James Taylor Freeman (1870 - abt. 1951)

Born 1870 in Tennessee

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Descendants

Died about Jul 1951 at about age 81 in Arapaho, Custer County, Oklahoma

Biography

Birth James Taylor Freeman was born in 1870 in Tennessee.^[1]

Residences

• 1920 Hobart, Kiowa, Oklahoma. Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head.^[2]

• 1930 Clinton, Custer, Oklahoma. Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head.^[3]

• 1940 Arapaho, Custer, Oklahoma. Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head.^[4]

Death and Burial He died in 1951 and is buried in Arapaho Cemetery, Arapaho, Custer County, Oklahoma.^[5]

Notes The Freeman Family in America The Freeman Family in AmericaLt. Col. Bridges and Bridget FreemanNote: The information on Bridges FREEMAN, his children and grandchildren, is primarily from Freeman Forebears, by Garland Evans HOPKINS (monograph about 1942/3), edited by Virginia Lee FREEMAN TAYLOR and Robert Brant TAYLOR (Arlington, TX: August 12, 1995). Thanks to Raymond McGARITY for providing this source. Bridges FREEMAN - b. about 1603, Oxfordshire, England; d. after 1655, VA. Son of Thomas FREEMAN and Frances BENNETT. Arriving in America about 1622, Bridges bore military titles of Commander of the Maine, Adjutant, Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel. On March 4, 1629-30 he became a Burgess from Pasbyhoy, in September 1632 from Chickahominy, and in 1647 from James City County. He was named to the Virginia Council of State, April 30, 1652, and was re-elected in 1655. In 1648, Bridges had a bequest of 200 acres of land from widow Antonia FOWLER. Bridges married Bridget about 1635, reportedly in VA. Land records for Bridges, as cited in Freeman Forebears, include:"On December 1, 1635, he patented one hundred and fifty acres of land in James City County. On August 11, 1637, he and Francis Fowler patented nine hundred acres, probably on the Chickahominy. On August 12, 1637, he patented one hundred acres on the east side of the Chicahominy. On August 5, 1640, an additional one hundred acres was patented, 'lying in the woodyard, adjoining Southerly unto four hundred acres now in possession said Freeman.' Later we find that eight hundred acres granted to both Freeman and Fowler is patented solely by Freeman. This land was originally allowed for transporting eighteen people to Virginia."Brid get - b. est. 1605-15, England; d. VA. With no solid evidence, Bridget has been called the daughter of Francis FOWLER, VA Burgess in 1642 and deceased by Feb 1643/4, apparently based on patents of lands granted "by the will of Mrs. Antonia Fowler the late relict of Mr. Francis Fowler part of a dividend due sd Fowler by patent Aug. 4, 1639." Two hundred acres of this land was bequeathed to Capt. Bridges FREEMAN. Lists of persons living in VA provide the following: James City, 1623 Francis FOULER; Elizabeth City, 1623 William FOULLER; Elizabeth City 1624 Widow FOWLER; James City, 1625 Francis FOWLER, age 23. Based on the patents of land granted by Antonia FOWLER, and the FOWLERs listed, Bridget may have been the sister of: William FOWLER (b. about 1595) married Margaret; Francis FOWLER (b. about 1602; d. between Apr 1642 and Feb 1643/4) married Antonia; Miss FOWLER married Capt. Henry BROWNE; and possibly others. It is possible that Bridget was daughter of the Widow FOWLER of Elizabeth City 1624. Refer also to The Evelyn Family in My Southern Families, by Hiram Kennedy Douglass (1967), which identifies Bridget as Bridgett EVELYN, daughter of George EVELYN and Jane CRANE. Children of Bridges and Bridget Freeman1. Bridges - b. about 1637. Bridges apparently inherited his father's lands in James City Co., VA, and probably some in New Kent County. He was a Crown Justice of James City County. Children: Jane married Alexander WALKER; a daughter married Stephen POTTUS; and Elizabeth married John Jacob Goignan DANZE/DANCY. 2. James - b. about 1640; d. Jan. 23, 1687/8, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., VA. James inherited his father's land along the Chickahominy River in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County. He probably also had land in Gloucester County. There is no direct evidence that James was the father of John FREEMAN of Surry Co., VA. Married Mary about 1664. Children of James and Mary: John; Robert married Anne ROBINS; and William. Henry - b. about 1646; d. by Apr. 24, 1676, VA. Freeman Forebears includes the following concerning Martha, widow of Henry: "On April 24, 1676, she was ordered to pay Samuel Toplady two hundred pounds of tobacco for settling her husband's accounts. On January 14, 1677, she was ordered to pay Major John Seasbrooke, 2,805 pounds of tobacco in the settling of the estate." Married Martha. Children: John married Elizabeth; Anne Maria; and Henry III married first Barbara CALTHORPE (of Royal descent, and ancestor of Freeman Forebears author Garland Evans HOPKINS), and second Elinor.

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79466349.
2. ↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Hobart, Kiowa, Oklahoma; Roll: T625_1467; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 130.
3. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Clinton, Custer, Oklahoma; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0011; FHL microfilm: 2341635.
4. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Arapaho, Custer, Oklahoma; Roll: m-t0627-03290; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 20-1.
5. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79466349.