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Thomas D. Freeman
b.15 Apr 1775 Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada
d.9 Jan 1858 Waupun, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States
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m. Bef 1765
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m. Abt 1811
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Was 82 and 4 days old Thomas seemed to have lived in Massachusetts in 1810, having had his first child in Massachusetts, according to census records and pension applications. HIs other children were born in NJ, the last one in 1828. Between 1828 and 1840, Thomas and family move to Onondaga Count, NY (obit of Charles Freeman) to Michigan and to Plainfield, Will, Illinois by 1840. Followed Mohawk Trail to Buffalo to Michigan, along the lake to Illinois, passing by Indiana. Moved to Illinois Was deacon in Presbyterian Church ON 1840 Census in Illinois, living near Reuben Flagg IN 1850 Census, he is living with Thomas Sandborn and his daughter Eliza A. in Chester, Dodge, Wisconsin There is an Illinois Land Record 2.1.185o, in which he is given 160 acres He was born in Nova Scotia and she in Mass. How did Elza and husband meet? The Liverpool Packet was the most successful privateer during this war. A former slaver captured by the Royal Navy, she sailed from 1812 to 1814 under four different captains: Thomas Freeman, Joseph Barss Jr., Caleb Seely, and Lewis Knaut. The sixty-seven ton topsail schooner carried a crew of forty men and five carriage guns. She soon earned a reputation for speed and prowling. Her successes, which were reported in New England newspapers, caused panic among Americans because the reports of her deeds were exaggerated. When she completed her first voyage, she entered Liverpool with two prizes in tow. Her earlier 21 captures were already moored there. Her owners bought the schooner for £420. Her prizes were valued at between $264,000 and $1,000,000. Thomas D. had children, other than Thomas B. in Perth Amboy, NJ. He then moved from References
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