Person:Jonathan French (5)
Rev. Jonathan French, D.D.
b.19 Jan 1739/40 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.28 Jul 1809 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 24 Dec 1730
  1. Deacon Moses French1731 - 1807
  2. Elisha French1733/34 - 1818
  3. Esther French1735 - 1793
  4. Sarah French1737/38 -
  5. Rev. Jonathan French, D.D.1739/40 - 1809
  6. Deliverance French1742 - 1778
Spouse and Children
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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
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Facts and Events
Name[5] Rev. Jonathan French, D.D.
Gender Male
Birth[4] 19 Jan 1739/40 Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Education[4] 1771 Harvard College
Ordination[5] 22 Sep 1772 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesSouth Parish
Marriage 26 Aug 1773 to Abigail Richards
Education[3] 1798 Doctor of Divinity, Dartmouth College
Death[2] 28 Jul 1809 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[1][2] Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesSouth Church Cemetery
References
  1. ↑ Find A Grave: South Church Cemetery, Andover, MA, in Find A Grave
    Rev Jonathan French.

    SACRED
    to the memory of
    the Rev JONATHAN FRENCH
    Ordained Paster of the Church
    and Congregation in the
    South Parish in Andover
    Sep. 23, 1772,
    died July 28, 1809.
    AEt. 70.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. 443.

    FRENCH, Jonathan, Rev., in the 37th year of his Ministry, [died] July 28, 1809, in his 70th y.

  3. ↑ "Harvard College Alumni Who Have Received the Honorary Degrees Names", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol. 43, p. 175.

    1798 Jonathan French, D. D. Dartmouth

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bates, Samuel. Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. (Randolph, Massachusetts : D.H. Huxford, 1886)
    p. 780.

    Jonathan French, ye son of Moses French and Esther his wife was born Jan'ry 19th. 1739.

  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Abbot, Abiel. History of Andover from its settlement to 1829. (Andover, Massachusetts: Flagg and Gould, 1829)
    p. 108-111.

    Rev. Jonathan French, second minister of South parish, s/o Deacon Moses and Esther French of Braintree, b. 30 Jan 1740, d. suddenly 28 Jul 1809, m. 26 Aug 1733 Abigail Richards. Soldier in French and Indian War, graduate Harvard 1771, further study in theology. Ordained at south parish of Andover 22 Sep 1772.

  6.   TRUSTEES. 1778-1830, in Biographical Catalogue of the Trustees, Teachers and Students of Phillips Academy Andover 1778-1830. (Andover, Massachusetts: The Andover Press, 1903)
    5.

    1778 Jonathan French Clerk, 1778-1809 1809
    Son of Moses French and Esther Thayer;
    born, Braintree, Jan. 30, 1740;
    soldier in French and Indian war;
    sergeant at Castle William, Boston harbor, and fitted for college there;
    Harvard College, 1771 (classmate of Judge Phillips);
    second pastor of South church, Andover, 1772-1809;
    acted as surgeon at Battle of Bunker Hill;
    adviser of his parishioners, Judge Phillips and Samuel Abbot, regarding the Academy and the Seminary;
    religious teacher in the Academy for many years, and taught divinity students in his home, including several admitted on
    the "Dr. Phillips Charitable Foundation," before the establishment of the Seminary;
    died July 28, 1809.

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