Your line could link into the family of John French who married Dolly Spencer ca 1780 in Bedford/Franklin Co. VA. The family moved to Adair Co., KY [ca 1798] and then to DeWitt Co., ILL. [died 1830ies] Two of this couples children married Spencer cousins. This would be chart 36 the line of Hugh French. The children who married spencer cousins were Levi Spencer m. Martha French and Littleberry French m Dicey Spencer. Others on this list may pick up on this and take you further forward. Margaret