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Still Standing, After All These Years!

One of my many 6th paternal grandparents were Abraham and Hannah Jaquith. Abraham was born in December 1701, in Woburn, Massachusetts and died in January 1790 in Billerica, Massachusetts having lived 88 years. Abraham married Hannah Farley on January 1736 and… Continue Reading →

Jefse/Jesse French

Jesse French is my 5th great paternal grandfather (p. 61) Jesse French came from Billerica in 1763, and owned and occupied the estate on Pearl Street, above referred to as the “Upton place.” He was born April 6, 1739. Little… Continue Reading →

The Brothers French

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The following provides brief biographical sketches of Josiah and Amos French, the brothers of my 3rd great paternal grandfather Abram French (Photo left). I have to admit a little familial pride, these French boys were an amazing, enterprising lot! I… Continue Reading →

Leading Citizen – Abram French

(Story from History of Lowell, Mass., content edited) Among the men who were prominently identified with the early history of Lowell, few are more entitled to be held in respectful remembrance than Mr. Abram French.  Mr. French was the fifth… Continue Reading →

Captain Jonathan, Gentleman

The following story is about Jonathan Danforth, my 8th great paternal grandfather.  Jonathan was born on February 28, 1627 in Framlingham, England and died at the age of 85 on September 7, 1712 in Billerica, Massachusetts.  By all historical accounts,… Continue Reading →

Servants For Life

In 1641, Massachusetts was the first colony to legalize slavery and was a center for the slave trade throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The 1754 slave census listed more than 2,720 slaves in Massachusetts. 1754 – Billerica reported eight… Continue Reading →

Which Abram Are You?

Between 1803 and 1815, three sets of parents named three babies Abram French.  They were born within 25 miles of each other in the Boston region of Massachusetts and lived most of their lives in close proximity.  One became a… Continue Reading →

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