Mary F. FRENCH

General Notes

b. St. Mary's Cty, MD 1700??
m. St. Mary's Cty, MD 1712 to John LEAKE
d. St. Mary's Cty, MD 1720?

Mary FRENCH 1
Sex: F
Birth: ABT 1700
Death: BEF 1720

Father: Martin FRENCH b: ABT 1671 in SMC, MD
Mother: Mary BROWNE b: BET 1671 AND 1681 in SMC, MD

Marriage 1 John LAKE b: BET 1680 AND 1700
Married: BET 1712 AND 1717
Children
William LAKE b: BET 1712 AND 1717
Mary LAKE b: BET 1712 AND 1718

Sources:
Title: Maryland Calendar of Wills, Vol 7

possible connection on the FRENCH side:

THE LAST WILL OF JAMES FRENCH dated March 4, 1733, p. 26-27

In the name of God, Amen, I, James French of St. Mary's County ___being weak in body but of sound mind and memory, blessed be God, do make this my last Will and Testament in form as follows:

____I give and bequeath unto my beloved grandson, John French, to him and his heirs forever, one hundred and ten acres of land, meaning the plantation I now live upon being part of (Hopton) Park.

Item: I give and bequeath fifty acres of land to be laid out on the West side of my land and also on the west side of a Branch unto my well beloved grand child, Mary Leake, wife of John Leake, to her and the heirs of her body lawfully begotten forever.

Item: My Will is that my good and trusty servant, James Kirby, shall be free from servitude on the day of my death.

Item: My Will is after all my just debts are paid, all that remains of my personal Estate be equally divided amongst all my grandchildren.

Item: I constitute and appoint my said grandchild, John French, my whole and sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament, in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal on this fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1733.

James French (Seal)

Signed, sealed & published to be his last Will and Testament in the presence of:
John Thompson
James + Ruil
Elizabeth + French

March 17, 1733
John Thompson and Elizabeth French, two of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing Will, being duly and solemnly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, depose and say that they saw the Testator, James French, sign the foregoing Will and heard him publish and declare the same to be his last Will and Testament that at the time of his doing so he was to the best of their apprehension of sound and disposing mind and memory and that they subscribed their respective names as witnesses to the said will in the presence of John French, grandson and heir at law, which same, John French did not object to the ____of the said Will.

Sworn to before me Tho. Aisquith, Dep. County Clk. of St. Mary's County.

(Source-published in "The Brian-Bryan-O'Brian Family of Colesburg, Hardin County , Kentucky" by Joseph L. Corbett)

(James French, s/o Martin French, was born about 1650 in Galway, Ireland, transported to Maryland 1671. Married Elizabeth Meekin, d/o William Meekin and Margaret Beard. Ref. Colonial Settlers of St. Clement's Bay 1634-1780, St. Mary's Co, MD by Sister Mary Louise Donnelly)

James French I (circa 1659 - 4/3/1733) from Galway, Ireland who settled in St. Mary's County. In St. Mary's county court he deposed living at Captain John Jordan's plantation. He was married to Elizabeth Meekin. Their children
Martin French (1675 - 1716) will probated 3/13/1717 - married to Mary Brown 1690.
Mary French (1702 - ????) Married Robert Thompson, John Leeke
John (1705 - 1767-70)
Elizabeth (1709 - 1749-55)
Ignatius (1710 - 3/18/1771 or 3/20/1772) Married Susannah Melton, will probated 10-1772

History: James French was transported 1671 (L 16, f411) Ireland. He is shown in possession of 150 acres named Wolverhampton patented by Wm. Mechen. James and Martin were testators of Arthur Thompson's, StC 1701. The 1707 Rent (tax) rolls, StC shows James French in possession of 100 acres of Hopton Park which was patented in 1680 to Cuthbert Scot, 2100 acres. Arthur Thompson heirs owned 400 acres in 1707 and John Baptist Carbury owned the other 1600 acres.
James willed 110 acres in Hopton Park to his grandson, John, and 50 acres to to his granddaughter mary Leake. He freed his trusty servant James Kirby. John Thompson and Elizabeth were testators.
Martin French's personal estate inventory (4/5/1716 included considerable livestock, geese and ganders, a violin valued at 5 shillings, three feather beds and furniture valued at L37 / 3/ 1. Mary French filed the only account 3/12/1717

source: Jim.Wise@nf.stratcor.com

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