Elisha Freeman Jr (1757 - abt. 1812)

Born 2 Jul 1757 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Reynolds) Freeman — married 1779 in Lubec, Washington, Maine

Descendants

Died about 12 May 1812 at about age 54 in East Worcester, Otsego, New York, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

This profile is part of the Freeman Name Study.

Research notes

His date of death might be 1818 - however, the headstone appears to be added later by a descendant; other records have his date of death as May 5, 1818 - both the stone and these other records put his age as 55. The stone is in the East Worcester cemetery, Worcester, Otsego, New York -

"died May 5, 1813, Worcester, N . Y. . .The Frederick Freeman Genealogy is in error in placing the date of his death in 1818. Elisha Freeman, Jr., died intestate. The record is on file at Cooperstown, Otsego Co., N . Y. , wherein Bible Williams, Jr., Esq., surrogate of Otsego County on June 7, 1813 appointed Lydia Freeman, Nathaniel and Simeon Freeman as administrators of the estate of the late Elisha Freeman, Jr."^[1] p. 174.

Birth - Vital Records of Norwich 1659-1848; this is a transcription, not an abstract.

Overview

Elisha Freeman was born 2 Jul 1757 in Norwich Township, Connecticut^[2]; he was the son of Elisha and Mary (Vincent) Freeman of Truro, Massachusetts^[3]

In 1779, he married Lydia Reynolds, and had children, including:

1. Joshua Edwards, 1780, in New Brunswick; m. Eliza Morgan in Eastport, Maine, and d. 1851, in Lagrange, Ohio.
2. Lydia, m. Elijah P. Olmstead in Shodac, NY, and had children.
3. Elisha Edwards, March 23, 1783; who married Rachel Colby, April 4, 1804, who died Sept. 14, 1805. He married second Rebecca Plummer of Sheffield, N.B., on Jan. 21, 1807. After Rebecca died Jan. 13, 1817, Elisha married a third time, to Lydia Winters, on Oct. 10, 1819. Elisha and Lydia moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1849, where she died Oct. 18, 1851. He married fourth, Mrs. Cowel, 1851; and fifth, Mrs. Schoonover, 1860. Elisha died July 25, 1861.
4. Nathaniel, Sept. 25, 1785, in Kinderhook, N.Y, married Clarissa Baker and had children
5. Simeon, born Oct. 3, 1788, who m. Olive Jackson
6. George Washington, born April 13, 1790, married Sarah Youngs and had six children
7. Cynthia, born July 4, 1793 ; who married Reuben Williams. and had 7 children: Alanson; Eliza; John; Caroline; Elisha; Olive; Henry
8. Mary, Aug. 25, 1795 ; married David France, and George G Warner of Schoharie NY, and had children, including ; James (who was a physician); Mary (who married Mr. Mann); Ann; David
9. Mercy Ann, June 3, 1797, in Worcester, Otsego County; at Clifton, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada married James Scott Simmonds and had a child; as widow married George Stacey.
10. Henry, 1799; m. Nancy Knowles and had 8 children in Ohio and Wisconsin
11. Stephen Van Rensselaer, born in 1802, married Laura Wolcott in Cayuga and settled in Ohio, where they had six children.
12. Abigail, 1804; d. 1805.
13. Frederic Reynolds, born Oct. 6, 1805; married Lucy Rette Beeman

Elisha died May 5, 1812, at the age of 55 years(?), and is buried in the East Worcester Cemetery in Otsego County, NY^[4]

Many of his children and their families relocated to Ohio, Wisconsin, and Michigan in the 1840s. ^{[5] [6]}

Sources

1. ↑ John & Susan Simmonds and some of their descendants, with related ancestral lines / compiled by Frank William Simmonds. Published in 1940.
2. ↑ Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848: Part 1; Norwich (Conn.) January 1, 1913 page 359. listing for Elisha Freeman, 02 Jul 1757
3. ↑ Freeman genealogy in three parts; Part 2; Franklin Press: Rand, Avery and Company. Boston, 1875; pg 387, 403
4. ↑ Findagrave Memorial #91619831 for Elisha Freeman (1757-1812)
5. ↑ John & Susan Simmonds and some of their descendants, with related ancestral lines / compiled by Frank William Simmonds. Published in 1940.
6. ↑ Full text of Simmonds book available at FamilySearch. at Hathi Trust.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHKP-FJW : accessed 5 August 2017), Elisha Freeman Jr, Kinderhook, Columbia, New York, United States; citing p. 249, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 568,146.

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5B-Q59 : accessed 3 May 2021), Elisha Freeman, Cobleskill, Schoharie, New York, United States; citing p. 159, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 26; FHL microfilm 193,714. (1 free white male to age 10, 2 free white males aged 16 to 26, 1 free white female aged 16 to 26, 1 free white female aged 26 to 45, 1 free white female over 45)

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5Y-GFP : accessed 3 May 2021), Elisha Freeman, Worcester, Otsego, New York, United States; citing p. 663, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 25; FHL microfilm 193,713. (1 free white male age to 10, 1 free white male aged 10 to 16, 1 free white male aged 16 to 26, 1 free white male aged over 45; 3 free white females aged to 10, 1 free white female aged 16 to 26, 1 free white female age 26 to 45.)

• New York: Abstracts of Wills, Admins. and Guardianships, 1787-1835. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006.) Original manuscript in:Eardeley Genealogy Collection: New York State Abstracts of Wills, Brooklyn Historical Society. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB7/i/6911/973/336892. (adm Estate of Elisha Freeman. . .of Worster, Otsego Co. died intestate. Granted to Lydia Freeman, Nathaniel Freeman & Simeon Freeman of Co. Otsego as Admins. June, 1813)