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FREEMAN. 



A CHILD of Joshua, b. Jan. 1680. Sarah, bt. Feb. 1680. Hannah, 

 m. Apr. 14, 1681, John Mayo. Mary, of Eastham, and Thomas Cobb, 

 int. of m'ge, Nov. 14, 1717. Ephraim G., m. Apr. 15, 1846, Sally W. 

 Binney. 



FRENCH. 



1. Stephen^ (gr. s. of the first Stephen, who came to Dor., Mass., 

 1630, and shortly after settled at Wey.), was b. at Wey. June 11, 1664. 

 He m. in Hing. Sept. 24, 1691, Abigail, dau. of Joshua and Elizabeth 

 Beal. She was b. in Hing. Apr. 26, 1671. Resided at Wey. Of their 

 ch., Samuel, Jonathan, and Daniel were connected with Hing., as will 

 be seen below. 



2. Samuel * (Stephen ^-^-i), b. at Wey. Dec. 30, 1696. m. first in 

 Hing. Apr. 8, 1724, Bathsheba Beal, dau. of Jeremiah and Hannah 

 (Lane) Beal. She was b. in Hing. Feb. 19, 1692-93, and d. 28 May, 

 1759, set. 66 yrs. For his second w. he m. May 14, 1760, Sarah Marsh, 

 ■dau. of Caleb and Sarah (Whiton) Marsh. She was b. in Hing. July 

 23, 1713, and d. 1 July, 1795, at. 82d yr. Samuel d. 20 Jan. 1772, ait. 

 75 yrs. In his will, dated at Hing. 15 July, 1771, proved 7 Feb. 1772, 

 provides for w. Sarah while she remains a wid., and gives to gr. dau. 

 Bathsheba. Son Ezra to have the balance of the property. Resided 

 on Fort Hill St. 



Ch., all b. in Hing., by w. Bathsheba, were — 



iii. A CHILD, d. 14 May, 1726. 



iv. Samuel, bt. in Hing. May 21, 1727, d. 15 June-, 1727. 



5. V. Stephen, July 17, 1728. 



vi. Samuel, July 13, 1729 ; grad. at Har. Coll. 1748 ; d. unm. 21 May, 1752, 

 set. 23d yr. A headstone in the Fort Hill Cemetery erected to his memory 

 bears the foil, inscription : — 



HERE LYES THE BODY 



OF YOUNG SAMUEL 



WORN OUT WITH STUDY 



JNTO DUST IT FELL WHO 



DID IN KNOWLEDGE & IN 



UIRTUE SHINE AlEARNED 



SCHOOLAR & A GOOD DIUINE 



HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE 



JN AhOPEFULL PROSPECT 



OF Abetter on y 21^^.' of 



MAY /'' J752 /ETATIS 



XXII. SAMUEL FRENCH 



BACHELOR OF ARTS 



vii. Ezra, Aug. 29, 1731, d. 10 July, 1733. 



6. viii. Ezra, Sept. 20, 1733. 



ix. Jesse, May 9, 1736. m. Sept. 27, 1764, Deborah Marsh, dau. of Caleb and 

 Susanna (Sprague) Marsh. She was b. in Hing. Sept. 16, 1740, and d. 

 18 Dec. 1769, at. 29 yrs. He d. 9 Oct. 1769, ait. 33 yrs., prob. without 

 issue. 



