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| "The parish of Bures Saint Mary lies straddling the River Stour. Part of the parish is in Suffolk and part in Essex, England. The marriage record for Jacob Frenche and Susan Waren, as well as birth records for children William, Jacob, and Thomas. The Assington parish is adjacent in Suffolk. Jacob and his wife either moved or changed parishes in about 1585 or 1586. No probate records have been found for Jacob French in the indexes for the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Archdeaconry Courts of Sudbury, of Essex, or the Consistory Court of Norwich. S0117 S0220 - Jacob French first appears on record in the parish of Bures Saint Mary, Suffolk, on 27 Sep 1578 when he and Susan Warren were married. There being no other records of the French family in Bures Saint Mary prior to his marriage, or the rest of the sixteenth century, it seems certain that he came from some neighboring village. About 1585 or 1586, Jacob and Susan either moved from Bures Saint Mary to Assington, or changed their church affiliations, for subsequent records of the family are found in Assington, either in the parish register which starts in 1598, or in the Bishop's transcripts which cover a few years between 1564 and the advent of the parish register. " http://www.kapnet.com/family%20trees/NOTES.html#NI2601 French Ancestry in England Jacob and Susan (Warren) French Jacob FRENCH - b. about 1555, probably in Suffolk or Essex, England; bur. Nov. 11, 1615, Assington, Suffolk, England. One source suggests that he was the son of Stephen (b. about 1530) and Mary FRENCH. Jacob married Sep. 27, 1578, Bures St. Mary, Essex, England. Susan WARREN - b. say 1560. Believed to be the granddaughter of William and Katherine WARREN of Bures St. Mary. William died intestate, with administration of his estate granted to Katherine on Sep. 26, 1554 in Essex. Katherine's will, dated July 31, 1567, was proved Jan. 1570/1 in Essex. William and Katherine's probable family appears in NEHGR, July 1988, pages 251-252, including children: William; Thomas; Katherine married John ANSELL; John married Joan; Robert; Julyan; Elizabeth married William SIDAY; and three other children. Children of Jacob and Susan French 1. William - bap. July 25, 1580, Bures St. Mary, Essex. He perhaps was the William FRENCH living at Twinstead Essex, with sons Thomas and Jacob baptised there. 2. Jacob - bap. Aug. 12, 1582, Bures St. Mary, Essex. He probably died young. 3. Thomas - bap. Oct. 11, 1584, Bures St. Mary, Essex, England; d. before Nov. 5, 1639, Ipswich, MA. 4. Elizabeth - bap. Feb. 27, 1586/7, Assington, Suffolk. Recorded as the "dau. of Jacob." 5. Children - It is probable that Jacob and Susan had about 4 children born 1588-1595, for whom baptism records are not available. 6. John - bap. Mar. 27, 1596, Assington, Suffolk. Probable son. John had a dau. Sarah buried at Assington Jan. 22, 1620/1. 7. Susan - say 1598; bur. Aug. 1, 1613, Assington, Suffolk. Recorded as the "dau. of Jacob." 8. Robert - bap. Jun. 25, 1600, Assington, Suffolk. Recorded as "the son of Jacob & Susan." From the files of Stephen M. Lawson, http://sml.simplenet.com/smlawson/french.htm | ||||||||||||
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