Lafford FRENCH & Ms. __?__ & Elizabeth GREGORY

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Lafford FRENCH
Ms. __?__
Elizabeth GREGORY

Husband: Lafford FRENCH
Birth: 1753, Raritan, Somerset Co., NJ
Death: 11 Jul 1834, NC
Military Service: Revolutionary War: Col. Roebuck's SC Rgmt.
Father: Joseph FRENCH
Mother: Hannah HORNE

Marriage-1:

Wife-1: Ms. __?__
Birth: 1755-74
Death: 1803
Disposition: buried Cowpens, Spartanburg Co., SC

Marriage-2:

Wife-2: Elizabeth "Betsey" GREGORY/GREGORE
Birth: 1777
Death: 11 Apr 1834
Father: Isaac GREGORY
Mother: Alse / Elsie GERARD

Children with Wife-1:

1. Mary FRENCH, b. 20 Sep 1780; d. 21 Aug 1872; m. bef. 1800, Carr BAILEY
2. William A. FRENCH, b. 15 Feb 1783
3. Joseph FRENCH, b. 23 Jun 1785
4. James Lewis FRENCH, b. 14 Jun 1788; d. 1870, Ebell, Marshall Co., AL; m. Eleanor SHANKS

— born in SC:
5. Moses FRENCH, b. 14 Aug 1791; m. Sarah ELDER; ca. 1815, moved to Jefferson Co., TN (descendants still live there)
6. Ruth FRENCH, b. 18 Aug 1793; m. James BERRY
7. Sarah FRENCH, b. 10 Apr 1795; m. William BERRY
8. Elizabeth FRENCH, b. 11 Oct 1797
9. Lafford FRENCH, b. 1799/1800 or 3 Feb 1802

Except for Moses, Lafford's sons are said to have all moved to KY.

Children with Elizabeth GREGORY:

10? Berry FRENCH

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Alabama, Kentucky, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

Sources:

1. Family Group Sheet compiled by Georgie Tolleson and Betty Ann (Matthiesen) Cogliati.

2. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1790 (Broderbund CD-311): not found.

3a. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund CD-312). Please see my WARNING regarding use of this database (the numerical data have the genders switched).

1800 French, Lafford SC Spartanburg Dist. p. 179 30011-1210100

3b. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #24 of 89; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1800 SC Spartanburg Dist. Roll 50 p. 179 Ln. 16 Lafford French 12101-30011-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1790-1800 = Moses (b. 1791)

2 males 10-15 1784-1790 = James (b. 1788)
= Joseph (b. 1785)

1 male 16-25 1774-1784 = William (b. 1783)

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1755 = Lafford (b. 1753)

3 females 9 or under 1790-1800 = Elizabeth (b. 1797)
= Sarah (b. 1795)
= Ruth (b. 1793)

1 female 26-44 1755-1774 = Wife-1

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1755 = mother? mother-in-law?

Daughter, Mary, must have married. Listed one line above Betsy FRENCH (21200-00110-00).

4. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 46; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810 SC Spartanburg Dist. Roll 61 p. 184/362 Ln. 7 Leaford French 11001-10010-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1800-1810 = Lafford Jr. (b. 1802/3)

1 male 10-15 1794-1800 = Moses? (b. 1791)

1 male 45 or over by 1765 = Lafford (b. 1753)

1 female 9 or under 1800-1810 =

1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = Wife-2: Elizabeth (b. 1777)

Where are the girls born 1790-1800? When their mother died, did they go to live with grandparents or other kin?

5. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find.

6. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #173 of 178 — indexed "Lfford French"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 NC Rutherford Co. Roll 124 p. 539 Ln. 4 Lafford French 011 000 000 100 - 000 100 100

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 5-9 1820-1825 =

1 male 10-14 1815-1820 =

1 male 70-79 1750-1760 = Lafford (b. 1753)

1 female 15-19 1810-1815 =

1 female 40-49 1780-1790 = Elizabeth (b. 1777)

Listed one line above John FRENCH (æ 20-30).

7. Carl Ramsey. Ancestors of Carl Allan Ramsey. [link died — database now at WorldConnect]

Rev. War Records of Lafford names bros William, Joseph, Simon who all served in Col. Roebuck's Reg. of S.C. Militia, living Pendleton Dist, S.C. He moved to N.C. and died there whereas the others went to KY.

8. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

9. Messages in the French Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

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