Baptized Assington, Suffolk, 27 November 1608, son of Thomas and Susan (Riddlesdale) French. A Tailor from Assington, Suffolk, he, but not his parents, emigrated to Massachusetts Bay in 1632. First settled in Boston; moved to Ipswich in 1635. Died in Ipswich 8 August 1680.
Married by 1632 Mary _____; she died at Ipswich 6 May 1681.
Thomas French and his sister Alice had arrived in New England by 1632, and their two next younger sisters, Dorcas and Susan, came in 1633. Their parents and younger siblings sailed for New England after 1633. Alice married THOMAS HOWLETT and Dorcas married first CHRISTOPHER PEAKE and then GRIFFIN CRAFTS. Susan may have been a servant in the household of John Winthrop Jr. for a time, but otherwise left no record in New England.