Martha (Tupper) Freeman (1744 - 1784)

Born 5 Apr 1744 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Barnabas Freeman — married 15 May 1774 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia

Died 24 Jul 1784 at age 40 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia

Biography

Martha was born April 5, 1744, the daughter of Nathan Tupper and Experience Gibbs of Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts^{[1] [2] [3]}

Circa 1759, she moved to Liverpool, Nova Scotia with her family, where she married first Captain Howe Stewart^[2]. He was the Master of the sloop Liberty on Tuesday March 31, 1767^[4]

On May 15, 1774, she married Barnabas (Barnaby Freeman, son of Elisha. He was a widower, who was also one of the original proprietors of Liverpool, NS^{[2] [5]}. Martha and Barnabas did not have children.

Martha (Tupper) Howe Freeman died 24 Jul 1784 in Liverpool^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Familysearch explains about the loss of records in Barnstable before 1827, and recommends sources, including the Brownson notes listed here
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Genealogical notes of Cape Cod families by Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V.; Publication date 1967; Publisher Lydia B. Brownson; Digitizing sponsor Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners; Contributor Sturgis Library; Volume 47 ((Thaxter to Twining), see page 200 for Nathan Tupper, son of Medad , and his daughter Joanna on page 203
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Q-2QY : 4 December 2014), Nathan Tupper in entry for Martha Tupper, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} The Diary of Simeon Perkins, 1766-1812; The Publications of the Champlain Society (behind a paywall). See page 19 of Volume 1 for reference to Howe Stewart, and page 40 of Volume II for reference to Barnabas Freeman, including Martha's death in 1784
5. ↑ Freeman genealogy in three parts by Freeman, Frederick, 1799-1883; Publication date 1875; Publisher Boston : Franklin Press, Rand, Avery, and Co.; Digitizing sponsor Boston Public Library; Contributor Boston Public Library, see page 383

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