Thankful French - Greybeard's Ghosts

Family

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Father	Sgt. Samuel French (1667-1732) [S188] [S2053]	secondary
Mother	Abigail Hubbell (~1672-) [S188]	research
Spouse	Josiah Taylor (1701-1781)
Child +	Capt. Ahijah Taylor (1740-~1814) [S1798]	secondary

Attributes

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Gender	Female
Name	Thankfull Taylor [S1798] [S2931]	primary
Name	Thankfull French [S2053]	secondary
Name	Thankful French [S188]	research
Father	Sgt. Samuel French (1667-1732) [S188] [S2053]	secondary
Mother	Abigail Hubbell (~1672-) [S188]	research
Father	Josiah Taylor (1701-1781) [S1798]	secondary

Timeline

Claim	Date	Detail	Evidence
Birth	est 1709
Christening	Jan 23, 1708/09	Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S188] [S2053]	secondary
Marriage	Aug 2, 1729	Josiah Taylor (1701-1781), Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S1798] by Stephen Buckingham	secondary

Sources

Index	Title
[S188]	Joyce S. Pendery, C.G., "Descendants of George and Margery Wathen of Salem, Massachusetts" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 154, pp 325-352 (July 2000)).
[S1798]	"Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection)" (1828), New England Historic Genealogical Society.
[S2053]	"Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920".
[S2931]	"Probate Records: Josiah Taylor" (Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NVh7Wml-gRKBayBj8Q-2bMN9yJj4FP-s).

Note

Thankful French is the daughter of Sgt. Samuel French and Abigail Hubbell. She was baptized on January 23, 1707/8 in Stratfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and was probably born there shortly before.
She was listed in her husband's will dated, February 17, 1777. Her husband died on February 11, 1781, but the will was not proved until October 27, 1795, so it is assumed she probably died shortly before that time. It is unusual for a will not to be proved within a couple of years of a persons death. In some cases, the will does not get proved until the spouse dies, which may be what happened in this case. I do not have the documents on the proving of the will, so I do not know if Thankful is listed as living or deceased.
She is buried alongside her husband at the Old Westport Cemetery at King and River Streets in Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Family Note

Josiah Taylor and Thankful French were married in August 2, 1729 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. They had 11 children:

Josiah (4 Jul 1730 - aft 1777 Or 1811) m. Abigail Raymond
Jonathan (7 Dec 1731 - aft 1790) m. 14 Jan 1756, Lois Coley
Levi (17 Dec 1733 - aft 1790) m. Patty Seymore
Gamaliel (9 Jan 1735/6 - 16 Oct 1815) m. 27 Nov 1757, Abigail Cable
Barak (26 Nov 1737 - bef 17 Feb 1777)
Ahijah (22 Sep 1740 - 13 Jun 1814) m. 17 Dec 1768, Isabella Wyley
Paul (12 Mar 1741/2 - aft 17 Feb 1777)
Sarah (16 Jul 1744 - aft 17 Feb 1777) m. Hezekiah Whitney
Thankful (5 Oct 1746 - aft 17 Feb 1777)
Eleazer (2 Mar 1749 - aft 17 Feb 1777)
Deborah (18 May 1756 - bef 17 Feb 1777) m. Zophar Nash

They family attended the Green Farms Church.

The will of Josiah Taylor, dated 17 February 1777, names his wife, sons Josiah, Jonathan, Levi, Gamaliel, Ahijah, Paul and Eleazer, heirs of son Barach, daughters Sarah and Thankful, and grandson Israel Nash. In the will he mentions that he is afraid that his sons Paul and Eleazer will become traitors. Ahijah, Gamaliel, Jonathan and Levi are all living in Norwalk in the 1790 Census.