1Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, Vol. I-III 1620-1633 (1995).
"THOMAS FRENCH ORIGIN: Assington, Suffolk MIGRATION: 1632 FIRST RESIDENCE: Boston REMOVES: Ipswich 1635
. . .
BIRTH: Baptized Assington, Suffolk, 27 November 1608, son of Thomas and Susan (Riddlesdale) French [ Dudley Wildes Anc 64]. DEATH: Ipswich 8 August 1680. MARRIAGE: By 1632 Mary _____; she died at Ipswich 6 May 1681. CHILDREN: i MARY, bp. Boston 23 September 1632 [ BChR 278 (corrected from 1631)]; d. soon.
ii MARY, bp. Boston 2 March 1633/4 [ BChR 278]; m. by 1657 Robert Smith (called Mary Smith in father's will) [Amos Towne Anc 25-27].
iii JOHN, b. about 1635 (deposed aged "about forty-eight" about March 1682 [ EQC 8:329] unless this is someone else); m. by 1657 Phebe Keyes (son Thomas born Ipswich 25 May 1657), daughter of ROBERT KEYES .
iv THOMAS, b. about 1636 (deposed aged 22 in 1656 [ EQC 2:140], deposed aged "about forty-seven" in March 1683 [ EQC 9:16], deposed aged "about forty-eight" about March 1684 [ EQC 9:191]); m. Ipswich 29 February 1659/60 Mary Adams.
v SARAH, b. say 1638; on 30 September 1656 "Hackaliah Bridges, accused by Sarah French of his getting her with child, and bound over, being brought by Sergeant French, was discharged" [ EQC 2:2]; if she was a daughter of Thomas French, she had apparently died without issue prior to 1680, as she is not named in his will.
vi SAMUEL, b. say 1641; convicted for fornication, 26 March 1667 [ EQC 3:398]; d. Ipswich in 1688 (day and month not stated in town vital records), apparently unmarried.
vii EPHRAIM, b. about 1643 (deposed in 1658 aged 15 [ EQC 2:139]); d. Enfield, Massachusetts (now Connecticut), in September 1716, unmarried [Amos Towne Anc 50].".
1Donald Jacobus Lines, copier, The American Genealogist, Vol. 13, p. 91 (1936).
"GUILFORD VITAL STATISTICS
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Euats, John married
French, Mary 14 Sep. 1665.".2Ralph D. Smyth, John Evarts of Guilford, Conn., and his Descendants, NEHGR Vol. 61, p. 25 (Jan 1907).
"2. JOHN2 EVARTS (John1), of Guilford, married first, Sept. 14, 1665 Mary, daughter of Thomas French, who died in 1668; and married second, Mary, daughter of Alexander Bow of Middletown, who died Apr. 25, 1700.
Children by first wife:
i. MARY,3 b. Aug. 12, 1666; d. Apr. 20, 1688.
ii. JOHN, b. Sept. 16, 1668; d. Dec. 30, 1683.
Children by second wife:
iii. HANNAH, b. Nov. 12, 1670; d. Feb. 8, 1753, at Middletown; m. Apr. 1, 1696, William Bartlett of Middletown, who d. Oct. 10, 1741.
iv. SARAH, b. June 4, 1673; m. Apr. 3, 1700, John Moody.
v. ELIZABETH, b. 1674; d. Feb. 22, 1687-8.
6. vi. NATHANIEL, b. July 24, 1675; d. May, 1739.
vii. MEHITABEL, b. Feb. 25, 1678-9; m. (1) Feb. 10, 1701, David Blachley, who d. May 3, 1712; m. (2) Thomas Allis.
7. viii. EBENEZER, b. Sept. 15, 1681; d. May 9, 1722.
ix. SILENCE, b. Jan. 26, 1683-4; d. Dec., 1751; m. Nov. 3, 1705, Thomas Dowd, who d. Dec. 8, 1711.
x. PATIENCE, b. May 14, 1689; d. 1689."
Mary Bow was not the mother of any of these children. See proof in next source.3Samuel H. Parsons, copier, Record of the Births, Marriages and Deaths of the First Proprietors of Lands in Middletown, Ct., NEHGR 14: 63 (Jan 1860).
Shows that Mary Bow was too young to be the mother of any of John Evarts' children.
"Alexander Bow, lands recorded Dec. 15, 1663, vol. 1, page 35. Samuel, (son to Alexander) born 28 Jan. 1659, m. Mary Turner, and d. Jan. 15, 1741-2; Sarah (daughter to Alexander,) b. 20 June, 1662; Mary, (daughter to Alexander,) b. 18 Jan. 1664, d. 16 March, 1665. Sarah Bow, sife to Alexander, died 16 April, 1665. Alexander Bow and Rebecca House were joined in marriage covenant, 26 Nov. 1673. Anna, born 10 Sept. 1674; Mary, b. 5 Dec. 1676; Rebecca, b. 19 April, 1679. Alexander Bow departed this life Nov. 6, 1678."4Donald Jacobus Lines, copier, The American Genealogist, Vol. 13, p. 91 (1936).
1Donald Jacobus Lines, copier, The American Genealogist, Vol. 13, p. 91 (1936).
"GUILFORD VITAL STATISTICS
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Euats, John married
French, Mary 14 Sep. 1665.".