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Joanna French (Syday)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Great Tey, Essex, England
Death: January 1646
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, American Colonies (Illness during epidemic 1 mo before husband and son John Jr.)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Jeffery Syday, of Great Tey and Elizabeth Syday
Wife of John French, of Cambridge
Mother of John French, Jr.; Mary French, died young; Lieutenant Joseph French, Sr.; Nathaniel French and Sarah Trull

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About Joanna French

John French DID NOT marry a Joanna Gage b. in 1611. This is a common error. The will of Jeffery Syday in 1632 makes it clear that Joan is his daughter who is married to John French.



??? 2 different wives named Joanna? John French DID NOT marry a Joanna Gage b. in 1611. This is a common error. The will of Jeffery Syday in 1632 makes it clear that Joan is his daughter who is married to John French:

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Joanna (Syday) French (abt. 1613 - bef. 1645)

Joanna French formerly Syday aka Siday

Born about 1613 in England

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Wife of John French — married 19 Aug 1631 in Great Tey, Essex, England

Mother of John French Jr., Sarah (French) Trull, Joseph French and Nathaniel French

Died before 20 Jan 1645 in Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 19 Feb 2020 | Created 2 Jan 2017

Birth: 1613 - 1614
Burial

Burial: 20 Jan 1645/46, Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts[1]

Sources

↑ "French... Joanna, w. of John, bur. Jan. 20, 1645." Vital Records of Cambridge, Deaths, Volume 2, Page 562. John French of Cambridge & Billerica, Massachusetts, & his descendants of Taunton & Berkley, Massachusetts. Vital records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Thomas W. Baldwin, comp. Published by Wright & Potter Co., Boston, 1914. Volume I: Births, Volume II: Marriages and Deaths. Davis, Mavis F., Research on the French Family of West Hartland, Connecticut, Including the Wilder and Tiffany Families, Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Conn., July 2016) Vol. 49, No. 1, Page 58. Her last name at birth is Unknown.


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Joanna Syday Gage from 1600 to 1615–10 January 1646

Birth • 0 Sources from 1600 to 1615 Great Tey, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Age 46 Death • 0 Sources 10 January 1646 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Jone in entry for Sarah French, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN

John French 1598-1646

Marriage: 19 August 1631 Great Tey, Essex, England

Joanna Syday Gage 1600-1646

Children (5)

Jonathan French 1635-1680

Sarah French 1637-1710

Joseph French 1640-1694

Nathaniel French 1643-1711

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

Sir John Gage 1st Baronet of Firle And 1st Viscount 1571-1633

Marriage: 24 Jul 1600 Boxford, Suffolk, England

Jane Lufkin 1571-1610

Children (6)

Henry Gage 1599-1645

Joanna Syday Gage 1600-1646

Elizabeth Gage 1608-1655

Peter Gage 1608-

Ann Gage 1609-1683

Alice Gage 1610



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Profile last modified 19 Feb 2020 | Created 2 Jan 2017

Joanna French formerly Syday aka Siday

Born about 1613 in England

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Wife of John French — married 19 Aug 1631 in Great Tey, Essex, England

Mother of John French Jr., Sarah (French) Trull, Joseph French and Nathaniel French

Died before 20 Jan 1645 in Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Biography Name: Joanna (Possibly Siday/Syday) French

Birth: 1613 - 1614

Burial: 20 Jan 1645/46, Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts[1] Sources

↑ "French... Joanna, w. of John, bur. Jan. 20, 1645." Vital Records of Cambridge, Deaths, Volume 2, Page 562. John French of Cambridge & Billerica, Massachusetts, & his descendants of Taunton & Berkley, Massachusetts. Vital records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Thomas W. Baldwin, comp. Published by Wright & Potter Co., Boston, 1914. Volume I: Births, Volume II: Marriages and Deaths. Davis, Mavis F., Research on the French Family of West Hartland, Connecticut, Including the Wilder and Tiffany Families, Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Conn., July 2016) Vol. 49, No. 1, Page 58. Her last name at birth is Unknown.

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Joanna French's Timeline

1608
1608
Great Tey, Essex, England
1633
September 5, 1633
Essex, Kingdom of England
1635
1635
Essex, Kingdom of England
1638
March 1638
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1640
April 4, 1640
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, American Colonies
1643
April 7, 1643
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1646
January 1646
Age 38
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, American Colonies
1935
January 5, 1935
Age 38
March 22, 1935
Age 38