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Chart #7, Stephen French, born 1601,
Misterton, Somerset, England
Dorcester and Weymouth, MA
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Bibliography and Records
Numbers in square brackets [ ] are bibliography notations. FFA stands for French Family Association Library Number.
[1] Robert (Bob) French, Robert D. French, 34 Blueberry
Road, Marblehead, MA 01945, rdexfr@msn.com.
[2] Judy Katrein Bajorek, ezperel@roadrunner.com, or judybajorek@yahoo.com, 1704
Ruie Road, North Tonawanda, NY 14120. Website: http://www.katrein.us.
[3] Research by Harry Dana French prior to his death in
1960, 87 handwritten pages from these sources: History of Weymouth, MA; Warner
Genealogy; Whitman Genealogy; Virkus 7/308; Abington, MA Vital Records; History
of Hingham, MA; History of Ashburnham, MA; Hardwick MA Vital Records; Marsh
Genealogy; Hubbardston MA Vital Records; Coventry, Conn. Vital Records; SAR yr
book for 1918; Hingham Vital Records; Reputable Men and Old Families of South East
MA by Beers; Reed Genealogy; Abington Vital Records; Scituate MA Vital Records;
Westborough MA Vital Records; Lineage of Rev. Richard Mather; Annual
Cyclopedia, pg. 602, 1899; Hardwick VT Vital Records to 1860; Civil List, State
of NY; Biographical Review, Norfolk Co MA; Kingman's History of North
Bridgewater, MA; Cohasset MA Vital Records; Gorham Genealogy; White Genealogy;
Harvard Univerisity Directory; Reed Genealogy; Who's Who in New England, p.
386, 1909; Concord NH Directory 1936; New Hampshire Vital Records.
[4] Ancestors and Descendants of Frank Lusk Babbott, Jr.,
M.D. and his wife Elizabeth Bassett French, Compiled by Harriet M.
Stryker-Rodda, Certified Genealogist, Polyanthos Princeton, 1974, French line,
pages 236-255, copied by the FFA from the Richard Virginia State Archives and
Library. The library has a large collection of work by Elizabeth B. French,
similar to the Harry Dana French collection.
[5] F335 WHITMAN. The Descendants of John Whitman of
Weymouth, by Charles H. Farnam, 1889, 3 pages, p. 25-8, Stephen French (Chart
#7). Stephen and Hannah Whitman French of Weymouth; Mary French m. William
Badlam; Stephen French m. Abigail Beal of Hingham, MA; Samuel French m. Silence
Torrey; David French m. Mary Carver in Abington; Elizabeth French m. Edward
Blake; Jonathan French m. Elizabeth Ward; Mary French m. Joseph Dunbar; Daniel
French m. Mary Lane; Mary French m. Reuben Hersey; Stephen French m. Ruth Petty
Jones; Joel French m. Elizabeth Hobart; Betty French m. Ichabod Pratt.
[6] F246 HINGHAM. History of Hingham, MA, Vol. 2, surname
French, 7 pages, by Lincoln, Vol. 2, p. 235-241, Stephen French (Chart #7).
Lineage from 1630 to 1881.
[7] Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, MA, by
George Walter Chamberlain, Baltimore 1984, 10 pages.
[8] French ancestry from Chuckie Blaney, Marguerite B.
Schneider, Raeola Cooke, Stuart R. Johnson, Sherry S. Marshall, Penny Baldauff,
and Dorothy Pearson.
[9] Bible Records found at Turnpike Road Family Farmstead,
Searsport, ME, from Donna
M. Cator and Jane Mercier.
[10] F463 FRENCH. Genealogical Dictionary of Settlers of New
England, by James Savage, 1860. Dependence French (Chart #5) of Braintree,
Edward French (Chart #4) of Salisbury, Ephraim French (Chart #1) of Windsor,
Francis French (Chart #8) of Derby, CT; Jacob French (Chart #7) of Weymouth;
Jacob French (Chart #2) of Billerica; John French (Chart #3) of Cambridge; John
French (Chart #5) of Braintree; Richard French (Chart #6) of Cambridge; Joseph
French (Chart #4) of Salisbury; Nathaniel French (Chart #3) of Taunton; Samuel
French (Chart #4) of Salisbury; Samuel French (Chart #2) of Billerica; Simon
French (Chart #4) of Salisbury; Stephen French (Chart #7) of Dorchester; Thomas
French (Chart #1) of Boston; Thomas French (Chart #9) of Charlestown; Thomas
French (Chart #5) of Braintree; Thomas French (Chart #1) of Northampton;
William French (Chart #2) of Cambridge; William French (Chart #5) of Braintree.
[11] F398 STEPHEN FRENCH. Data from the New Hampshire
Historical Society, compiled by Harry Dana French, Concord, NH. Box #4 (3), of
Weymouth, MA, 1630-1924. Stephen French (Chart #7).
[12] F320 THOMAS FRENCH. The Descendants of Thomas French of
Ipswich, MA, five generations (Chart #1) by Robert L. French, RDBox 139,
Chatham, NŸ 12037. Contributed by the author. Stephen French of Dorchester and
Weymouth, MA (Chart #7). John French of Dorchester and Braintree, MA (Chart
#5). William French of Billerica, MA (Chart #2). Richard French of Billerica,
MA (Chart #6).Thomas French of Charlestown, MA (Chart #9), Edmund French and
others of Coddenham and Edwardstone, England. Regarding Chart #1, other
surnames: Howlett, Cummings, Peake, Stebbins, Kingsley, Keyes, Carpenter, Read,
Stiles, Pearson, Towne, Gould, Perkins, Crocker, Pease, Meacham, Read, Brown,
Field, Rice, Catlin, Severance, Hyde, White, Waterman, Cushing, Mason, Kent,
Draper, Sweet, Tyler. Homesteads: Topsfield, MA; Rehoboth, MA; Deerfield, MA;
Quebec line, p. 20-21; Enfield, CT; Attleborough, MA; Norwich, CT; Montpelier,
VT.
[13] Stephen French of Dorchester and Weymouth, MA by Robert
L. French, R. D. Box 139, Chatham, NY 12037. Stephen French immigrated 1630 to
Dorchester, MA, sailed from Plymouth, England on the May and John. Stephen
moved to Weymouth sometime after 1639. Stephen may have been a nephew of Henry
Adams and have accompanied or followed him to Dorchester. Henry Adams had a
nephew, Stephen French, born about 1601 in Misterton, Somersetshire, England. He
was the son of Richard French whose wife was a sister of Henry Adams.
[14] F231 STOCKTON SPRINGS. The Story of Stockton Springs,
ME, by Alice V. Ellis, p. 17, 19, perhaps Stephen French (Chart #7), Zetham
French. Contributed by Marguerite B. Schneider.
[15] F248 NORTH BRIDGEWATER. History of North Bridgewater,
MA, by Bradford Kingman, 1866, p. 504-7. John French (Chart #5) and Stephen
French (Chart #7).
[16] F253 WEYMOUTH. Genealogy of the Early Families of
Weymouth, MA, by George Walter Chamberlain, 1984, p. 234-243, 474-5. John
French (Chart #5) and Stephen French (Chart #7), Rogers family, p. 605.
Deacon John Rogers settled in Weymouth, MA, before 1643. He is probably the John Rogers who was made a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 17 may 1637. He was deacon of the First church and a townsman (selectman) in 1645, 1646, 1652, 1654, 1655, 1657 and 1659. He was elected “town recorder” in 1651. He died at Weymouth, 11 Feb 1660-61.
He had his will 8 Feb 1660 and it was proved 13 Apr 1661. To his wife Judith French he gave the new end of his dwelling house with one-third of his estate for life. To his son John Rogers he gave care of his estate. To his daughter Mary Rane and his son-in-law John Rane, his great lot of 12 acres and 40 schillings and 10 pounds. To his daughter Lydia White six acres of 5 pounds. To his daughter Hannah Pratt 5 pounds. To his daughter Sarah 15 pounds after marriage or at 18. Refers to his son-in-law joseph White, his son-in-law John Rane, and Samuel Pratt, and to his apprentice William Richards. Overseers, Thomas White, John Holbrook and Thomas Dyer. Inventory taken 20 Feb 1660-61. (Register, 10: 265, 266). All children (5) born in Massachusetts.
[17] F365 Abington, MA b. m. d. vital records. to 1849,
Stephen French (Chart #7).
[18] F141 ALTON. History of Alton, NH, 1965, by Barton
McLain Griffin, p. 147-8. Farmington, NH; Woburn, MA. Possibly Stephen French
(Chart #7).
[19] F118 Immigrants to America contributed by Bill Sopher.
Edward French (Chart #4), Jacob French of Weymouth (Chart #7), John French of
Cambridge (Chart #3), John French of Dorchester (Chart #5), John French of
Ipswich (Chart #1), Stephen French of Weymouth (Chart #7), Thomas French of
Boston (Chart #1), Thomas French of Guilford (Chart #9), William French of
Cambridge (Chart #2).
[20] More Passengers for New England, p. 77-78. Weymouth,
20th of March 1635: Judeth French, (servant of Joseph Hall of Somerset aged 40
years), aged 20 years. John Rogers, her husband, was not on same ship. On this
same ship was John Holbrooke, age 11 years, who later married Sarah French.
[21] Research by Susan
Johanson, scjohanson5@comcast.net.
[22] Vol. 58, p. 471, Des. of John Whitman of Weymouth, Mass. by C.H. Farnham of New Haven, Conn. 1889.
[23] “American Genealogist” Periodical, Vol. 25, #1 (Jan. 1949).
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