This is frustrating as it seems most of mine have no spouse or other info added Best wishes on your research. Godbless mine seem to be mostly in MA, VT, IA, NH & Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mindream" <mindream@satx.rr.com> To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [FRENCH-L] CT and NY Frenches > I have theese names in my Family tree! > Let me check > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dean Burgess" <redlion3@juno.com> > To: <FRENCH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 11:54 AM > Subject: [FRENCH-L] CT and NY Frenches > > > > FRENCH FAMILY ANCESTORS IN WINDHAM COUNTY, CT, or neighboring counties in > > RI and MA, or in OTSEGO COUNTY, or HERKIMER COUNTY, NY - > > > > I am hoping to confirm what I have found as the ancestry of Sally > > (French) Burgess for a volume of the family history I hope to finish by > > Christmas 2001. Please reply if you have any connections with people in > > the following list (or think you might). > > > > Nathan French of Plainfield, Connecticut who married Sarah (?). he died > > before 29 December 1757, because Sarah remarried on that date and is > > identified in the Plianfield, CT Records Office as the widow of Nathan > > French. > > > > The Plainfield Records Office identifies the following as the children of > > Nathan and Sarah French: > > > > 1. Lydia French born 17 December 1742. > > > > 2. Hezekiah French (the first) born 14 September 1744. > > > > 3. Mehitable French born 14 September 1746. > > > > 4. John French born 26 October 1747. He married Delight (?) on a date > > unknown. He is listed as the head of a household in the census of 1790 > > for Plainfield township, Windham County, CT. He is buried in the Union > > Cemetery in the village of Moosup, in the township of Plainfield in the > > county of Windham, Connecticut. His gravestone reads: "John French died > > October 16 1808 age 62 years (I have a photo of the stone and another for > > the same man next to it which identifies him as a Revolutionary War > > Veteran who served in Olcott's Company). His wife is buried beside him > > with the following inscription: "Delight French wife of John French died > > October 20 1822 age 72 years." > > > > 5. Isaac French born 5 May 1750 and listed as head of a household in > > Volluntown, CT in the Census of 1790. > > > > Next generation > > > > The children of John French and Delight (?) are as follows: > > > > 1. Sally French (this is the birth I am trying to verify) born 4 March > > 1776, married Gideon Burgess. Gideon is the grandson of John Burgess and > > Hannah (James) Burgess who are both buried in Sterling village, > > Plainfield township, Windham County, CT. Gideon's father was John Burgess > > who married Urania Mowrey. They moved to a farm on the county line > > between Otsego County, NY and Herkimer County, NY between the villages of > > Winfield and Richfield Springs when John returned from service in the > > Revolutionary War (the Green Mountain Boys at the Battle of Quebec). > > Gideon is their first son and may have been born in Windham County CT, or > > in NY. His younger brother Morey Burgess returned to the village of > > Moosup in Plainfield township, Windham Co. CT to practice medicine. He is > > buried near the Frenches in the Union Cemetery in Moosup. Gideon remained > > in NY state where he owned a tavern on the Cherry Valley Turnpike. > > Sally's granddaughter kept an autograph book in which several of the > > children of Hezekiah French of Moosup, Plainfield township, Windham > > County, CT, identify themselves as her cousins. This makes me think > > Hezekiah is Sally (French) Burgess' brother, but I have no other > > documentation of that. Sally (French) Burgess is buried in Winfield, > > Herkimer County, NY. > > > > 2. Hezekiah French (Sr. the second) born in 1788 and identified as the > > son of John French and Delight. He marries Olive F. Hall in Plainfield, > > Windham County, CT 28 April 1816 and is buried in the Union Cemetery at > > Moosup village, Windham Co. CT. His stone reads: "Hezekiah French died > > October 6, 1868 aged 81 years." His wife's grave is beside him and reads > > "Olive French wife of Hezekiah French died October 8 1869 age 77 years." > > > > Gravestones among the Frenches at Moosup, Plainfield, Windham County, CT > > would put the following as possible siblings as well: Nathaniel who > > married Rachel and had a daughter Lucy who died in 1820 age 16 years; > > Abner French who might be a grandson who married Betsy and died 16 May > > 1860 at age 69; Jonas who's wife Elizabeth died in 1828 at 35 years. Some > > siblings could also have gone west into Otsego, or Herkimer Counties, NY, > > as Sally did. > > > > Hezekiah and Olive's children's births and some of their marriages > > appear in the Plainfield Record Office. They are as follows: > > > > 1. Emeline Elizabeth French born 8 May 1817. In another record she is > > called Pauline Elizabeth French. I did not find her grave among the > > Frenches in Moosup and so she probably married. > > > > 2. Henry French born 6 November 1818. He wrote a poem in the autograph > > book of Sally (French) Burgess' granddaughter which he dated to his > > cousin 18 August 1841 in Plainfield, CT. I did not find his grave among > > the Frenches in the Union Cemetery at Moosup. > > > > 3. Sally French born 6 September 1820 (perhaps a namesake of Sally > > (French) Burgess?). I did not find her grave among the Frenches in > > Moosup. She probably married. > > > > 4. Stephen French born 21 April 1822. The Plainfield record office calls > > him "Stephen John." On his gravestone in the Union Cemetery in Moosup it > > says: "Stephen John French son of Hezekiah and Olive French died April 23 > > 1832 age 10 years." > > > > 5. Delight French born 11 April 1824. She can also be found in the IGI. > > She writes a poem in Sally (French) Burgess granddaughter's autograph > > book as her cousin in Plainfield, CT, 17 August 1841. She is buried in > > the Union Cemetery, Moosup. Her stone reads: "Delight French, daughter of > > Hezekiah and Olive French died August 4 1842 age 18 years." > > > > 6. Susan French born 11 February 1826. In the record of her marriage > > (which identifies her parents as Hezekiah and Olive French) she is called > > Sarah French. She marries John M. Becker, a carriage maker, from the > > village of Brooklyn, Windham County, CT on 15 February 1848. A note says > > she was 23 years old at her marriage which agrees with the birth of Susan > > in the Records Office.. She writes a poem in Sally (French) Burgess' > > granddaughter's autograph book as her cousin Sarah French in Plainfield 4 > > September 1841. She is buried under her maiden name with the Frenches in > > the Union Cemetery at Moosup. The stone reads: "Susan French, born > > February 11 1826 died June 27 1890. > > > > 7. Olive French born 16 May 1828 and married at Plainfield Warren > > Williams of Brooklyn, Windham Co. CT on 25 November 1847. In a note it > > says she was 20 when she married and he was 23. > > > > 8. Hezekiah French (Jr., the third) born 28 February 1831 and married > > Elizabeth H. Wells at Plainfield, CT 3 October 1853. His gravestone in > > the Union Cemetery at Moosup reads: "Hezekiah French Jr. died August 25 > > 1868 aged 37 years." His wife's stone next to his reads: "Eliza Ann wife > > of Hezekiah French died October 1 1861 aged 32 years and 4 days." Two of > > their children are buried with them: Nella Jane French identified as > > their daughter and 5 years old and Willie French who died 18 October 1869 > > aged 18 months. > > > > 9. Edwin French born 27 November 1833 is listed as a farmer. The Records > > Office says he died at age 17 on 25 October 1849. His grave survives in > > the Union Cemetery at Moosup and reads: "Edwin French son of Hezekiah and > > Olive French died October 1825 age 17." > > > > 10. Mary Jane French born 16 January 1835. No grave, and so she probably > > married. > > > > If you can help with any of these please reply to DEAN BURGESS through > > the French list, or at redlion3@juno.com > > >