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: William FRENCH
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 15 Mar 1603 b
  • Death: Before 27 Nov 1637 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Thomas FRENCH Birth: Abt 1550 in Halstead, Essex Co, England Death: 20 Nov 1613 in Halstead, Essex Co, England
    • Mother:
  • Agnes OLMSTEAD Birth: 1560 in Halstead, Essex Co, England Death: 11 Feb 1624 in Halstead, Essex Co, England

Family:
Bibliography
  1. French, Elizabeth, Genealogical Research in England, NEHGR v65 (Jul 1911) p284. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: French England1911 p[0-9]*].
  2. French, Mara T, The Frenchline Newsletter. San Jose, CA: 1984. LDS Fiche#605537. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: FrenchMT Frenchline v[0-9]*#[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: French England1911 p285],
parents:
[Ref: French England1911 p285, FrenchMT Frenchline v1#2]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
1593 [Ref: FrenchMT Frenchline v1#2]
Sources for death Information
date:
will dated 14 May 1621 and proved 27 Nov 1637 [Ref: French England1911 p285]
Research Notes:
May 14 1621: made will. to be buried in churchyard of St. Dunstans. Various sums to William Drury, Mr. Harmond Johnson, Mrs. Whiteblood, Morgan Symonds. All rest to be equally divided between his brothers and sisters unmarried, namely John, Edward, Robert, Francis, Ann, Elianor, Elizabeth, Margaret, Jemima, and Dorothy. Mentions sum of 400 pounds given him by his father [Ref: French England1911 p285]

will proved Nov 27 1637 (and 1639, both dates given) [Ref: French England1911 p285]

Feb 12 1637/8: commission to administer the goods was issued to John French of Halstead, County Essex, gentleman, brother of William French, late, bachelor, deceased [Ref: French England1911 p285]



Pedigree of William FRENCH
                   /-----Thomas FRENCH
          /-----Thomas FRENCH
         |         \-----Elizabeth (FRENCH)
 /-----Thomas FRENCH
|         \-----Bridget (FRENCH)
William FRENCH
|         /-----John OLMSTEAD
 \-----Agnes OLMSTEAD
          \-----Palladia (OLMSTEAD)



Descendants of William FRENCH
1. William FRENCH