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John French > Matthew H. French

Matthew H. FRENCH

Born: Feb 2, 1734 (1736?) in Westmoreland Co, VA
Died: 1814 in Wolf Creek, GCVA
Father: John FRENCH

Mother: Martha UPSHUR

 

Married Jan 10, 1758 in Giles Co., VA

Sarah PAYNE "Sallie"

Born: Feb 9, 1739; in Goochland Co, VA
Died: Aft. 1814, GCVA

Father: John PAYNE

Mother: Sallie ?

 

Children:
 

1. John A. French Sr. (b. c. 1760 in Culpeper Co, VA; d. 1810; m. Obedience Clay "Biddy" (b. c. 1764, VA; d. c. 1832, VA) in Montgomery Co, VA on Jan 16, 1787)

Children:

  1. William French (m. Elizabeth FRENCH (b. Apr 28, 1792, VA))

  2. Ann French (b. c. 1789; m. William CARTER)

  3. Ezekiel Charles French (b. c. 1790; d. c. 1847, VA; m. Catherin FRENCH)

  4. Sarah French "Sallie" (b. c. 1794; d. c. 1860; m. Joshua DAVIS)

  5. Hugh French (b. c. 1797; d. c. 1850; m1. Levicia LAMBERT; m2. Rachel FRY)

  6. Charles Clay French (b. c. 1799; d. c. 1870, VA; m. Rebecca CARTER)

  7. George P. French (b. c. 1804, VA; d. c. 1870, VA; m. Martha BOLTON "Patsy")

  8. John L. French (b. c. 1806; d. c. 1850; m. Josephine LUCAS)

  9. Obedience French (b. c. 1808; m. Andrew KIRK)

  10. St. Clair French (b. c. 1811; d. c. 1860; m. Maria BURKETT)

  11. Rebecca French (b. c. 1812; m. Benjamin WORKMAN)

  12. Austin French (b. c. 1814; d. c. 1850, VA; m. Lucinda FRENCH)

  13. Nancy French (b. ?)

  14. Orrie French (b. ?)

Notes:
  • John and his father fought in the Revolutionary War.
 

2. James Wilbur French (b. 1763; d. 1841?; m1. Susan HUGHES in Montgomery Co, VA on Oct 18, 1789; m2. Margaret DAY)

Children to Susan:

  1. Isaac French (b. 1792; m. Sallie STRALEY)

  2. Reuben French (m. ? MEADOWS)

  3. Andrew L. French (b. ?; m. ? DAY)

  4. Mary Polley French (m. Daniel H. STRALEY)

  5. Sallie French (m. William HARE)

  6. Elizabeth French (m. James ROWLAND)

Children to Margaret:

  1. Ester Locke French (m. Kinzie ROWLAND)

  2. Martha French (m. William MILAN)

Notes:
  • Isaac married Sarah "Sallie" Straley, dau of Jacob STRALEY II (Jr.).
  • James middle name may have been "Wilburn".
 

3. Martha M. French (b. 1765 in Culpepper Co, VA; d. 1815, GCVA; m. Jacob STRALEY Jr. in Montgomery Co, VA on Jun 16, 1785)

Children: 

  1. Joseph C. Straley (b. Jan 14, 1804; m1. Susan FILLINGER; m2. Jane P. BROWN)

  2. Charles M. Straley (b. c. 1795; m1. Betsy MCCOMAS; m2. Martha WARNECK)

  3. John Straley (b. 1792; m. Elizabeth WILSON)

  4. Sarah Straley "Sallie" (b. 1788, VA; m.  Isaac FRENCH)

  5. James Jacob Straley III (b. c. 1790; m. Elizabeth VAUGHT)

  6. David Straley (m. Elizabeth PERKINS)

  7. Daniel H. Straley(b. 1790, VA; m. Mary P. FRENCH)

  8. Rev. Jacob Lynch Straley III (b. bet. 1785 -1815, VA; m. Eliza BERGAN)

  9. Matthew French Straley (b. VA)

  10. Leland Straley (b. c. 1800)

  11. Nancy S. Straley (b. Dec 25, 1802, VA; m. Edward MORGAN Jr.)

Notes:
  4. Mary French (b. 1768; m. Isaac HATFIELD (b. Aug 3, 1763, Loudon Vo, VA; d. Mar 1823, Ranger Ridge, Cabell (now Lincoln) Co, VA (now WV)) on May 13, 1788, Montgomery (now Giles) County, VA) Children:
  1. Lasher Hatfield (b. c. 1790, Montgomery (now Giles) Co, VA)
  2. James Addison Hatfield (b. Mar 15, 1791, Montgomery (now Giles) Co, VA; d. Nov 24, 1854, Cabell Co, VA (now WV); m1. Mary BIAS on Oct 30, 1817; m2. Rebecca BROWN in 1819; m3. Zerelda DUNLAP c. 1822 in Cabell Co.)
  3. Andrew French Hatfield (b. Feb 1796, Montgomery (now Giles) Co, VA; d. Nov 7, 1851, Greene Twp, Hancock Co, IN; m. Mary Ann DENNISON)
  4. John Hatfield (b. c. 1797, Montgomery (now Giles) Co, VA; d. 1858, Platte Co, MO; m. Susan F. BRUMFIELD on Feb 27, 1823, Cabell Co.)
  5. Anna Hatfield (b. c. 1799, Montgomery (now Giles) Co, VA; d. aft. 1860 in Platte Co, MO; m1. George ROGERS c. 1810 in Cabell Co; m2. Bostic BRUMFIELD c. 1832 in Cabell Co.)
  6. Sarah Hatfield (b. c. 1800, Montgomery (now Giles) Co, VA; d. Oct 10, 1857 in Cabell Co; m. William Claudis SMITH on Apr 4, 1811 in Cabell Co.)
  7. Isaac S. Hatfield (b. c. 1803, Cabell Co; d. Oct 3, 1876, IL; m1. Rachel DRAKE on Jan 21, 1827, Cabell Co; m2. Elizabeth MOORE on Dec 25, 1843, Cabell Co.)
  8. Elizabeth Hatfield (b. Nov 23, 1804, Cabell Co.)
  9. Rebecca Hatfield (b. c. 1806, Cabell Co; m. Hiram MCCOMAS in 1829, VA)
  10. Elisha M. Hatfield (b. Dec 25, 1810, Cabell Co; d. Aug 29, 1893, Galesburg, Knox Co, IL; m. Nancy W. DENNISON, Jul 13, 1835 in Hancock Co, IN)
Notes:
  • Their home was what eventually became Lincoln Co, WV.
  • Information from the Hatfield Surname website web.
 

5. Isaac French Sr. (b. c. 1770, m1. Elizabeth STOWERS on Jun 5, 1791, m2. Sarah FILLINGER on Jan 25, 1841)

Children:

  1. Elizabeth French (b. Apr 28, 1792, VA)

  2. Sallie French

  3. Docey French

  4. Isaac French Jr.

Notes:
  6. Mary Ann French "Annie" (b. Sep 21, 1776, VA; d. Nov 2, 1850, VA, m. General Elisha MCCOMAS (b. Mar 26, 1775, VA; d. Nov 12, 1849, Barbourville, VA) in Montgomery Co, VA on Jul 3, 1792)
Children:
  1. Rebecca McComas (b: Jul 5, 1799; d. Feb 21, 1878, m. Patrick H. KEENAN)
  2. David McComas "Judge" (b. c. 1792, VA; d. c. 1833, VA; m. Cynthia FRENCH)
  3. Rev. William McComas (b. c. 1793, VA; d. Jun 3, 1865, Barboursville, WV; m1. Mildred WARD; m2. Sarah DIRTON)
  4. Sarah McComas (b. c. 1796, VA; m. John SHELTON)
  5. James McComas (b. Jun 5, 1801, VA; d. Oct 4, 1865, Paw Paw Bottom, WV; m. Emily MCCOMAS)
  6. Eliza McComas (b. c. 1810; m. John Hutton HENDERSON)
  7. Elizabeth McComas (m. William H. MASTERSON)
  8. America McComas (b. Aug 4, 1814, d. Apr 15, 1886; m. John MCKEAND)
Notes:
  • From rootsweb, Paul and Coleen Keenan Genealogy:
    "General Elisha McComas reached the rank of Brigadier General in the War of 1812, having organized his own military unit. In the early 1800s he moved to what is now Cabell County (but was then Montgomery County, Virginia) and helped organize the new County of Cabell. He had two sons who voted during the Virginia secession vote; one voted for secession and one voted against. Another son who organized the Civil War unit called "McComas's Artillery" in Giles County, Virginia, was killed in battle. Another son served as a doctor in the same unit as his brother who was killed. Another son became the editor of a Chicago newspaper."
 

7. Capt. David C. French Sr. (b. 1772 in Culpepper Co, WV; d. 1833 in Mercer Co, WV; d. Oct 12, 1833, GCVA; m. Mary DINGESS "Polly" in Montgomery Co. VA on Jun 8, 1787, GCVA)

Children:

  1. Guy Dingess French (b. Jun 5, 1798; d. Apr 12, 1865; m. Araminta Dormer CHAPMAN on Sep 5, 1826, VA)

  2. Napoleon Bonaparte French (b. Oct 10, 1818; d. Dec 15, 1899, Mercer Co, VA; m. Jane ARMSTRONG)

  3. Dr. David Milton French Doctor of Medicine (m. ? SMOOT)

  4. Rufus A. French

  5. William Henderson French

  6. James Harvey French

  7. Cynthia F. French

  8. Harriett S. French (m. Samuel PACK)

  9. Minerva Ann French (b. Dec 12, 1816, GCVA; d. Jul 1, 1890 Wytheville, VA; m. Colonel Thomas J. BOYD)

Notes:
  • Guy is buried in Pearisburg, GCVA in the French Mason Cemetery.

 
Notes:

  • Sallie Payne is of Irish ancestry.

  • After the birth of their children, Matthew and Sarah moved to New River Valley in 1775 and settled on Wolf Creek, GCVA at Narrors.

  • Matthew and his son John fought in the Revolutionary War. The served in Colonel William Preston's battalion on Montgomery County Militia, of which Joseph Cloud was Major, and Thomas Shannon was Captain of the company.  Their company was in the battle of Wetzell's Mills on March 6, 1781, and again at Guilford Court House on March 15, 1781. 

  • Matthew's granddaughter, Sallie Fletcher recorded in writing a personal description of Matthew and Sallie, "Matthew French was a small spare made man (with) light hair and blue eyes; his wife was a very large woman, quite fleshy (with) fair complexion, light hair and blue eyes."

  • They are both buried in Boyd Cemetery on Wolf Creek, Virginia, 6 miles from Narrors.

  • Page Sources:
    1. Your French-Straley-Davis Ancestry yfsda
    2. Lavonne Kennedy Bradfield at lkbradfield@satx.rr.com.
    3. Web page Matthew French by Marieda Derrick Edens.

 

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