b Dec 23 1746 Stratford, Fairfield Co, Conn; bapt Feb 23 1747
Christ Episcopal Ch, Stratford; d Oct 2 1831 Town of Dorset, Benn-
lngton Co, Vermont; m 1st Catharine Beardsley who was the
dau of Israel Beardsley, she was b Stratford Conn; d Sept 30 1819 Manchester Vt. He m 2nd
Submit Sargent, or Sargence
About 1.773 the family removed from Stratford to the Town of
Dorset, Bennington Co, Vermont, Just north of Manchester Cen-
ter. The family were communicants of Zion Eolscooal Church,
Manchester Center, Vt. John may have been interested in the
marble quarries in Dorset. He and his family are buried in
Manchester Center Cemetery.
Date of death is recorded 2 Oct 1831, which differs from his gravestone inscription, 14 Jun 1813. Source for this info: Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel French, the Joiner of Stratford, Connecticut, by Mansfield Joseph French, Syracuse, N.Y., Edward Brothers, Inc., 1940. John French is Record # 53, Pg. 190.
b Dec 23 1746 Stratford, Fairfield Co, Conn; bapt Feb 23 1747
Christ Episcopal Ch, Stratford; d Oct 2 1831 Town of Dorset, Benn-
lngton Co, Vermont; m 1st Catharine Beardsley who was the
dau of Israel Beardsley, she was b Stratford Conn; d Sept 30 1819 Manchester Vt. He m 2nd
Submit Sargent, or Sargence
About 1.773 the family removed from Stratford to the Town of
Dorset, Bennington Co, Vermont, Just north of Manchester Cen-
ter. The family were communicants of Zion Eolscooal Church,
Manchester Center, Vt. John may have been interested in the
marble quarries in Dorset. He and his family are buried in
Manchester Center Cemetery.
Date of death is recorded 2 Oct 1831, which differs from his gravestone inscription, 14 Jun 1813. Source for this info: Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel French, the Joiner of Stratford, Connecticut, by Mansfield Joseph French, Syracuse, N.Y., Edward Brothers, Inc., 1940. John French is Record # 53, Pg. 190.
Gravesite Details
Though the fact that a stone existed at some point is referenced above, John does not have a marker next to his wife. There appear to be missing stones on either side of her stone, so John's may be missing or may be located elsewhere in the cemetery.
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