My line is Chart #5 Re the William French listed here ,is there any other info on him like birth , death family since I have so may William s' and my FRENCH were in and some born in Dummerston, at one time. Thanks & God bless lorri_french@yahoo.com http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA/MILITARYHEROES/MilitaryHeroes.htm This is one in our tree ! William (5) of Dummerston, VT, thought to be the first person killed in the American Revolution, 13 Mar 1775. "From Henry M. Burt’s Illustrated Guide of the Connecticut Valley: This [Westminster, VT] is a place of great historic interest, as here begun the opening scenes of the American Revolution. ... the royal authorities fired into it, mortally wounding William French and Daniel Houghton [Houghton lived for three days]. This occurred March 13th, 1775. French was only 22 years of age, and was a resident of Brattleboro. Previous to the attack on the court house, he [French] went from Brattleboro to Dummerston, where he joined the Dummerston Rangers. He was buried in Westminster... It is claimed that the Westminster massacre so enraged General Gage, at Boston, the British commander, showing as he thought the determined spirit of the people to resist British authority, that he was induced to march to Lexington and inflict the blow which opened the Revolution. If so, Westminster is entitled to the honor of being the birth place of American liberty [and William French the first blood of the Revolution]." french-request@rootsweb.com wrote: Today's Topics: 1. Re: French Military Heroes (Mara French) 2. Re: French Military Heroes (JULIAFWOOD@aol.com) 3. Re: The DNA of the Mason / Hugh French line is in (JULIAFWOOD@aol.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 18:22:16 -0700 From: Mara French Subject: Re: [FRENCH] French Military Heroes To: french@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed That's a puzzling question. Can you think of a better word? I meant a military person with a significant award or feat or service record. What about Noteworthy? it needs to be short and include both men and women, i.e., not Noteworthy Military Men, but Noteworthy Military Frenches might be good. Would you say Heroes definitely doesn't apply? I could well imagine getting 100+ noteworthy military Frenches which might consume too much of my time. Mara On Apr 2, 2007, at 5:35 PM, JULIAFWOOD@aol.com wrote: > > Hi Mara, what is the defination of a HERO? I have some who served, > bravely, > and some who died, but I am not sure they were HEROs. > Julia > > In a message dated 4/2/2007 2:55:12 PM Central Daylight Time, > marafrench@mindspring.com writes: > > I've started a page on French Military Heroes, > and there are many past heroes that I'll add as > time goes. You are welcome to contribute. > http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA/MILITARYHEROES/MilitaryHeroes.htm > > Thanks, Mara French > http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA/ > > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http:// > www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FRENCH- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 21:47:38 EDT From: JULIAFWOOD@aol.com Subject: Re: [FRENCH] French Military Heroes To: french@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Mara, Either Hero or Noteworthy is fine, but I wanted to be sure that you didn't wish to include every French who ever served in the military. Julia In a message dated 4/2/2007 8:23:06 PM Central Daylight Time, marafrench@mindspring.com writes: That's a puzzling question. Can you think of a better word? I meant a military person with a significant award or feat or service record. What about Noteworthy? it needs to be short and include both men and women, i.e., not Noteworthy Military Men, but Noteworthy Military Frenches might be good. Would you say Heroes definitely doesn't apply? I could well imagine getting 100+ noteworthy military Frenches which might consume too much of my time. Mara ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 23:44:16 EDT From: JULIAFWOOD@aol.com Subject: Re: [FRENCH] The DNA of the Mason / Hugh French line is in To: french@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Mara, I forgot to answer this question. Yes, Jim Gunderson has shared his wealth of research with us and it was he who traced down the male who DNA tested for John French "brick mason" of NY and Woodbridge, NJ. Julia In a message dated 4/2/2007 4:14:44 PM Central Daylight Time, marafrench@mindspring.com writes: Are you in touch with Jim Gunderson who is working on John the Brick Mason? ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ To contact the FRENCH list administrator, send an email to FRENCH-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the FRENCH mailing list, send an email to FRENCH@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FRENCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of FRENCH Digest, Vol 2, Issue 72 ************************************* --------------------------------- The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing.

Lorri - My Frenches are from Dummerston, VT (FFA CHART #2 ) here: Test # F12684-- >>> http://small-stuff.com/FRENCH/DNA/tree6.htm William (The Martyr) French's father was Nathaniel I (birth date wrong on above page) born: 2feb1720/21, Billerica, MA died: 8june1801, Brattleboro, VT buried: Locust Ridge Cemetery, Brattleboro, VT Scott French ----- Original Message ----- From: Lorri French To: french@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 10:56 AM Subject: Re: [FRENCH] FRENCH Digest, Vol 2, Issue 72 My line is Chart #5 Re the William French listed here ,is there any other info on him like birth , death family since I have so may William s' and my FRENCH were in and some born in Dummerston, at one time. Thanks & God bless lorri_french@yahoo.com http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA/MILITARYHEROES/MilitaryHeroes.htm This is one in our tree ! William (5) of Dummerston, VT, thought to be the first person killed in the American Revolution, 13 Mar 1775. "From Henry M. Burt's Illustrated Guide of the Connecticut Valley: This [Westminster, VT] is a place of great historic interest, as here begun the opening scenes of the American Revolution. ... the royal authorities fired into it, mortally wounding William French and Daniel Houghton [Houghton lived for three days]. This occurred March 13th, 1775. French was only 22 years of age, and was a resident of Brattleboro. Previous to the attack on the court house, he [French] went from Brattleboro to Dummerston, where he joined the Dummerston Rangers. He was buried in Westminster... It is claimed that the Westminster massacre so enraged General Gage, at Boston, the British commander, showing as he thought the determined spirit of the people to resist British authority, that he was induced to march to Lexington and inflict the blow which opened the Revolution. If so, Westminster is entitled to the honor of being the birth place of American liberty [and William French the first blood of the Revolution]." french-request@rootsweb.com wrote: Today's Topics: 1. Re: French Military Heroes (Mara French) 2. Re: French Military Heroes (JULIAFWOOD@aol.com) 3. Re: The DNA of the Mason / Hugh French line is in (JULIAFWOOD@aol.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 18:22:16 -0700 From: Mara French Subject: Re: [FRENCH] French Military Heroes To: french@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed That's a puzzling question. Can you think of a better word? I meant a military person with a significant award or feat or service record. What about Noteworthy? it needs to be short and include both men and women, i.e., not Noteworthy Military Men, but Noteworthy Military Frenches might be good. Would you say Heroes definitely doesn't apply? I could well imagine getting 100+ noteworthy military Frenches which might consume too much of my time. Mara On Apr 2, 2007, at 5:35 PM, JULIAFWOOD@aol.com wrote: > > Hi Mara, what is the defination of a HERO? I have some who served, > bravely, > and some who died, but I am not sure they were HEROs. > Julia > > In a message dated 4/2/2007 2:55:12 PM Central Daylight Time, > marafrench@mindspring.com writes: > > I've started a page on French Military Heroes, > and there are many past heroes that I'll add as > time goes. You are welcome to contribute. > http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA/MILITARYHEROES/MilitaryHeroes.htm > > Thanks, Mara French > http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA/ > > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http:// > www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FRENCH- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 21:47:38 EDT From: JULIAFWOOD@aol.com Subject: Re: [FRENCH] French Military Heroes To: french@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Mara, Either Hero or Noteworthy is fine, but I wanted to be sure that you didn't wish to include every French who ever served in the military. Julia In a message dated 4/2/2007 8:23:06 PM Central Daylight Time, marafrench@mindspring.com writes: That's a puzzling question. Can you think of a better word? I meant a military person with a significant award or feat or service record. What about Noteworthy? it needs to be short and include both men and women, i.e., not Noteworthy Military Men, but Noteworthy Military Frenches might be good. Would you say Heroes definitely doesn't apply? I could well imagine getting 100+ noteworthy military Frenches which might consume too much of my time. Mara ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 23:44:16 EDT From: JULIAFWOOD@aol.com Subject: Re: [FRENCH] The DNA of the Mason / Hugh French line is in To: french@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Mara, I forgot to answer this question. Yes, Jim Gunderson has shared his wealth of research with us and it was he who traced down the male who DNA tested for John French "brick mason" of NY and Woodbridge, NJ. Julia In a message dated 4/2/2007 4:14:44 PM Central Daylight Time, marafrench@mindspring.com writes: Are you in touch with Jim Gunderson who is working on John the Brick Mason? ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ To contact the FRENCH list administrator, send an email to FRENCH-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the FRENCH mailing list, send an email to FRENCH@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FRENCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of FRENCH Digest, Vol 2, Issue 72 ************************************* --------------------------------- The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! 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