I am looking for the ancestors of Sally French, born 4 March 1776 and married Gideon Burgess in Herkimer, or Otsego County, NY, or Plainfileld, CT. She died in Winfield (or West Winfield), Herkimer County, New York 10 Feb. 1844 and is buried there. In her daughter's autograph book several Frenchs have added poems, one calling her "cousin." They are: Delight French of Plainfield, CT, on 17 August 1841; John French, Plainfield, 4 Sept 1841; Henry French, Plainfield, 18 August 1841 and Sarah French, Plainfield, 2 Sept. 1841. It is also signed by two Burgesses, both in Richfield Springs, Otsego County, NY, one of them being Gideon and Sally's son Dean Burgess. I am descended from their son Alfred Burgess of Winfield, Herkimer County, NY. One source says Gideon Burgess' father, John Burgess, and mother Urania (Mowrey) Burgess moved to New York state from Plainfield, CT. This branch of the Burgess family lived many generations in RI, as did the Mowreys, but John Burgess' father John and his wife were buried at Sterling, CT. In the Plainfield, CT, records office I found a Delight French, the daughter of Hezekiah French and his wife Olive who was born 11 April 1824. This is probably the cousin from the autograph book. I also found a Henry French born there 6 Nov. 1818 and a Sarah French who marries Johnathan Baker of Brooklyn 15 January 1848. If anyone has any of these lines please share them, as there is probably a connection. In the IGI there are three Sally Frenchs born in Mass. in March 1776, the daughter of Joseph French and his wife Ruth, of Templeton, one in Chelmsford and one in Marlboro - all born on 9 July 1776. If anyone knows who any of these married it would at least allow me to eliminate them. A cousin of mine in 1987 contacted a Naomi French Burton who lived in Richfield Springs, Otsego County, NY, but felt this was not the same French line. However, if she is on this list I would not mind comparing family lines with her again. Dean Burgess (reply through the French family list, or directly to me at redlion3@juno.com if you prefer)