Source: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Source: Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850
Source: US, Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889 - 1970; SAR #58623, The Massachusetts Society; Alfred Sawyer Higgins, descendant of Edmund Freeman
Source: American Genealogical - Biographical Index (AGBI); Burial: Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Source: Pennsylvania, Society of Mayflower Descendants Applications, 1911-1929[4]
William Brewster of the Mayflower; daughter Patience Brewster, m. Thomas Prence; child Mercy Prence, b. Plymouth abt. 1631, d. Eastham, 28 Sep 1711, m. John Freeman at Eastham on 13 Feb 1649, d. Eastham on 28 Oct 1719;
Their son Edmund Freeman b. Eastham in June 1657, d. 19 Dec 1717, m. Sarah Mayo b. Boston 19 Dec 1660, d. abt. 1745; their son Ebenezer Freeman b. abt. 1687, d. Wellfleet on 11 Jun 1760, m. Abigail Young 12 Oct 1710 at Eastham, b. 28 Dec 1688 at Wellfleet on 12 Jun 1781;
Their son Isaac Freeman b. abt. 1733, d. Wellfleet 6 Aug 1807, m. at Eastham on 3 Apr 1777 to Ruth Wiley, d. Wellfleet on 20 Mar 1840;
Their son Edmund Freeman, b. at Wellfleet on 6 Jan 1780, d. 6 Jan 1870, m. on 16 Oct 1802 to Priscilla Rich, b. abt. 1780, d. 9 Jan 1812;
Their son Edmund Freeman, b. at Wellfleet on 10 Dec 1811, d. at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 1 Jan 1894, m. at Wellfleet on 22 Mar 1833 to Mercy A? Freeman, b. at Wellfleet 22 Nov 1811, d. at Wellfleet 29 Mar 1880;
Their daughter Harriet Augusta Freeman, b. Dover, NH 25 Nov 1838, living at time of application, m. at Dover, NH on 8 Sep 1862 to Robert Marcellus Holbrook, b. at Wellfleet 25 Nov 1833, d. Jenkintown, Pennsylvania on 16 Jun 1905, their daughter is... no further text is viewable
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