Puffer Genealogy

FRENCH, Dorcas

Female 1614 - 1697  (83 years)


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  • Name FRENCH, Dorcas 
    Birth Jul 1614  St. Edmonds, Assington, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Baptism 13 Jul 1614  [1
    Gender Female 
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    Death 30 Dec 1697  Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I18399  Puffers
    Last Modified 4 Jun 2013 

    Father FRENCH, Thomas,   b. Oct 1584, Bures St. Mary, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 5 Nov 1639, Ipswich, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 55 years) 
    Mother RIDDLESDALE, Susan Susannah,   b. Apr 1584, Boxford, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 28 Sep 1658, Ipswich, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 74 years) 
    Marriage 5 Sep 1608  Assington, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F4889  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family PEAKE, Christopher,   b. Abt 1605, Thorp Arch, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1666, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jan 1636  Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. PEAKE, Jonathan,   b. 17 Dec 1637, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1700, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Family ID F3923  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Served as maid servant to elder John Winthrop. A letter from Thomas Go stlin to John Winthrop, Jr., written from Groton on Jun. 11, 1633, indi cates "she is one of the goodman French's daughters of Assington. I hav e sent two of them, one for your father and the other for you. Your fat her must take his choice. The eldest must serve for 3 years, and the yo ungest 4...pray let them be delt as well with all as any of the same qu ality."

  • Sources 
    1. [S91] Assorted Genealogical Notes, Subject: Various (1997, 1998), p. 156.

    2. [S117] Rootsweb WorldConnect, Taylor Genealogy: Lee Taylor at lataylo@cablespeed.com:http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=lataylo&id=I09551.