John Freeman Jr
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John Freeman Jr (1651 - 1721)

John Freeman Jr
Born in Eastham, Plymouth Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 18 Dec 1672 (to 21 Apr 1696) in Eastham, Plymouth Colonymap
Husband of — married 21 Apr 1696 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 69 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

John Freeman

Birth: December 2, 1651, the son of John Freeman and Mercy Prence.[1]
Death: 27 July 1721[2] in his "70th year".

John is a descendant of Mayflower passenger William Brewster. His birth is given simply as "December 1651" in the most recent GSMD works (the 1935 claim of 2 December 1651 may no longer be accepted). He should not be confused with his earlier brother, John Freeman, who was born 2 Feb 1650, and died as an infant. [3]

John was married twice.

Spouse #1

Sarah Merrick on 18 Dec 1672 in Eastham

daughter[4] of Ens. William and Rebecca (Tracy?) Merrick

Spouse #2:

Mercy (Hedge?) Watson between 21 April 1696 and 6 July 1698

perhaps daughter of Capt. William Hedge

Sources

  • 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 283
  • The Mayflower Descendant, Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography, Volume VIII, The Mayflower Society [5]
  • Town records, 1654-1863 [Eastham, Massachusetts], database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-QNYN  : 27 September 2022), , FHL microfilm 007009743, image 330, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Transcribed by order of the Town in 1856 by, H. Doane 2d, Town Clerk, Marriages, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 3.
  1. Bowman, George Ernest. "John Freeman of Eastham and Harwich His Wives, His Children, His Will and His Widow's Estate." The Mayflower Descendant 33 (1935): 100-05. Accessed May 8, 2016. https://books.google.com/books?id=sJpLe16SzSYC.
  2. Findagrave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51252114
  3. Merrick, Barbara Lambert (compiler). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620. Volume Twenty-Four. The Descendants of Elder William Brewster, Part 1, Generations 1 through 4. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014. xxiv+446. Pages 156, 283-288.
  4. Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-9XHR : 27 September 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 109, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 11.
  5. (Published by the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 1906, page 34): http://books.google.com/ebooks/reader?id=uYhHAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PA34




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The Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, vol. 24 (Brewster), from 2014, provides sourced information (pp.283-288). I am updating this record and citing it, accordingly. There was an earlier brother John Freeman who died young (b. 2 Feb., 1650; p.156), as well.
posted by Dave Nicolson
added to John of Virginia's profile as support for John of Mass. information:
  • Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
  • Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Patriot 12090

birth location (leaving Dec. 1751) was given as Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

death info was 1721-07-27, Harwich, Barnstable, MASS

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Freeman-594 and Freeman-1376 do not represent the same person because: Freeman-594 should remain as Bridges' son. Bridges Freeman had a son named John, and Freeman-594 had been created to be his son. He just had the Massachusetts death location. Since the Mass. Freemans already have a profile for son John, I restored Freeman-594 to be Bridges son.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Is anyone working this profile to figure out all the wives for a person that may have died as a youngster?
posted by Robin Lee
Freeman-4428 and Freeman-1376 appear to represent the same person because: same person, death date on Freeman-4428 is incorrect this is actually a marriage date for Sarah and John.
posted by Robin Lee

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