Winthrop Fleet
Massachusetts Bay Company was joint stock trading company chartered by the English Crown in 1629 to establish a colony in New England. John Winthrop and his fleet of eleven ships brought over 700, mostly puritan, passengers from England to settle in Boston, Salem, and other cities around Massachusetts Bay. The ships were Arbella, Ambrose, Talbot, Jewl, Charlse, Mayflower (not 1620 vessel), Hopewell, William and Francis, Whale, Success, and Trial. This wave of colonization was known as first The Great Migration.
Banks, Charles Edward. The planters of the commonwealth; a study on emigrants and emigration in colonial times: to which are added lists of passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the ships which brought them; their English homes, and the places of their settlement in Massachusetts. 1620-1640. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930. Page 71.
Banks, Charles Edward (1854-1931). The Winthrop fleet of 1630; an account of the vessels, the voyage, the passengers, and their English homes from original authorities. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930. Page 71.
10th Great Grandparents
Smith Branch
Thomas French Sr
Thomas William French Sr and wife Susan Riddlesdale are my immigrant ancestors. They are believed to have arrived in Massachusetts Bay Colony on 13 Jun 1630 landing at Salem, Essex, British Colonial America.
Thomas and Susan Riddlesdale are believed to have been married 5 Sep 1608 in Assington, Suffolk, England. Susan was born circa 1584 and Christened on 20 Apr 1584 in Boxford, Assington, Suffolk, England. She died 28 Sep 1658 in Ipswich, Essex, MA Bay, British Colonial America.
The Essex Institute, 1911-1975; Salem, MA, USA; Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, (9 volumes); Vol II, page 118.
Thomas French Sr died circa 1639 before probate will on 5th Nov 1639 in Ipswich, Essex, MA Bay, BCA.
Children of Thomas and Susan Riddlesdale
Thomas French, Jr (1608-1680), immigrated with parents ~ m. Mary, surname believed to be Scudamore.
Alice (1610-1666), immigrated with parents
Sarah (1611-Unk), possibly died in infancy
Samuel (1613-Unk), possibly died in infancy
Dorcas (1614-1687), immigrated with parents
Susan (1616-1631) , immigrated with parents
Anne (1617-1631), immigrated with parents
Margaret (1619-1653), not showing on record
Sarah (1621-1621), died in infancy
John (1622-1697), immigrated with parents
Mary (1625-1697), immigrated with parents
Richard (1625-1625), died in infancy
Thomas French Jr
Thomas French Jr came to America with his parents and siblings with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630; however, the Great Migration Begins has his arrival in 1632. Thomas was born 27 Nov 1608 in Assington, Suffolk, England and died 8 Aug 1680 in Ipswich, Essex, MA.
Thomas was believed to be a tailor. His first residence was in Boston. He joined Boston church in 1632, later he moved to Ipswich. He became a freeman on 6 Nov 1632, and he was able to sign his will along with other Ipswich historical documents. Thomas served in the militia during Pequot war, (1636-1638).
Anderson, Robert Charles. New England, The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1633. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2001. Vol 1 A-F. Pages 703-705.
On 21 Jun 1637, John along with others in the town of Ipswich signed a petition in against John Winthrop Jr's removal from their town. John French's signature is the last in the left row. Anthony Colby, also, signed this document on the right side column.
Waters, Thomas Franklin. Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Boston: The Ipswich Historical Society, 1905. Page 54, among others.
Mary (surname possibly Scudamore) was believed to be born circa 1598 in Tedgewood, Upton Bishop, Herefordshire, England. It is unknown when she immigrated. Mary died 6 May 1681 in Ipswich, Essex, MA.
Vital Records of Ipswich Massachusetts: to the end of the year 1849. Salem, Mass.: Higginson Book Co., 1990.
Children of Ensign Thomas French Jr and Mary Scudamore
Mary (1632-1632)
Mary French II (1634-1684) ~ m. Robert Smith
John (1635-1706)
Thomas III (1636-1710)
Sarah (1638-1680)
Samuel (1639-1688). There is an account where "Ensign Thomas French and Thomas French Jr were sureties on the bond of Samuel French when young Samuel was charged with a misdemeanor with Lydia Brown, at court 26 Mar 1667 [EQC 3:398]."
Anderson, Robert Charles. New England, The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1633. Vol 1 A-F. Boston: New England Historical and genealogical society, 1996-2001. Page 705. Print or available on Ancestry.com.
Ephriam (1634-1716)
Descendants of Thomas French Sr and Susan Riddlesdale
Thomas French Jr ~ m. Mary Scudamore
Mary French ~ m. Robert Smith
Samuel Smith Sr ~ m. Rebekah Curtis
Asael Smith ~ m. Mary Duty
Joseph Smith Sr ~ m. Lucy Mack
Hyrum Smith ~ m. Mary Fielding
Joseph Fielding Smith ~ m. Edna Lambson (4th wife)
Edna Melissa Smith ~ m. John Fife Bowman
John Hyrum Bowman ~ m. Rosetta Ellen Jackson
* For privacy reasons I have not listed my parents
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