Record of Births Attended by Dr. John French in Bath, New Hampshire and Surrounding Towns, 1807–1857

These records were copied, and the index compiled, by John Hibbard, town clerk of Bath, New Hampshire. Dr. John French was born in South Hampton, N.H., and commenced his practice at Warren, N.H., in 1807. Early in 1808 he located in Landaff, where he practiced until April 1822, when he removed to Bath. He remained there in active practice until the latter part of 1857. These records contain the names of 2,336 fathers and the dates of birth of their children. In addition to Bath, they list births in the surrounding towns of Landaff, Lisbon, Lyman, Benton, and Haverhill.

The transcription is kept in the R. Stanton Avery Collections at NEHGS, call number, Mss A 6921.

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