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Edward French 1680 – 1762 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1680

Birth Location: Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Death Date: 1762

Death Location: Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Father: Edward FRENCH

Mother: Elizabeth WEALE

Spouse(s): #Maria Smith

Children(s): Edward FRENCH

Edward French was born in 1680 in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, the child of Edward FRENCH and Elizabeth WEALE. Edward French married #Maria Smith, and had children including Edward William FRENCH. Edward French passed away in 1762 in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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Biography

  • Edward French was born in 1680 in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, the child of Edward FRENCH and Elizabeth WEALE.
  • Edward French married #Maria Smith, and had children including Edward William FRENCH.
  • Edward French passed away in 1762 in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edward FRENCH
1650 – 1685
Birth Location: Barnstaple, Devon, England
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Elizabeth WEALE
1650 –
Birth Location: Barnstaple, Devon, England
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Spouses(s)

#Maria Smith
1680 –
Birth Location: Warwick, Warwickshire, England
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Children(s)

Edward FRENCH
1709 – 1762
Birth Location: Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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Edward French's Ancestors

Self
Edward French
1680 – 1762
Birth Place: Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Parents
Edward FRENCH
1650 – 1685
Barnstaple, Devon, England
Elizabeth WEALE
1650 –
Barnstaple, Devon, England
Grandparents
William French
1618 – 1656
Barnstaple, Devon, England
Hannah Searle
1629 – 1654
Barnstable, Devon, England
John (WEALE Veale) Weighleigh
1631 –
Barnstaple, Devon, England
Joane ((Anne)) HAKE
1626 –
Saint Budeaux, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
Edwarde (FRENCH)
1584 – 1626
Joanne Norvall
1592 – 1672
John Searles
1596 – 1636
Elyzabeth Rouse
1603 – 1640
William (WEIGHLEIGH)
1596 –
Susanna Bragge
1600 –
John 10GGF
1593 – 1681
Elizabeth REEDE
1588 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William 11GGF
1556 – 1642
Elizabeth Blake
1566 – 1603
John Norvall
1572 – 1610
Alice Bennett
1568 –
Edward Searle
1570 – 1607
Johan Burnarde
1575 –
George Bragge
1565 – 1629
Mary Stephens
1565 –
Henry Hake
1566 –
Margaret Furlonge
1579 –
James Reede
1562 –
Joanna DRAKE
1568 – 1681

Edward French's Descendants

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Edward French (1680 – 1762) m. #Maria Smith (About 1 Jan 1680 – )
  1. 1. Edward (William) FRENCH (May 17, 1709 – Nov 24, 1762) m. Mary ((Maria ) Elizabeth) BRADBURY (Sept 16, 1718 – 02 May 1779)
    1. 1. Thomas French (1740 – 22 February 1810) m. Anne (M) Herring (1750 – 14 Sep 1784)
      1. 1. John (Herring) French (Abt. 4 Mar 1767 – Jun 1837) m. Susanna Martin (1767 – 25 Jun 1826)
        1. 1. Thomas French (22 Nov 1796 – Abt 1859) m. Eleanor Martin (Apr 1807 – 6 Nov 1856)

Edward French's Timeline

2 Records

1680
1680
Birth of Edward French in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
1762
1762
Age 82
Death of Edward French in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1680
    Event Place: Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1762
    Event Place: Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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