Stephen
Freeman
Born about in England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Hannah (Astwood) Freeman
— married
about 1653 in Milford, Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Hannah (Freeman) Brown, Mary (Freeman) Brown, Samuel Freeman, Sarah (Freeman) Judd and Martha (Freeman) Dodd
Died
at about age 45
in Newark, Essex, New Jersey
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Biography
Stephen Freeman was born in England about 1630. No baptism record has been found. He is mentioned in the Freeman Genealogy in a memoranda[1], which provides some notes "for further reference". This states that Stephen was an after- planter at Milford and was on the list at the first meeting held in November of 1639.
He removed to Milford by 1648. As a member of Pierson’s congregation, he would have first been in Lynne, Massachusetts.
He was admitted to the church on Feb 26, 1648.[2]
He married Hannah Astwood in Milford.[3] In 1653. [4] Hannah was the daughter of Captain John Astwood, one of the pillars of the Milford Church.
According to 'records of the first church in Newark'.Stephen was among a group from Branford under the leadership of Reverend Mr. Pierson, who were some of the first settlers in Newark in the colony of East Jersey in 1666.
In Newark, Stephen served on the Town Committee in 1674 as burner of woods and meadows. He served as a Townsman in 1674 & 1675. many other actions in the new settlement of Newark.
Children of Stephen and Hannah (Astwood) Freeman:[5]
- Hannah, b. 1655
- Mary, b. 1658
- Samuel, b. 1662 married Elizabeth Brown.
- Sarah m Judd of Waterbury.
- Martha B 1670 married Samuel Dodd.
Stephen Freeman died In 1675. The children above named are mentioned in his will. Will proved October 22, 1675 Newark.
Research Notes
An earlier version of this profile listed Stephen’s father as Edmund Freeman. Stephen was born possibly in 1630. There was a gap of ten years between his birth and his supposed siblings, all born much earlier. In addition, Stephen was not mentioned in the will of Edmond Freeman and he is not included in several genealogy sources for the Freeman family of Edmond Freeman. He did not live in the Sandwich area of Massachusetts where his supposed family lived. Edmond Freeman and Alice Coles were removed as parents.
The notes from the First church of Newark add that son Samuel above married Elizabeth Brown, daughter of John Brown of Newark (his will, dated 1690 identified as his daughter), and they had children including:
- Stephen, born in Newark, 1696, and died in Morris County, October 21, 1782, at age 86 ;
- Samuel, who died Oct. 21, 1782, and was buried in Orange
- Benjamin, who died Jan. 17, 1789, at age 77, in Morris;
- Jedediah, who died Oct. 1811, at age 85, and was buried in Orange;
- Abel who died April 30, 1803, at age 78, and was buried in Orange.
Sources
- ↑ Freeman Genealogy in Three Parts; Part 2; Franklin Press: Rand, Avery and Company. Boston, 1875; pg 446, 447
- ↑ Connecticut Vital Records, The Barbour Collection, Volume Milford, Page 73. accessed through NEHGS.
- ↑ NEHGS, New England Marriages to 1700, Volume 1, Page 579. Accessed through americanancestors.org
- ↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
- ↑ Shaw, William H., History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey, Volume 1, Page 362. Published 1884. https://archive.org/stream/historyofessexh01shaw#page/362/mode/2up
- Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74J-QZG : 7 January 2020), Samuel Freeman, 1662.
- New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 page 559
- Lee, Francis Bazely. Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey. New York, 1910. Pg. 1504.
- U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical publishing.
- Freeman, Frederick. Freeman genealogy in three parts. 1870 Boston. Digitizing sponsor Boston Public Library.
Acknowledgments
- WikiTree profile Freeman-2311 created through the import of SRW 7th July 2011.ged on Jul 7, 2011 by Stephen Wilkinson.
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He was an after-planter, which means he arrived after the 1st settlers. Milford was founded in 1639, so he had to have arrived after that year.
He's not in the PGM Directory. Based on the sources, I don't think he is elligible to be PGM, or PGM Beyond.
I do, however, want to take this opportunity to thank you for your continuing work on these profiles.
edited by Ellen Gustafson
A mother's birth date (Ishman-5 born 1545) should not be more than 67 years before the birth date of one of her children (Freeman-1642 born 1630) . A father's death date (Freeman-1636 died 1580) should not be more than nine months before one of his children's birth dates (Freeman-1642 born 1630) .
Also, both his "parents" died in England, making his birth in Connecticut seem improbable as well.