Jeriel
French
Born before in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Ebenezer French
and Eleanor (Smith) French
Husband of
Eunice (Turney) French
— married
26 Dec 1757 in Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Ephraim French, Hannah (French) Hays, Elijah French, Jerusha French and John Turney French
Died
after age 80
in Monroe, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 May 2017
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Biography
Lieutenant Jeriel French served with Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.
- Wife #1: Eunice Turney, m. 26 Dec 1757 @ Trumbull, CT
- Baptized 5 Nov 1732
- Married Mary Turney 26 Dec 1757 @ Trumbull, CT
His inventory was completed on 25 July 1813 in Weston and recorded at Fairfield.[1]
Research Notes
- Jeriel French and Jehiel French are two different people. (They were 1st cousins, both baptized in 1732.) Jacobus corrected this error in his "Additions and Corrections", Page 12. Jehiel, son of Samuel, m1. Mary Foote, m2. Abiah Middlebrook.
Sources
- ↑ “Probate Records, v. 28-29, 1798-1829”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TGFD : 6 August 2022), FHL microfilm 007627297, image 124-125, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 28, 1798-1829, Pages 227-229.
See also:
- "Connecticut, Church Records, 1660-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGGF-KNWM : 3 October 2019), Jerhial French and Abiah Middlebrook, 1769; citing Marriage, Connecticut, United States, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.
- Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1930) Vol. 2, page 348. "Additions and Corrections", Page 12.
- Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut) Vol. 2, page 348
- Mindrum, Thomas L., Jeriel French of Huntington in 1790, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Aug 2017) Vol. 60, No. 1, Page 15-18.
- "He died 6 May 1813 and was buried in Stepney Cemetery in Monroe, Connecticut.7 He was living in Weston at that time and probably died there."
- Find A Grave: Memorial #92778485: Stepney Cemetery, Monroe, Fairfield, Connecticut
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Colleen (Griffin) Hoffenbacker
Thank you so much Beryl, appreciate the sticker.
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by Colleen (Griffin) Hoffenbacker
Beryl Meehan
Your source seems to say he was a Lieutenant in the CT Militia in the Revolution. I added his 1776 sticker.
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by Beryl Meehan
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