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Benjamin Freeman

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Eastham, Plymouth County, Plymouth Colony
Death: March 14, 1758 (72)
Harwich, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Brewster, Banrstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Freeman, Jr. and Sarah Freeman
Husband of Temperance Freeman
Father of Desire Parker; Rebecca Parker; Temperance Foster; Benjamin Freeman, Rev. War Vet.; Sarah Remick and 5 others
Brother of William Freeman; Sarah Snow; John Freeman, Ill; Rebecca Freeman; Nathaniel John Freeman and 6 others
Half brother of Elkanah Freeman

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About Benjamin Freeman

Descendant of Elder William Brewster, "Mayflower" Passenger and Mary Brewster, "Mayflower" Passenger

Benjamin Freeman

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  • Birth: July 17 1685 - Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
  • Death: Mar 14 1758 - Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
  • Parents: Benjamin Freeman, Dorcas Freeman (born unknown)
  • Siblings: Dorcas Rogers (born Freeman), Ann Hewers (born Freeman), Benjamin Freeman, John Freeman, Joseph Freeman

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Freeman-1955

Benjamin was born in 1685. He was the son of John Freeman and Sarah Merrick. He passed away in 1758. Benjamin is a descendant of Mayflower passenger William Brewster. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Benjamin married Temperance Dimock on 02 Jun 1709 in Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.[5] [2] [3] [4]. Their chldren included:

  1. Desire, born April 20, 1711 [6], who married Samuel Parker of Barnstable, March 12, 1731/2[2] [3] [4]
  2. Rebeckah, born March 27, 1713[7], who married Capt. Joseph Parker of Falmouth on November 15, 1734[2] [3] [4]
  3. Temperance born October 1715[8], who married Deacon Elisha Foster of Scituate[2] [3] [4]
  4. Benjamin, born January 10, 1717[9], who married Sarah Dillingham March 15, 1737/8; and then married Susanna (Dillingham) Bangs, widow of Elkanah Bangs[2] [3] [4]
  5. Sarah born March 11, 1719/20[10], who married Christian Remick of Eastham on August 27, 1752[2] [3] [4]
  6. Fear, born March 23, 1721[11], who married Daniel Sears of Chatham on July 11, 1745, and then married Samuel Ballard of Boston[2] [3] [4]
  7. Isaac, baptized April 4, 1725, who died December 28, 1726[2] [3] [4]
  8. John born July 29, 1729[12], who was baptized on August 3rd. He married Thankful Foster on October 29, 1755, then married Sarah Freeman November 15, 1758; and third married Tamzin Freeman[2] [3] [4]
  9. Mehitable born November 4, 1731[13], who married Dr. William Fessenden Feb 24, 1756[2] [3] [4]

He passed away in 1758. Burial was in the Old Burying Ground in Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.[14]. His will was dated November 15, 1757, and proved April 4, 1758. It named his wife Temperance, left property to his sons Benjamin and John, and and left personal estate to his daughter: Desire Parker, Rebecca Parker, Temperance Foster, Sarah Remick, Fear Sears and Mehitable Fesseden[15]

References

  1. ↑ Merrick, Barbara Lambert (compiler). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620. Volume Twenty-Four. The Descendants of Elder William Brewster, Part 1, Generations 1 through 4. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014. xxiv+446. Page 288.
  2. Freeman Genealogy in Three Parts by Frederick Freeman (1799-1883); published by Franklin Press, Rand, Avery, and Co., Boston, 1875 , see person 78 for Temperance, found on page 35 and 52
  3. "Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod Families" Lydia B. Brownson, Grace W. Held, and Doris V. Norton, (Duxbury, Mass., typ., 1966), Vol. 21 (Fowell to Fuller), see page 26 for Benjamin. This open source shows the same information found on NEHGS
  4. The Freemans: The Eastham Branch of the Sandwich Family Volume 20 (1866) page 62 of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)
  5. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCM2-MMQ : 4 December 2014), Benjamin Freeman and Temperance Dimock, 02 Jun 1709; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 947,061.
  6. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6L-Y6V : 4 December 2014), Beniamin Freeman in entry for Desiere Freeman, 20 Apr 1711; citing HARWICH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2, 0001251 V. 4, 0001251 V. 5, 0161967 V. 11, 0161967 V. 6, 0161967 V. 7, 0161967 V. 8, 0161969 V. 13, 0161971 V. 19, 0161971 V. 20, 0161972 V. 23, 0161972 V. 24, 0161975 V. 33, 0161975 V. 34.
  7. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6L-BNB : 4 December 2014), Beniaman Freeman in entry for Rebeckah Freeman, 27 Mar 1713; citing HARWICH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2, 0001251 V. 4, 0001251 V. 5, 0161967 V. 11, 0161967 V. 6, 0161967 V. 7, 0161967 V. 8, 0161969 V. 13, 0161971 V. 19, 0161971 V. 20, 0161972 V. 23, 0161972 V. 24, 0161975 V. 33, 0161975 V. 34.
  8. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6L-YH6 : 4 December 2014), Benjamin Freeman in entry for Temperance Freeman, Oct 1715; citing HARWICH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2, 0001251 V. 4, 0001251 V. 5, 0161967 V. 11, 0161967 V. 6, 0161967 V. 7, 0161967 V. 8, 0161969 V. 13, 0161971 V. 19, 0161971 V. 20, 0161972 V. 23, 0161972 V. 24, 0161975 V. 33, 0161975 V. 34.
  9. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-CMR : 4 December 2014), Benjamin Freeman in entry for Benjamin Freeman, 10 Jan 1717; citing HARWICH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2, 0001251 V. 4, 0001251 V. 5, 0161967 V. 11, 0161967 V. 6, 0161967 V. 7, 0161967 V. 8, 0161969 V. 13, 0161971 V. 19, 0161971 V. 20, 0161972 V. 23, 0161972 V. 24, 0161975 V. 33, 0161975 V. 34.
  10. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6L-BPG : 4 December 2014), Benjamin Freeman in entry for Sarah Freeman, 11 Mar 1719; citing HARWICH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2, 0001251 V. 4, 0001251 V. 5, 0161967 V. 11, 0161967 V. 6, 0161967 V. 7, 0161967 V. 8, 0161969 V. 13, 0161971 V. 19, 0161971 V. 20, 0161972 V. 23, 0161972 V. 24, 0161975 V. 33, 0161975 V. 34.
  11. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6L-YQ5 : 4 December 2014), Benjanin Freeman in entry for Fear Freeman, 23 Mar 1721; citing HARWICH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2, 0001251 V. 4, 0001251 V. 5, 0161967 V. 11, 0161967 V. 6, 0161967 V. 7, 0161967 V. 8, 0161969 V. 13, 0161971 V. 19, 0161971 V. 20, 0161972 V. 23, 0161972 V. 24, 0161975 V. 33, 0161975 V. 34.
  12. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-4TR : 4 December 2014), Benjamin Freeman in entry for John Freeman, 29 Jul 1729; citing HARWICH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2, 0001251 V. 4, 0001251 V. 5, 0161967 V. 11, 0161967 V. 6, 0161967 V. 7, 0161967 V. 8, 0161969 V. 13, 0161971 V. 19, 0161971 V. 20, 0161972 V. 23, 0161972 V. 24, 0161975 V. 33, 0161975 V. 34.
  13. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6L-1LP : 4 December 2014), Benjamin Freeman in entry for Mehitable Freeman, 04 Nov 1731; citing HARWICH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2, 0001251 V. 4, 0001251 V. 5, 0161967 V. 11, 0161967 V. 6, 0161967 V. 7, 0161967 V. 8, 0161969 V. 13, 0161971 V. 19, 0161971 V. 20, 0161972 V. 23, 0161972 V. 24, 0161975 V. 33, 0161975 V. 34.
  14. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2W-6KCY : 13 December 2015), Benjamin Freeman, 1758; Burial, Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States of America, Old Burying Ground; citing record ID 65906362, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  15. Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880 Volume Brewster, William (MFIP Patience), page 30 found in (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>page 29 says he died 14 Mar 1758
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Benjamin Freeman's Timeline

1685
July 17, 1685
Birth of Benjamin Freeman
Eastham, Plymouth County, Plymouth Colony
1693
August 4, 1693
Age 8
Baptism of Benjamin Freeman
Harwich, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts
1711
April 20, 1711
Birth of Desire Parker
MA, United States
1713
March 27, 1713
Birth of Rebecca Parker
Harwich, Barnstable, Ma
1715
October 1715
Birth of Temperance Foster
Probably Scituate, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts
1717
January 10, 1717
Birth of Benjamin Freeman, Rev. War Vet.
Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1719
March 11, 1719
Birth of Sarah Remick
Harwich, MA
1721
March 23, 1721
Birth of Fear Ballard
Harwich, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts
1726
1726
Birth of Isaac Freeman
Harwich, Barnstable, Ma
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