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: Jacob FRENCH
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 16 Jan 1639/40 in Cambridge, Massachusetts b
  • Death: 20 May 1713 in Billerica, Massachusetts 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. Jacob FRENCH Birth: 20 Feb 1666/7 in Billerica, Massachusetts Death: Abt 1700
  2. William FRENCH Birth: 18 Jul 1668 in Billerica, Massachusetts Death: 30 Sep 1723
  3. Mary FRENCH Birth: 6 Oct 1669 in Billerica, Massachusetts Death: 12 Nov 1669 in Billerica, Massachusetts
  4. John FRENCH Birth: 6 Oct 1670 in Billerica, Massachusetts Death: 3 Dec 1670
  5. Joseph FRENCH Birth: 5 May 1673 in Billerica, Massachusetts Death: 25 Sep 1676 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
  6. Jabez FRENCH Birth: 16 Sep 1674 in Billerica, Massachusetts Death: 16 Sep 1674 in Billerica, Massachusetts
  7. Mary FRENCH Birth: 5 Mar 1676/7 in Billerica, Massachusetts
  8. Hannah FRENCH Birth: 23 Oct 1677 in Billerica, Massachusetts Death: 23 Oct 1677 in Billerica, Massachusetts
  9. Elizabeth FRENCH Birth: 8 Jun 1679 in Billerica, Massachusetts
  10. Sarah FRENCH Birth: 7 Mar 1681/2 in Billerica, Massachusetts Death: 16 Jun 1761

Marriage:
  • Mary CONVERS on 30 Jun 1685 at Billerica, Massachusetts .m2
  • Mary CONVERS Birth: Woburn, Massachusetts Death: 18 Jun 1686 in Billerica, Massachusetts
Children:
  1. Abigail FRENCH Birth: 20 Apr 1686 in Billerica, Massachusetts Death: 29 Mar 1687

Marriage:
Marriage:
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. Vital Records of Billerica, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908. M-LH PS19, 974.4-VR-Bill. Available at http://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofbi00biller Information from this source tagged as [Ref: BillericaMA vitals p[0-9]*].
  3. Pulsifer, David, Early Records of Boston. NEHGR v4 (Jan 1850, April 1850), p55-6, p181-4. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: BostonMA EarlyRec p[0-9]*].
  4. Cutter, William Richard, New England Families, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co, 1913. M-LH 974 Cut. NYPL APR (New England) (Cutter) (NYPL has both 1913 and 1915 editions). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/272367. Two editions of this work were published in 1913, but contents and page numbering is different; the other is available at (vol 1) http://books.google.com/?id=KvUsAAAAYAAJ, (vol 2) http://books.google.com/?id=_c4UAAAAYAAJ, (vol 3) http://books.google.com/?id=7_UsAAAAYAAJ, (vol 4) http://books.google.com/?id=NegUAAAAYAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Cutter NE p[0-9]*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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]*].
  7. Hazen, Henry A, History of Billerica, with Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: A Williams, 1883. LDS Film#0901880#2. Available at http://books.google.com/?id=OVunB0IQ_EcC Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hazen Billerica p[0-9]*].
  8. 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: Anderson GreatMigrationII v2p592, Cutter NE p969, Hazen Billerica p56, Sav-age FRENCH William]
16 11mo 1639 [Ref: BostonMA EarlyRec p56],
place:
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v2p592, BostonMA EarlyRec p56, FrenchJM FRENCH p367, FrenchMT FRENCH pII-4, Sav-age FRENCH William],
parents:
[Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p367, FrenchMT FRENCH pII-4, Hazen Billerica p56, Sav-age FRENCH William]
William FRENCH & Elisabeth ___ [Ref: BostonMA EarlyRec p56]
William FRENCH & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v2p592, Cutter NE p969]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
16 Mar 1640 [Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p367, FrenchMT FRENCH pII-4]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: BillericaMA vitals p362, Hazen Billerica p56, Sav-age FRENCH Jacob],
place:
[Ref: BillericaMA vitals p362, Sav-age FRENCH Jacob]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary CHAMPNEY
date:
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v2p592, FrenchJM FRENCH p368, FrenchMT FRENCH pII-4, Sav-age FRENCH Jacob],
place:
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v2p592, FrenchMT FRENCH pII-4, Sav-age FRENCH Jacob],
names:
[Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p367],
child:
[Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p369, Hazen Billerica p56, Sav-age FRENCH Jacob]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
7 Sep 1665 [Ref: Hazen Billerica p56]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary CONVERS
date:
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v2p592, Hazen Billerica p56],
place:
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v2p592],
child:
[Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p369, Hazen Billerica p56]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
30 Jul 1685 [Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p368]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary (FRENCH)
date:
third marriage of Jacob [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v2p592, FrenchJM FRENCH p368, Hazen Billerica p56],
names:
Jacob FRENCH & Mary ___ [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v2p592, FrenchJM FRENCH p368, Hazen Billerica p56]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ruth (FRENCH)
date:
fourth marriage of Jacob [Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p368, Hazen Billerica p56],
names:
Jacob FRENCH & Ruth ___ [Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p368, Hazen Billerica p56]
Research Notes:
1675: house was one of the 'garrisons' [Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p368, Hazen Billerica p56]

1676: freeman of Billerica [Ref: Sav-age FRENCH Jacob]

lived on the "east road" near his brother John [Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p368]



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



Descendants of Jacob FRENCH
1. Jacob FRENCH m1. Mary CHAMPNEY m2. Mary CONVERS m3. Mary (FRENCH) m4. Ruth (FRENCH)
m. Mary CHAMPNEY father: Richard Elder CHAMPNEY
m. Mary CONVERS
m. Mary (FRENCH)
m. Ruth (FRENCH)

2nd generation

3. William FRENCH m. Sarah DANFORTH
m. Sarah DANFORTH father: Jonathan Captain DANFORTH

3rd generation

13. Jacob FRENCH m1. Elizabeth DAVIS m2. Sarah BROWN m3. Mary (CURTIS)
m. Elizabeth DAVIS father: Joseph DAVIS
m. Sarah BROWN father: George BROWN
m. Mary (CURTIS)
16. William FRENCH m1. Joanna HILL m2. Mehitable LOVEJOY
m. Joanna HILL father: Samuel HILL
m. Mehitable LOVEJOY father: (Unk) LOVEJOY
19. Ebenezer FRENCH m. Elizabeth HILL
m. Elizabeth HILL father: Samuel HILL
21. Nicholas FRENCH m. Priscilla MOOAR
m. Priscilla MOOAR father: Timothy MOOAR mother: Anne BLANCHARD
24. Samuel FRENCH m. Elizabeth BARRON
m. Elizabeth BARRON

4th generation

31. Mary FRENCH m. John FRENCH
m. John FRENCH father: William FRENCH mother: Mehitable PATTEN
33. Jacob FRENCH m. Elizabeth KITTREDGE
m. Elizabeth KITTREDGE father: William KITTREDGE
35. Joel FRENCH m. Eleanor JOHNSON
m. Eleanor JOHNSON
38. William FRENCH m. Sarah RICHARDSON
m. Sarah RICHARDSON father: Samuel RICHARDSON
41. Jonas FRENCH m. Hannah PAGE
m. Hannah PAGE father: Nathaniel PAGE
44. Asa FRENCH m. Hannah RICHARDSON
m. Hannah RICHARDSON father: Samuel RICHARDSON
52. Ebenezer FRENCH m. Rebecca KIDDER
m. Rebecca KIDDER father: William KIDDER
54. Jesse FRENCH m. Abigail JAQUITH
m. Abigail JAQUITH father: Abraham JAQUITH
55. Jacob FRENCH m. Sarah DITSON
m. Sarah DITSON father: Thomas DITSON
64. Jonathan FRENCH m. Mary KEYES
m. Mary KEYES father: Abner KEYES
68. Isaac Barron FRENCH m. Hannah (FRENCH)
m. Hannah (FRENCH)

5th generation

91. Nathaniel FRENCH m. Susannah BROWN
m. Susannah BROWN
92. Reuben FRENCH m. Abigail FARMER
m. Abigail FARMER father: John FARMER
103. Rebecca FRENCH m. Samuel MARSHALL
m. Samuel MARSHALL father: Isaac MARSHALL mother: Phebe RICHARDSON
117. Luther FRENCH m. Sally BOWERS
m. Sally BOWERS father: Josiah BOWERS
121. Peter FRENCH m. Elizabeth JAQUITH
m. Elizabeth JAQUITH father: Joseph JAQUITH
131. Mark FRENCH m. Mary LYON
m. Mary LYON father: Abel LYON
132. Isaac FRENCH m.