Person:John French (75)

His first wife Grace, mother of his children, died 1 Feb 1680, age 59. He married second Eleanor Thompson widow of William Veazie, having made a pre-nuptual agreement not to interfere with her estate and for her to have £4 per year after his death. Those concerned in his estate were eldest son John, Dependence French, Thomas French, Samuel French, William French orphan of William French deceased, daughter Temperance Bowditch wife of John, daughter Elizabeth Wheelock of Mendon, children of Mary Lamb deceased are Mary Poole alias Thayer by her first husband Poole and John Lamb, Samuel Lamb, Margaret Lamb, Mary Lamb, Grace Lamb, and Hannah Lamb.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 French, Sidney. The Family, Ancestors, and Descendants of Captain John French of Stoughton, Mass. (Randolph, Mass.: Samuel P. Brown, 1870)
   p 3-5.

   "John French, progenitor of the Family commemorated in this Memorial, was born in England about 1612" and "survived until Aug. 6, 1692."