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Hugh French 1689–1736 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 January 1689

Birth Location: Old Rappahannock County, Virginia

Death Date: 1736

Death Location: At sea (will signed 11-5-1736)

Father: Hugh French

Mother: Margaret Gaines

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Hugh French was born in 1689 in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, the child of Hugh French And Margaret Prosser Gaines. Hugh French passed away in 1736 in At sea (will signed 11-5-1736).

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Biography

  • Hugh French was born in 1689 in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, the child of Hugh French And Margaret Prosser Gaines.
  • Hugh French passed away in 1736 in At sea (will signed 11-5-1736).

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Hugh French's Ancestors

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Hugh French
1689–1736
Birth Place: Old Rappahannock County, Virginia
Parents
Hugh French
1648–1701
St Marys, Richmond, Virginia
Margaret ((Prosser)) Gaines
1643–1710
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Captain (Daniel) Gaines
1623–1682
Aberdeen, Breconshire, Cymru, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom
Margaret ((Rowze)) Bernard
1605–1690
Kingthorpe, North Hamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Colonel II
1556–1630
Mary Woolhouse\Wyllowes\Woodhouse
1560–1620
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Northhamptonshire
1526–1602
Lady (Barnard)
1525–1612

Hugh French's Timeline

2 Records

1689
20 January 1689
Birth of Hugh French in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia
Old Rappahannock County, Virginia
1736
1736
Age 47
Death of Hugh French in At sea (will signed 11-5-1736)
At sea (will signed 11-5-1736)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 January 1689
    Event Place: Old Rappahannock County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1736
    Event Place: At sea (will signed 11-5-1736)

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