Mary Elizabeth Triplett French

Notes: Mary was a very attractive young widow, and soon attracted the attent io n of Hugh French, Jr. His father had died and left him a good legac y. H e was born 1684. Hugh and Mary were married around 1706. Hugh was a s tr ict but fair step-father to Mary's young son Francis. At age 16, Fran ci s begged his step-father to let him go to sea, as his cousin, Franci s, s on of Thomas had done. Descendants of the Triplett Families; Virgini a, N orth & South Carolina; 1982; Crown Printing, Fullerton, California .; by Mrs. Ho rtense E. Abbot 1. Info from Cheryl Triplett 2. Mary was named Administratrix of her father's estate on 10-30-1704 Francis Triplett, Jr. born 1672, married Mary Browne January, 1702. S he w as the daughter of Captain Originall Brown and his wife Jane Brooks H ig don. They were both dead and Mary chose as her guardian, Caleb Butle r, 2 9 October, 1701 as she was not quite 18. They had at least 2 childre n, o ne of whom we are not sure of, the other was Francis the 3rd born 170 4. H is father, Francis Jr, died sometime in the late summer of 1704 a nd on t he 4th of October 1704, Mary was granted letters of administrati on to a dminister the estate of her late husband, Francis Triplett in Rich mond C ounty, VA.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=146262862 Birth: 1682 Virginia, USA Death: 1733 Stafford County Virginia, USA

Daughter of Origianal Browne of Va., (the son of Richard Browne of England & Eader (James) of Virginia.); and Mary Butler of N/A., (the daughter of Thomas Butler of England & Jane Baldridge of N/A).

(1st Husband): Francis Triplett (II).

Mary Brown(e) married Francis Triplett (II), on October 29th, 1701, in Richmond, Va.

(Children): by Francis Triplett (II).

1) Mary (Triplett) Monroe, (abt. 1702-N/A).

2) Francis Marion Triplett (III), (abt. 1704-1757).

(2nd Husband): Hugh French (II).

(Noted): Since Francis Triplett (II) had died shortly after Mary (Brown) Triplett had giving birth to their second child, (son) Francis Marion Triplett. "Widowed" Mary (Brown) Triplett second married a "Widow" Hugh French (II), when her (son) Francis Marion Triplett (III) was an infant.

(Children) by Hugh French.

1) Hugh French (III), 2) Daniel French, 3) Margaret (French) N/A, 4) Mason French, 5) Elizabeth (French) N/A, 6) Ann (French) N/A.

(Occupation): Keeping House.

(Noted): There are "No" Census to show for Mary (Browne) Triplett-French, because she died before the first U.S. Census in (1790).

Family links:

Spouse:

 Francis Triplett (1672 - 1704)

Children:

 Francis Marion Triplett (1704 - 1757)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Non-Cemetery Burial

Created by: Rebecca ECKARD Wilson Record added: May 09, 2015 Find A Grave Memorial# 146262862

Hugh m1. perhaps Mary ca. 1677 while he lived at Chicamuxon in Maryland on the Pickawaxon River. They had a daughter, Mary, b. ca. 1678 in St. Mary’s Co., MD, who was born about 8 years before the rest of Hugh’s children to his second wife [21]. See Chicamuxon Rent Rolls. In Hugh’s will of 1701, he gave to his daughter, Mary, who at that time was 23 years old and at an age when she could marry, but apparently was not married. It is assumed that Hugh’s first wife d. ca. 1684 when his daughter was about 6. He had no more children by this wife. Sampson and Elizabeth Dowell of Gloucester Co., VA, assign John Battaile (b. 1658 in England) of Essex Co., VA, all their rights of the within deed of 300 acres on the other 200 acres being already passed by gift unto Mary French, daughter of Hugh French, dated 4 Oct 1699 (by using daughter Mary’s surname French, it would appear that Mary had not married by 1699). Hugh French of St. Mary’s Parish, Richmond Co., VA, in his will dated 20 Jan 1699/1700, proved 3 Dec 1701, gave 200 acres in Maryland to his daughter Mary. Witnesses were John Battaile, and John Miller’s 2 sons, Simon and John

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