French Family Association
The Official Website of the Surname French
Chart #42, Thomas French, 1638
Penhurst and Brightling,
County Sussex, England
Gold Creek, Deer Lodge, Montana
Lawrenceburg, Lawrence Co., Tennessee
This chart updated by Mara French on 9/29/16. You are welcome to have me add or delete any information here -- Contact. Always a Òwork-in-progressÓ for which I take no responsibility for errors, but I do the best research I can. Revision 2016.
Contents
FFA Chart E42 for this line in England
and America
Introduction
Thomas French (1) was born in Penhurst, County Sussex, England in 1774, most likely m. Mary who d. at age 73 in 1847 in Penhurst. His son was John French (2), was born in Penhurst in 1801. His son was James Jason French (3), was born in Penhurst, Sussex, England in 1843, immigrated to the US with his company in the 1860s and moved to Kalispell, MT. The 1870 U.S. census for Gold Creek, Deer Lodge, Montana Territory shows James French (3), age 31, born in England ca. 1839, working on the farm, living with 4 other individuals. John French (2) is listed in the 1841 census of England as 35, b. ca. 1806, in Penhurst, Sussex, England, living with Mary French age 20, Mary French age 65, Daniel French age 2, and Delia French age 3 mo. Thomas French (1) is not listed in this census; perhaps he had died – he would have been 67 years old.
Also in the 1841 England Census in Penhurst, Sussex, England are Daniel b. ca. 1839; Delia b. ca. 1841; Harris b. ca. 1840; John b. ca. 1806; Mary b. ca. 1816; Mary b. ca. 1838; Mary b. ca. 1821; Mary b. ca. 1776 (who could have been Thomas FrenchÕs wife); Robert b. ca. 1811; and Robert b. ca. 1836.
For details, see FFA Chart E42 for this line in both England and America.
DNA Testing
Administered by Julia French Wood. For any questions regarding DNA, please email Julia at juliaFWood@aol.com.
A proven source would be for a male with the surname French
of this line to take the DNA test. It is a simple test that doesnÕt involve
blood. A kit is delivered to your house with special brushes for you to take cheek swabs
and the tip is injected into the tiny test tubes to be returned to the lab. After the tests that you ordered are completed, in
about 4 weeks, you will be notified and can log in to your personal page at the
company to view your results and your DNA matches. The FamilyTree
DNA website gives a special lower price to those with the surname French. Read
about those who approve of it: CustomersÕ Comments and Testimonials. Julia French
Woods, administrator of the French DNA website, suggests the 37 marker test (Y-DNA37), but if you want to start with 25, you can upgrade
to a higher test at a later date without retaking the test. Check the FFA Home Page under DNA for more information.