1Vital Records of Amesbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, pp. 167, 416, 566 (1913).
"Amesbury Births
MARTIN (see also Maarton, Martain, Martan, Marttin, Martyn),
Jonathen, s. John, sr. and Mary, Jan. 16, 1707-8.
Mary, d. John and Mary, Mar. 10, 1710.
MARTTIN, John s. John and Mary, Feb. 24, 1704-5.
MARTYN, (see also Martin), John s. Richard and Mary, Feb. 4, 1674. N. CT. R.
. . .
Amesbury Marriages
MARTIN, (see also Martain, Marttin, Martyn),
John, and Mary Wells, July 15, 1702.*
. . .
Amesbury Deaths
MARTIN,
John, Mar. 3, 1711-12.".
1Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, pp. 588, 591-592 (1995).
"WILLIAM FRENCH
ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1635 on th Defence
FIRST RESIDENCE: Cambridge
REMOVES: Billerica 1652
. . .
BIRTH: About 1604 (aged 30 in 1635 [Hotten 100]; "aged about seventy & six years" on 5 June 1679 [MPR 5:250-51]; d. 20 November 1681 "in 78th year").
DEATH: Billerica 20 November 1681 "in 78th year."
MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1625 Elizabeth _____ (assuming she was his first wife, and that Francis was a child of this couple). She died at Billerica 31 March 1668.
(2) Billerica 6 Mary (Lothrop) Stearns, widow of John Stearns. She married (3) Billerica 29 June 1687 Isaac Mixer [Bailey 3:11].
CHILDREN:
With first wife
i (possibly) FRANCIS, b. about 1625 (aged 10 in 1635 [Hotten 99]); no further record. (This passenger may not have been a child of this couple. William French would have been barely twenty at the time of birth of Francis, which is certainly not impossible, but would be somewhat younger than the norm for the period.)
ii ELIZABETH, b. about 1629 (aged 6 in 1635 [Hotten 99]; m. Dedham 19 September 1650 Richard Ellis [DeVR 126]; on 21 June 1657, "[blank] the wife of brother Richard Ellice was received into [Dedham] church" [DeChR 34]. (The published Cambridge church records call her "Elizabeth now Elliot & now joined at Dedham" [CaChR 8], presumably an error in transcription of the surname.)
iii MARY, b. about 1632 (aged 2 1/2 in 1635 [Hotten 99]); m. by 1651 Jonathan Hide (eldest known child of Jonathan and Mary" b. Cambridge 1 April 1651).
iv JOHN, b. about 1635 (aged 5 months in 1635 [Hotten 99]), bp. Cambridge 1635 [CaChR 8]; m. (1) Barnstable 21 June 1659 Abigail Coggan (recorded Billerica), daughter of HENRY COGGAN {1634, Dorchester} [NEHGR 111:177] (she d. Billerica 5 April 1662); m. (2) Billerica 3 July 1662 Hannah Burridge (she d. Billerica 7 July 1667); m. (3) Billerica 14 January 1667/8 Mary Rogers (she d. Billerica 16 June 1677); m. (4) Billerica 16 January 177/8 Mary (Littlefield) Kittredge, daughter of Francis Littlefield and widow of John Kittredge [GDMNH 438].
v SARAH, b. Cambridge [blank] March 1638 [NEHGR 4:55]; m. Roxbury 15 August 1660 Jonathan Peake, son of CHRISTOPHER PEAKE {1634, Roxbury} [GMB 3:1413-14].
vi JACOB, b. Cambridge 16 January 1639[40?] [NEHGR 4:56]; m. (1) Billerica 20 September 1665 Mary Champney, daughter of RICHARD CHAMPNEY {1635, Cambridge} [GM 2:2:39] (she d. Billerica 1 April 1681); m. (2) Billerica 30 June 1685 "Mary Convers of Woburn" (she d. Billerica 18 June 1686); m. (3) by an unknown date Mary _____ ("Mary, wife Jacob, drowned," 9 June 1709 at Billerica).
vii HANNAH, b. Cambridge 2 February 1641[/2?] [NEHGR 4:56]; d. there 20 June 1642 [NEHGR 4:56].
viii HANNAH, b. say 1643; m. Braintree 6 September 1661 John Brackett [BrVR 717 (also recorded Billerica)], son of RICHARD BRACKETT {1632, Boston} [GMB 1:203-6].
ix SAMUEL, b. Cambridge 3 December 1645; bur. there 15 July 1646.
With second wife
x MARY, b. Billerica 3 April 1670; m. (1) 20 June 1687 Robert Sharp [Bailey 3:40]; m. (2) Billerica 23 March 1693/4 Nathaniel Duncklee [Bailey 3:9].
xi SARAH, b. Billerica 29 October 1671; m. Billerica 6 May 1691 Joseph Crosby.
xii ABIGAIL, b. Billerica 14 April 1673; d. there 13 April 1674.
xiii HANNAH, b. Billerica 25 January 1676[/7?]; m. Watertown 5 October 1693 John Child [WaChR 100].".2Mary Queal Beyer, A Genealogical History of the French and Allied Families, pp. 22, 27(1912).
This source is included to suggest that Samuel, husband of Sarah Cummings, may be the son of William Cummings.
"LIEUTENANT WILLIAM4 FRENCH (Thomas,3 Thomas,2 Thomas3), born March 15, 1603; married Elizabeth, surname not known, about 1623. To them were born:
. . .
IX. Samuel, born December 3, 1645; died July 15, 1646.
X. Samuel (second), born about 1647 or 1648; married Sarah Cummings (born January 27, 1661), the marriage taking place December 28, 1682.
Samuel French died November 4, 1727. A complete genealogical record of Samuel (second) French, from whom the author is descended, will be found in this volume, following the history of his father, Lieutenant William French."
1Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, pp. 588, 591-592 (1995).
"WILLIAM FRENCH
ORIGIN: Unknown
MIGRATION: 1635 on th Defence
FIRST RESIDENCE: Cambridge
REMOVES: Billerica 1652
. . .
BIRTH: About 1604 (aged 30 in 1635 [Hotten 100]; "aged about seventy & six years" on 5 June 1679 [MPR 5:250-51]; d. 20 November 1681 "in 78th year").
DEATH: Billerica 20 November 1681 "in 78th year."
MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1625 Elizabeth _____ (assuming she was his first wife, and that Francis was a child of this couple). She died at Billerica 31 March 1668.
(2) Billerica 6 Mary (Lothrop) Stearns, widow of John Stearns. She married (3) Billerica 29 June 1687 Isaac Mixer [Bailey 3:11].
CHILDREN:
With first wife
i (possibly) FRANCIS, b. about 1625 (aged 10 in 1635 [Hotten 99]); no further record. (This passenger may not have been a child of this couple. William French would have been barely twenty at the time of birth of Francis, which is certainly not impossible, but would be somewhat younger than the norm for the period.)
ii ELIZABETH, b. about 1629 (aged 6 in 1635 [Hotten 99]; m. Dedham 19 September 1650 Richard Ellis [DeVR 126]; on 21 June 1657, "[blank] the wife of brother Richard Ellice was received into [Dedham] church" [DeChR 34]. (The published Cambridge church records call her "Elizabeth now Elliot & now joined at Dedham" [CaChR 8], presumably an error in transcription of the surname.)
iii MARY, b. about 1632 (aged 2 1/2 in 1635 [Hotten 99]); m. by 1651 Jonathan Hide (eldest known child of Jonathan and Mary" b. Cambridge 1 April 1651).
iv JOHN, b. about 1635 (aged 5 months in 1635 [Hotten 99]), bp. Cambridge 1635 [CaChR 8]; m. (1) Barnstable 21 June 1659 Abigail Coggan (recorded Billerica), daughter of HENRY COGGAN {1634, Dorchester} [NEHGR 111:177] (she d. Billerica 5 April 1662); m. (2) Billerica 3 July 1662 Hannah Burridge (she d. Billerica 7 July 1667); m. (3) Billerica 14 January 1667/8 Mary Rogers (she d. Billerica 16 June 1677); m. (4) Billerica 16 January 177/8 Mary (Littlefield) Kittredge, daughter of Francis Littlefield and widow of John Kittredge [GDMNH 438].
v SARAH, b. Cambridge [blank] March 1638 [NEHGR 4:55]; m. Roxbury 15 August 1660 Jonathan Peake, son of CHRISTOPHER PEAKE {1634, Roxbury} [GMB 3:1413-14].
vi JACOB, b. Cambridge 16 January 1639[40?] [NEHGR 4:56]; m. (1) Billerica 20 September 1665 Mary Champney, daughter of RICHARD CHAMPNEY {1635, Cambridge} [GM 2:2:39] (she d. Billerica 1 April 1681); m. (2) Billerica 30 June 1685 "Mary Convers of Woburn" (she d. Billerica 18 June 1686); m. (3) by an unknown date Mary _____ ("Mary, wife Jacob, drowned," 9 June 1709 at Billerica).
vii HANNAH, b. Cambridge 2 February 1641[/2?] [NEHGR 4:56]; d. there 20 June 1642 [NEHGR 4:56].
viii HANNAH, b. say 1643; m. Braintree 6 September 1661 John Brackett [BrVR 717 (also recorded Billerica)], son of RICHARD BRACKETT {1632, Boston} [GMB 1:203-6].
ix SAMUEL, b. Cambridge 3 December 1645; bur. there 15 July 1646.
With second wife
x MARY, b. Billerica 3 April 1670; m. (1) 20 June 1687 Robert Sharp [Bailey 3:40]; m. (2) Billerica 23 March 1693/4 Nathaniel Duncklee [Bailey 3:9].
xi SARAH, b. Billerica 29 October 1671; m. Billerica 6 May 1691 Joseph Crosby.
xii ABIGAIL, b. Billerica 14 April 1673; d. there 13 April 1674.
xiii HANNAH, b. Billerica 25 January 1676[/7?]; m. Watertown 5 October 1693 John Child [WaChR 100].".2Mary Queal Beyer, A Genealogical History of the French and Allied Families, pp. 22, 27(1912).
This source is included to suggest that Samuel, husband of Sarah Cummings, may be the son of William Cummings.
"LIEUTENANT WILLIAM4 FRENCH (Thomas,3 Thomas,2 Thomas3), born March 15, 1603; married Elizabeth, surname not known, about 1623. To them were born:
. . .
IX. Samuel, born December 3, 1645; died July 15, 1646.
X. Samuel (second), born about 1647 or 1648; married Sarah Cummings (born January 27, 1661), the marriage taking place December 28, 1682.
Samuel French died November 4, 1727. A complete genealogical record of Samuel (second) French, from whom the author is descended, will be found in this volume, following the history of his father, Lieutenant William French."