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About John French
The ORIGINAL WILL of John French, brick mason , living Woodbridge twp, Middlesex Co., NJ, is available from the New Jersey Archives and ca n be ordered by anyone for a nominal payment. > Also available is the hand copied duplicate o f the original will that was originally made by a government clerk for the record and calle d the RECORDED WILL. The original will is called the "unrecorded" will. > > In the ORIGINA L WILL OF JOHN FRENCH you will find the names of his 2 sons, John and Richard. > > The RECOR DED WILL OF JOHN FRENCH is what was copied into the NJ Record Book by one of the clerks. It i s a hand written copy of the original will and is hard to read, the page being folded and th e entries at the crease being quite faded. > > The RECORDED WILL was used to create the abs tracts of the NJ wills that are widely available today. Because of the condition of the recor ded will for John French, brick mason, an error resulted in these abstracts WHEN THE NAME O F HIS ELDER SON WAS OMITTED.
Page: 173 Name: John French Date: 31 Jan 1711-2 Location: Woodbridge, Middlesex Co. Calenda r of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I 1670-1730. Part I Calendar of New Jersey Wills. bricklayer; wi ll of. Wife Sussannah. Children--Ann, wife of James Leith, who is made executor, and Richard . Real and personal estate. Witnesses--Thomas Collyer, Tho: Pike. Proved 20 Mar 1713. Calend ar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. I 1670-1730. Part I Calendar of New Jersey Wills. Lib. 1, p. 40 1
Following from Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Calendar of New Jersey Wills Vo l 1 - 1670 - 1730. page 173 - 174. 1711-2 Jan. 31. French John of Woodbridge, Middlesex Cou nty, Bricklayer; will of Wife - Sussannah. Children - Ann (wife of James Leith), Richard. E xecutor: James Leith. Real and personal estate. Witnesses - Thomas Collyer, Thomas Pike. Pr oved March 20 1713 Lib. 1, P. 401
Following from "Aaron French and His Descendants" complied by Charles Newton French: "John F rench (ffrench) lived at Woodbridge, N. J., as early as 1670; owned lands there and on State n Island; d. 1713 at Woodbridge. His will names his w., Susannah, dau., Ann (w. of James Lei th), and sons, John and Richard. John (John) lived in Middlesex Co. as late as 1721; Richar d (John) settled near Springfield, Essex (now Union) Co.; Elston Marsh French, Plainfield, N. J., and others of that vicinity, are desc. of Richard."
According to the following found at <> John French, brick mason, was born no later than 1648 and died testate in1713 at Woodbridge T ownship, Middlesex County, East Jersey. He also lived Staten Island, New York. Wife Susanna h (maiden name unknown) was noted on a land deed in 1687. Children named in his will were Joh n Jr., Richard, and Ann (born 13 Dec 1692) wife of James Leith.
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1. Title: Jeff French
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Nether Heyford, Northants, England
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Nether Heyford, Northamptonshire, England
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Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
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Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
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England, United Kingdom
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Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, British Colonial America
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Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
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Woodbridge, Middlesex Co, NJ
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Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
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