FRENCH FAMILY TREE T0 21 March2020b=born m=married d=died Dr Geoffrey.Mann FRENCH family summary C=Christened B=Buried geoff.mann@btinternet.com *=will or admon
F =Felstead ESS LM=Lt.Maplestead ESS gM=Gt Maplestead ESS LW=Lt.Waltham ESS gT=Gt Totham ESS
sH=Sible Hedingham ESS
John--m--Mary | | | ______|__________________________ | | | [1] John----m--Mary Joseph Mary John of Hempers* gM d1680 C1656sH | B1708gM C1653sH B1708gY ? ? _______|__________________?________________________________________?________________ | | | 9 John----m---Susanna Bowles Elizabeth-m1-Thomas_FRENCH-2m-Ann_KIDDY bc1670 | C1671 Gt Bardfield? AMES b1679 | m1707sH bc1680 m1709LM B1708gM | m1699 Sudbury? m1705gY B1755gY* | | B1708gM B1706gY | | | _______|_________________________ __________________|________________________________ ? | | | | | | | | | 8 John Samuel Susanna Daniel William Thomas Mary John----m---Ann Elizabeth John----m-Sarah B1717gM? C1701gM C1703gM C1705gM C1708gM C1708sH C1709sH SPEAKMAN| C1711sH C1713sH C1715gY | PIPER B1710gM B1708gM B1724gM m CHOATE | m1737Tp B1738gY? B1806gY | m1742LW ______________________________________________________________|_____ | | | | | ________________________________ | ________________________|_ | | | | | | | 7 Thomas-m-Jane_GREENWOOD Elizabeth Ann Thomas----m-Mary Sarah Sarah Susan SPEAKMAN | m1772Terling C1743gY C1745gY C1747gY | SPEAKMAN C1750gY C1755gY C1760gY | B1817gY | m1770gY B1750gY B1756gY ? | | | | | | | ___________________________________________|_________________________ | | | | | | | | | | 6 Edward_FRENCH-m-Jane SPEAKMAN John Sarah John Elizth Wm_Thomas Ann Stephen_Speakman Elizabeth bc1770? | m1793F C1771F C1773gY C1775gY C1777gY C1779gY C1782gY C1783gY C1785gY | b1774gY B1790gY b1790gY B1782gY [2] | | _____________|_______________________________________ | | | | | | [3] 5 Jane Mary_Ann Edward Elizabeth Sarah Edward C1795F C1797F C1799F C1801F C1803F C1806Wimbish
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[1] the 1680 will of John French of Hempers, Great Maplestead includes bequests (among others) to his aunt Mary and her daughter Mary and to John and Joseph sons of John French
[2] the 1812 will of Ann HART, sister of Mary and Thomas SPEAKMAN in generation 7, mentions Elizabeth FRENCH daughter of Thomas FRENCH of Wickhambrook in SFK 11 miles from Great Yeldham. This Elizabeth?
[3] the will also mentions Mary Ann daughter of Edward FRENCH farmer of Wimbish, showing that this family moved from Fairstead to Wimbish ESS
for more information of the FRENCH family in Sible and Castle Hedingham, Maplestead, Yeldham and Toppesfield see the FRENCH family website