The Earliest Documented Ancestor of FRENCH Families DNA Testing
GROUP 12
Test # F142123 & F155111--
Abel French was born about 1668 in Otterham, Cornwall, England and married Priscilla Wicket June 1696 in Bradford, Devon. Priscilla Wicket was born 1672 in Otterham, Cornwall and died 21 Aug 1722.
Their son, John French, was born 1701 in Otterham Cornwall and married Elizabeth Avery in St. Dennis Church, Otterham. Elizabeth Avery was born in 1699.
Their son, John French, was born 1725 in Warbstow, Cornwall. He married Alice Mitchell in Davidstow, Cornwall 26 Dec 1750. Alice Mitchell was born in 1725 in Davidstow, Cornwall.
Their son, Abel French, was born in 1755 in Otterham, Cornwall and died in 1851. He married Margery Sleeman. Margery Sleeman was born in 1764.
Test # F142123--
Abel & Margery's son, William French, was a carpenter who was born about 1791 in England and died 24 Dec 1880 in Eaton, Quebec. He married Jane Bryant 9 Apr 1819 in Otterham, Cornwall, England and emigrated to Eaton, Quebec before 1843 with at least four of their five children. Jane Bryant was born about 1791 and died 3 Oct 1879 in Eaton, Quebec.
Their oldest son, John French, was born about 1824 in Otterham, Cornwall, England and died in Eaton, Quebec on 1 Feb 1916. He married Emma Parsons 14 Oct 1858 in Eaton, Quebec. Emma Parsons was born 19 Apr 1830 in England and died 20 July 1905. She was buried in Eaton Cemetary, Quebec on 31 Jul 1905.
Their son, Charles Diah French, was born about 1870 in Eaton, Quebec and died about 1928 in Eaton, Quebec. He married Eliza Mehitabel "Hettie" Bowen. Mehitabel Bowen was born on 11 Jul 1877 in Ascot, Quebec and died about 1953 in Eaton, Quebec.
Test # F155111--
Abel & Margery's son, Thomas French, was born in Otterham, Cornwall circa 1792. He married Mary Reynolds. They and their family emigrated to Cookshire, Quebec with his brother William (m. Jane Bryant) and children circa 1843 and then went on to Minnesota.
Their son, William French, was born in Cornwall, England in 1826.
He married Elizabeth McGee on 2 Jan 1857, in Massachusetts. Elizabeth McGee was born about 1832 in Kilmarnock, Scotland. William French died 1923 and is buried at Eaton Cemetery, Compton, Quebec.
Their son Robert Foster French was born 4 Dec 1866. He married Mary Lebourveau of Newport, Quebec. Robert Foster French died circa 1961 and is buried at Eaton Cemetary, Compton, Quebec.
Their son, James H. French was born circa 1894 and died in 1987. He married Hannah Harvey. He is buried at Eaton Cemetery, Compton, Quebec.
