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Chart #142, Isabella French, 1777
Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE

This chart updated by Mara French on 4/29/09. 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.

Introduction

When I first started numbering FFA charts, I included both male and female lines; hence, this female line of a former FFA member. I’ve 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 Isabella, this chart will no longer be maintained, but continue with her parent’s chart. Hopefully, it will connect into another male chart. Isabella French’s parents seem not to be found anywhere. If you find more data, please email marafrench@mindspring.com.

History

Isabella French was b. 1777 and resided in Wilmington, DE, d. 1812, m. Francis O’Daniel on 4 Feb 1796 [2] at the Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church [3]; Isabella French O’Daniel (2), b. 31 Aug 1820 in Philadelphia, m. William Brandon ca. 1839 perhaps in Dubuque, Iowa; Charles Brandon (3); Blanche Lydia Brandon (4), m. Paul Van Slyke; Kathryn (5), m. Arthur Bily (5) [1]. Francis O’Daniel was b. 1768, held the office of justice of the peace in Delaware (with Edward Roche) [4], and d. 1827.

The father of Isabella could be Charles, but no proof [1].

Bibliography

[1] FFA member #448, Kathryn Estelle Bily, 90 East Padonia Road, Timonium, MD 21093.

[2] New Castle County, Delaware Marriages, 1645-1899, FHL Film Number 0006414 to 0006422, submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer, website: http://genealogytrails.com/del/newcastle/newcastlemarriages-O.html

[3] The Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, Delaware, from 1697 to 1773, translated from the original Swedish by Horace Burr, with an Abstract of the English Records from 1773 to 1810, dated 1890.

[4] The History of Delaware, 1609-1888, Volume Two, pp. 529-663, by Thomas J. Scharf. Website: http://www.xtinahs.org/PLACES/Scharf27.html