Nathaniel Freeman Jr (1766 - 1800)

Born 1 May 1766 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Ford) Parker — married 5 Jun 1791 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Died 22 Aug 1800 at age 34 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Nathaniel Freeman was born May 1, 1766, the son of Nathaniel Freeman and Tryphosa Colton of Sandwich, Massachusetts^{[1] [2]}

• Alma mater (1787) Harvard University
• Profession (1791) Attorney at Law
• Political Office (1793) Justice of the peace
• Political Office (March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799) Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 5th district
• MIlitary Brigade Major in the Massachusetts militia Massachusetts

US Congressman. A 1787 graduate of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he studied law and was admitted to the Massachusetts State Bar Association in 1791. He was elected as a Federalist to represent Massachusetts’ 5th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1795 to 1799. He died a year and a half after leaving office at age thirty-four.

On June 5, 1791, he married Mary "Polly" Ford^{[3] [2]}

No children are listed for this marriage.

Nathaniel Freeman Jr died 22 August 1800 in Sandwich^[4], and is buried in the Old Town Cemetery ^{[5] [2]}

After Nathaniel's death, his widow married Captain Samuel Parker of Portland Maine^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-R6PL : 3 November 2017), Nathaniel Freeman, 01 Mar 1766; citing Birth, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,836.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Freeman genealogy in three parts by Freeman, Frederick, 1799-1883; Publication date 1875; Publisher Boston : Franklin Press, Rand, Avery, and Co. see person 944 on pages 120 and 197 for Nathaniel.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-JXXG : 18 October 2017), Nathaniel Jr. Esqr. Freeman and Mary Ford, 05 Jun 1791; citing Marriage Notice, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 904,580.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8C-361 : 3 November 2017), Nathaniel Freeman, 22 Aug 1800; citing Death, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,836.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #7526781

• Commencement Day orations of Nathaniel Freeman, 1787, 1790 . Harvard in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.; Collections of the Harvard University Archives., Personal archives.
• Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress listing for FREEMAN, Nathaniel, Jr., (1766 - 1800)
• Wikipedia listing for Nathaniel Freeman Jr
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 22 December 2018, 14:28), entry for Nathaniel Freeman(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LYSR-JZY); contributed by various users.