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About Nathaniel T French, Sr.
Born in 1720/1
The French family lived at Fort Dummer in 1769 but afterward removed to the home in which they lived in 1784: the most north-eastern dwelling in the town of Brattleboro. The site of the French house formed a part of the farm owned in 1881 by Milton Miller. Nathaniel served in the Revolutionary War according to Anna Jones's application for D.A.R. membership.
Birth
Date: 02 FEB 1720/21 Place: Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Imported only 02 FEB 1720 from Birth Date and marked as uncertain.
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Nathaniel French
Born 2 Feb 1721 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Son of [father unknown] and Mehitable (Patten) French
Brother of William French [half], Elizabeth French [half], Mehitable French [half], Jonathan French [half], David French [half], Sarah (French) Kidder [half] and John French [half]
Husband of Elizabeth (Frost) French — married 28 Sep 1744 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Husband of Joanna (Kingsly) French — married 1780 [location unknown]
Father of Nathaniel French, Rebecca (French) Dutton, Mehitabel French and William French
Died 8 Jun 1801 in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, USA
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Source: Adams Tucker Family Tree shared and researched by Thomas Adams on RootsWeb.com http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db... Source: Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7J-WPV : 24 January 2020), Nathaniel French, 1744. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V4-VM9 : 15 January 2020), Nathaniel French, 1720. "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFV9-W5D : 6 November 2017), Nathaniel French, 1801. "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLLV-D4MS : 20 September 2019), Nathaniel French, 1780; citing Military Service, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm . "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-GG7N : 15 March 2018), Nathaniel French, 01 Dec 1776; citing 01 Dec 1776, Massachusetts, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,320.
From Child (1884): Nathaniel French was one of the early settlers in the town of Brattleboro, on the road running south of the Miller farm, and by what was known as the Pe-ter Willard tavern. One of his eleven children, William, was killed at Westminster court-house, March 13, 1775. Another, Nathaniel, Jr., settled in Dummerston, on the farm owned by Henry H. Norcross, where he lived and died. Hamilton Child, Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windham County, Vt., Journal Office, Syracuse, NY, 1884, p. 177. Mansfield, "Dummerston," p. 43. Fort Dummer was the original settlement that later became Brattleboro. Dummerston, the town just north of Brattleboro, was laid out in 1767. The comment that William French's blood was the first shed in the Revolutionary War appears to ignore the Boston Massacre of 1770. For more on William French, the incident at Westminster, and William French's gravestone inscription, see Frost, Frost Genealogy in Five Families, p. xvi.
Nathaniel French Sen. was a resident of Brattleboro at the time his son was killed. In 1784, his house was the most north-eastern dwelling in that town and was very near the southern line of Dummerston. The name Nathaniel French appears in the census of 1771, in the list of both towns, and Hall, in his History of Eastern Vermont, makes the mistake of supposing there was only one Nathaniel French whose name was twice recorded, being claimed by both towns. The fact, is, that father and son had the same name, the former residing in Brattleboro, the latter in Dummerston, when the census was taken. The French family in 1769, resided in Fort Dummer, but afterward, removed to the home in which they lived in 1784. The site of the French house formed a part of the farm known in 1857 as "the old Willington place," since owned by Church Miller and now owned in 1881 by Milton Miller.
The son came to Dummerston when 21 years of age, marked out and cleared up the land which made him a good farm near West river. The large button-wood tree now standing in front of the house was set out by him. Betty, his wife was a widow Duncan. Mrs. Norcross, the grand-daughter, lived and died on the old homestead. The blood of William French, shed at Westminster, was the first blood shed in the Revolutionary war.
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Nathaniel T French, Sr.'s Timeline
| 1720 |
February 2, 1720
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Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
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| 1745 |
January 30, 1745
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Charlton City, Worcester, MA, United States
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| 1747 |
January 13, 1747
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Charlton, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
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| 1749 |
February 26, 1749
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Worchester, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1751 |
March 5, 1751
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Brattleboro, Windham, VT, United States
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| 1753 |
March 27, 1753
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Medfield, Norfolk, MA, United States
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| 1755 |
April 17, 1755
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Charlton City, Worcester, MA, United States
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| 1757 |
February 20, 1757
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Dudley, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1759 |
July 18, 1759
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Worcester, MA
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