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Elkanah Freeman Sr (1727 - abt. 1777)

Elkanah Freeman Sr
Born in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 11 Oct 1750 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 49 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Elkanah was born March 31, 1727, the son of Watson Freeman and Sarah Gray[1] [2]

On Oct. 11, 1750, he married Abigail Mayo, the daughter of Joseph Mayo and Abigail Merrick of Harwich[3][1], and their children included

  1. Christian, who was baptized March 16, 1760, and who died in infancy[1]
  2. William, baptized in 1760, and probably died early[1]
  3. Elkanah, who was baptized in 1760 and married Polly Myrick or Merrick of Harwich on Oct. 25, 1785[1] [4]
  4. Barnabas, who was baptized Nov. 22, 1764[1]
  5. Abigail, who was baptized July 31, 1768, and who married David Hall of Yarmouth, Massachusetts on March 9, 1776, and lived in Hardwick[1] [5]
  6. Edmund ; married, and died in Bath, Maine[1] [6]

Mr. Elkanah Freeman died before his widow Abigail was named administrator of his estate, on April 9, 1777[1]

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Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Freeman Genealogy in Three Parts by Freeman, Frederick. (Franklin Press, Rand, Avery, and Co., Boston, 1875). Elkanah is person 746. See page 100 for his parents, and page 174 for his wife and children
  2. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-H9F : 4 December 2014), Elknah Freeman, 31 Mar 1727; 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.
  3. Harwich Mass Vital Records page 100 found in Harwich V1, page 140 of the Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
  4. Exerpts from the journal of William Freeman by Robert Shaw; published in Volume 9.5 page 58 of the New England Ancestors Magazine; Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000-2009. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.)
  5. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4N-S7T : 4 December 2014), David Hall and Abigail Freeman, 09 Mar 1776; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 778,358.
  6. "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4N3-1ZD : 4 December 2014), Edmund Freeman and Betsey Pattee, 1796; citing Winslow, Kennebec, Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 12,303.

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