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#ED, Robert and John French of Sible Hedingham, Essex, England
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This
family did not immigrate to America, but the genealogy is presented here
because the location is precisely where other Frenches lived who immigrated to
America. This chart is especially important to disseminate because various
researchers have confused these Frenches with those that immigrated to
Massachusetts in the 1630s. These Frenches never immigrated to America –
they lived and died in England.
It's
very difficult deciphering the Frenches of Essex England. Sometimes children
were christened in their mother's hometown, not their fathers. Some villages
didn't have a parish and the children were christened elsewhere. Other children
were christened long after they were born, sometimes 2 or 3 siblings together,
and not in the parish where they were born. No one had middle names back in the
1600s.
Sible
Hedingham is about 3 miles north of Halstead, Essex County. Many Frenches
remained in Sible Hedingham in the 1700s. Six French marriages in the 1700s.
The
letter designation for England goes backward beginning with the last generation
living in England, Generation A, and goes forward with number designations in
America, beginning with the first generation living in America, Generation 1.
D.1*
Robert French, b. ca. 1555, m. ca. 1578, raised family in Sible Hedingham [1].
Robert d. 19 Oct 1619 in Sible Hedingham [4], a collier [7].
D.2*
John French, b. 14 Sep 1563 [6], m. ca. 1580, raised family in Sible Hedingham
[1].
Children
of Robert French, D.1
C.1
Grace Frenche, b. 28 Aug 1580 in Sible Hedingham as the dau. of Robert [1], m.
Francis Belleo (or Belles) on 30 Oct 1613 [2] [3] [5] in Sible Hedingham, in a
double ceremony with her brother John.
C.2
Elizabeth Frenche, b. 1 May 1582 in Sible Hedingham as the dau. of Robert [1],
m. Edward Buke on 30 Dec 1611 [2] [3] in Sible Hedingham [5].
C.3*
WyllÕm (William) Frenche, b. 13 or 14
Mar 1584 in Sible Hedingham as the son of Robert [1]. No marriage record
of a William in Sible Hedingham [5].
C.4
Thomaysin Frenche, b. 10 Mar 1587 in Sible Hedingham as the dau. of Robert [1],
m. Clement Linssille on 1 May 1623 in Sible Hedingham [2] [5].
C.5*
John Frenche, b. 6 Jan 1593/4 in Sible Hedingham as the son of Robert [1], m.
Ane Bearde on 30 Oct 1613 in Sible Hedingham [5], a double ceremony with his
sister, Grace [2].
Children
of John French, D.2
C.6*
John French, b. 22 Jan 1583/84 in Sible Hedingham as the son of John [1].
C.7
Joane Finch or French, b. 7 Nov 1585 in Sible Hedingham as the dau. of John
[1].
Children
of William French, C.3
B.1
Alse Frenche, b. 24 Jan 1605/6 [6].
Children
of John and Ane (Bearde) French, C.5
B.2
Jhon French, b. 8 Jan 1614 in Sible Hedingham as the son of Jhon French [2].
B.3
Thomas French, b. 4 Mar 1618 in Sible Hedingham as the son of Jhon French [2].
B.4
Sammull French, b. 2 May 1621 in Sible Hedingham as the son of Jhon and Ane
French [2].
B.5 Ane
French, b. 2 Jan 1624 in Sible Hedingham as the daughter of Jhon and Ane French
[2]. No more children born in Sible Hedingham after this child and until 1635
[2].
Children
of John French, C.6
B.6*
John French, b. 6 Sep 1604 [6], m. Joan.
Children
of John and Joan French, B.6
A.1
Marie French, b. 4 Jul 1630 [6], but not in Sible Hedingham.
These
superly-detailed historical Ordnance Survey maps date back to between 1860 and
1910, and are available for every town in England and Wales.
Zoom in
on this satellite
map of England to visually see the approximation of these towns:
Boxford, Assington, Edwardstone, Bures St. Mary, Lamarsh, Twinstead, Groton,
Halstead, Coggeshall, Gosfield, Wethersfield, Arkesden, Great Bardfield,
Farnham, Sible Hedington, and Wickhambrook where large French families lived.
Numbers
in square brackets [ ] are bibliography notations. FFA stands for French Family
Association Library Number.
[1]
Essex County Council, Essex Record Office, County Hall, Chelmsford, CM1 1LX,
England. Research completed on 17 Oct 1990, order number GS 262/90, 3 hrs
research. Baptism registers for Sible Hedingham, 1560-1600.
[2]
Essex County Council, Essex Record Office, County Hall, Chelmsford, CM1 1LX,
England. Research completed on 17 Oct 1990, order number GS 262/90, 3 hrs
research. Baptisms 1601-1635, Marriages 1599-1635.
[3]
Essex IGI.
[4]
Calendar of the Commissary Court of London (Essex & Herts.), Probates
between 1431-1660.
[5]
BoydÕs Marriage Index, Essex, Males A-K, 1600-1625.
[6]
Delpha Triptow research, July 1994, parish register.
[7]
Wills at Chelmsford, Essex and East Hertfortdshire, 1400-1619.
Sible
Hedingham Baptism Transcripts, Essex Record Office, 31 Aug 1994, research by
Mara French:
John
French, 5 Mar 1656/7, son of John and My
Mary French,
7 Apr 1640, dau. of Richard and My
Mary
French, 12 Mar 1653/4, dau. of John, d. 25 May 1656.
Sam
French, May 1621, son of John
Sol
French, 15 Oct 1637, son of Richard
Thomas
French, 4 Mar 1618/19, son of John
Barb
French, 16 Oct 1603, dau. of Edm
Richard
French, d. 16 Jun 1643
Rob
French, d. 8 Oct 1619
Thos
French, d. 12 Jan 1760 at Foundling Hospital
Agnes
French, 1594/5
Later
French families in Sible Hedingham, Thomas
French 1685-1755