Family:Jonathan French and Abigail Richards (1)

Facts and Events
Marriage[1][2] 26 Aug 1773
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References
  1. Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912)
    Vol. 2, p. 138.

    FRENCH, Jonathan, Rev., and Abigail Richard of Milton, int. June 18, 1773.

  2. Note: this marriage date is not located in any vital records. It is unlikely that the marriage occurred in Andover since the bride was "of Milton", but it is not found in Source:Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Milton Records, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1662-1843 either, nor any other town indexed by various search engines. It seems to come from a memoir by Rev. Timothy Alden, "Memoirs of Rev. Jonathan French, of Andover, Massachusetts", published in 1810. Significant parts of this memoir, including this date, have been republished in "The Christian's Magazine", Vol. 3, p. 663, also from 1810, and it is then found in most sources discussing this marriage since.