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Chart #130, Margaret French, 1610
Watertown and Boston, MA
This chart updated by Mara French on 8/11/09. Numbers in brackets [ ] refer to the bibliography at the end of this chart. Send any corrections or additions to this chart to marafrench@mindspring.com. Revisions: 2009. Back to FFA Home Page.
Contents
Introduction
When I first started numbering FFA charts, I included both male and female lines; hence, this female line of a former FFA member. IÕve decided to keep these female lines in place so as not to confuse the numbering system.
As soon as the FFA finds the parents of Margaret, this chart
will no longer be maintained, but continue with her parentÕs chart. Hopefully,
it will connect into another male chart. Margaret FrenchÕs parents seem not to
be found anywhere. If you find more data, please email marafrench@mindspring.com.
Most likely this chart ties in with FFA Chart #5, John French of Braintree, MA.
History
This chart may be erroneous according to Edith Bartley, edith.bartley@worldnet.att.net.
Edward Lamb did marry a Margaret, but her surname may not have been French.
Ref: "The Great Migration Begins", Vol. 2, Robert Charles Anderson,
NEHGS: Boston 1995, pp 1151-52, has a brief biographical sketch of Edward Lamb
in which Anderson says that MargaretÕs maiden name is unknown.
Varieties of charts online:
á Edward Lamb, b. 1587 in England, d. 1649 in Boston, MA. Margaret French, b 1595, d. 1650. Children: Hannah, Mary 1, Samuel, Mary 2, John, Increase, Elizabeth.
á Edward Lamb m1. Margaret French, and after Edward died, Margaret m. Samuel Allen in 1650, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, and had 3 children: Joseph, James, and Abigail. Samuel Allen m1. Ann in England who d. 29 Sep 1641 in Braintree and had 3 children: Samuel, Sarah, and Mary [2]. This info does not coincide with the first info.
á Margaret French was the sister of John French Sr. She m. Edward Lamb. She was b. 1610 in Steeple, Bumpstead, England. She d. 1650 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA [3].
á Mrs. Margaret Lamb, widow of Edward Lamb, b. ca 1598, m. Samuel Allen after 1641. Samuel Allen was b. ca. 1598, d. 1669, children with first wife Ann: Samuel, Joseph, James, Sarah, Mary, Abigail [6]. Does not mention the surname French.
á Samuel Allen, b. in England, came over with the first settlers of Boston in 1628. In 1635 it is recorded that he was a freeman in Braintree. His first wife, Ann, d. Sep 1641. His second wife was Mrs. Margaret Lamb, widow of Edward Lamb. His children were Samuel, Mary, James, Sarah, Abigail, and Joseph [7].
á Braintree is the city where John French of FFA Chart #5 resided. Margaret could be tied with that chart.
Bibliography
[1] PhpGedView, http://data.anythingcity.com/gedcom/index.php?ctype=gedcom
[2] Bob Carroll, Bob@shipstore.com, PO Box 410, Westport, NY 12993.
[3] Lorraine, mindream@satx.rr.com (good in 2002).
[4] Fifty Ancestors of Henry Lincoln Clapp who came to New
England from 1620 to 1650, Part I, Boston, 1902, by Henry Lincoln. Website:
http://books.google.com/books?id=e3E7AAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA30&lpg=RA1-PA30&dq=%22Edward+Lamb%22+%2B%22Margaret+French%22&source=bl&ots=rU1L5rXEl7&sig=MRr50C5Zyh_0UxBCGpwf9SOO58A&hl=en&ei=Et_xSeOaIYWeM768rbEP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#PPP2,M1
[5] Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire, by Ezra S. Stearns, 1908, p. 1996. Website: http://books.google.com/books?id=PHPLT1QY9LQC&pg=RA4-PA1996&dq=%22Edward+Lamb%22+%2B%22Margaret+French%22&as_brr=1&ei=Mv3xSZaTNpnCyATF0fGhCw#PRA4-PA1996,M1
[6] Ancestors and their Descendants, website: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~solongago/p1059.htm
[7] A Genealogy of the Allen Family from 1568 to 1882 by Hon. William Allen, revised by Joshua Allen, Farmington, Maine, 1882.
[8] Frank Dyer, Dyerne@aol.com (good in 2009). Frank died on 14 Apr 2009. See his obituary: http://obit.brownefuneralchapel.com/obit_display.cgi?id=657831
[9] FFA member #324, Helen M. Coyer. Margaret French m1. ca. 1633 Edward Lamb, m2. Samuel Allen ca. 1643 (1), Abigail Allen (2) m. John Carey, Abigail Carey (3) m. Samuel Howland, Tabitha Howland (4) m. John Peckham, Sally (Sarah) Peckham (5) m. John Davis, Sally (Sarah) Davis (6) m. Leonard Wilcox, Joanna Eldredge Wilcox (7) m. Martin Seamans (Simmons), Thomas Simmons (8), Mercy (Mertie) Simmons (9) m. Charles Arthur Bacon, Frank Herbert Bacon (10), Helen Mae Bacon (11). This is the same line as FFA member Shirley Taylor. FFA: Margaret may possibly be a sister of John French of Braintree, Chart #5, since there are intermarriages.
[10] FFA member #326, Shirley Taylor. Margaret French m1. ca. 1633 Edward Lamb, m2. Samuel Allen, ca. 1643. Daughter Hannah Lamb, m. Joseph Knight. This Margaret French could be the sister of John French, Chart #5, because Samuel AllenÕs family all lived in Braintree, MA.
[11] LambJGLamb@aol.com.