An American Family History

Samuel French was born on May 15, 1687 in England.

He married Mary Price.

Samuel French (1710, married Elizabeth Loring),
Jeremiah French (1712),
Mary French (1714),
Susannah French (1716),
John French (1720, married Elizabeth Nicols),
Jonathan French (1722)
Anne French (1723/24),
Elizabeth French (1725, married Israel Beardsley),
Thomas French (1726),
Hannah French (1728),
Joseph French (1730).

He died on  September 3, 1763 in Connecticut.

John French was born about 1720.

He married Elizabeth Nichols.

Huldah French (1743, married Enoch Mallory),
Bette French,
John French (1746, married Mary Summers and Catherine Beardsley),
Nathan French (1748, married Lucy Johnson),
Elisha French (1750, married Abigail Beardsley),
Henry French (1759),
Patty French (1756-1756), and
Joseph French (1759, married Sarah Chatfield).

Henry French was born about 1759 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. He was the son of John French and Elizabeth Nichols.

Charles French (1774),
Lucy French (1778, married John McLean),
Francis French (1785, married Jane Sills),
Mary French (1788 )
Abigail French (1790)
David French (1794)
John French (1796, married Polly Mallory),
Eunice French (1800, married Ira Patterson).

In 1812, Charles French was in the Leeds County Militia. On February 6, 1813, Charles was taken prisoner in a raid by the Americans and taken to Ogdensburg.

Henry died in 1855.

John French was born about 1796. He was the son of Henry French.

His second wife was Polly Mallory, the widow of Israel Perkins and daughter of Andrew Mallory and Mary Whitney. Polly was born about 1807 in Mallorytown.

Israel Perkins and Polly Mallory's children included:

Phoebe Perkins (1824, married William Bogart),
Hiram L Perkins (1829, married Amelia French daughter of John French).

John French and Polly Mallory's children included:

John French (1823),
Henry French (1826),
Mary French,
Amelia French (1830), and
Frank French.

John French appeared on the census lists of Yonge Township, Leeds County Ontario in the 1840s.

The Battle of the Windmill was in November, 1838. Loyalists defeated an invasion attempt by Hunter Patriots, led by  Nils von Schoultz, who were attempting to overthrow British rule. The battle was at a windmill two miles east of Prescott.