Elizabeth (Buffington) Freeman (abt. 1689 - abt. 1749)

Born about 1689 in Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of John Freeman I — married 4 Jan 1735 in Kennett MM, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Died about 1749 at about age 60 in Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

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Biography

Ancestral File Number

Ancestral File Number: 7882-VC

Note

Note: Her will was written January 27 1748/9 and her husband had already passed away. Her first husband was Peter Collins.

COLLINS, PETER. E. Bradford. October 9, 1733. October 29, 1733. A. 402. To wife all estate real and personal during life and after her decease to my brother Daniel Collins or his heirs and if Robert Collins children should come my estate shall be divided among them. Executors: wife Elizabeth and Richd. Buffington Jr and Geo. Martin. Trustees. Witnesses: Richd. Buffington, Geo. Martin, Damson Osson.

1st marriage of Elizabeth Buffington

Will: FREEMAN, ELIZABETH. West Bradford. January 27, 1748/9. C. 112. To Susanna Freeman a tract of land containing 12 acres purchased of Thomas Stubbs. To Nathan Freeman the right of the plantation he now lives on until such time as the heirs mentioned in Peter Collins' will shall come and demand the same. To brother, William Buffington £15. To John Freeman £5 in cattle. To sister Hannah Dean, to cousin Mary Dean, sister Lydia Martin, cousins Mary and Betty Martin, sisters Mary Turner, Phebe Buffington, Susanna Hanson and Damson Quaintance, articles of wearing apparel. Directs executors to assign William Lee to James Wickersham until he is 16. To Samuel Freeman a bed. To Jude Barnard, George Fox's Doctrinal Books. Executors: Nathaniel Freeman and Thomas Sheward. Letters to Freeman, Sheward renouncing. Wit: Isaac Vernon, James Marshall, Ealse Buffington.

ix. Elizabeth BUFFINGTON was born 1689 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and died 20 MAR 1749 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. . Her marriage to Peter Collins was 30 OCT 1714 in Chester County, Pennsylvania,He died ABT. 15 OCT 1733.. He was born ABT. 1689 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, She married John FREEMAN about 1735 and died ABT. 4 MAY 1748.

DEATH: FREEMAN, ELIZABETH. West Bradford. November 27, 1748/9. March 20, 1748/9. C. 112. To Susanna Freeman a tract of land containing 12 acres purchased of Thomas Stubbs. To Nathan Freeman the right of the plantation he now lives on until such time as the heirs mentioned in Peter Collins' will shall come and demand the same. To brother, William Buffington £15. To John Freeman £5 in cattle. To sister Hannah Dean, to cousin Mary Dean, sister Lydia Martin, James & Thomas Harlin" purchased lands there in the summer of 1686, and that "James Harland" did likewise in January of 1701.

FAMILY: **"It was then in Kennett, but later the township was subdivided."

FAMILY: More information to be found on pages 4 - 7 in Alphaeus Harlan's book.

Sources

• Source: S12 Repository: #REPO1 Title: Ancestral File (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Note: The information added to this file is taken from information obtained from the local Ellington Newspaper and Books of the Buffington Family. The death date was found in family records.

• Repository: REPO1 Name: Family History Library Address: 35 N West Temple Street CONT Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA

• John Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope. History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches.1881. p 489. Free to read at Archive.org.

• Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Women's Minutes, 1690-1789; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: MR-Ph 274

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011.

* WikiTree profile Buffington-117 created through the import of YOUNG.ged on Jul 12, 2011 by Zak Young.

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