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.