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Bradley Family Tree - Ensign Thomas French, Sr. - Tailor

Ensign Thomas French, Sr. - Tailor

Family Connections - 10th Great-grandfather of Ruth Bradley Hazen
          Note - Thomas French's sister Alice, who immigrated with him, is an 8th Great-grandmother of                         Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr. 

Map of Early Ipswich



Thomas French Sr. was born in November, 1608 and baptized on November 27, 1609 in Assington, Suffolk, England, to parents Thomas French and Susan Riddlesdale French. 

----Note: in early records, Thomas, born in 1608, is referred to as Thomas Sr., his son as Thomas Jr.
      Thomas Sr.'s father is also Thomas, born in 1584. The oldest Thomas immigrated to the colonies
      after his son was already here, which causes much confusion in the records!

Thomas French Sr. immigrated to Massachusetts in 1632 and settled in Boston. He was named Freeman on Nov. 6, 1632, and was the 128th member of the First Church of Boston. He was a tailor by trade.

He married Mary Scudamore in 1632, and they had seven children:

            Mary             b. 1632        d. 1632
            Mary             b. 1633        d. 1684
            John              b. 1635        d. 1706
            Thomas         b. 1636        d. 1661
            Sarah             b. 1638        d. unk.
            Samuel          b. 1641        d. 1688
            Ephraim        b. 1643        d. 1716

On January 27, 1638, the First Church of Boston noted "our brother Thomas French was with the consent of the Congregation dismissed to the church of Ipswich". 

Thomas French was a Sergeant during the Pequot War, a war with the Native American Pequot Tribe. He was active in the local militia -  he was proposed for the rank of Lieutenant, but requested and received the lower rank of Ensign instead. He was appointed Ensign at Ipswich on May 18, 1664.

Thomas served on the Essex Grand Jury twelve times, from 1652 to 1678. He served on the Coroner's Jury in September 1676. 

Thomas died in Ipswich on August 8, 1680. At his death, his estate was valued at £300. His wife was given the bed and furnishings, his daughter Mary received one cow, and his land, house, and property were divided among his sons. His sons were given the charge to care for their mother, and she was given one lot and two acres of meadow to be used or sold by her sons as needed to provide funds for her comfort and care. She died on May 6, 1681. 

Thomas French, Sr. > Mary French > Mary Ann Smith > Mary Towne > Keziah Cloyse > James Goddard > Hannah Goddard > James Babcock > John M L Babcock > Charles Sydney Babcock > Jessie Louise Babcock > Charles Stuart Bradley > Ruth Ann Bradley   (charts B-A2, B-A, and B-Main)




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