Peter was born in 3 Oct 1739 and passed away about 1792.
Due to proven birth, will & probate records of Peter Freeman I plus presumed bother, Jesse Freeman, Thomas Freeman has been disconnected as Peter & Jesse's father. Thomas Freeman has proven birth, marriage & death records that do not coincide or align with those of Peter or Jesse. Thomas Freeman was born in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1722, married in 1750 in Massachusetts & died 1800 in Falmouth, MA. ABlythe 03/01/2021
Sources
North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998; Name: Peter Freeman; Probate Place: Rutherford, North Carolina, USA; Inferred Death Place: North Carolina, USA; Item Description: Wills, 1782-1923
Births, Deaths and Sponsors, 1717-1778 from the Albemarle Parish Register of Surry and Sussex Counties, Virginia; by John Bennett Boddie; copyright 1958; Peter Freeman 4 May 1740; sponsors John Gilliam, Nathaniel Malone and Rebbecca Gilliam, page 48
The Freeman Correspondence
(http://web.archive.org/web/20110514223629/http://kinnexions.com/smlsource/lettersf.htm) by Stephen M Lawson (deceased 2011); Peter FREEMAN - b. Oct. 3, 1739, Albemarle Parish, Surry Co., VA; bap. there May 4, 1740; d. abtout 1783, probably in VA. Son of Thomas and Mary FREEMAN. Peter served in the Brunswick Co., VA militia in Sep. 1758, with his uncle Edward FREEMAN. Peter FREEMAN appears on the 1782 real property tax list of Brunswick Co., VA, but is not on the 1783 personal property tax list, which includes Fathey FREEMAN (widow), Benjamin FREEMAN (son), Edward FREEMAN (uncle) and Jesse FREEMAN (uncle). Married about 1760, Brunswick Co., VA.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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I joined the General Society of Colonial Wars under this Peter Freeman. My national number is 21759; State (TX) number is 381.
Proof of service:
Peter Freeman - Virginia Colonial Military Service
before 1765
Brunwick County, VA
List of soldiers from Brunswick County who were ordered out into actual service during the French and Indian Wars. Edward Goodrich, Captain. Officer Commanding. Frederick Maclin, Lt. John Parish, Lt. Vines Collier, Ensign Jeptha Arthington, Ensign Thomas Briggs, Sgt. William Rose, Sgt. Nathaniel Tatum, Sgt. John Tilman, Sgt. James Scott, Drummer. Peter Freeman Edward Freeman William Edwards Elias Fowler Richard Dobbins Robert Tilman William Upchurch Michael Upchurch William Upchurch Peter Sinclair (many others are listed on page 209) Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt, Virginia's Colonial Soldiers (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1988), p. 209. First recorded in Virginia Statutes, Vol. 7 (published 1820). King George II of England gave the command.
Proof of service: Peter Freeman - Virginia Colonial Military Service before 1765
Brunwick County, VA
List of soldiers from Brunswick County who were ordered out into actual service during the French and Indian Wars. Edward Goodrich, Captain. Officer Commanding. Frederick Maclin, Lt. John Parish, Lt. Vines Collier, Ensign Jeptha Arthington, Ensign Thomas Briggs, Sgt. William Rose, Sgt. Nathaniel Tatum, Sgt. John Tilman, Sgt. James Scott, Drummer. Peter Freeman Edward Freeman William Edwards Elias Fowler Richard Dobbins Robert Tilman William Upchurch Michael Upchurch William Upchurch Peter Sinclair (many others are listed on page 209) Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt, Virginia's Colonial Soldiers (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1988), p. 209. First recorded in Virginia Statutes, Vol. 7 (published 1820). King George II of England gave the command.
edited by Lane Redwine