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Chart #143, Barbary French, 1795
Sherman’s Valley, Hopewell, Beaver Co., PA
Washington, Shelby Co., OH
Piqua, Miami Co., OH
Montizuma, Mercer Co., OH

This chart updated by Mara French on 4/29/09. Numbers in brackets [ ] refer to the bibliography at the end of this chart. Send any corrections or additions to this chart to marafrench@mindspring.com. Revisions: 2009. Back to FFA Home Page.

Introduction

When I first started numbering FFA charts, I included both male and female lines; hence, this female line of a former FFA member. I’ve decided to keep these female lines in place so as not to confuse the numbering system.

As soon as the FFA finds the parents of Barbary, this chart will no longer be maintained, but continue with her parent’s chart. Hopefully, it will connect into another male chart. Barbary French’s parents seem not to be found anywhere. If you find more data, please email marafrench@mindspring.com.

History

Barbary French (1), m. John Peck; Mary Peck (2), m. Christopher Johnston; Julia Johnston b. 15 May 1853 in Montizuma, Mercer Co., OH (3); Mary Johnston (4), m. Everett Arthur; Gilbert Franklin Arthur (5); Sharon B. Arthur (6), m. Joe Bledsoe. Query: I am tracing my ancestor, Barbary French Peck who was b. in PA about 1795-1800, removed to Miami Co. OH, m. John Peck in 1815, had six children, and d. 6 Sep 1877 in OH [2].

Barbary French was b. ca. 1795 in Sherman’s Valley (in Hopewell, Beaver Co.), PA, d. 6 Sep 1877 in OH. She was orphaned and later lived in Ohio with Col. John Johnston, an Indian agent, and in the family of her daughter, Mary Peck’s husband. Barbary French m. John J. Peck on 24 Jun 1815 in Miami Co., OH. John was b. ca. 1793, served in the War of 1812, and d. 25 Dec 1851 in Shelby Co., OH. They had 6 children: Elizabeth, Mary, Johnston, Julia, Samuel, and Catherine Peck, all work in Shelby Co., OH.

Barbary French’s parents remain unknown.

Bibliography

[1] Soldiers of the War of 1812 in Shelby County, OH, website: http://ohshelby.ancestralsites.com/war1812.html

[2] FFA member #364, Sharon B. Bledsoe, 110 E. Monument, Pleasant Hill, OH 45359, email: sbb212@hotmail.com (good in 2002).