perez D. Ashburnham Administration 1793 French Perley Milford Guardianship 1875 French Philemon Clinton Administration Viewing records 31-40 of 49 Record Date Surname Given Name Residence Record Type 1845 French Ruth Fitchburg Administration 1791 French Samuel Milford Will 1798 French Samuel Fitchburg Guardianship 1813 French Sarah Mendon Administration 1839 French Sarah Upton Will 1802 French William Mendon Will 1837 French William W. Grafton Guardianship 1809 French Zeba Royalston Guardianship 1816 French Ziba Royalston Guardianship Viewing records 41-49 of 49

I hope that this helps answer some questions for some of us. Further to Pat Bridges email about old occupations, the following links are to further sites of interest. Each site has a slightly different set of occupations. http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/trades.html http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/occs.htm Pat's references were http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/terms.html http://www.usgenweb.org/researchers/occupations.html The second of these I had not seen before, and I just added the link to that to my own web pages. (See link to my pages below my signature). David Wares Perth Western Australia http://users.bigpond.com/wares_dlrn/

I am passing this on in hopes it will be of help to someone. Both Jan and Pam are subscibers on the TALBOT surname list Godbless Lorri A good site to look for pictures of ancestors serving in Civil War. You can then send for a photo copy and more information before sending for a copy of the actual photo. Jan http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/PhotoDB.html Hi! I was just on this site: www.ancientfaces.com It has almost 1200 old photos and over 1300 family names...thought maybe someone could connect with one of their surnames! Pam .

Hang in there we will find them. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth King Black" <lizblack@worldnet.att.net> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] Susan Riddlesdale > Sorry, I don't. >

Sorry, I don't.

Hang in there Liz Godbless Lorri Do you have anything more current to our time? Who knows...there could be a connection Godbless Lorri ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth King Black" <lizblack@worldnet.att.net> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] Susan Riddlesdale > No I am not a member of the French Association. The Frenches are in my > late husband's line. He descended from either two or three Frenches. > One was > Margaret French, b. ca. 1612, who married Edward Lamb. She was a > daughter of > Thomas and Susannah Riddlesdale. Another was Mary Elizabeth French, b. > 1823, who married William Walker Call. She was the daughter of Jonathan > and Dorothy > P. Carrier. A third possibility is the husband of Mary Paine, b. 1689, > who was married either to Samuel French or Samuel Hayward. She may have > lived in > Braintree, but I can't find a marriage of a Samuel French that fits. > > That's about it. Liz > > >

No I am not a member of the French Association. The Frenches are in my late husband's line. He descended from either two or three Frenches. One was Margaret French, b. ca. 1612, who married Edward Lamb. She was a daughter of Thomas and Susannah Riddlesdale. Another was Mary Elizabeth French, b. 1823, who married William Walker Call. She was the daughter of Jonathan and Dorothy P. Carrier. A third possibility is the husband of Mary Paine, b. 1689, who was married either to Samuel French or Samuel Hayward. She may have lived in Braintree, but I can't find a marriage of a Samuel French that fits. That's about it. Liz

I have this have about the same Will send it to if you like in an outline or report . It always starts a few people off on a thread of who has what "most correct" record. Are you a member of the French Family Association? When Mara is able to I'm sure she will send my membership package. I want to compare research with what ever charts there are. You may be interested in the Suffolk England list. as well.They have many helpful volunteers as well Pat the listowner is very helpful as well. SUFFOLK-L@rootsweb.com to subscribe SUFFOLK-L-request@rootsweb.com Also I have a site bookmarked called Simon's church's and there are some beautiful pictures of the churches in Assington and Bures St. Mary , Suffolk Eng. www.suffolkchurches.co.uk - an alternative guide to the churches of Suffolk. Where does your line connect at? Take care and Godbless Lorri ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth King Black" <lizblack@worldnet.att.net> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 10:24 AM Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] Susan Riddlesdale > I have the following: Thomas = Alice or Stephen ( b. c. 1515) = Mary > > Jacob (b. ca. 1545) = Susan Warren > (b. c. 1555) > both born in Assington, Susan > the dau. of William > and Katherine. > > Thomas (b. ca. 1584) = Susannah > Riddlesdale (b. ca. 1584) > both born in Assington, > Susannah the dau. of > John (b. 26 Dep 1557, Boxted, > Essex) and Dorcas ? > (b. 1560 in Assington). John > the son of HenryRidsdale > (b. ca. 1518 in Boxford, > Suffolk) and Joan ?, > Henry the son of Jasper > Rydysdale (b. ca. 1490) > and Elizabeth ? > > This is all probably from Gendex and thus not terribly reliable. > > >

Sandgate is in Bennington county

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------8159912D63B99467253C24B4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------8159912D63B99467253C24B4 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Message-ID: <39FF140E.7CDAF06C@pacbell.net> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 10:48:46 -0800 From: "Linda K. Richards" <lindajud@pacbell.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] FRENCH/REID References: <3.0.1.32.20001030122642.0097a100@mail.net66.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The only way you could be connected to this French/Reid is through William D. French and his marriage to Ella Leora Misner and their son, John who married Harriet Dimmack and they had 10 children. All of these children and their descendants go by the name of Reid, and their are a lot of them, buy they are really John FRENCH's and the descendants of William D. French. As far as I have been able to discern, there were NO children from Ella's marriage to Walter E. Reid. I wish someone knew when and where William and Ella were married, probably in New York, where she lived with her parents, but they lived in Grand Rapids, Kent, MI. There is a recording of her marriage to W.E. Reid in Grand Rapids, Kent, MI. I sent to MI vital records and they had no copy. Later I discovered it was found in the Grand Rapids Public Library - Index to Michigan research found in genealogical periodicals by Maud Quigley (main auther Western Michigan Genealogy Society (Grand Rapids, Michigan) (added author) book of compilation of aids and articles found in genealogical periodicals house in the Grand Rapids Public Library. (That was the way the entire source was written. Is there anyone out there at all that could possibly look that up for me? It it apparently listed by bride (twice for her, once as Ella Misner and again by her first married name French) and by groom, Walter E. Reid. If I could find out the date this would help figure out a lot of things. I have been searching this for so long it would be a very happy day for me if I could ever find it! Linda Kay nancy hammes wrote: > > 10/30/00 > > Hi Linda: Your message intrigues me about the FRENCH name being changed to > REID. I am interested in the story you have. Also, I am researching the > SEAL(E)(S) family line, and I am curious if you have any that may have > married into your FRENCH line. Also, the GLENDENNING line married into the > SEALE line. Are you familiar w/them? Thank you for offering to explain the > French/Reid connection. I will be anxious to hear about it. If I can help > you at all, let me know. Nancy/IL --------------8159912D63B99467253C24B4--

The only way you could be connected to this French/Reid is through William D. French and his marriage to Ella Leora Misner and their son, John who married Harriet Dimmack and they had 10 children. All of these children and their descendants go by the name of Reid, and their are a lot of them, buy they are really John FRENCH's and the descendants of William D. French. As far as I have been able to discern, there were NO children from Ella's marriage to Walter E. Reid. I wish someone knew when and where William and Ella were married, probably in New York, where she lived with her parents, but they lived in Grand Rapids, Kent, MI. There is a recording of her marriage to W.E. Reid in Grand Rapids, Kent, MI. I sent to MI vital records and they had no copy. Later I discovered it was found in the Grand Rapids Public Library - Index to Michigan research found in genealogical periodicals by Maud Quigley (main auther Western Michigan Genealogy Society (Grand Rapids, Michigan) (added author) book of compilation of aids and articles found in genealogical periodicals house in the Grand Rapids Public Library. (That was the way the entire source was written. Is there anyone out there at all that could possibly look that up for me? It it apparently listed by bride (twice for her, once as Ella Misner and again by her first married name French) and by groom, Walter E. Reid. If I could find out the date this would help figure out a lot of things. I have been searching this for so long it would be a very happy day for me if I could ever find it! Linda Kay nancy hammes wrote: > > 10/30/00 > > Hi Linda: Your message intrigues me about the FRENCH name being changed to > REID. I am interested in the story you have. Also, I am researching the > SEAL(E)(S) family line, and I am curious if you have any that may have > married into your FRENCH line. Also, the GLENDENNING line married into the > SEALE line. Are you familiar w/them? Thank you for offering to explain the > French/Reid connection. I will be anxious to hear about it. If I can help > you at all, let me know. Nancy/IL

Thankyou, I can use this info in my research Micah French Sr, b. September 09, 1726 in Braintree MA my ggggg d. there.Abt. October 15, 1799 if anyone has any other info on him or his wife Ruth Wild please let me know. Godbless Lorri ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jtbushey@aol.com> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 10:02 AM Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] Braintree Marriages 1640-1793 (Bride) > Sandgate is in Bennington county >

I have the following: Thomas = Alice or Stephen ( b. c. 1515) = Mary Jacob (b. ca. 1545) = Susan Warren (b. c. 1555) both born in Assington, Susan the dau. of William and Katherine. Thomas (b. ca. 1584) = Susannah Riddlesdale (b. ca. 1584) both born in Assington, Susannah the dau. of John (b. 26 Dep 1557, Boxted, Essex) and Dorcas ? (b. 1560 in Assington). John the son of HenryRidsdale (b. ca. 1518 in Boxford, Suffolk) and Joan ?, Henry the son of Jasper Rydysdale (b. ca. 1490) and Elizabeth ? This is all probably from Gendex and thus not terribly reliable.

There is also a Braintree in Orange county,Vermont

yes. in the Norfolk Co.., area ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth King Black" <lizblack@worldnet.att.net> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] Braintree Marriages 1640-1793 (Bride) > A town in Massachusetts. >

I would appreciate anything you have on the line. Please keep in touch Godbless Lorri ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth King Black" <lizblack@worldnet.att.net> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 9:25 AM Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] Susan Riddlesdale > I missed the exchange...I also have Susan married to Thomas. >

This is interesting. My French ended up in Dummerston in The Windham area of VT before going to Ohio I'm not sure what co., Sandgate is is but they were there as well. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jtbushey@aol.com> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] Braintree Marriages 1640-1793 (Bride) > There is also a Braintree in Orange county,Vermont >

A town in Massachusetts.

I missed the exchange...I also have Susan married to Thomas.