He was the son of Jonathan (born in Andover) & Rebecca (Farrar) French, (born in Lincoln, MA.) His father Jonathan was a Minister.
As Ebenezer Sperry French of North Hampton, he had his name legally changed to Sperry French by an Act of the Legislature. This was approved July 14, 1864. ("Laws of the State of New Hampshire", p.2839, chap. 2877) Thus, vital records prior to that date spell his name differently, for example, he married as E.S. French, in Exeter N.H. on Oct. 31, 1853, to Harriet N. Robinson, with the intention to marry announced earlier, on Oct. 9, as E. Sperry French.
The US Census for 1870, done on June 28 in his part of Exeter, listed him as Sperry, age 47, a schoolteacher, with Harriet and four children, with Harriet the junior just two (est. birth 1867-68), and the three older sibling in school, Arthur S. or L., 15 (est. birth 1854-55), Mary. A. or R,, 11 (est. birth 1858-59), and Frank N., 9 (est. birth 1860-61), with whoever spoke to the interviewer believing all were born in NH.
By the 1900 Census, Sperry (both parents b. Mass) and Harriet (both parents b. NH) the senior still live in Exeter with just two of the now adult children, Harriet the junior (b. May 1868) and Arthur S. (b. Aug., 1854), plus a grown grandchild, Helen P. French (age 20, b. Dec., 1880, mother b. Mass, father b. NH). These census records are archived at FamilySearch.org.
Sperry's grandfather was of the Braintree, Mass., Frenches, with his parents, Moses French and Esther Thayer, farmers back then, even though Braintree is a suburb now, located just south of Boston, near the coast. Their son Rev. Jonathan French, Sperry's grandfather, led an interesting life on his way from Massachusetts to NH, including study at advanced institutions and a stint in the American Revolution, where he contracted small pox, but survived. His son, Sperry's father, was also a Rev. Jonathan French.
(Notes above from contributor JBrown, #47229092)
As Ebenezer Sperry French of North Hampton, he had his name legally changed to Sperry French by an Act of the Legislature. This was approved July 14, 1864. ("Laws of the State of New Hampshire", p.2839, chap. 2877) Thus, vital records prior to that date spell his name differently, for example, he married as E.S. French, in Exeter N.H. on Oct. 31, 1853, to Harriet N. Robinson, with the intention to marry announced earlier, on Oct. 9, as E. Sperry French.
The US Census for 1870, done on June 28 in his part of Exeter, listed him as Sperry, age 47, a schoolteacher, with Harriet and four children, with Harriet the junior just two (est. birth 1867-68), and the three older sibling in school, Arthur S. or L., 15 (est. birth 1854-55), Mary. A. or R,, 11 (est. birth 1858-59), and Frank N., 9 (est. birth 1860-61), with whoever spoke to the interviewer believing all were born in NH.
By the 1900 Census, Sperry (both parents b. Mass) and Harriet (both parents b. NH) the senior still live in Exeter with just two of the now adult children, Harriet the junior (b. May 1868) and Arthur S. (b. Aug., 1854), plus a grown grandchild, Helen P. French (age 20, b. Dec., 1880, mother b. Mass, father b. NH). These census records are archived at FamilySearch.org.
Sperry's grandfather was of the Braintree, Mass., Frenches, with his parents, Moses French and Esther Thayer, farmers back then, even though Braintree is a suburb now, located just south of Boston, near the coast. Their son Rev. Jonathan French, Sperry's grandfather, led an interesting life on his way from Massachusetts to NH, including study at advanced institutions and a stint in the American Revolution, where he contracted small pox, but survived. His son, Sperry's father, was also a Rev. Jonathan French.
(Notes above from contributor JBrown, #47229092)
He was the son of Jonathan (born in Andover) & Rebecca (Farrar) French, (born in Lincoln, MA.) His father Jonathan was a Minister.
As Ebenezer Sperry French of North Hampton, he had his name legally changed to Sperry French by an Act of the Legislature. This was approved July 14, 1864. ("Laws of the State of New Hampshire", p.2839, chap. 2877) Thus, vital records prior to that date spell his name differently, for example, he married as E.S. French, in Exeter N.H. on Oct. 31, 1853, to Harriet N. Robinson, with the intention to marry announced earlier, on Oct. 9, as E. Sperry French.
The US Census for 1870, done on June 28 in his part of Exeter, listed him as Sperry, age 47, a schoolteacher, with Harriet and four children, with Harriet the junior just two (est. birth 1867-68), and the three older sibling in school, Arthur S. or L., 15 (est. birth 1854-55), Mary. A. or R,, 11 (est. birth 1858-59), and Frank N., 9 (est. birth 1860-61), with whoever spoke to the interviewer believing all were born in NH.
By the 1900 Census, Sperry (both parents b. Mass) and Harriet (both parents b. NH) the senior still live in Exeter with just two of the now adult children, Harriet the junior (b. May 1868) and Arthur S. (b. Aug., 1854), plus a grown grandchild, Helen P. French (age 20, b. Dec., 1880, mother b. Mass, father b. NH). These census records are archived at FamilySearch.org.
Sperry's grandfather was of the Braintree, Mass., Frenches, with his parents, Moses French and Esther Thayer, farmers back then, even though Braintree is a suburb now, located just south of Boston, near the coast. Their son Rev. Jonathan French, Sperry's grandfather, led an interesting life on his way from Massachusetts to NH, including study at advanced institutions and a stint in the American Revolution, where he contracted small pox, but survived. His son, Sperry's father, was also a Rev. Jonathan French.
(Notes above from contributor JBrown, #47229092)
As Ebenezer Sperry French of North Hampton, he had his name legally changed to Sperry French by an Act of the Legislature. This was approved July 14, 1864. ("Laws of the State of New Hampshire", p.2839, chap. 2877) Thus, vital records prior to that date spell his name differently, for example, he married as E.S. French, in Exeter N.H. on Oct. 31, 1853, to Harriet N. Robinson, with the intention to marry announced earlier, on Oct. 9, as E. Sperry French.
The US Census for 1870, done on June 28 in his part of Exeter, listed him as Sperry, age 47, a schoolteacher, with Harriet and four children, with Harriet the junior just two (est. birth 1867-68), and the three older sibling in school, Arthur S. or L., 15 (est. birth 1854-55), Mary. A. or R,, 11 (est. birth 1858-59), and Frank N., 9 (est. birth 1860-61), with whoever spoke to the interviewer believing all were born in NH.
By the 1900 Census, Sperry (both parents b. Mass) and Harriet (both parents b. NH) the senior still live in Exeter with just two of the now adult children, Harriet the junior (b. May 1868) and Arthur S. (b. Aug., 1854), plus a grown grandchild, Helen P. French (age 20, b. Dec., 1880, mother b. Mass, father b. NH). These census records are archived at FamilySearch.org.
Sperry's grandfather was of the Braintree, Mass., Frenches, with his parents, Moses French and Esther Thayer, farmers back then, even though Braintree is a suburb now, located just south of Boston, near the coast. Their son Rev. Jonathan French, Sperry's grandfather, led an interesting life on his way from Massachusetts to NH, including study at advanced institutions and a stint in the American Revolution, where he contracted small pox, but survived. His son, Sperry's father, was also a Rev. Jonathan French.
(Notes above from contributor JBrown, #47229092)
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