Family
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FatherThomas French (e1624-) [S188]
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MotherDeborah Wathen (~1625-) [S188]
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SpouseAbigail Hubbell (~1672-) 
Child +Thankful French (e1709-) [S188] [S2053]
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Attributes
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GenderMale
NameSgt. Samuel French [S188] [S2053] [S2438]
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NameSamuel French [S366]
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FatherThomas French (e1624-) [S188]
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MotherDeborah Wathen (~1625-) [S188]
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Occupationfarmer and carpenter [S188]
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Timeline
ClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
BirthAug 21, 1667Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States [S188]
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FlourishingMay 2, 1690(Stratfield), Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S188]
along with his half-brothers Jacob and Joseph Joy, his brother-in-law James Bennett, and several members of the Hubbell family, signed a Petition for Ecclesiastical Privileges seeking exemption from paying the minister's rate and schoolmaster's salary to either Fairfield or Stratford
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Marriageabt 1693/94Abigail Hubbell (~1672-), Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S188] [S366]
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ResidenceDec 2, 1694Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S188] [S2053]
renewed covenant at Fairfield Church
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LivingMar 8, 1697/98Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S188] [S2053]
admitted to church
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LivingNov 2, 1712Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S2053]
renewed church covenant
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FlourishingJul 17, 1715(Stratfield), Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S188]
sued for not finishing building the metting house
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DeathDec 20, 1732Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S188] [S2438]
S186 says his gravestone reads December 20, but S186 states that the reading of his gravestone as December 20 is not correct, and that December 23 is correct.
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WillDec 22, 1732 [S188]
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DeathDec 23, 1732Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S188] [S2053]
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Will ProvedJan 14, 1732/33 [S188]
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Sources
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[S186]
[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)).
[S366] Torrey, Clarence Almon, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" (GPC, Baltimore, Maryland; 1985).
[S2053] "Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920".
[S2438] "Connecticut Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934".