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| Robert French Jr, Rev War Vet ** | |
| Birth: | 1752 in Springfield, Essex Co., New Jersey |
| Death: | 28 Feb 1830 in New Jersey |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Robert C French ** b. About 1725 in Springfield, Essex now Union County, New Jersey |
| Mother: | Mary Willis ** b. About 1728 in New Jersey, USA |
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| Burial: Elizabethtown, Union County, New Jersey |
| LDS Baptism: 7 Apr 2001 OAKLA |
| LDS Endowment: 5 Sep 2001 OAKLA |
| LDS Sealing Child: 17 Oct 2001 OAKLA |
| Changed: 11 Apr 2008 17:08:04 |
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| Rachel Drew ** (Wife) b. 1752 in New Jersey
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| Marriage: | ABT 1785 in New Jersey, USA |
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 Isaac French - b. About 1786 in Springfield, Essex now Union Co., New Jersey
- Abby French - b. 1788 in Springfield, Essex now Union Co., New Jersey
- Charlotte French - b. About 1790 in Springfield, Essex now Union Co., New Jersey
- Abraham French **- b. 1792 in Springfield, Essex now Union Co., New Jersey
- Jacob French - b. 1796 in Springfield, Essex now Union Co., New Jersey
- Mary French - b. 1801 in Springfield, Essex now Union Co., New Jersey, USA
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Individual:
Robert (2) French, son of Robert (1) and Mary (Willis) French, was born in 1754, and died Feb ruary 28, 1830. His will is found on record in book "E," page 291, at the Newark, New Jersey, surrogate's office. He married Rachael (Drew) Osborn, a widow with one son (maiden name was Drew). Rachael Drew was born in 1752, and died July 8, 1827, aged seventy-five years. She was a sister of John (1) Drew, who died in the year 1828, aged seventy-four years. His wife's name was Mary. Robert (2) French was a scout in the Revolutionary War, at that time being twenty-six years of age. He is said to have received a shot through his hat, fired by the Hessians at Springfield, while scouting for the enemy. (Record preserved in the office of the adjutant-general at Trenton). During the War of the Revolution, at the time of the invasion of Springfield by the British, three mounted British officers stoped at Robert (2) French's house one day and asked his wife for him. She told the officers that her husband had gone to the mill. They replied that it seemed strange that all the men in the neighborhood had gone to the mill, and the officers commanded her to give them dinner and feed their horses. She complied with their demands, going to the barn and killing chickens, preparing desserts, etc. After they had dined they quietly departed, saying that inasmuch as she had been kind to them they would not harm her. These same officers, with two others, made a second visit a few days later, and the men of the house, seeing them approaching, quickly hid themselves in the barn, unknown to the officers, who again ordered Rachael to give them dinner, which she did. After dinner they refused to drink of some Methiglin beer made from bee's honey, claiming that it contained poison, and she told them that they could find some cider in the cellar if they preferred to get it. Suspecting no harm, they stacked their muskets on the ground outside the door and then entered the cellar, when she, seeing an excellent opportunity of capturing the officers, slammed the heavy door and barred it. Then calling to the men in the barn to come from their hiding places and help her, the muskets of the British were quickly confiscated and the officers compelled to yield. They were taken prisoners, but there is no record of their disposition. While living in the family homestead Robert (2) French and Rachael (Drew-Osborn) French had six children: 1. Isaac,of further mention. 2. Abby, born 1788: married Abram Miller, of Connecticut Farms. They had six children: Amos, Silas, Mary, Jonas, Abram, Jotham; Abby French died January 7, 1860, aged seventy-two years. 3. Charlotte (unmarried), who died March 19, 1856 (no record found of birth). 4. Abraham, born in 1792; married Catharine Baldwin, daughter of David Baldwin, of Cheapside, New Jersey; Abraham and Catharine had one son, Abraham Morris, who was twelve days old when his father died on October 14, 1826, at the sage of thirty-four years; Catharine (Baldwin) French was born February 27, 1802, and died February 3, 1885. 5. Jacob, born in 1796; married Sarah Clark, and died October 13, 1879, at the age of eighty-three years; Jacob and Sarah (Clark) French had four children: George, Sarah, Winfield, Henrietta. 6. Mary, born 1801; married Abner Burnett, of Newark, New Jersey, and died April 25, 1877, at the age of seventy-six years; they had four children: Charlotte, Mary, Rachael, William.
Sources:
Ancestral File Number WJB1-D8
Title: Ancestral File (TM) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publicatio n: June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
Title: Ordinance Index (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publicatio n: 1993 02 28 Edition
New Jersey Census, 1772-1890
Name: Robert JR. French
State: NJ
County: Essex County
Township: Springfield
Year: 1781
Record Type: August Tax List
Page: 004
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Year: 1782
Record Type: March
Tax List Page: 004
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Year: 1783
Record Type: October Tax
List Page: 004
Database: NJ Early Census Index
Honeyman, A. Van Doren, History of Union County, New Jersey--1664-1923, New York, NY: Lewis H istorical Publishing Company, Inc., 1923, vol. 3, p. 178:
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