Thomas French1

#2782, (1657 - 5 April 1733)
Father*John French2 ( - 1697)
Mother*Freedom Kingsley2

Family

Mary Catlin b. c 1664, d. 1703/4
Children 1.Mary1 French8 (1684/85 - 1684/85)
 2.Mary French8 (1686 - 1758)
 3.Thomas French Jr+8 (1689 - 1759)
 4.Freedom French8 (1692 - )
 5.Martha French8 (1695 - )
 6.Abigail French8 (1697/98 - )
 7.John French8 (1703/4 - 1703/4)
Birth*1657He was born in 1657 at Rehoboth, Massachusetts.2 
Marriage*18 October 1683He married Mary Catlin, daughter of John Catlin Jr and Mary Baldwin, on 18 October 1683.1 
1704He lived in 1704 at No. 30, Deerfield, Massachusetts.2 
29 February 1703/4He was captured in the Deerfield Raid on 29 February 1703/4 at Deerfield, Massachusetts, and returned by Ens. Sheldon in 1706; Deerfield French and Indian raid.3,4,5,6 
Death*5 April 1733He died on 5 April 1733 at Massachusetts.1 
Burial*8 April 1733He was buried on 8 April 1733 at Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin Co., MassachusettsG; est. date.7 

Citations

  1. [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Volume 2 (Deerfield: E.A. Hall and Co., 1896), p. 105.
  2. [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield II, p. 167.
  3. [S1512] John Williams, The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion (Boston: Samuel Hall, 1795). Reprinted Springfield, Mass.: H. R. Huntting Co., 1908, pp. 171-172. Hereinafter cited as Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion.
  4. [S741] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Volume 1 (Greenfield, Mass.: E.A. Hall and Co., 1895), 308, 309. Has Henry Nims as age 12. He was 22.
  5. [S741] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield I, p. 304-05.
  6. [S1230] Emma Lewis Coleman, New England Captives Carried to Canada between 1677 and 1760. Two volumes (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1925).
  7. [S1628] FindAGrave.com, online findagrave.com, Old standing grave marker: "Here lyeth the body of Deacon Thomas French who dyed April ye 5th 1733 Aged 76 Years." Memorial 16220905, maintained by Kevin Avery, originally created by Bernice, photo added by the moo.
  8. [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield II, p. 167-8.