Individual Details

William French

(2 Jul 1752 - 4 Feb 1847)

William did not marry. His will has small bequests to his Perham half-siblings and the bulk of the estate to the children of his brother Jonas who are named in the will.

Events

Birth2 Jul 1752Dunstable, Massachusetts
Residence1840Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Probate1847Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death4 Feb 1847Dunstable, Massachusetts

Families

FatherJohn French (1719 - 1757)
MotherMary Butterfield (1726 - )
SiblingMary French (1754 - 1776)
SiblingJohn French (1755 - )
SiblingJonas French (1757 - 1840)

Notes

Probate

Jonas’s brother did not have children and names Jonas’s children in his will (1847) as well as his Perham half-siblings
https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/middlesex-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1648-1871/image?volumeId=14475&pageName=32266:1&rId=264182896
 

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

2. Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014).

3. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999).

4. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Probate Records 1648--1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts); Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County); Probate Place: Middlesex, Massachusetts.

5. Ancestry.com, U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014).

6. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Probate Records 1648--1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts); Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County); Probate Place: Middlesex, Massachusetts.