Person:Dorcas French (1)
Dorcas French
chr.31 Jul 1614 Assington, Suffolk, England
d.30 Dec 1697 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Parents and Siblings
(edit)
m. 5 Sep 1608
  1. Ensign Thomas French1608 - 1680
  2. Alice French1610 - 1666
  3. Dorcas French1614 - 1697
  4. Susan French1616 -
  5. Anne French1617 -
  6. Margaret French1619 -
  7. John French1622 - 1697
  8. Mary French1624 -
Spouse and Children
(edit)
m. 3 Jan 1636
  1. Jonathan Peake1637 - 1700
  2. Dorcas Peake1639/40 -
  3. Hannah Peake1642/43 - 1660
  4. Joseph Peake1644/45 - 1688
  5. _____ PeakeBef 1647 - 1647
  6. _____ PeakeBef 1649 - 1649
  7. Ephraim Peake1652 - Aft 1666
  8. Sarah Peake1655/56 -
Spouse and Children
(edit)
m. Aft 20 Feb 1679/80
Add another spouse & children
Facts and Events
Name[1] Dorcas French
Gender Female
Christening[1] 31 Jul 1614 Assington, Suffolk, England
Marriage 3 Jan 1636 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusettsto Christopher Peake
Marriage Aft 20 Feb 1679/80 After death of their prior spouses.
to Lieutenant Griffin Crafts
Death[2] 30 Dec 1697 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Thomas French and his sister Alice had arrived in New England by 1632, and their next younger sisters, Dorcas and Susan, came in 1633. The parents and younger siblings sailed for New England after 1633.[3]

Dorcas French, maid servant to our brother John Winthrop the elder, was admitted to the First Church in Boston, 10 August 1634.[2]

"Sister Peake" was admitted to the Roxbury church 06 Jun 1652.[4]

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 (The elder Thomas) 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)
    I:576f.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1925-1926)
    II:496.

    Dorcas (Craft), wid. Griffin, (died) Dec. 30, 1697.

  3. ↑ Thomas French, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    II:705.
  4. ↑ Christopher Peake, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    III:1414.
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Dorcas_French_%281%29"