1719 Benjamin French was born on 11 of month 12. [1] [2]
1742 A license of Marriage dated January 29 was granted by his Excellency Lewis Morris. Esq., Governor, unto Benjamin French, Carpenter, of the one party and Martha Hall, Spinster, daughter of Capt. Burgiss Hall, "Marriner", of Bordentown, New Jersey and Abigail Hall. [3] [4] [5]
1747 Benjamin French, of Bordentown, Burlington County, joyner, dated his will on September 10. Wife, Martha, and son Richard. Real and personal estate. Proceeds of the estate to wife, Martha, to bring up son, Richard. Executor: brother William French. Witnesses: Joseph Tillton, Sam'l Farnsworth, Ju'r, Thos. Folkes. [6] [7] [8]
1747 An inventory was recorded on September 19. Valued at £278; made by Thos. Folkes, Jno. Imlay, Sam'll Shourds, Jur. Includes house and lot in Bordentown, and 10 acres adjoining Wm. French. [9]
[1] Howard Barclay French, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas French, Volume 1 (1909), 92, [HathiTrust].
[2] Howard Barclay French, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas French, Volume 1 (1909), [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[3] Howard Barclay French, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas French, Volume 1 (1909), 92, 233, [HathiTrust].
[4] New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1670-1965, [AncestryRecord].
[5] New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1683-1802, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[6] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 30. (Wills and Administrations 2, 1730-1750) (1918), 188, citing Lib. 5, p. 375, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[7] Howard Barclay French, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas French, Volume 1 (1909), 233, [HathiTrust].
[8] New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817, Vol.36, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[9] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 30. (Wills and Administrations 2, 1730-1750) (1918), 188, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].