Hello again listers: I am reposting this name, just to see if anyone has any information about NAPOLEON FRENCH. Talk about your dead ends and brick walls. I know absolutely nothing about Napoleon French except that he is buried in Kentucky and was married to my Great Grandmother Charlotte Cress. Napoleon was possibly from West Virginia as was Charlotte and moved to Kentucky/Tenn (Jellico area) shortly after they were married. One of Charlotte's daughters, Nancy Ann Cress married Simeon Green son of Robert Green & Matilda Jackson. Other children of Napoleon French and Charlotte Cress were: 1. Ellen Cress who married William Green (Simeons brother) 2. Elliot Cress (no info on him) Please, please, please if anyone knows anything.... John Green

John, that brick wall MAY be coming down. My 3G Grandfather Napoleon Bonaparte French and a bazillion other descendants of his grandparents Matthew and Sarah Payne were in SW VA/WV, especially Giles, Tazewell and Mercer counties, the latter now in WV. Matthew and Sally's children married into these families among others: Belcher, Hatfield, Smith, McComas, Dingess. Napoleon was son of David and Mary Dingess. He married Jane B. Armstrong daughter of Thomas Temple Armstrong and granddaughter of Martin of NC and TN. Napoleon's sibs included William H.and James Harvey. They were Confederates who ended up on the "wrong" side of the border after the "unpleasantness", i.e. WV and many migrated then. See anything that looks familiar? Jackie

I tried sending this earlier, but never saw it posted. Sorry if it goes out twice. Hi, I happened to be checking out one of the daily (10-day free) databases at Ancestry.com and found a number of FRENCH's. The database was the Kansas City, MO city directory. Since I know many of my KY French's moved on to Missouri, thought I'd take a look. I was very interested in an entry for Lucinda FRENCH, listed as widow of Charles. My g-g-grandfather was a Charles FRENCH from Hardin county, KY who married Lucinda WISE. I have birth and marriage dates,(Hardin county) but no death dates or places for either. I'm thinking there could possibly be a link and wonder if anyone out there connects to Charles or Lucinda FRENCH in Missouri?

What date did the marriage of Lucinda and Charles take place? I have a WISE connection in that area...ties into my RICE family....know others who are researching WISE also.....thanks, Jan Lund -----Original Message----- From: Laurie Ronan <jronan@bellsouth.net> To: FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 5:02 PM Subject: [FRENCH-L] Missouri, FRENCH CHARLES and LUCINDA >I tried sending this earlier, but never saw it posted. >Sorry if it goes out twice. >Hi, I happened to be checking out one of the daily (10-day free) >databases at Ancestry.com and found a number of FRENCH's. The database >was the Kansas City, MO city directory. Since I know many of my KY >French's moved on to Missouri, thought I'd take a look. I was very >interested in an entry for Lucinda FRENCH, listed as widow of Charles. >My g-g-grandfather was a Charles FRENCH from Hardin county, KY who >married Lucinda WISE. I have birth and marriage dates,(Hardin county) >but no death dates or places for either. I'm thinking there could >possibly be a link and wonder if anyone out there connects to Charles or > >Lucinda FRENCH in Missouri? > > >

Thanks Joe--- Would anyone else out there have any informtion on our ancestor, Joseph P. French? Ralph Banks (RafB@aol.com), Austin, TX

Hi, I happened to be checking out one of the daily (10-day free) databases at Ancestry.com and found a number of FRENCH's. The database was the Kansas City, MO city directory. Since I know many of my KY French's moved on to Missouri, thought I'd take a look. I was very interested in an entry for Lucinda FRENCH, listed as widow of Charles. My g-g-grandfather was a Charles FRENCH from Hardin county, KY who married Lucinda WISE. I have birth and marriage dates,(Hardin county) but no death dates or places for either. I'm thinking there could possibly be a link and wonder if anyone out there connects to Charles or Lucinda FRENCH in Missouri?

I am looking for the parents of Joseph P. French born 23 March 1812 and married Mary W. Brown about 1832/33 in Marion Co. Georgia. This is the first time I have seen a Joseph P. French listed. You show Joseph P. French born Dec 25. 1767 and dying between 1801 and 1810. As a long shot could he have had a son beyond 1810. One of my aunts suspected that the P. stood for Pickney ( could be spelled differently). We believe our Joseph P. French came out of S. Carolina. Seems like a long shot but had to try. Thanks, Joe F. French 0Mike & Mona Shay wrote: > I am looking for information about the FRENCH family line from ROBERT C. FRENCH to Joseph FRENCH to Elizabeth FRENCH to Catherine HERCULES then my gggrandfather CHARLES W. WHEELER . Please take a look at the information below. > > Thanks, > > Mona [Lenker] Wright-Shay > > Descendants of Robert C. French > > Generation No. 1 > > 1. ROBERT C.1 FRENCH was born 1724, and died March 15, 1813 in Essex, now Union County, New Jersey. He married (1) MARY WILLIS. He married (2) JOANNAH OSBORN December 01, 1761, daughter of HENRY OSBORN and MARGARET. She was born Abt. 1735. > > Children of ROBERT FRENCH and MARY WILLIS are: > > i. DAVID A.2 FRENCH. > > ii. NAOMI FRENCH. > > iii. ROBERT FRENCH. > > iv. WILLIS FRENCH. > > Children of ROBERT FRENCH and JOANNAH OSBORN are: > > 2. v. JOSEPH P.2 FRENCH > > vi. ANDERSON FRENCH, > > vii. AARON FRENCH > > viii. REBECCA FRENCH > > ix. PHILEMON FRENCH > > x. JOHN FRENCH > > Generation No. 2 > > 2. JOSEPH P.2 FRENCH (ROBERT C.1) was born December 25, 1767 in Essex, now Union County, New Jersey, and died Bet. 1801 - 1810. He married ANNA ROBERTSON February 08, 1786 in Westfield, New Jersey, daughter of SAMUEL ROBERTSON and HANNAH CRANE. She was born 1768 in Essex, now Union County, New Jersey, and died Aft. 1845. > > Children of JOSEPH FRENCH and ANNA ROBERTSON are: > > i. ROBERT3 FRENCH > > 3. ii. SAMUEL FRENCH > > iii. PHOEBE FRENCH > > 4. iv. DANIEL FRENCH > > v. DAVID FRENCH > > 5. vi. ELIZABETH FRENCH > > vii. MARY FRENCH > > viii. JOSEPH FRENCH > > ix. ANNA FRENCH > > Generation No. 3 > > 3. SAMUEL3 FRENCH (JOSEPH P.2, ROBERT C.1) was born August 18, 1788, and died 1862. He married (1) ELIZA MEEKER. He married (2) NANCY BRANDENBURG 1820. > > Children of SAMUEL FRENCH and NANCY BRANDENBURG are: > > i. SAMUEL4 FRENCH > > ii. JOSEPH FRENCH. > > 4. DANIEL3 FRENCH (JOSEPH P.2, ROBERT C.1) was born August 09, 1791 in Union County, New Jersey, and died April 09, 1843 in Shelby County, Indiana. He married AMY TINGLE February 25, 1819 in Lebanon, Ohio. She died November 17, 1872. > > Children of DANIEL FRENCH and AMY TINGLE are: > > i. ELIZABETH ANN4 FRENCH > > ii. JEDEDIAH FRENCH > > iii. JOSEPH R. FRENCH > > iv. WILLIAM V. FRENCH > > v. JAMES FREEMAN FRENCH > > vi. CAROLINE FRENCH. > > vii. JULIA ANN FRENCH. > > 5. ELIZABETH3 FRENCH (JOSEPH P.2, ROBERT C.1) was born March 07, 1793 in New Jersey, and died October 07, 1838 in Butler County, Ohio. She married JR. WILLIAM JAMES HERCULES November 25, 1813 in Butler County, Ohio, son of WILLIAM HERCULES and AMY FOREST. He was born July 24, 1786 in Middlesex County, New Jersey, and died January 21, 1868 in Kokomo, Indiana. > > Children of ELIZABETH FRENCH and WILLIAM HERCULES are: > > i. AMY4 HERCULES, b. November 23, 1815, Warren County, Ohio; d. July 01, 1898; m. WILLIAM BOLVY, March 03, 1835. > > ii. JAMES HERCULES, b. February 02, 1818, Warren County, Ohio; d. 1893; m. SARAH J.. > > iii. JACOB LE FEVRE HERCULES, b. February 08, 1818, Warren County, Ohio; d. October 29, 1905, Ohio; m. (1) MARY ANN HAWTHORNE; b. February 11, 1832, Hamilton County, Ohio; d. Bef. 1905; m. (2) MARY ANN HAWTHORNE, August 15, 1843; b. Abt. 1822, Hamilton County, Ohio; d. October 05, 1901, Ohio. > > iv. DAVID F. HERCULES, b. October 04, 1814, Warren County, Ohio; d. January 14, 1855; m. ELIZABETH LOGAN, August 04, 1842, Hamilton County, Ohio; b. Abt. 1824, Ohio. > > v. CATHERINE HERCULES, b. January 29, 1822, Warren County, Ohio; d. October 29, 1846, Allen Township, Darke County, Ohio; m. ARTHUR J. WHEELER, April 20, 1843, Butler County, Ohio; b. April 22, 1817, Baltimore, Maryland/New Jersey?; d. September 24, 1852, Stucks Hotel, Ansonia, Allen Township, Darke County, Ohio. > > vi. AMY HERCULES, b. 1816; m. WILLIAM BOLVY. > > vii. JAMES HERCULES, b. 1817; d. 1893; m. SARAH J.. > > viii. MARY HERCULES, b. July 05, 1820, Warren County, Ohio; d. March 23, 1887; m. ABRAHAM COLBY. > > ix. III WILLIAM HERCULES, b. July 03, 1825, Warren County, Ohio; m. MARGARET NEWCOMB, Warren County, Ohio. > > x. CHRISTOPHER HERCULES, b. April 03, 1827, Butler County, Ohio; d. December 16, 1907; m. JENNIE E. FARHNER, February 20, 1860, Clinton, Illinois. > > xi. ELIZABETH JANE HERCULES, b. March 05, 1829, Butler County, Ohio; d. 1838. > > xii. MARGARET HERCULES, b. February 28, 1831, Butler County, Ohio; d. May 11, 1836. > > xiii. SARAH ANN HERCULES, b. January 03, 1833, Butler County, Ohio. > > xiv. SAMUEL HERCULES, b. September 08, 1835, Darke County, Ohio; d. September 19, 1835, Darke County, Ohio.

I am looking for information about the FRENCH family line from ROBERT C. FRENCH to Joseph FRENCH to Elizabeth FRENCH to Catherine HERCULES then my gggrandfather CHARLES W. WHEELER . Please take a look at the information below. Thanks, Mona [Lenker] Wright-Shay Descendants of Robert C. French Generation No. 1 1. ROBERT C.1 FRENCH was born 1724, and died March 15, 1813 in Essex, now Union County, New Jersey. He married (1) MARY WILLIS. He married (2) JOANNAH OSBORN December 01, 1761, daughter of HENRY OSBORN and MARGARET. She was born Abt. 1735. Children of ROBERT FRENCH and MARY WILLIS are: i. DAVID A.2 FRENCH. ii. NAOMI FRENCH. iii. ROBERT FRENCH. iv. WILLIS FRENCH. Children of ROBERT FRENCH and JOANNAH OSBORN are: 2. v. JOSEPH P.2 FRENCH vi. ANDERSON FRENCH, vii. AARON FRENCH viii. REBECCA FRENCH ix. PHILEMON FRENCH x. JOHN FRENCH Generation No. 2 2. JOSEPH P.2 FRENCH (ROBERT C.1) was born December 25, 1767 in Essex, now Union County, New Jersey, and died Bet. 1801 - 1810. He married ANNA ROBERTSON February 08, 1786 in Westfield, New Jersey, daughter of SAMUEL ROBERTSON and HANNAH CRANE. She was born 1768 in Essex, now Union County, New Jersey, and died Aft. 1845. Children of JOSEPH FRENCH and ANNA ROBERTSON are: i. ROBERT3 FRENCH 3. ii. SAMUEL FRENCH iii. PHOEBE FRENCH 4. iv. DANIEL FRENCH v. DAVID FRENCH 5. vi. ELIZABETH FRENCH vii. MARY FRENCH viii. JOSEPH FRENCH ix. ANNA FRENCH Generation No. 3 3. SAMUEL3 FRENCH (JOSEPH P.2, ROBERT C.1) was born August 18, 1788, and died 1862. He married (1) ELIZA MEEKER. He married (2) NANCY BRANDENBURG 1820. Children of SAMUEL FRENCH and NANCY BRANDENBURG are: i. SAMUEL4 FRENCH ii. JOSEPH FRENCH. 4. DANIEL3 FRENCH (JOSEPH P.2, ROBERT C.1) was born August 09, 1791 in Union County, New Jersey, and died April 09, 1843 in Shelby County, Indiana. He married AMY TINGLE February 25, 1819 in Lebanon, Ohio. She died November 17, 1872. Children of DANIEL FRENCH and AMY TINGLE are: i. ELIZABETH ANN4 FRENCH ii. JEDEDIAH FRENCH iii. JOSEPH R. FRENCH iv. WILLIAM V. FRENCH v. JAMES FREEMAN FRENCH vi. CAROLINE FRENCH. vii. JULIA ANN FRENCH. 5. ELIZABETH3 FRENCH (JOSEPH P.2, ROBERT C.1) was born March 07, 1793 in New Jersey, and died October 07, 1838 in Butler County, Ohio. She married JR. WILLIAM JAMES HERCULES November 25, 1813 in Butler County, Ohio, son of WILLIAM HERCULES and AMY FOREST. He was born July 24, 1786 in Middlesex County, New Jersey, and died January 21, 1868 in Kokomo, Indiana. Children of ELIZABETH FRENCH and WILLIAM HERCULES are: i. AMY4 HERCULES, b. November 23, 1815, Warren County, Ohio; d. July 01, 1898; m. WILLIAM BOLVY, March 03, 1835. ii. JAMES HERCULES, b. February 02, 1818, Warren County, Ohio; d. 1893; m. SARAH J.. iii. JACOB LE FEVRE HERCULES, b. February 08, 1818, Warren County, Ohio; d. October 29, 1905, Ohio; m. (1) MARY ANN HAWTHORNE; b. February 11, 1832, Hamilton County, Ohio; d. Bef. 1905; m. (2) MARY ANN HAWTHORNE, August 15, 1843; b. Abt. 1822, Hamilton County, Ohio; d. October 05, 1901, Ohio. iv. DAVID F. HERCULES, b. October 04, 1814, Warren County, Ohio; d. January 14, 1855; m. ELIZABETH LOGAN, August 04, 1842, Hamilton County, Ohio; b. Abt. 1824, Ohio. v. CATHERINE HERCULES, b. January 29, 1822, Warren County, Ohio; d. October 29, 1846, Allen Township, Darke County, Ohio; m. ARTHUR J. WHEELER, April 20, 1843, Butler County, Ohio; b. April 22, 1817, Baltimore, Maryland/New Jersey?; d. September 24, 1852, Stucks Hotel, Ansonia, Allen Township, Darke County, Ohio. vi. AMY HERCULES, b. 1816; m. WILLIAM BOLVY. vii. JAMES HERCULES, b. 1817; d. 1893; m. SARAH J.. viii. MARY HERCULES, b. July 05, 1820, Warren County, Ohio; d. March 23, 1887; m. ABRAHAM COLBY. ix. III WILLIAM HERCULES, b. July 03, 1825, Warren County, Ohio; m. MARGARET NEWCOMB, Warren County, Ohio. x. CHRISTOPHER HERCULES, b. April 03, 1827, Butler County, Ohio; d. December 16, 1907; m. JENNIE E. FARHNER, February 20, 1860, Clinton, Illinois. xi. ELIZABETH JANE HERCULES, b. March 05, 1829, Butler County, Ohio; d. 1838. xii. MARGARET HERCULES, b. February 28, 1831, Butler County, Ohio; d. May 11, 1836. xiii. SARAH ANN HERCULES, b. January 03, 1833, Butler County, Ohio. xiv. SAMUEL HERCULES, b. September 08, 1835, Darke County, Ohio; d. September 19, 1835, Darke County, Ohio.

I have obtained a copy of the "Supplement to the Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage 1614-1775. It is only a supplement and is only 86 pages. It didn't help me much but I will be happy to do lookups. I really hoped it would have a PRO source number but it didn't. Anyone know how to find reference numbers to PRO items. Mary Panick SusiCP@aol.com

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------2871445532C4108CB7C5ACC2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------2871445532C4108CB7C5ACC2 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <PAYORK-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from h7.mail.home.com ([24.0.95.42]) by mail.rdc1.ne.home.com (InterMail v4.01.01.00 201-229-111) with ESMTP id <20000403210029.ZDJZ14878.mail.rdc1.ne.home.com@h7.mail.home.com> for <renfamilytree@mail.sxflls1.sd.home.com>; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 14:00:29 -0700 Received: from mx1-w.mail.home.com ([24.0.0.205]) by h7.mail.home.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) with ESMTP id OAA23709; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 14:00:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.27]) by mx1-w.mail.home.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA02479; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 14:00:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA13626; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 13:58:43 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 13:58:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Sender: marypan@home.com Mon Apr 3 13:58:42 2000 From: "Mary Panick" <marypan@home.com> Old-To: <SusiCP@aol.com>, <PAYORK-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: RE: [PAYORK] Look up request Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 16:58:37 -0400 Message-ID: <NCBBIKFNCLCEFDHOCKKGAEIKCBAA.marypan@home.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 In-Reply-To: <bd.20d59e3.26167d55@aol.com> Importance: Normal Resent-Message-ID: <cUy_nB.A.rUD.CYQ64@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: PAYORK-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: PAYORK-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <PAYORK-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/3653 X-Loop: PAYORK-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: PAYORK-L-request@rootsweb.com X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 I have obtained a copy of the "Supplement to the Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage 1614-1775. It is only a supplement and is only 86 pages. It didn't help me much but I will be happy to do lookups. I really hoped it would have a PRO source number but it didn't. Anyone know how to find reference numbers to PRO items. Mary Panick -----Original Message----- From: SusiCP@aol.com [mailto:SusiCP@aol.com] Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 5:15 PM To: PAYORK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PAYORK] Look up request Mary Ray please post to list there are others interested also.. THANKS SusiCP@aol.com --------------2871445532C4108CB7C5ACC2--

Dear Joyce, You mention the Herald as being the paper but what town is this paper printed in? I have a Mattie French born in Jackson County, Ohio in1857. She was still in Jackson County in 1880 as is in the census. Would appreciate any information that you can give me. This one would be a sister of my ggrandfather. Thank you . Willa ----- Original Message ----- From: Joyce Lewis <jcbarl@tri-lakes.net> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 9:01 PM Subject: [FRENCH-L] Mattie FRENCH- > While transcribing newspaper articles for the Ozark Genealogical Society I > came across this notice and thought someone on the list might be interested. > > Sunday Morning, September 16, 1883--Herald > > Mr. W. B. Shelton and Miss Mattie French will be married this morning in > Christ church and then leave for their future home in Ottawa, Kansas. > > Tuesday Morning, September 18, 1883--Herald > > Mr. W. B. Shelton and Miss Mattie French were married sunday morning. > > > > >

While transcribing newspaper articles for the Ozark Genealogical Society I came across this notice and thought someone on the list might be interested. Sunday Morning, September 16, 1883--Herald Mr. W. B. Shelton and Miss Mattie French will be married this morning in Christ church and then leave for their future home in Ottawa, Kansas. Tuesday Morning, September 18, 1883--Herald Mr. W. B. Shelton and Miss Mattie French were married sunday morning.

Kathy Leigh Saw your post about an Edward French of Ipswich and I have one of them mentioned in my genealogy. My great uncle compiled "Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel French the Joiner of Stratford Connecticut in 1939. He has pretty good detail from Samuel but it is very sketchy back then as to others, for your perusal I include the following excerpt from our genealogy: "Many of the errors found on pages 1204 and 1205 of the "History of Old Stratford" by [Rev. Samuel] Orcutt, may be corrected from the information herein given. Whether Orcutt or Mr. Benjamin L. Swan, his collaborator, was responsible for the errors, their's was a labor of love and much of value has been preserved. The first three generaltions given on page 1204, namely 1. Lieut. William French, who came in 1635 to Cambridge, Mass., in the good ship "Defence"; 2. Francis French of Milford and Derby, Conn.; 3. . Sergt. Samuel French of Stratford were not closely related. No evidence has been found that Francis of Milford and Derby was a son of Lieut. William. Sergt. Samuel French of Stratford was undoubtedly that Samuel son of Thomas and Deborah (Button) French of Guilford, Conn. born Aug. 21 1667 in Guilford. Orcutt gives nine of the eleven children of Samuel French, the joiner, as children of Samuel French, junior, of Stratford and grandchildren of Sergt. Samuel French. To this genealogical tragedy of errors several professional and amateur genealogists have contributed by stating that Lieut. William French of Cambridge was baptized in Halstead, Essex Co., England, March 15, 1602 and was descended, through three generations of the name of Thomas, from Thomas Frenche, the elder of Wethersfield, County Essex, England, who died in 1599. Yet Mrs. Elizabeth (French) Bartlett, descendent of Lieut. William French, and "Record Searcher in England for the Committee on English Research of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908-1917", published in New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 65, pp. 284-286, proof that the William French who was baptized March 15, 1603, in Halstead, Essex Co., England, died in London in 1621, unmarried, and that his estate was administered by his brother, John, and sister Elianor. Probably the New England immigrants, Lt. William of Cambridge, John of Dorchester and Braintree, Edward of Ipswich, Thomas of Guilford and Francis of Milford and Derby were from the large French family of seafaring folk of County Suffolk, and may have been quite closely related, as these names were frequently found in Saxmundham and vicinity, in Suffolk, in the 17th century. Sorry for the length of the except - didn't want to take too much out of contect. Bill French

Hello Listers: Does anyone have a copy of "Supplement to The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775 by Peter Wilson Coldham? I am requesting a lookup for the FRENCH surname. Ray

I received information from another list that Everton's Roots Cellar is available free until April 3rd. Apparently it has been free since Monday - better late than never. The site address is: http://www.everton.com/roots-cellar Marion Scherer

To Mary & Kathy, Thank you so much for replying to my questions about Edward French. Your explanations seem correct since there are conflicts about who his parents are. I appreciate your help, and, you know, getting back to 1600+ is not that bad. So I'll just go with what is known about Edward and Ann? Thanks, Elizabeth

In a message dated 3/30/00 8:32:34 AM, tnbroom@usit.net writes: << I am trying to find the correct parents for Edward French who married Ann Goodale. I have seen reference to Thomas and Susan Riddlesdale as his parents. Others show a Thomas and Anne Olmstead. And there are different versions about the parents of Thomas. Can anyone set me straight about this line? >> Hi Elizabeth, Edward's parents are not known; neither is the surname of his wife Anne. "Goodale" is one of the contenders (also "Swayne"} none but has been proven. Regards, Mary Moore

I am trying to find the correct parents for Edward French who married Ann Goodale. I have seen reference to Thomas and Susan Riddlesdale as his parents. Others show a Thomas and Anne Olmstead. And there are different versions about the parents of Thomas. Can anyone set me straight about this line? Many thanks, Elizabeth

I do not have any information on Edward's parents but I have the following information from the "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury" pg 166 1 Edward FRENCH, of Salisbury, "tailor," recd. land in the "first division," bought land in 1642; selectman 1646-8; "commoner" and taxed, 1650 and '52; name on most of the early lists. He m. Ann ______;* d. Dec. 28, 1674[S]; will April 10, 1673; April 13, 1675. Wid. Ann d. March 9, 1682-3[S]; inv. est. April 10, 1683. He was of Ipswich in 1637; My grandmother researched this line and had written in pencil she wrote "Ann Swayne, dau. of Bennett Swayne" *Richard Goodale, Sen., called Edward French his "bro." - grandmother's notes says "Masonic" I just thought I would pass this other information along. Kathy Leigh ----- Original Message ----- From: Broomfield <tnbroom@usit.net> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 7:29 AM Subject: [FRENCH-L] Edward French I am trying to find the correct parents for Edward French who married Ann Goodale. I have seen reference to Thomas and Susan Riddlesdale as his parents. Others show a Thomas and Anne Olmstead. And there are different versions about the parents of Thomas. Can anyone set me straight about this line? Many thanks, Elizabeth

that was great thanks Bob french