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: 25 Jan 1712/3 in Billerica, Massachusetts b


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William FRENCH Birth: 8 Aug 1687 in Billerica, Massachusetts Death: 25 Feb 1745/6
    • Mother:
  • Mehitable PATTEN Death: 15 Jan 1742/3

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Betsy FRENCH Death: Hollis, New Hampshire
  2. Jonathan FRENCH Birth: 10 Oct 1737
  3. William FRENCH Birth: 16 Feb 1738/9
  4. Joseph FRENCH Birth: 10 Dec 1740
  5. Tabitha FRENCH Birth: 31 Dec 1742
  6. Benjamin FRENCH Birth: 18 Feb 1744/5
  7. Nehemiah FRENCH Birth: 29 Mar 1746
  8. Mehitable FRENCH Birth: 5 Feb 1747/8
  9. Stephen FRENCH Birth: 31 Dec 1749
  10. Ephraim FRENCH Birth: 10 Nov 1751 Death: Amherst, New Hampshire
  11. David FRENCH Birth: 15 Sep 1754
  12. Mehitable FRENCH Birth: 18 Aug 1756 Death: Wilton, New Hampshire

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p370, Hazen Billerica p57],
place:
[Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p370],
parents:
[Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p370, Hazen Billerica p57]
Sources with Information about marriage to Tabitha (FRENCH)
names:
William FRENCH & Tabitha ___ [Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p370, Hazen Billerica p57],
child:
[Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p370, Hazen Billerica p57]
Research Notes:
general in militia [Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p370]

abt 1766: moved to Hollis, NH; leter to Bedford, NH [Ref: FrenchJM FRENCH p370]



Pedigree of William FRENCH
                            /-----(Unk) FRENCH
                   /-----William FRENCH
          /-----John FRENCH
         |         \-----Elizabeth GODFREY
 /-----William FRENCH
|        |         /-----Frances LITTLEFIELD
|         \-----Mary LITTLEFIELD
|                 |         /-----Ralph HILL
|                  \-----Jane HILL
|                           \-----Elizabeth PARKER
William FRENCH
|         /-----Thomas PATTEN
 \-----Mehitable PATTEN



Descendants of William FRENCH
1. William FRENCH m. Tabitha (FRENCH)
m. Tabitha (FRENCH)

2nd generation

3. Jonathan FRENCH m. Abigail HOSLEY
m. Abigail HOSLEY father: Thomas HOSLEY