Person:Patience French (1)
Patience French
b.23 Aug 1681 Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
d.4 Dec 1750 Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1663
  1. Mary FrenchEst 1663 - 1730
  2. Sarah French1664/65 - 1761
  3. Phebe French1667 - 1718
  4. Martha French1669 - Aft 1707
  5. John French1671 - 1730
  6. Lydia French1674 - 1746
  7. Sergeant Richard French1676 - 1757
  8. Hepzebah French1678/79 - Aft 1707
  9. Patience French1681 - 1750
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  James Ferman (add)
  • W.  Patience French1681 - 1750
m. 3 Aug 1711
Spouse and Children
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m. 8 Mar 1725/26
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Ephraim Colman (add)
  • W.  Patience French1681 - 1750
m. 25 Oct 1749
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Patience French
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][3] 23 Aug 1681 Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 3 Aug 1711 Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto James Ferman (add)
Marriage 8 Mar 1725/26 Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Ebenezer Spencer
Marriage 25 Oct 1749 Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Ephraim Colman (add)
Death[4] 4 Dec 1750 Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 French, in Davis, Walter Goodwin, Compiler, and Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and His Descendants). (Baltimore, Maryland, United States: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996)
    1:583.

    "Patience (French), b. Aug. 23, 1681; m. (1) James Fairman in Enfield, Conn., Aug. 3, 1711; he d. in 1721, and she m. (2) Ebenezer Spencer March 8, 1725/6; she m. (3) Ephraim Colman of Coventry Oct. 25, 1749."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Edgett, Carrie C. John French of Topsfield, Mass., and Some of His Descendants. Essex Institute Historical Collections (Essex Institute Press). (Oct 1908).

    "8. Patience French, born in Topsfield, Aug. 23, 1681, married in Enfield, Conn., Aug. 3, 1711, James, son of John and Elizabeth Ferman, or Fairman. He died in 1721 ; his will, dated Feb. 10, 1720/1, presented May 16, 1721, mentions wife Patience, and four sons, James, the eldest, others not named. May 16, 1738, Richard Ferman, minor, over fourteen, heir of James Ferman, deceased, chose Richard French as his guardian. The widow Patience Ferman m., 2d, March 8,1725/6, Ebenezer Spencer. He died before April 12, 1741, when land was laid out to the 'Heirs of Ebenezer Spencer Late of Somers Decd.' She m., 3d, Oct. 25, 1749, Ephraim Colman of Coventry."

  3. ↑ Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Topsfield, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1903, 1916)
    1:45.

    FRENCH, Patience, d. John, [born] Aug. 23, 1681. (court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court.)

  4. ↑ Allen, Francis Olcott. The History of Enfield Connecticut: Compiled from all the Public Records of the Town Known to Exist, Covering from the Beginning to 1850 …; Together with the Graveyard Inscriptions and those Hartford, Northampton and Springfield Records which Refer to the People of Enfield. (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Wickersham Printing, 1900)
    2:1871.

    "Patience Coleman dyed at Coventry ye 4th of Decr 1750."

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