Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameHephzibah French (French 62, page 320) 
Birth1734
Death17 February 1809
Memo(find-a-grave)
BurialElm Street Cemetery, Braintree, MA
MotherHephzibah White (White 55, page 371) (1709-)
Spouses
Birth11 February 1735
Memo(Vinton book)
Death6 December 1803
Memo(Vinton book)
BurialElm Street Cemetery, Braintree, MA
FatherCapt Samuel Vinton (Vinton 22, page 35) (1695-1756)
MotherElizabeth French (French 22, page 318) (1699-1770)
Marriageabout 1755
ChildrenHephzibah (1758-1836)
Research notes for Hephzibah French (French 62, page 320)
Hephzibah is named in her own right as French 62, the daughter of Benjamin French (French 40) and also mentioned as the wife of Capt John Vinton (Vinton 69). Her mother was Hephzibah White (White 62).
Research notes for John (Spouse 1)
John and his wife were second cousins both being descended from John and Grace French, early settlers in Braintree. There is a memorial for both of them on find-a-grave basically quoting the Vinton book for the biographical information included.
The Vinton book says: “Capt John Vinton was a man of much note in the town where he lived…shrewd, capable, energetic…exerted much influence. He resided in South Braintree..said to be the best farmer in all of Braintree. Though not a lawyer he was much consulted in legal affairs…much employed in the settlement of estates, and was guardian to several children.
He was Deputy Sheriff and mentioned as such in a letter by Abigail Adams to her husband dated Braintree 2 Sep 1774.
When the Revolutionary War began, Capt John Vinton commanded a company of “minute men” who marched from Braintree, belonging to the regiment of Col Benjamin Lincoln (later General Lincoln), upon the “Lexington alarm.”
Later he marched his company to Roxbury and took part in the decisive operations in the vicinity of Boston, which led to the evacuation of that metropolis by British forces in March 1776.
Still later he marched bis company to New York and was involved in the Battle of Harlem Heights.”
The Vinton book says: “Capt John Vinton was a man of much note in the town where he lived…shrewd, capable, energetic…exerted much influence. He resided in South Braintree..said to be the best farmer in all of Braintree. Though not a lawyer he was much consulted in legal affairs…much employed in the settlement of estates, and was guardian to several children.
He was Deputy Sheriff and mentioned as such in a letter by Abigail Adams to her husband dated Braintree 2 Sep 1774.
When the Revolutionary War began, Capt John Vinton commanded a company of “minute men” who marched from Braintree, belonging to the regiment of Col Benjamin Lincoln (later General Lincoln), upon the “Lexington alarm.”
Later he marched his company to Roxbury and took part in the decisive operations in the vicinity of Boston, which led to the evacuation of that metropolis by British forces in March 1776.
Still later he marched bis company to New York and was involved in the Battle of Harlem Heights.”