Joseph French: Appalachian Aristocracy

1628 - 1710 (82 years)

Generation: 1

Joseph French was born 1628, Warwick, England (son of Edward French and Anne Worcester); died 06 Jun 1710, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA; was buried , Highland Cemetery Ipswich Essex Co. MA.

Notes:

Information from FindAGrave page

Joseph French was the son of Edward, of Salisbury, and Ann Goudale.

He had some education and could write; was constable of Salisbury in 1661; and served on the trial jury in 1664; on the grand jury in 1664, 1677, 1678 and 1679.

Joseph was a landowner in 1652, and he and his wife were members of the church in 1687.

Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775
Military Records
Military Record 1675.
Massachusetts, United States
Regiment: Lancaster
Volume: Massachusetts Officers and Soldiers in the Seventeenth-Century Conflicts, Page(s): 94

Birth:
Tombstone has his date of birth as 1633 in Salisbury,Essex County, Massachusetts

Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33539161

Died:
Tombstone has his date of death as Jun. 6, 1710.

Joseph married Susanna Stacy 1653, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA. Susanna (daughter of Simon Stacy and Elizabeth Clerke) was born 16 Jan 1628, Bocking, Essex, England; died 12 Feb 1687, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA; was buried , Highland Cemetery Ipswich Essex Co. MA. [Group Sheet]

Children:

Joseph French, Jr. was born 16 Mar 1654, Salisbury, Essex Co., MA; died 14 Dec 1683, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA.
Simon French was born 24 Oct 1657, Salisbury, Essex Co., MA; died 15 May 1704, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA.
Edward French was born 06 Apr 1667, Salisbury, Essex Co., MA; died Dec 1737, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA.
Anna FRENCH was born 10 Mar 1659, Salisbury, Essex Co., MA; died 31 Mar 1738, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA.

Generation: 2

Edward French was born 21 Sep 1595, Allesley, Warwick, England; died 28 Dec 1674, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA.

Notes:

Arrived in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts in 1636. He is one of the founders of Ipswich and received land in the First Division. In 1642 he bought land and served as a Selectman from 1646 to 1648. By 1652 he was living in Salisbury Essex Co. MA and that part that became South Hampton, New Hampshire in 1741. 10 Apr 1673 he made his will and 13 Apr 1675 the will was probated in Salisbury.

Edward was a tailor by trade.

Edward married Anne Worcester 03 Nov 1626, St Andrew's, Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Anne (daughter of Joseph Worcester and Alice) was born 16 Sep 1599; died 09 Mar 1683, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA. [Group Sheet]

Anne Worcester was born 16 Sep 1599 (daughter of Joseph Worcester and Alice); died 09 Mar 1683, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA.

Children:

1. Joseph French was born 1628, Warwick, England; died 06 Jun 1710, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA; was buried , Highland Cemetery Ipswich Essex Co. MA.
Hannah French was born 1638, Salisbury, Essex Co., MA; died 24 Nov 1700, Haverhill, Essex Co. MA.
John French was born Aft 1638, Salisbury, Essex Co., MA; died 04 May 1706, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA.
Samuel French was born 23 Feb 1644, Salisbury, Essex Co., MA; died 26 Jul 1692, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA.

Generation: 3

6. Joseph Worcester was born 1568; died 10 Feb 1644.
Joseph married Alice. Alice was born 1570; died , Rugby, Warwickshire, , England. [Group Sheet]

Alice was born 1570; died , Rugby, Warwickshire, , England.

Children:

Rev. William Worcester was born 05 Oct 1595, Watford, Northamptonshire, , England; died 28 Oct 1662, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA.
3. Anne Worcester was born 16 Sep 1599; died 09 Mar 1683, Salisbury, Essex Co. MA.