"Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas French" by Howard Barclay French, Volume I p 116--Thomas FRENCH and Mary ALLEN, daughter of Judah and Mary ALLEN of Shrewsbury, N.J. p 136--Joseph French, son of Thomas FRENCH and Mary ALLEN mentioned in Minutes of Newton Mo. Mtg., Haddonfield Quarter, 8th and 9th month 1722 regarding application for a Certificate in preparation for marriage. "Joseph French, like his father, sought a wife in East Jersey, and it appears early located in or near Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, where, so far as can be learned, he continued to reside until his death in 1752. He died intestate and the estate was administered by James Farrell, who had married Joseph's daughter Mary in 1751." p 138--Haddonfield Meeting In 1721 the first meeting house. . .was erected on land given by John Haddon, of England. . . . These minutes are still in the custody of descendants of the Haddon family. p 149--the records at the first county seat, Gloucester, were destroyed through the burning of the old court house, in 1786. p 151--at the Burlington Monthly Meeting, Charles French, uncle of above Joseph, in 1707, requested a certificate to [Shrewsbury] month meeting on the account of taking a wife thereto belonging. First name shown, pg 149, was Elinor ________.