Person:Thomas French (6)
Deacon Thomas French
b.25 May 1657 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
d.5 Apr 1733 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1654
  1. John French, Jr.1655 - 1724/25
  2. Deacon Thomas French1657 - 1733
  3. male French1658 - 1658/59
  4. Mary French1659 - 1695/96
  5. Samuel French1661 - 1683
  6. Hannah French1664 - 1711
  7. Daughter French1664 - 1664
  8. Jonathan French1667 - 1714
  9. Elizabeth French1669 -
  10. Elizabeth French1673 - 1702
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Deacon Thomas French1657 - 1733
  • W.  Mary CatlinEst 1665 - 1703/04
m. 18 Oct 1683
  1. Thomas FrenchAbt 1691 - 1759
  2. John French1704 - 1704
Spouse and Children
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m. 16 Feb 1709
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Deacon Thomas French
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] 25 May 1657 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 18 Oct 1683 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Catlin
Marriage 16 Feb 1709 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United Statesto Hannah Atkinson
Alt Death[1] 3 Apr 1733 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Death[2][4][5] 5 Apr 1733 Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[5] Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 2. Thomas French, in Sheldon, George. A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts: the Times when and the People by whom it was Settled, Unsettled, and Resettled, with a Special Study of the Indian Wars in the Connecticut Valley; with Genealogies. (Greenfield, Mass.: Press of E. A. Hall & Co., 1895-1896)
    167-68.

    "2. Thomas (French), s. of John (1), b. 1657; dea.; one of the early permanent settlers and a leading man in town affairs, both before and aft. 1704; he lived on No. 30, where all his large family was k. or cap. 1704; the father and two ch. were redeemed; he d. Apr. 3, 1733.

  2. ↑ Thomas French, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    2:208.

    "Thomas (French), Northampton, s. of John of the same, m. 1683, Mary, d. of John Catlin of Hartford, sett. at Deerfield, had seven ch. of wh. in the assault, 29 Feb. 1704, by the Fr. and Ind. one was k. five others with hims. and w. were car. off to Canada, on the was however the w. was k. and he brot. back only two ch. was deac. d. 5 Apr. 1733."

  3. ↑ Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1910, 1919)
    1:151.

    "French, … Thomas, s. John, [born] May 25, 1657. (court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court.)"

  4. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Deerfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter, 1920)
    284.

    "French, … Thomas, Dea., [died] Apr. 5, 1733. (grave record, Old Cemetery, Albany Road.) Head of family."

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Thomas French, in Find A Grave.
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