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Family of John FRENCH and Elinor (Ellen) THOMPSON
John FRENCH
Elinor (Ellen) THOMPSON b. 1625~2854 at England841. d. 1711 Apr 23687 at prob Quincy, MA687. bd. Hancock Cem., Quincy, MA687.
Married2823 1683 Jul 82823 at Braintree, MA2823.
Torrey2823 lists Eleanor (Thompson) Veazie as "w William."
Elinor is identified variously as Hellen2854, Ellin, Ellen, Eleanor and Elinor. Son Samuel Veazie's will841, Suffolk Probate, 11:243, mentions "mother Elinor French." Following William's death, Elinor married John French, concluded from her gravestone in Hancock Cem (Pattee687, p 124) (as well as other documents).: "Here lyes ye Body of Mrs. Elinor French, Wife of Mr. John French, aged 85 Years. Deceased April 23, 1711."
John Marshall842 records in Apr of 1711: "mrs helen french, the mother of willyam veasie : and daughter of the Rev'd mr William Thompson. Deceased dyed april 23 : aged 85 years 1711 : an aged saint."
687. History of Old Braintree and Quincy, William S Pattee, M.D., Green & Prescott, Quincy, 1878 (www.books.google.com)
841. Genealogy of the Families of Braintree, Mass. 1640-1850, Waldo Chamberlain Sprague - CD, NEHGS, Picton Press
842. Extracts from John Marshall’s Diary, January, 1689 – December, 1711. Samuel Green, Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, University Press, 1900. www.archive.org
2823. Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700; americanancestors.org
2854. Tompson, Rev William, (genealogy) Mr Frederick Chase, NEHGR v 15, Apr 1861; americanancestors.org