Person:Jonathan French (12)
Rev. Jonathan French, D.D.
b.16 Aug 1778 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
d.13 Dec 1856 North Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 26 Aug 1773
  1. Sarah French1774 - 1774
  2. Abigail French1776 - 1858
  3. Rev. Jonathan French, D.D.1778 - 1856
  4. Mary Holyoke French1781 - 1858
  5. Sarah French1784 - 1788
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Rev. Jonathan French, D.D.1778 - 1856
  • W.  Rebecca Farrar1785 - 1869
m. 5 Dec 1804
  1. Jonathan FrenchCal 1805 - 1895
  2. Rebecca Mercy FrenchCal 1807 - 1870
  3. Samuel Farrar French1809 - 1899
  4. Abigail French1810 - 1870
  5. Mary Holyoke French1812 - 1889
  6. Rev. James French1815 - 1900
  7. John Farrar French1818 - 1900
  8. Sarah French1820 - 1905
  9. Ebenezer Sperry French1823 - 1910
  10. Lucy Ann French1825 - 1908
  11. Elizabeth Dorcas French1829 - 1925
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Rev. Jonathan French, D.D.
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 16 Aug 1778 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Education[1] 1798 Harvard
Residence[5] 19 Jul 1801 North Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Marriage 5 Dec 1804 Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Rebecca Farrar
Residence[2] 1850 North Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Death[1] 13 Dec 1856 North Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Burial[1] 16 Dec 1856 North Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Find A Grave: Center Cemetery, North Hampton, NH, in Find A Grave
    Rev Jonathan French.

    JONATHAN FRENCH D.D.
    Born
    at Andover, Ms.
    Grad at Harv. Coll. 1798.
    Ordained at
    North Hampton, N.H.
    Nov. 18, 1801.
    Died Dec. 13, 1856.
    AEt. 78 yrs. 3 mos. & 27 days.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432)
    line 7.

    Year: 1850; Census Place: North Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; Roll: M432_438; Page: 285B; Image: 545

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912)
    Vol. 1, p. 159.

    FRENCH, Jonathan, s. Jona[than] and Abigail, [born] Aug. 16, 1778. CR2

  4.   Philbrook, Mary. Probate records in office of probate clerk, county of Rockingham, at Exeter, New Hampshire, 1753-1800. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1951)
    Case 17425 French, Jona. No. Hampton 1857 January 14.

    [1] Will of "Jonathan French of North Hampton ... Clergyman", dated 9 Jun 1856, proved 14 Jan 1857, names wife Rebecca French, "my eleven children; viz; Jonathan French Jun.; Rebecca Mercy French; Samuel Farrar French; Abigail, the wife of Joseph Dow; Mary Holyoke, the wife of Jonathan Hobbs; James French; John Farrar French; Sarah French Abbott, widow of Sereno T. Abbott; Ebenezer Sperry French; Lucy Ann French; and Elizabeth Dorcas, the wife of John Farrar". Wife Rebecca to be executrix.

  5. ↑ French, Jonathan. Reminiscences of a Fifty-Year Pastorate. (Portsmouth:C. W. Brester & Son. 1852)
    p. 7.

    "I came to this town, July 19, 1801; and the next day, being the Sabbath, commenced my ministry among this people."

  6.   INSTRUCTORS, in Biographical Catalogue of the Trustees, Teachers and Students of Phillips Academy Andover 1778-1830. (Andover, Massachusetts: The Andover Press, 1903)
    13.

    1798 Jonathan French 1800
    Son of Rev. Jonathan French (trustee of Phillips Academy) and Abigail Richards;
    born, Andover, Aug. 16, 1778;
    Phillips Academy, 1786-94;
    Harvard College, 1798;
    studied divinity with his father on the Dr. Phillips Foundation, Phillips Academy;
    pastor, North Hampton, N.H., fifty years;
    died Dec. 13, 1856.
    D.D., Dartmouth, 1851;
    member of New England Hist. Gen. Society.
    See page 33.

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