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- (From French Family web site:)
Abram French, twin [18], b. ca. 1785 in PA (as stated by his daughters Keziah and Anne in the 1880 census) [12]. But, his daughter Annie’s death certificate states that her father Abraham French was born in Unadilla, Otsego, NY, and her mother Susan M. McLain was born in Little Washington, PA. However, according to the 1790 census, his father was living in Montgomery County, NY.
Abraham m. Susan B. McLean or McLain ca. 1819 most likely in PA, and he died before 1856 (he is not in the 1850 census with Susan) and was buried at his brother Dudley’s farm. Susan McLain, b. 18 Aug 1796, the dau. of Peter McLain (1751-1817) and Lucy Weathersby (1764-1843), Peter was from Isle of Skye, Invernessshire, Scotland, and immigrated to North Carolina. In the 1790 census, Peter was about 40 years old; the only Peter McLain who appears in NY at that time lived in New York City Dock Ward, NY, NY, with a family of 7, and spelled his name McLean, and lived next to John Baldsin and Isaac Moses. .
Susan McLain French died in Philadelphia, PA on 19 Nov 1872, per the French Bible. Abram is listed in the 1800 census of Unadilla, Otsego, NY, age 10-15. Abraham d. 1855.
1810 census
A. (Abram?) French, Otego, Otsego, NY
1 male, 16-25, b. 1785-1794 - Possibly Abram French
1 female under 10
1 female 16-25
1820 census -- an Abraham French living in Unadilla, Otsego Co., NY, aged over 25 (born before 1795) and his wife aged under 25 (born after 1795) and 1 male child under 10 (born 1810-1820). One of his neighbors is Henry M. French, and another neighbor is Joshua Burdick.
1830 census -- Abraham was born between 1780 and 1790 and his wife was born between 1790 and 1800.
1830 Land Records:
French, Abraham
Township: Nichols
County: Tioga
State: New York
Year: 1840
Roll: M704_344
Page: 48
Image: 96
males 1-0-1-0-0-0-1
females 1-2-0-1-0-0-1
1831-1834 -- Abraham French moved from PA to NY sometime between 1831 and 1834.
1840 census -- Nichols, Tioga Co., NY, shows Abraham with a total of 8 persons in the household: 1 male under 5, 1 male 10-14 (Barney), 1 male 50-59 (Abraham), 1 female under 5, 2 females 5-9, 1 female 15-19, 1 female 40-49 (his wife). The 1860 census shows both Albert French (b. 1856 in NY) and Ephraim French (b. 1831 in MA) living in Nichols, Tioga Co., NY. These men seem to have no connection to Abraham. In 1840 Abraham was in Nichols, Tioga Co., NY. It is very close to the PA border. A river runs through it which I think is the Susquehanna River that goes south through Middletown and then out by Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay. Many other French families lived along the Susquehanna River.
1850 census -- Susan French appears in the 1850 census of Philadelphia, age 55, born in 1795 in PA, with dau. Christiana French (19) and dau. Hannah French (16) and David Ross (28), John Edwards (26), and Charles Edwards (0).
Abraham d. 1855 at “Uncle Dudley’s” farm in Middletown, Dauphin Co., PA. This “could” have been along the Swatara Creek which is a tributary to the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. Uncle Dudley’s farm was along a river in Pennsylvania. It could have also been in Nichols, Tioga Co., NY along the Susquehanna River.
George Fisher was the founder of Middletown, and the Fisher family married into the French family, if not briefly, when Fanny Morehouse first married a Fisher. Fisher Avenue in Middletown is about 4 blocks west of the Swatara River. The Middletown Cemetery is also in the area, where some of his children and grandchildren are buried. George Fisher built his house along the Swatara River at Pineford on the high ground on its western bank in April 1752.
1850 -- Jane French Edward’s mother, Susan French appears in the 1850 census of Philadelphia, age 55, born in 1795 in PA, with Christiana French (19) and Hannah French (16) and David Ross (28, b. 1822 in Ireland), John Edwards (26, b. 1824 in NY), and Charles Edwards (0, b. 1850 in PA). Christiana French was born in 1831 in PA and Hannah French was born in 1834 in NY. This indicates that Abraham French moved from PA to NY sometime between 1831 and 1834.
1870 census -- Susan French appears in Philadelphia as age 74, born in 1796, living with Annie H. French (28, b. 1842 in NY) and the Meurer family from Germany.
1872 - Susan Mclain French died.
Pineford Area along the Swatara
The whole tract was heavily timbered with fine oak, hickory, walnut, chestnut, locust, poplar, and laurel trees. His log cabin was 18 x 18 feet square and one and one-half stories high. He then built a house immediately in front, 30 x 50 feet and 2-stories high with a 12-foot wide porch on the south and east sides. A few Quaker families soon followed Fisher, and later, some Scotch and Irish traders came. The settlement grew, and a town was laid out a short distance west of his residence, encompassing 3 streets: High, Main, and Water running from east to west, and five streets from north to south: Union (the street where the hotel was located), Pine, Spruce, Race, and Vine. They became friends with the Indians, Quakers (including William Penn), and the Mennonites (who settled to the eastward). He belonged to St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, erected 1767 in Middletown, at 31 W. High Street; it is the oldest church edifice in the county. This information may be useful for the French family, as David Ettele (German name) or Ettla or Ettley belonged to this congregation [11]. A new larger church was built in 1878. See http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=7167. Kierch in German means church.
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1785 - Bef 1856 (< 70 years)