Person:Samuel Freeman (6)
Samuel Freeman
b.22 Nov 1716 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
d.5 May 1749 Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 9 Oct 1712
  1. Elizabeth Freeman1715 - Aft 1784
  2. Samuel Freeman1716 - 1749
  3. James Freeman1718 -
  4. Alice Freeman1720 -
  5. Rebecca Freeman1720 -
  6. Mary Freeman1722 -
  7. Priscilla Freeman1725 -
  8. Hannah Freeman1727 -
  9. Mercy Freeman1730 -
  10. Abigail Freeman1731 -
  11. Barnabas Freeman1733 - 1736
  12. Barnabas Freeman1736/37 - 1781
Spouse and Children
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m. 2 Feb 1748/49
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Samuel Freeman
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 22 Nov 1716 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 2 Feb 1748/49 Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Statesto Elizabeth Knowles
Death[3] 5 May 1749 Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Burial[4][5] Hog Hill Cemetery, East Hampton, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Probate[6] 6 Jun 1749 Administration to the widow.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 23. Issue of Dea. Samuel Freeman, who m. Mary Paine., in Freeman, Frederick. Freeman Genealogy in Three Parts. (Boston, Massachusetts: Franklin Press, 1875)
    365.

    "77. Samuel (Freeman), [born] Nov. 22, 1716. 'Went from home.' Did he m. Chubb?"
    No, he married Elizabeth Knowles of Eastham and Chatham, Connecticut.

  2. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, and Leonard H Smith. Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans. (Clearwater, Florida: L.H. Smith, 1980)
    MD V.6, p.204.

    "Samuel ffreeman the son of Samuel and mary ffreema was Born at Eastham on the twentysecund day of November anno domini : 1716"

  3. ↑ Rumsey, Jean. John Sears' Wife Elizabeth (Knowles) Freeman. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Apr 1971)
    47:73.

    "That Mr. Jacobus was, as was to be expected, quite right in stating the maiden name as Knowles, will be seen from the estate of Samuel Freeman of Middletown, who died 5 May 1749 (Manwaring 3:551). Administration was granted 6 June 1749 to the widow, Elizabeth Freeman, Cornelius Knowles [her father], bondsman. In an account dated 1 May 1753 there is a distribution: to James Freeman, eldest son, Gideon Freeman and Elizabeth Snow, Alice Brown, Rebekah Walker, Mary Freeman, Priscilla Freeman and Abigail Freeman, children of sd deceased, most of which children, if not all, must have been by an earlier wife." NOTE: They were his siblings, not his children.

  4. ↑ Samuel Freeman, in Find A Grave.

    As of 30 January 2024, this memorial is a mess. The man who was buried at East Hampton, (then part of Middletown, CT), was the Samuel, son of Samuel and Mary (Paine) Freeman, of Eastham, MA, born 16 Aug 1716 and married (briefly) to Elizabeth, daughter of Cornelius Knowles of Eastham and East Hampton. The Milford Samuel was born 1 Dec 1662, son of Stephen and Esther (Astwood) Freeman of Milford; he subsequently removed to New Jersey. As far as I can determine, the date and place of his death is unknown.

    The abstract of the probate of the man who died in 1749 identifies, as his children, nine members of the family of Samuel and Mary (Paine) Freeman. The are, in fact, his siblings as can be confirmed by the sequence of names in the abstract (Gideon is an error for Barnabas, the youngest brother) and the married names of three of the sisters. Since this Samuel was only married for about three months before his death in 1749, I suspect that this part of the probate is mixed up with that of the father Samuel who died at Eastham in 1751.

  5. ↑ Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions Vol 13 706-10 Hog Hill Cemetery, East Hampton, in Hale, Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. (Connecticut, United States: Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1934)
    98.

    "Freeman, Samuel, died May 5, 1749 age 38" NOTE: Probably a misreading of "33" which is consistent with a 1716 date of birth.

  6. ↑ Freeman, Samuel, Middletown, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    3:551.

    "Probate Records. Vol. XV, 1745 to 1750. Page 318.

    Freeman, Samuel, Middletown. Died 5 May, 1749. Invt. £1188-00-06. Taken by Philip Goff and Thomas Rogers, Jr.

    Court Record, Page 105—6 June, 1749: This Court grant Adms. on the estate of Samuel Freeman, late of Middletown decd., unto Elizabeth Freeman, widow, who gave bonds with Cornelius Knowles of Middletown of £100. Exhibit of an inventory. Accepted and ordered to be recorded and kept on file.

    Page 127—1st May, 1750: An account of Adms. on the estate of Samuel Freeman, late of Middletown, was now exhibited in Court by Elizabeth Freeman, Adms.: Paid in debts and charges, £40-00-04. Account is allowed and ordered to be kept on file.

    Page 99 (Vol. XVI) 1st May, 1753: A further account of Adms. was exhibited in Court by the sd. Adms. Accepted. This Court order distribution of the estate, viz.: to James Freeman, eldest son, his double share; and to Gideon Freeman and Elizabeth Snow, Alice Brown, Rebekah Walker, Mary Freeman, Priscilla Freeman and Abigail Freeman, children of sd. deceased, to each of them their single shares. And appoint Robert Youngs, Philip Goff and Jonathan Smith, of Middletown, distributors. Also this Court direct them to set out to Elizabeth, the relict, her thirds, and make return of their doings to this Court."

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