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Thomas French

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m. Bef 1640

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Name^[1]	Thomas French
Gender	Male
Christening^[3]	2 Jul 1643	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Birth^[1]	10 Jul 1643	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Death^[2]	28 Oct 1656	Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Boston (Massachusetts). Record Commissioners. A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston: Containing Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825. (Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1890)
p. 2.

Thomas, the son of John French & Grace his wife was Born 10th. (5th.) 1643.
[Note: In old-styles dates, the fifth month is July. More info may be found here.]
↑ Bates, Samuel. Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. (Randolph, Massachusetts : D.H. Huxford, 1886)
p. 637.

Thomas Ffrench the sone of John Ffrench and Grace his wiffe dyed the (28) (8) 1656.
↑ First Church (Dorchester, Massachusetts). Records of the First Church at Dorchester in New England, 1636-1734. (Boston, Massachusetts: G. H. Ellis, 1891)
p. 156.

Tho ffrench [baptized] 2^do 5^thmo 43:
[Note: clearly either the birth or baptism is slightly off, since the baptism cannot precede the birth. Typically, church records, being recorded as the event occurs and printed in the original order, are the more accurate. One might speculate that the birth was 1 Jul (written 1^o?) or 10 Jun, either simple error being consistent with the baptism?]