Lieutenant Joseph French

Joseph French

• Birth: Mar. 4, 1649 Marshfield MA
• Death: Nov. 26, 1732 Bedford MA
• Father: Richard French was born in 1627 in Coggeshall, Essex, England.
• Mother: Martha

Biography

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25175696/joseph-french

Joseph French and Elizabeth Knight were married on 2 Jan 1672 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Joseph French and Elizabeth Knight had the following children:

• Rebecca French,
• Samuel French,
• Elizabeth French,
• Mary French,
• Margret French,
• Jonathan French,
• Jemima French.

Living in the town of Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1674. He served as a selectman of the town of Concord in 1689, and in 1699 he was a member of the committee to locate the boundary line between the towns of Billerica and Concord, which line was established June 27, (O.S.)1701. He was one of the original members of the town and church established at Bedford, and set off from the towns of Concord and Billerica, September 23, 1729. He was a farmer, and his town lot, or farm was located in the sourthwesterly part of the new town of Bedford near the Concord line. His residence was one of prominence in the community, strongly built, and occupying a commanding position, and on this account it was used as a garrison house at which the neighbors met on the approach of hostile Indians, especially when the men were away from home conducting regular military warfare against the Indians. This historic home was destroyed in september, 1815, in the terrible gale that visited the locality.

Citations

• "His name heads the list of petitioners, May 1, 1728, 'for the erection of a new town to be called Bedford' and also stands at the head of the laymen who founded the church" (Brown's History of Bedford)
• Bedford deaths: FRENCH, Joseph, Lt, h. Elizabeth, Nov. 26, 1732, in 83d y. [a. 83, G.R.]
• Inscription: Here lyes Buried ye Body of Lieut. JOSEPH FRENCH Who Departed this Life November ye 26 Anno Domm 1732 in ye 83d Year of His Age
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 December 2018), memorial page for Lieut Joseph French (4 Mar 1649–26 Nov 1732), Find A Grave Memorial no. 25175696, citing Old Burying Ground, Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933) .

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Lieut. Joseph French of Mass Bay Colony http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=d155e2ce-9922-4e88-af5...

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Birth date: 1649Birth place: Massachusetts 1,3599::2844181

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@R300592425@ 1930 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, United States of America: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Admini

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Year: 1930; Census Place: Denmark, Oxford, Maine; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: . http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1930usfedcen&h=7505943&ti=0&i... Birth date: abt 1842 Birth place: Maine Residence date: 1930 Residence place: Denmark, Oxford, Maine 1,6224::7505943

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@R300592425@ Massachusetts Town Marriage Records New England Historic Genealogical Society Online publication - Provo, UT, United States of America: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904.Vital Records of Granville Mass

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Marriage date: Jan, 1672Marriage place: Concord 1,4079::50719

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@R300592425@ Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

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Maine State Archives; Augusta, Maine, United States of America; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll #: 6 1,1961::746101

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@R300592425@ American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, United States of America: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, United States of America: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original d

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Birth date: 1649Birth place: Massachusetts 1,3599::2844181

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@R300592425@ 1880 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Online publication - Provo, UT, United States of America: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is s

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Year: 1880; Census Place: Denmark, Oxford, Maine; Roll: 484; Family History Film: 1254484; Page: 101C; Enumeration District: 122; Image: 0326. http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=21932617&ti=0&... Birth date: abt 1842 Birth place: Maine Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Denmark, Oxford, Maine, United States 1,6742::21932617