Edmund Freeman (1657 - 1719)

Born 6 Jun 1657 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Merrick) Freeman — married 1 Jan 1677 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 11 Feb 1719 at age 61 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Edmund Freeman

Birth JUN 1657 Eastham, Massachusetts (Barnstable)^[1]

Marriage 1681 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Husband: Edmund Freeman

Wife: Sarah Mayo

Children

Edmund Freeman and Ruth Merrick had just one child:^[2]

• Ruth Freeman, b. before 1681; married Israel Doane

Edmund Freeman and Sarah Mayo had the following eleven children:^[3]

• Sarah Freeman, married Benjamin Higgins
• Isaac Freeman, b. May 1687/8; married Bethiah Sturgis
• Ebenezer Freeman, b. June 1688/9; married Abigail Young
• Mary Freeman, married Samuel Hinckley
• Experience Freeman, married Thomas Gross
• Mercy Freeman, b. abt. 1693; married Thomas Cobb
• Thankful Freeman, married Jonathan Snow
• Elizabeth Freeman, married Isaac Pepper
• Hannah Freeman, b. July 1697/8; married Christian Remick
• Edmund Freeman, b. abt. 1702; married Louis Paine and Sarah Sparrow
• Rachel Freeman, b. abt. 1704; married Thomas Gray

Death & Legacy

10 DEC 1718/19^[4][5]

Burial: The Ancient Cemetery, Eastham, Massachusetts "at the feet of his father and mother".

Gravesite Details A close look at the stone indicates death on Feb 11,1718/9. (A VERY small nine)^[4]

"Whereas Leut Edmond Freeman of the Town of Eastham… Lately dyed Intestate… I do therefore hereby settle sd estate & order the same to be divided… in ye following manner… all the Howsing, Lands & read Estate being apprised… at Eight hundred forty nine pounds seven shillings and six pence… all the Housing Lands & Real Estate… is… sett over unto Isaac Freeman the eldest son… having given Bonds for payment of what… amounts to more than his own duble share or portion. The widow… to have the use of one third part of sd Real Estate during her natural Life which third is after the widows decease to be divided To and amongst all the Children of the deceased… Isaac Freeman having given Bond to pay out the other Childrens portions…

To Ebenezer Freeman fifty four pounds and to Edmond Freeman fifty four pounds & eight shillings. And to Ruth Doane one of ye daughters of sd deceased Forty seven pounds and eight shillings. And to Sarah Higgins another of sd daughter Eight and thirty pounds and sixteen shillings, And to Mary Hinckley another of sd daughters the sum of two and forty pounds nine shillings & four pence. And to Experience Grose another of sd daughters thirty thre pounds four shillings and sixpence. And to Mercy Cobb another of sd daughters the sum of forty four pounds four shillings and eight pence. And to Thankfull Snow another of sd daughters the sum of Fifty four pounds six shilling and four pence. And to Elizabeth Pepper another of sd daughters the sum of six and thirty pounds sixteen shillings and nine pence. And to Hannah Rimick another of sd daughters eight & thirty pounds ten shillings and seven pence. And to Rachel Freeman another of sd daughters fifty four pound and eight shillings. And then threre will be for each of them the sd two sons and nine daughters to receive of Isaac Freeman their eldest brother… after the decease of their Mother the sum of one and twenty pounds fifteen shillings and ten pence apiece to be paid at or before ye expiration of Two years after the widows decease… the twelfth day of February… 1718

Jno Otis" ^[6]

"The 26th day of March 1736/7 I Sarah Freeman of Eastham… Widdow Relect of Lieut Edmund Freeman Deceasd… Do… Make… this my Last Will and Testament…

Imprims I Give and bequeath to my beloved Son Ebenr Freeman one feather bed & bedstted and a pr of Curtains one Rug and bolster and One Cupbord.

Item I Give and bequeath to my beloved Son Edmund Freeman all the Remainder of my Estate Excepting only what I shall otherwise Disppose of by this My Last Will…

Item I Give and bequeath to my Daughter Thankfull my Golden Necklace and to my Daughter Mary Hinkley I Give my bible.

Item I Give and bequeath to the four Children of my beloved Son Isaac Freeman To Each of them Tweleve pence apeace & no more.

Item I Give and bequeath to my Six Daughters to be Equally divided unto them all my Wearing Cloths whatsoever viz: that is to Say to my beloved Daughter Sarah Higgins one Sixty part yrof and to my beloved Daughter Mary Hinkley one Sixth part yrof and to my beloved Daughter Thankfull Snow one Sixth part thereof and to my beloved Daughter Mercy Cob one Sixth part thereof and to my beloved Daughter Hannah Remick one Sixty part yrof and to my beloved Daughter Rachel Gray One Sixth part thereof…

Item I make & ordain my beloved Son Edmund Freeman to be my Whole & Sole Executor…

Sarah Freeman her S mark

In presence of us…
Nathll Freeman
Mary Freeman
Phebe Higgins" ^[7]

March the 15th day 1745/6 an Inventory of the Estate of Mrs Sarah Freeman of Eastham deceasd taken by us Joseph Doane Robert Young & Moses Higgins…

Imprimis To an Old Cubord 5/ old Tramel 2/6

old Chest old Spining Wheel Sifting trough

These 3. 4s all.................................................00 11 06

Item To 6 Chears...........................................00 05 09

Item To household old Earthen Weare all at.00 05 03

Item To household old pewter Some tin &

bottles.............................................................00 09 09

Item To old Brass small kettle & warming pan

Iron weare old Slice & old Tongs a pair of Iron

Dogs & other Small things all.......................01 14 00

Item Old Spice Mortar old hand bellows and

old Wooden Houshold weare all with and

Old Meet barrel..............................................00 08 00

Item Large old Chest table Old Chair two old

bedsteeds Old bolster & pillow Some old

Feathers 2 old Rugs all Quilt Straw beds one

Judge all att.....................................................02 16 06

Item One Suit of old Torn Curtains 2 old Seve

Cloths bolster and chosen Bedblanket a

Coverlid womans wearing Cloaths all.........01 18 00

Item To 4 old Sheets Some Shifts 4 in all 2

WastCoats 2 pillobeers Table Cloth Small piece

of Calico caps Carchiefs Calico Apron all old an

old hood..........................................................02 19 09

Item To 3 Silver Spoons................................01 15 03

To a pair of Silver Bow Specticles.................00 02 00

To a gold Necklace.........................................02 10 00

To 2 pair of Sleave broken gold buttons ....00 08 00

To a Small Silver buckle.................................00 00 04

Item To a Low case of Draws.......................00 15 00

The sum Total Errors Excepted is.............. £16 19 02

Added Se below.....................................................5 .

.........................................................................£17 4 2

Funeral Charge 40/ apprisers 28/ my Own

time & Expence & horse 60/............................£6 8 0

A Debt due from her to me in her Lifetime..91 8 3

Charge of Obtaining Jusctice Freeman Oath

to ye will &c.......................................................1 10 0

To the Judge of Probate fees & acct...............1 10 0

Regr fees............................................................2 10 0

.......................................................................£103 6 3

Contra Cr pr Inventory as Apprisd old Tenr..58 16 8 ^[8]

Research Notes

Disambiguation: This Edmund Freeman of Eastham is easily confused with Edmund Freeman of Sandwich. Edmund of Sanwich also had a wife named Sarah (last name unknown) and daughter named Mary, who married Timothy Nye. Please take care not to confuse them.

DNA: Paternal and Maternal relationships are confident based on a triangulated group on GEDmatch who share a 27.9 cM segment on chromosome 1, consisting of Richard Tubbs, GEDmatch kit # VE869258C1, and Juanita Csontos, his 9th cousin 2x removed, GEDmatch kit # WA6805519, and JB, his 8th cousin 1x removed, GEDmatch kit # LX9320971. (Juanita Csontos and JB are 9th cousin 1x removed.) Their most-recent common ancestors are John Freeman and Mercy (Prence) Freeman, the 11x great grandparents of Richard Tubbs, the 9x great grandparents of Juanita Csontos, and the 10x great grandparents of JB.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S667 (can't find) Page: pg. 260 - Freeman
2. ↑ Barbara Lambert Merrick, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 24 Part 1, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014. "The Silver Book" Page 293
3. ↑ Barbara Lambert Merrick, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 24 Part 1, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014. "The Silver Book" Page 294
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7301629/edmond-freeman: accessed 04 August 2023), memorial page for Lieut Edmond Freeman (3 Jun 1657–11 Feb 1719),Find A Grave: Memorial #7301629, citing Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642). (Includes quality photographs of the gravestone.)
5. ↑ Source:Page: Pg. 806 - Family Archives CD #171
6. ↑ Barnstable County Probate- Vol. III, fol. 53; Vol. VIII, pp. 80-3; Settlement of Lt. Edmund Freeman’s Estate- George Bowman,The Mayflower Descendant- Vol. VIII, pp. 65-72 (Apr. 1906)
7. ↑ Barnstable County Probate- Vol. III, fol. 53; Vol. VIII, pp. 80-3; Settlement of Lt. Edmund Freeman’s Estate- George Bowman,The Mayflower Descendant- Vol. VIII, pp. 65-72 (Apr. 1906)
8. ↑ Barnstable County Probate- Vol. III, fol. 53; Vol. VIII, pp. 80-3; Settlement of Lt. Edmund Freeman’s Estate- George Bowman,The Mayflower Descendant- Vol. VIII, pp. 65-72 (Apr. 1906)

• "Freeman Genealogy" pp 38 39
  
• "Dawes--Gates ancestral Lines"
• The Mayflower Descendant, Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography, Volume VIII, The Mayflower Society (Published by the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1906), page 65: http://books.google.com/ebooks/reader?id=uYhHAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA64-IA2
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• Thurtle, Robert Glenn (ed.), Assistant Genealogist General. [Lineage Book of] Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors, Ann Arbor: Edwards Brothers, Inc., (Published by the Register, Society of the Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors, Our Members and Their Colonial Governor Lineages), 1980, p. 116 [Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 80-67264.]. Repository: Ancestry.com (dates/places of births/deaths/marriage)