Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Francis FRENCH
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1624 in Halstead, Essex, England b
  • Death: 14 Feb 1681 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William FRENCH Birth: Abt 1604 in Halstead, Essex Co, England Death: 20 Nov 1681 in Billerica, Massachusetts
    • Mother:
  • Elizabeth GODFREY Birth: Abt 1605 Death: 31 Mar 1668 in Billerica, Massachusetts

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Jane FRENCH Death: 4 May 1759
  2. Lydia FRENCH Birth: 21 Aug 1662 in Derby, Massachusetts
  3. Elizabeth FRENCH Birth: 20 Jun 1664 in Derby, Massachusetts
  4. Anna FRENCH Birth: 10 Aug 1666 in Derby, Massachusetts
  5. Mary FRENCH Birth: 7 Sep 1668 in Derby, Massachusetts Death: 1668
  6. Lydia FRENCH Birth: 28 Sep 1670 in Derby, Massachusetts
  7. Samuel FRENCH Birth: 6 Jan 1672 in Derby, Massachusetts Death: 26 Oct 1677
  8. Susan FRENCH Birth: 6 Jun 1675 in Derby, Massachusetts
  9. Francis FRENCH Birth: 11 Feb 1677 in Derby, Massachusetts Death: 11 Apr 1751
  10. Hannah FRENCH Birth: 18 Nov 1679 in Derby, Massachusetts

Bibliography
  1. Anderson, Robert Charles, George F Sanborn Jr, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. M-LH 929.174And. Available at http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-i-a-b/image, ..volume-ii-c-f, iii-g-h, iv-i-l, v-m-p, vi-r-s, vii-t-y. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v[1-7]p[0-9]*].
  2. French, John M, Lieut. William French and his Descendants, NEHGR v44 (Oct 1890), pp367-372. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p[0-9]*].
  3. French, Mara T, French and Related Farmily Genealogy. San Jose, CA: author, 1984. LDS Film#1421648#2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: FrenchMT FRENCH p[IVX]*-[0-9]*].
  4. Milford (Connecticut) Vital Records, TAG v9 (1932), pp100-120. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MilfordCT vitals p[0-9]*].
  5. Reitwiesner, William Addams, Ancestry of George W Bush, 2/13/2003. Available at http://www.wargs.com/political/bush.html. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Reitwiesner GeorgeBUSH].
  6. Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register. Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1860. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic01savarich. Reprinted Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Published Co, 1965. Scanned and corrected by Robert Kraft, 1994, and available at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sav-age [A-Z][A-Z]* [A-Z][a-z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: FrenchMT FRENCH pII-4]
abt 1624 [Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p367]
abt 1625 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v2p591]
age 10 in 1635 [Ref: Sav-age FRENCH William],
place:
[Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p367, FrenchMT FRENCH pII-4],
parents:
[Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p367]
William FRENCH & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: Reitwiesner GeorgeBUSH]
possibly William FRENCH & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v2p591],
note:
son brother or nephew of William FRENCH [Ref: Sav-age FRENCH William]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p367, FrenchMT FRENCH pII-4]
Sources with Information about marriage to Lydia BONNELL
date:
[Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p367, FrenchMT FRENCH pII-4, MilfordCT vitals p104],
place:
[Ref: MilfordCT vitals p104],
child:
[Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p367, Reitwiesner GeorgeBUSH]
Research Notes:
1635: emigrated on Defence, age 10, either with William FRENCH. either son, brother, or nephew [Ref: Sav-age FRENCH William]

may not have been a son of William FRENCH & Elizabeth ___; William FRENCH would have been barely twenty at the time of birth of Francis, which is certainly not impossible, but would be somewhat younger than the norm for the period [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v2p591]

1650: moved to Milford, CT [Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p367, FrenchMT FRENCH pII-4]

1654: settler in Derby, CT [Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p367, FrenchMT FRENCH pII-4]

1661: at time of marriage, was "of Pagassick" [Ref: MilfordCT vitals p104]



Pedigree of Francis FRENCH
          /-----(Unk) FRENCH
 /-----William FRENCH
Francis FRENCH
 \-----Elizabeth GODFREY



Descendants of Francis FRENCH
1. Francis FRENCH m. Lydia BONNELL
m. Lydia BONNELL

2nd generation

2. Jane FRENCH m. John TOWNER
m. John TOWNER father: Richard TOWNER mother: Mary (TOWNER)
4. Elizabeth FRENCH m. Joseph HOLT
m. Joseph HOLT
10. Francis FRENCH m. Anna BOWERS
m. Anna BOWERS

3rd generation

12. Phineas TOWNER m. Eunice (TOWNER)
m. Eunice (TOWNER)
13. Elizabeth TOWNER m. Samuel BRONSON
m. Samuel BRONSON
14. Joseph TOWNER m. Abigail BISSELL
m. Abigail BISSELL
15. John TOWNER m. Sarah WILDMAN
m. Sarah WILDMAN
16. Martha Eunice TOWNER m. Israel CURTISS
m. Israel CURTISS
24. Israel FRENCH m. Sarah LOVELAND
m. Sarah LOVELAND

4th generation

28. Abraham TOWNER m. Hannah FOOTE
m. Hannah FOOTE
48. Eunice CURTISS m. Stephen BATEMAN
m. Stephen BATEMAN
55. Enoch FRENCH m. Comfort (FRENCH)
m. Comfort (FRENCH)

5th generation

58. Gershom TOWNER m.
62. Cynthia BATEMAN m. Amasa GOODYEAR
m. Amasa GOODYEAR
63. Israel FRENCH m. Caroline TOLLES
m. Caroline TOLLES