Samuel Freeman Esq (1715 - 1783)

Born 8 Aug 1715 in Harwich, Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Smith) Freeman — married 1735 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Husband of Mary (Mayo) Freeman — married 27 Oct 1755 in Newport, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 4 Apr 1783 at age 67 in Liverpool, Queens County, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Samuel Freeman was born August 8, 1715, the son of Thomas Freeman and Mary Smith of Harwich, Barnstable Count, Massachusetts^[1]

Circa 1735 he married Margaret Smith^[2], and had children, including:

1. Samuel Freeman Jr born April 9, 1736 in Harwich, who married Mercy Snow of Harwich December 16, 1756^[3]
2. Bathsheba Freeman, born May 30, 1738^[4], who married Eliakim Higgins of Orleans Massachusetts on Dec. 16, 1756, and who died in 1799
3. Captain Hezekiah Freeman, born September 3, 1740, in Harwhich, who married Martha and died in 1816^[5]
4. Smith Freeman, born June 3, 1743 and lived in Boston in 1773^[6]
5. Joseph Freeman, born Nov. 5, 1745, in Harwich ; m. Rebecca Nickerson of Harwich, and died in 1786)
6. Keziah Freeman (Abt 1746-1817), who married Prince Higgins of Eastham on Jan. 16, 1766, and whose descendants are in Orrington, Maine
7. Josiah Freeman, born Feb. 20, 1754, in Harwich, who married Sarah Bee of Liverpool, and 2d Mary Cobb, and who died in 1840

Samuel's wife Magaret died circa 1755.

On 27 Oct 1755 he married Mary Mayo, daughter of Judah Mayo and Mary Hamilton, and widow of Joseph Doane in Newport, Rhode Island^[7], and they had children, including:

1. Doane Freeman, born Aug. 14, 1757 in Harwich, who died in 1779
2. Seth Freeman, born Jan. 8, 1758, who died in Liverpool in 1859
3. Benjamin Freeman, born April 13, 1759, in Bristol, Maine, who married Elizabeth Nickerson, born July 7, 1782
4. Margaret Freeman, born May 19, 1761, in Liverpool, N.S.
5. Sarah Freeman, born March 20, 1763 in Liverpool
6. Lydia Freeman, born Nov. 20, 1764 in Liverpool
7. Captain James Freeman, born Sept. 24, 1767, in Liverpool, who married Hannah Barss, on Dec. 11, 1792, in Liverpool.

Samuel Freeman moved to Liverpool, Nova Scotia about 1760, and in deeds and other documents there was styled " Esq.," as a magistrate or provost marshal, as early as Oct. 26, 1773.^{[8] [9] [10]}

He died 4 Apr 1783 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-ZS6 : 4 December 2014), Samuell Freeman, 08 Aug 1715; citing HARWICH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2, 0001251 V. 4, 0001251 V. 5, 0161967 V. 11, 0161967 V. 6, 0161967 V. 7, 0161967 V. 8, 0161969 V. 13, 0161971 V. 19, 0161971 V. 20, 0161972 V. 23, 0161972 V. 24, 0161975 V. 33, 0161975 V. 34.
2. ↑ Cape Cod History Person ID i19545
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-Z3D : 4 December 2014), Samul. Freeman in entry for Samuel Freeman, 09 Apr 1736; citing HARWICH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2, 0001251 V. 4, 0001251 V. 5, 0161967 V. 11, 0161967 V. 6, 0161967 V. 7, 0161967 V. 8, 0161969 V. 13, 0161971 V. 19, 0161971 V. 20, 0161972 V. 23, 0161972 V. 24, 0161975 V. 33, 0161975 V. 34.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ8-GDW : 4 December 2014), Samuel Freeman in entry for Barshaba Freeman, 30 May 1738; citing , EASTHAM, BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 2:179JQTL; FHL microfilm 905,406.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-HMB : 4 December 2014), Saml. Freeman in entry for Hezakiah Freeman, 03 Sep 1740; citing HARWICH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2, 0001251 V. 4, 0001251 V. 5, 0161967 V. 11, 0161967 V. 6, 0161967 V. 7, 0161967 V. 8, 0161969 V. 13, 0161971 V. 19, 0161971 V. 20, 0161972 V. 23, 0161972 V. 24, 0161975 V. 33, 0161975 V. 34.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-HZP : 4 December 2014), Saml. Freeman in entry for Smith Freeman, 03 Jun 1743; citing HARWICH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2, 0001251 V. 4, 0001251 V. 5, 0161967 V. 11, 0161967 V. 6, 0161967 V. 7, 0161967 V. 8, 0161969 V. 13, 0161971 V. 19, 0161971 V. 20, 0161972 V. 23, 0161972 V. 24, 0161975 V. 33, 0161975 V. 34.
7. ↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KB-TQD : 6 December 2014), Samuel Freeman and Mary Doan, 27 Oct 1755; citing Trinity Church,Newport,Newport,Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 22,422.
8. ↑ Freeman genealogy in three parts by Freeman, Frederick, 1799-1883; Published 1875; Publisher Boston : Franklin Press, Rand, Avery, and Co.; pages 56, 98
9. ↑ The history of Queens County, N.S. by More, James F. (James Fullerton), 1802-1878; Published in Halifax in 1873; Digitizing sponsor University of Alberta Libraries, see page 12 for the list of proprietors, pages 91 and 92 list various county officers, and page 138 for information on the Freeman family in Liverpool, including Samuel
10. ↑ The Diaries of Simeon Perkins, 1766-1780 (volume I) The Publications of the Champlain Society, Volume 29; Author: Simeon Perkins; Editor: Harold A. Innis; Published: 2013. Simeon Perkins Diary makes various references to Samuel Freeman, Esquire. Its behind a paywall
11. ↑ Familysearch shows various secondary references with this information.