In a message dated 6/4/00 1:24:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, W.AUSTIN-SL@postoffice.worldnet.att.net writes: > Esther French who is my grandmother a few times > removed. Martha who was married to John French is thought to have been a > Martha Upshur. After John French died she married Hugh Murphy confirmed in > Deed record August 8, 1760. Hugh Murphy, Hampshire County to Thomas Cresap, > Frederick Co. for thirty pounds, all his rights, title, claim, interests and > demand by virtue of his wife Martha late relict of John French, right of > Dower in sixty second lott on South Branch of Potomac River commonly called > French's Neck. There are other land records also confirming Martha's > marriage to Hugh Murphy. She never married a Cresap. After Hugh died she > lived on the Bullskin with John Locke and his wife Esther French. I had already changed the name, but we didn't have this Hugh Murphy, I will send your info to the list and see what they have, do you have a fathr for John French? Descendants of Martha Upshur? 1 Martha Upshur? b: 1715 in Wales Number of children: 4 . +John French b: 1710 m: Abt. 1730 d: 1750 in Frederick Co., VA Number of children: 4 Father: .... 2 Matthew French b: 02 February 1731/32 in Westmoreland Co., VA d: 1814 in Giles Co., VA Number of children: 7 ........ +Sarah Payne b: 09 February 1738/39 in Virginia m: 10 January 1758 in Culpeper Co., VA d: Aft. 1815 in Virginia Number of children: 7 .... 2 James French b: 1741 in Virginia d: 14 October 1793 in Hampshire Co., VA ........ +Mary Murphy Father: Mother: .... 2 Joseph French .... 2 Esther French b: 13 February 1749/50 in Hampshire Co., VA d: 26 September 1810 in Harpers Ferry, VA ........ +John Locke Father: Mother: *2nd Husband of Martha Upshur?: . +Captain Cresap m: Aft. 1750 Father: Mother: Sandy in Florida <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/sandrag/index.html">All My Mama's</A> [Sandra Sommerville Wells Griffith]