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Abigail French

Abigail French

Female Abt 1799 - 1874  (75 years)


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  • Name Abigail French  [1, 2] 
    Birth Abt 1799  Unidilla, Otsego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 27 Aug 1874  Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I84620  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father John French, Jr,   b. 16 Mar 1764, Montgomery, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1844 (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Desire Bull,   b. 1770, Kent County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1860 (Age 90 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1785 
    Family ID F28400  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Aaron Dupuy,   b. Abt Mar 1797, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1869, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Family ID F28682  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Family 2 Aaron Depuy,   b. Abt Mar 1797, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1869, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Children 
     1. Julia Ann Depuy,   b. Abt 1824, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1870, Albion, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Charlotte Louisa Depuy,   b. Abt 1827   d. 28 Apr 1861, Richland, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Clarrissa Depuy,   b. 1829, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1831, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. R. Depuy,   b. Apr 1832, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1832, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Mary Jane Depuy,   b. 3 Apr 1836, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jul 1911, Albion, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Johnson Depuy,   b. 1843, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1903, Richland Twp, Oswego County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F28398  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Abigail Depuy - died August 27, 1874, age 75 years. Wife of Aaron Depuy.
      Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, September 3, 1874 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Casket - Depuy - In this village, August 27th, 1874,
      Abigail Depuy, aged 75 years.

      Abigail (Abby) French, b. 1800 in Unadilla, Otsego, NY, m. Aaron Depuy [12]. These two individuals were cousins. Aaron was b. 1797 in NY. In the 1850 census of Richland, Oswego, NY, Aaron and Abigail were living with their children Mary Depuy (14) and Johnson Dupuy (9). In the 1860 census, Aaron and Abigail were living alone in Richland, Oswego, NY. In the 1870 census of Richland, Oswego, NY, Abigail was 70 and living with her 2 children, Johnson and Maria. In the 1855 census of New York, the French and Depuy families were living together in Albion, Oswego, NY: Benjamin French (32, b. 1823), Julia A. French (31, b. 1824), Louisa French (11, b. 1844), Charlotte French (10, b. 1845), Titon French (7, b. 1848), Mary E. French (5, b. 1850), William W. French (2, b. 1853), Aaron Depuy (59, b. 1796), Abby Depuy (56, b. 1799), and Johnson Depuy (12). Abby d. 27 Aug 1871 and is buried in the Riverside Cemetery in Pulaski, Oswego, NY, age 75. Aaron predeceased Abby and d. 27 Jan 1869, buried in the same cemetery, age 71 years and 10 months. He enlisted in Co. C, 20th Reg., on 7 Sep 1864 and was discharged for disability on 17 Jun 1865, stating he died 19 Sep 1865 from the “History of Oswego County, NY” page 261. Many ancestors of the Depuy family are buried in the Riverside Cemetery. From the French family buried in this cemetery were Dighton French, b. 1848, d. 1915, the son of Benjamin French and Julia A. Depuy, and Charles E. French, b. 1917, d. 1979 and Henry French, d. 17 Mar 1917, and Irene G. French, b. 1924 who was the wife of Charles E. French, and Marcellous French, b. 1854, d. 9 Mar 1926 (more about him at www.findagrave.com), and his wife Mary J. Blaiser French, b. 27 Jan 1860, d. 21 Jan 1946.

  • Sources 
    1. [S482] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;), Database online.
      Record for Aaron Depuy
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=13875315023&indiv=try

    2. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;).
      Record for Charlotte Louise Depuy
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=-367441711&indiv=try