Individual Details
Ann French
( - 1 May 1689)
Citation: This is the only place a Amy French was listed as a daughter. Mistake made with this? There are no other sources out there Stating Amy's maiden name was French.
NEHGR 175:117-119
Three French Daughters and Their Husbands; Three Unrecorded Marriages from Early Ipswich, Massachusetts, Amy (French) Gage, Susan (French) Kingsbury, and Ann (French) Hardy
New England Historical Society Register Vol 175-Pages 105-119
Source text: "THOMAS' FRENCH was baptized at Saint Mary, Bures, Suffolk, "son of Jacob" 11 October 1584.[100] He died in Ipswich, Massachusetts, before 5 November 1639.
He married in Assington, Suffolk, 5 September 1608, SUSAN RIDDLESDALE, baptized in Boxford, Suffolk, 20 April 1584, "daughter of John Riddlesdale & Dorcas his wife;' and died in Ipswich before 10 March 1658/9.[101]
SOURCES:
[100] Threlfall, "Thomas French of Assinglon" [note 1], 142:250. This article also explores further ancestry of Thomas French.
[101] Threlfall, "John Wyatt of lpswich" [note 40], Register 143:217. This article also presents the Riddlesdale ancestry for three more distant generations.
Children of Thomas1 and Susan (Riddlesdale) French:
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i. THOMAS2 FRENCH, bp. Assington 27 Nov. 1608; d. Ipswich 8 Aug. 1680; [102] m., probably Boston by 1632,[103] MARY _____, who d. Ipswich 6 May 168I. [104]
IF this Mary was a member of the Boston church, she MIGHT be Mary (Howlen) Gosnal, a widow, or Mary Morton.
ii. ALICE FRENCH, bp. Assington 9 April 1610; d. Ipswich 26 June 1666;[105] m. as his first wife by about 1637, [106] THOMAS HOWLETT, b. ca. 1606 and d. Ipswich between 4 Nov. 1677 and 10 Sept. 1678. [107] He m. (2) Rebecca (__ ) Smith. [108]
iii. AMY FRENCH, b. ca. 1612; d. Ipswich June 1658;[109] m. as his first wife JOHN GAGE, b. ca. 1605,[110] d. Ipswich by 25 March 1673.[111] He m. (2) Sarah (__ ) Keyes.
iv. DORCAS FRENCH, bp. Assington 31 July 1614; d. Roxbury, Mass., 30 Dec. 1697;[112] m. (1) 3 Jan. 1636, CHRISTOPHER PEAKE. [113] Dorcas m. (2) after Feb. 1679, as his third wife, the blind GRIFFIN CRAFT, who d. by 1 Oct. 1689. [114]
v. SUSAN FRENCH, bp. Assington 22 April 1616; m., probably Ipswich, HENRY KINGSBURY, [115] b. ca. 1615, d. Haverhill, Mass., 1 Oct. 1687.[116]
vi. ANNE FRENCH, bp. Assington 15 March 1617/8; d. Bradford, 1 May 1689; [117] m. by 1635 if all his children are hers, THOMAS HARDY, b. England ca.1606,[118] d. Bradford 4 Jan. 1677[/8].[119] Il is likely that Thomas Hardy came from one of the Belchamp parishes in northeastern Essex, a short distance from Assington.
vii. MARGARET FRENCH, bp. Assington 12 March 1619/20; bur. there 25 Nov. 1635.
viii. JOHN FRENCH, bp. Assington 26 May 1622; d. Northampton, Mass., 1 Feb. 1697/8; m. 1654 FREED0M KINGSLEY, daughter of John and Elizabeth ( __) Kingsley.[120]
ix. MARY FRENCH, bp. Assington 6 January 162[4?/]5; no record of her marriage or death is known and allegations that she married George Smith are unproven. The assertion of her marriage to Smith may be a mistaken conflation of her father Thomas French and her brother Thomas French, the latter of whom had a daughter "Mary Smith" named in his will.
SOURCES:
[102] Vital Records of Ipswich [note 27], 2:561; Anderson, Great Migration Begins [note 16], 1:703-706 (Thomas French the Younger).
[103] Pierce, Records of the First Church of Boston [note 16], 278, baptism of first child, 23 September 1632.
[104] Vital Records of Ipswich [note 27], 2:561.
[105] Ibid., 2:593.
[106] Pierce, Records of The First Church of Boston [note 16], 42. Alice is called "Our sister Alice French the wife of Thomas Howlett of lpswich."
[107] Year of birth is from Essex Quarterly Courts [note 33], 2:146 where he deposed in 1658 aged 52 years, and 3:2:59 where he deposed in 166:5 aged sixty years. Death is from Essex County Probate, 3:2:31-252, 4 November 1677, will of Thomas Howlett, and 10 September 1678 inventory of Deacon Thomas Howlett.
[108] Anderson, Winthrop Fleet [note 26], 379-385 (Thomas Ilowlett).
[109] Ipswich Deeds, 1:134, Gage to Rolfe, 21 February 1653/4.
[110] Essex Quarterly Courts [note 33], 2:169, deposition of 27 September 1659, age "about fifty years"; also, deposition in early 1662, Essex Quarterly Courts, 2:365.
[111] Essex County Probate, File 10483, will of John Gage, proved 25 March 1673; original examined at Essex County Courthouse, Salem, Massachusetts, 1989.
[112] Vital Records of Roxbury [note 13], death of Dorcas Craft, 1697.
[113] For further detail and analysis, see Anderson, Great Migration Begins [note 16], 3:1413-1414 (Christopher Peake).
[114] Suffolk Counly Probate, Records, 8:224, inventory of Griffin Craft; original volumes, Suffolk County courthouse, Boston; Anderson, Great Migration Begins [note 16], 1:244-247 (Griffin Crafts).
[115] Susan's son called Amy's husband "uncle Gage":
[116] Vital Records of Haverhill[ note 73], 2:434; Dean, "Henry Kingsbury and His Descendants [note73], Register 13:157.
[117] Vital Records of Bradford [note 441, 1:319, "Old Anne Hardy Widdow Died May 1. 1689:"
[118] Essex County Probate, File 12405, codicil of Thomas Hardy Sr.
[119] Vital Records of Bradford [note 44], 1:324. This date also appears on the inventory of his estate in Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate File, 12405; Anderson, Great Migration Begins [note 16], 2:858-861 (Thomas Hardy).
[120] Linzee, Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles [note 94]. 427.
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Reason attached to person: vi. ANNE FRENCH, bp. Assington 15 March 1617/8; d. Bradford, 1 May 1689; [117] m. by 1635 if all his children are hers, THOMAS HARDY, b. England ca.1606,[118] d. Bradford 4 Jan. 1677[/8].[119] Il is likely that Thomas Hardy came from one of the Belchamp parishes in northeastern Essex, a short distance from Assington.
NEHGR 175:117-119
Three French Daughters and Their Husbands; Three Unrecorded Marriages from Early Ipswich, Massachusetts, Amy (French) Gage, Susan (French) Kingsbury, and Ann (French) Hardy
New England Historical Society Register Vol 175-Pages 105-119
Source text: "THOMAS' FRENCH was baptized at Saint Mary, Bures, Suffolk, "son of Jacob" 11 October 1584.[100] He died in Ipswich, Massachusetts, before 5 November 1639.
He married in Assington, Suffolk, 5 September 1608, SUSAN RIDDLESDALE, baptized in Boxford, Suffolk, 20 April 1584, "daughter of John Riddlesdale & Dorcas his wife;' and died in Ipswich before 10 March 1658/9.[101]
SOURCES:
[100] Threlfall, "Thomas French of Assinglon" [note 1], 142:250. This article also explores further ancestry of Thomas French.
[101] Threlfall, "John Wyatt of lpswich" [note 40], Register 143:217. This article also presents the Riddlesdale ancestry for three more distant generations.
Children of Thomas1 and Susan (Riddlesdale) French:
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i. THOMAS2 FRENCH, bp. Assington 27 Nov. 1608; d. Ipswich 8 Aug. 1680; [102] m., probably Boston by 1632,[103] MARY _____, who d. Ipswich 6 May 168I. [104]
IF this Mary was a member of the Boston church, she MIGHT be Mary (Howlen) Gosnal, a widow, or Mary Morton.
ii. ALICE FRENCH, bp. Assington 9 April 1610; d. Ipswich 26 June 1666;[105] m. as his first wife by about 1637, [106] THOMAS HOWLETT, b. ca. 1606 and d. Ipswich between 4 Nov. 1677 and 10 Sept. 1678. [107] He m. (2) Rebecca (__ ) Smith. [108]
iii. AMY FRENCH, b. ca. 1612; d. Ipswich June 1658;[109] m. as his first wife JOHN GAGE, b. ca. 1605,[110] d. Ipswich by 25 March 1673.[111] He m. (2) Sarah (__ ) Keyes.
iv. DORCAS FRENCH, bp. Assington 31 July 1614; d. Roxbury, Mass., 30 Dec. 1697;[112] m. (1) 3 Jan. 1636, CHRISTOPHER PEAKE. [113] Dorcas m. (2) after Feb. 1679, as his third wife, the blind GRIFFIN CRAFT, who d. by 1 Oct. 1689. [114]
v. SUSAN FRENCH, bp. Assington 22 April 1616; m., probably Ipswich, HENRY KINGSBURY, [115] b. ca. 1615, d. Haverhill, Mass., 1 Oct. 1687.[116]
vi. ANNE FRENCH, bp. Assington 15 March 1617/8; d. Bradford, 1 May 1689; [117] m. by 1635 if all his children are hers, THOMAS HARDY, b. England ca.1606,[118] d. Bradford 4 Jan. 1677[/8].[119] Il is likely that Thomas Hardy came from one of the Belchamp parishes in northeastern Essex, a short distance from Assington.
vii. MARGARET FRENCH, bp. Assington 12 March 1619/20; bur. there 25 Nov. 1635.
viii. JOHN FRENCH, bp. Assington 26 May 1622; d. Northampton, Mass., 1 Feb. 1697/8; m. 1654 FREED0M KINGSLEY, daughter of John and Elizabeth ( __) Kingsley.[120]
ix. MARY FRENCH, bp. Assington 6 January 162[4?/]5; no record of her marriage or death is known and allegations that she married George Smith are unproven. The assertion of her marriage to Smith may be a mistaken conflation of her father Thomas French and her brother Thomas French, the latter of whom had a daughter "Mary Smith" named in his will.
SOURCES:
[102] Vital Records of Ipswich [note 27], 2:561; Anderson, Great Migration Begins [note 16], 1:703-706 (Thomas French the Younger).
[103] Pierce, Records of the First Church of Boston [note 16], 278, baptism of first child, 23 September 1632.
[104] Vital Records of Ipswich [note 27], 2:561.
[105] Ibid., 2:593.
[106] Pierce, Records of The First Church of Boston [note 16], 42. Alice is called "Our sister Alice French the wife of Thomas Howlett of lpswich."
[107] Year of birth is from Essex Quarterly Courts [note 33], 2:146 where he deposed in 1658 aged 52 years, and 3:2:59 where he deposed in 166:5 aged sixty years. Death is from Essex County Probate, 3:2:31-252, 4 November 1677, will of Thomas Howlett, and 10 September 1678 inventory of Deacon Thomas Howlett.
[108] Anderson, Winthrop Fleet [note 26], 379-385 (Thomas Ilowlett).
[109] Ipswich Deeds, 1:134, Gage to Rolfe, 21 February 1653/4.
[110] Essex Quarterly Courts [note 33], 2:169, deposition of 27 September 1659, age "about fifty years"; also, deposition in early 1662, Essex Quarterly Courts, 2:365.
[111] Essex County Probate, File 10483, will of John Gage, proved 25 March 1673; original examined at Essex County Courthouse, Salem, Massachusetts, 1989.
[112] Vital Records of Roxbury [note 13], death of Dorcas Craft, 1697.
[113] For further detail and analysis, see Anderson, Great Migration Begins [note 16], 3:1413-1414 (Christopher Peake).
[114] Suffolk Counly Probate, Records, 8:224, inventory of Griffin Craft; original volumes, Suffolk County courthouse, Boston; Anderson, Great Migration Begins [note 16], 1:244-247 (Griffin Crafts).
[115] Susan's son called Amy's husband "uncle Gage":
[116] Vital Records of Haverhill[ note 73], 2:434; Dean, "Henry Kingsbury and His Descendants [note73], Register 13:157.
[117] Vital Records of Bradford [note 441, 1:319, "Old Anne Hardy Widdow Died May 1. 1689:"
[118] Essex County Probate, File 12405, codicil of Thomas Hardy Sr.
[119] Vital Records of Bradford [note 44], 1:324. This date also appears on the inventory of his estate in Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate File, 12405; Anderson, Great Migration Begins [note 16], 2:858-861 (Thomas Hardy).
[120] Linzee, Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles [note 94]. 427.
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Reason attached to person: vi. ANNE FRENCH, bp. Assington 15 March 1617/8; d. Bradford, 1 May 1689; [117] m. by 1635 if all his children are hers, THOMAS HARDY, b. England ca.1606,[118] d. Bradford 4 Jan. 1677[/8].[119] Il is likely that Thomas Hardy came from one of the Belchamp parishes in northeastern Essex, a short distance from Assington.
Events
| Christen | 15 Mar 1617 | Assington, Suffolk, England |  |  | |
| Marriage | 1649 | Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts - Thomas Hardy Sr. | |||
| Death | 1 May 1689 | Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts |
Families
| Spouse | Thomas Hardy Sr. (1605 - 1678) |
| Father | Thomas French Sr. ( - 1639) |
| Mother | Susannah Riddlesdale ( - 1658) |
| Sibling | Thomas French Jr. ( - 1680) |
| Sibling | Alice French ( - 1666) |
| Sibling | Amy French (1612 - 1658) |
| Sibling | Dorcas French ( - 1697) |
| Sibling | Susan French ( - 1678) |
| Sibling | Margaret French ( - 1635) |
| Sibling | John French ( - 1697) |
| Sibling | Mary French ( - ) |
Notes
Christen
Ann FrenchSex Female
Father's Name Thomas
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Susan
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Christening
Event Date 1617
Event Place Assington, Suffolk, England
Endnotes
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