An old topic with a new twist - Was Richard French of Marshfield a brother of William French of Billerica? FFA http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/ FSdna http://dnafrench.tripod.com/id1.html Richard French, FFA chart #6, FSdna #131 born: Coggeshall, Essex, Eng died: 14dec1688, Marshfield, MA William French, FFA chart #2, FSdna #123 born: between 19nov1602 and 5june1603, Eng died: 20nov1681, Billerica, MA; age 78 The Y-Chromosome Allele positions for William French, FSdna #123 and Richard French FSdna #131 clearly indicate that they were not brothers. However; William French, FSdna #123, was perhaps the grandson of Jacob French, FSdna #126. Jacob's son was Thomas, FFA chart #1. Scott French

The possible connection of William FSdna #123 to Jacob French FSdna #126 (which certainly appears as a distinct possibility) intrigues me. I believe my FRENCH link stems from William FRENCH b 18 Jul 1668, Billerica, MA, as follows: William, Jacob, Jacob, Jacob, Asa Mason, Lucina m. Alonzo WHITNEY, Ernest WHITNEY, Kenneth Whitney, Jonathan WHITNEY. In my grandmother's meticulous records, she states, "There is a verbal record that there were seven Jacob Frenchs in a direct and unbroken line (origin unknown) which ended in the Jacob recorded in the obituary of his son on the opposite page." If that statement is true, William does not fit in my line, however, he may have had a brother named Jacob, son of Jacob, son of Jacob FSdna #126, or some other connection. The coincidence of the first name Jacob is not something I can take lightly. My three Jacobs seem to be correct, as does the link to William, but this doesn't account for the family "verbal record" of seven Jacobs in a row. My documentation for Jacob being the son of William came from Henry Hazen's book on the history of Billerica. Of course, this may not be correct, but the three Jacobs down to Asa Mason are pretty well documented through several related families. Do any Listers have any related information or suggestions? As far as I know there is only one male FRENCH living from my last Jacob and he is in his 80s and not in good health and apparently unwilling to take the DNA test. Thanks for any assistance or suggestions. Jon Whitney > From: "TUNDRA" <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 23:42:48 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FRENCH-L] William French of Billerica, MA > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 21:42:51 -0600 > > An old topic with a new twist - > Was Richard French of Marshfield a brother of William French of Billerica? > > FFA http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/ > FSdna http://dnafrench.tripod.com/id1.html > > Richard French, FFA chart #6, FSdna #131 > born: Coggeshall, Essex, Eng > died: 14dec1688, Marshfield, MA > > William French, FFA chart #2, FSdna #123 > born: between 19nov1602 and 5june1603, Eng > died: 20nov1681, Billerica, MA; age 78 > > The Y-Chromosome Allele positions for William French, FSdna #123 and Richard > French FSdna #131 clearly indicate that they were not brothers. > > However; William French, FSdna #123, was perhaps the grandson of Jacob French, > FSdna #126. Jacob's son was Thomas, FFA chart #1. > > Scott French > > > > > > >