Phebe.—Alpheus m. Mehitable, D. of Samuel Brett 1800.—Rhoda m. William Carr 1797.—Rebecca m. Col. Cyrus Porter 1800.—Patty m. John Packard 1803.—Sibil m. Zenas Brett 1813.—Phebe m. Capt. Nath'l Wales 1815.

   6.   Levi (s. of Levi 3) m. Betsy Meritt 1799, and had Meritt 1800, Betsy 1806, and Levi 1808.—Levi French m. wid. Keziah Jenkins 1805.

   7.   Micah and his wife Ruth (s. of Thomas of Braintree, and nephew of Dependence 1) settled in E. B. a. 1747, and had Micah 1747, Mary 1749, Bartholomew 1751, Ruth 1753, Prudence 1736, Anne (or Hannah) 1759, Barzillai 1762, and Alpheus 1767.—He removed to Stoughton.

   8.   David (brother of Micah above) m. Mehitabel, D. of Samuel Pratt, and had Nathaniel 1756, Silas 1761, Joseph 1763, Barnabas, Daniel, Samuel Pratt, and David 1776, after his father's death.—The widow m. Benjamin Price 1782.—Nathaniel d. at N. York in the army, 1776; and Barnabas moved to Maine.—Joseph m. Hannah Mehuren 1784; he d. æ. 38; she d. 1788, æ. 36; she left a D. Mehitabel, who m. Charles Brown 1809.—Daniel m. Rhoda, D. of Thomas Tribou 1792; had Daniel, who m. Sarah Standish and Rhoda who m. Joseph Keen 1815.—Samuel Pratt m. Olive Reed 1801, and had William*, Luther, Samuel, Lucy, and Polly; Luther m. Keziah, D. of Reuben Besse; Polly m. Oliver Stark 1821; Lucy m. Marcus Packard 1821, and lives in Easton.—David m. Rachel Hanks 1797, and had several children, 2 only are living, viz.: Abigail 1800, who m. Joseph Walton and Eliza 1803, who m. Alvan Cole 1823; his wife d. 1825, and he has a second wife.—Silas m. a Brown and had Nathaniel.

   9.   William and his w. Alice, D. of Ezekiel Washburn 1773, and had Mary 1777, Lydia 1778, Eli 1780, Jesse 1783, Ezekiel 1785, William 1787, and Sally 1791.—Lydia M. Isaac Keith 1801.—William m. Anna Wales 1810.—Sally m. Asa Cushing 1813.—William French m. Lydia Kezer 1767.

   10.   Nathaniel (s. of Silas; see No. 8) m. Eliza Waterman of H. 1811, and had Nathaniel Waterman 1813, Mary Brown 1815, Lucy Sampson 1818.

   11.   Ebenezer m. Elizabeth D. of William Orcutt 1717, and had Elizabeth, who m. Jonathan Pratt 1740.

   Most of the above are descendants of John and Grace French of Braintree, who had John 1641, Thomas 1643*, Dependence 1648, Temperance 1651, William 1653, Elizabeth 1655, Thomas 1657, Samuel 1659; he d. 1692, æ. 80, she 1680.

   David French m. Abigail Owen 1751.—Sarah m. Jedediah Jordan 1744.—Polly m. Abiah Packard, Jr., 1788.—Warren m. Betsy Lathrop 1813.—Daniel of Quincy m. Hannah K. Haskell