Freelove Ann (Peckham) Smith (1824 - 1905)

Born 8 Aug 1824 in Walpole, Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Smith — married 14 Apr 1844 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 18 May 1905 at age 80 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Freelove Ann (Peckham) Smith (also recorded occasionally as Truelove) was born 8 Aug 1824 in Walpole, Massachusetts to James Peckham born at Newport, Rhode Island and Nancy Holmes born at Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[1] She died in Gloucester, Massachusetts on 18 May 1905. She lies buried in the Langsford Cemetery Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts.^[2][1]

Freelove Ann Peckham married Charles Smith on 14 April 1844 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.^[3]

In 1844 Freelove A. Peckham was living in Boston, when her daughter, Sarah E. Smith is born there to Charles Smith and Freelove A. Peckham.^[4]

On May 5, 1846 a daughter, Freelove Smith was born to Freelove Peckham and Charles Smith. This daughter married Rufus McLellan. Freelie A McLellan (age 75) died 12 Apr 1922 in Gloucester.^[5]

In the 1850 Federal Census for Boston, ward 11, Suffolk county, Massachusetts we find Freelove Smith (age 26 and born in Massachusetts circa 1824) living with her husband and children^[6]:

1. Charles Smith – Male – 28 – born in Maine – a boot treer by occupation
2. Freelove Smith – Female – 26 – born in Massachusetts
3. Sarah Smith – Female– – 6 – born in Massachusetts
4. Freelove Smith – Female – 4 – born in Massachusetts
5. Charles Smith – Male – 2 – born in Massachusetts

On 15 June, 1871 the Gloucester marriage records record the marriage of Freelove's son, Charles C. Smith (22 and a stonecutter) with Mary A. Griffin, both of Gloucester. Charles was born in Boston, while Mary had been born in Gloucester. Charles' parents were Charles and Freelove Ann Smith. Her parents were listed as Enos and Mary W. Fitz Griffin.^[7]

Freelove A (Peckham) Smith died on 18 May 1900 at Gloucester, Massachusetts at the age of 75 years 9 months and 11 days (consistent with her date of birth of 8 Aug 1824). She is widowed and her deceased husband is listed as Charles Smith. Death was caused by heart failure. She was born in Walpole, Massachusetts to James Peckham born at Newport, Rhode Island and Nancy Holmes born at Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[8][9]

The 1900 city directory provided a similar record of Freelove's death in 1900. It also shows her son, Charles C. Smith, a stonecutter, lived at 8 Duley Street, Lanesville village, Gloucester town, Essex county, Massachusetts. This house is just off the harbor at Lane's Cove.^[10]

Timeline

1824 - Freelove born in Walpole

1844 - married Charles Smith on 14 April 1844 in Boston

1844 - a daughter, Sarah E. Smith is born in Boston

1846 - a daughter, Freelove Smith is born in Boston

1848 - a son, Charles C. Smith is born in Boston

1850 - Living in Boston (per Census)

1851 - a daughter, Julia Florence Smith born (location unknown)

1854 - a daughter, Ella Gertrude Smith, born in Rowley 1855 - Living in Rowley (per Census)

1857 - a daughter, Carrie Maybell Smith, born in Rowley

1861 - a daughter, Edith Verona Smith, born in Gloucester

1865 - Living in Lanesville, Gloucester (per Census)

1870 - Living in Lanesville, Gloucester (per Census)

1880 - Living in Lanesville, Gloucester (per Census)

1893 - husband, Charles Smith, died

1900 - Freelove died

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915: Deaths registered at the city of Gloucester for 1900; Original record image at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZRQ-P4Z?i=511&wc=MJCX-N38%3A1043045101%3Fcc%3D1463156&cc=1463156
2. ↑ Freelove A. Smith BIRTH 8 Aug 1824 DEATH 18 May 1905 BURIAL Langsford Cemetery Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA MEMORIAL ID 53988552
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHKD-SPJ : 4 November 2017), Charles Smith and Freelove Ann Peckham, 14 Apr 1844; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 818,095. Image of original record: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Q1-797Z?i=283&cc=2061550
4. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24ZV-F2P : 10 February 2018), Alden G. Davis and Sarah E. Smith, 31 May 1866; citing Marriage, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,543,711.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZX7-YX6Z : 7 April 2021), Charles C Smith in entry for Freelie A McLellan, 1922.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDSD-BWP : 22 December 2020), Freelove Smith in household of Charles Smith, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915 Massachusetts, Marriage Records: Marriages registered at the city of Gloucester for 1871
8. ↑ Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915: Deaths registered at the city of Gloucester for 1900; Orignal record image at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZRQ-P4Z?i=511&wc=MJCX-N38%3A1043045101%3Fcc%3D1463156&cc=1463156
9. ↑ Freelove A. Smith BIRTH 8 Aug 1824 DEATH 18 May 1905 (aged 80) BURIAL Langsford Cemetery Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Find A Grave: Memorial #53988552
10. ↑ The Gloucester City Directory for 1900