Nathaniel Freeman Esq (1669 - 1760)

Born 20 Mar 1669 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

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Died 4 Jan 1760 at age 90 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Nathaniel was born March 20, 1669. He is the son of John Freeman and Mercy Prence³ (Patience Brewster², William Brewster¹)^{[1] [2]}

His wife was Mary Howland, daughter of Zoeth and Mary Howland of Duxbury^[3]. Zoeth Howland was the nephew of Mayflower passenger John Howland, so this is not a second Mayflower line. This marriage isn't confirmed in a formal record, the Freeman genealogy notes that it is a longstanding tradition in both families, and offers the proof that the first name Zoeth appears in the descendants of this couple ^[1]. It is accepted by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants as factual to some extent, as the Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants note Mary Howland as the mother of each of their children^[4]

Their children included^[5][6]:

1. Abigail, born Feb. 22, 1692-3^[5]; who married Capt. Samuel Smith, Oct. 9, 1712 (and named a son Zoeth)^{[1] [4]}
2. Nathaniel, born Feb. 11, 1693-4^[5]; who married Hannah Merrick, April 6, 1721 ^{[1] [4]}
3. John, born June 15, 1695^[5] who married Thomison Sears on March 19, 1718-19; and then married Elizabeth Merrick, Oct. 26,1761^{[1] [4]}
4. Mary, born Oct. 3, 1696^[5]; who married Josiah Doane, Oct. 13, 1715^{[1] [4]}
5. Eleazer, born April 23, 1701^[5]; m. Rebecca Young, March 31, 1726^{[1] [4]}
6. Lydia, born Oct. 14, 1703^[5]; who married Elisha Freeman, May 7, 1725^{[1] [4]}

Nathaniel Freeman was a judge the court of common pleas, town clerk and selectman^[1]

Mary (Howland) Freeman died January 29, 1742/3^{[5] [1]}

Nathaniel Freeman, Esq died January 4 ,1760, in Eastham^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Freeman: Person #33, found on pages 28 and 42
2. ↑ Winsor: Page 260
3. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. See Volume 1, page 578, which suggests references for further reading, as follows: FREEMAN, Nathaniel (1669-1760) & Mary [?HOWLAND] (?1666-1743, ae 76); ca 1690; Eastham (pencil add.: Freeman 28, 42);{Reg. 6:45, 20:60, 61, 21:214; Ackley-Bosworth 28; MD 8:91; Freeman 28, 42; Dawes-Gates 2:361; Brewster 24; Bassett-Preston 115; TAG 17:95; Eldredge (1896) 14; Young (1923) 22; Dillingham (ms) 34; Foster Anc. 52; Cape Cod Lib 33:27}
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. See Volume William Brewster (MFIP Patience). Abigail is person #327 on pages 112 to 114; Nathaniel is person #328 on pages 114 to 115; John is person #329 on pages 115 to 117; Mary is person #330 on page 117; Eleazar is person #331 on pages 117 to 119; and Lydia is person #332 on pages 119 to 120
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7} Eastham and Orleans Mass Vital Records published in Volume 8, page 91 of the The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history by Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, published 1899 in Boston
6. ↑ Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9XFP  : 2 October 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 146, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 81a.

• Freeman, Frederick. Freeman Genealogy in Three Parts (Franklin Press, Rand, Avery, and Co., Boston, 1875)
• Winsor, Justin. History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts (Crosby & Nichols, Boston, 1849)
• Genealogies of Mayflower Families, by Gary Boyd Roberts, published by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore 1985, and available on Ancestry.com. See Volume 1, A-F (Freeman) The Eastham Branch of the Sandwich Family - Major John Freeman
• Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter, A. M., Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1908

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