Edmund Nathaniel Freeman, IV

Barnstable Massachusetts To Connecticut Migration

According to "American Nyes of English Origin" Volume I his first name was Edward. http://www.barlowgenealogy.com/GeorgeofSandwich/nye.html

Edmund FREEMAN born: 30 Aug 1683 in Sandwich, MA; married: bef. 1708 Keziah PRESBURY(b. 1688 d. 20 Apr 1764 in Mansfield CT) in Sandwich MA; died: 1 Jun 1766 in Mansfield CT; Son of Edmond FREEMAN and Sarah

Apparently Edmund and Keziah migrated with their large family from Barnstable Co MA on Cape Cod to Wyndham Co CT in what is now Mansfield, possibly having inherited the land from Edmund's father. The home that they established was in the South Parish of that town.

Sources: Tolland and Winham Counties, Connecticut- Biographies - 1903; Freeman Genealogy in Three Parts by Frederick Freeman; Sandwich MA Vital Records; Mansfield CT vital records

[ISAAC FREEMAN TO BROTHER EDMUND FREEMAN]

"I, Isaac ffreeman of yarmouth In the County of Bamstable . . . Marener" for £200 "Currant money to me in hand paid & Lawfully secured to be paid before the signing hereof by my Honoured Mother Sarah ffreeman of Eastham for & In behalf of my Brother Edmond ffreeman of Eastham ... Labourer" have sold to him "all & singuler my several parcels of upland & medow or sedg ground as hereafter express, that is to say all my severall lots of Land lying situate in sd Town of Eastham ajoyning to the homstead or Houselot of my Deceased ffather

Freeman Notes 43

Edmond ffreeman both on the eastwardly & westwardly side the way that goes down to my house lot that was the house lot of my sd Deceased ffather which sd lands on each side sd way Contain by estimation thirty acres more or less & ware severall lots laid out in the Division of Lands in sd Eastham & are buted & bounded as by the Records thereof may appear only excepting & always reserving for my self my heirs & assigns forever free liberty of a watering place in that swamp or watering place on the easterly side the way that goes down to my Dwelling house neer the gate which sd Granted lands & lots are bounded seperate from the lands of my house lot begining on the easterly side the way by the gate neer my Dwelling house thence easterly along by the southerly side my garden spot & so easterly on a straight line by the fence to weset Cove & on the westerly side side sd way that goes down to my Dwelling house is bounded from my other lands of my house lot begining at a walnut tree by sd gate on the westerly side sd way from thence it runs by the fence to the pond cald the mill pond laving that neck of upland on the southerly side the mouth of sd mill pond to my sd house lot otherways comprehending all my sd lots there on each side the way that goes down to my sd house lot whome to sd Dividing bounds. Together with all that my seventh part of a small parcel of Land at weset Together with my two lots of sedge ground lying on the sedge flats in sd Eastham Cald Town flats on the midle flat which ware the two lots of sedg ground of my sd Deceased ffathers: Together as they are buted & bounded in the Records of Division of sd sedge ground as also all that my half part of a parcel of Land that my sd Deceased ifather in equal partnership bought with my uncle Nathaniel ffreeman Esqr of James Maker lying in the Town of Harwich neer the head of Namskekit & is bounded as by the Deed of Conveyance from sd Maker may appear"

The deed was dated 13 September, 1721, and acknowledged the same day, before Joseph Doane, Justice of the Peace. It was witnessed by Joseph Doane and Thomas Mayo; was recorded 10 June, 1724, in Barnstable County Deeds, Book 12, folios 94 and 95, by John Thacher, Register, and was not re-recorded after the fire.

Source: Printed from Mayflower Descendant Legacy CD-ROM All rights reserved. Copyright © 1996 - 1998 by Search & ReSearch Publishing Corp. Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

Birth Source: FHL Number 775836 " Civil Records for Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts"

Sources: 1.Abbrev: Mayflower families through five generations Title: Wakefield, Robert S., 1925-2002 (Added Author), compiler, <i>Mayflower families through five generations : descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620</i> (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2004)grims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620</i>amilies through five generations : descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620</i>. Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2004. Name: Footnote Name: ShortFootnote Name: Bibliography Repository: Name: LDS Family History Library Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA

Page: Vol 18, Part I, pg.31

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Edmund Freeman, IV

BIRTH 30 Aug 1683 Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

DEATH 1 Jun 1766 (aged 82) Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA

BURIAL Old Storrs Cemetery Storrs, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA

Edmund Freeman was the son of Edmund Freeman and Sarah Skiff or Skeefe. He married Kezia Presbury, and they had a large family.

Their children were:

Edmund (d.y.)

Lydia, wife of Benjamin Nye

Edmund, husband of Martha Otis

Prince, husband of Rebecca Johnson

Stephen, husband of Hannah Jenkins

Sylvanus, husband of Mary Dunham

Nathaniel, husband of Martha Dunham

Kezia, wife of Benjamin Snow

Sarah, wife of Malachi Conant

Deborah, wife of Zachariah Paddock

Skeefe, husband of Anna Sargeant

Thomas (d.y.)

Abigail, wife of William Johnson

Margaret (d.y.)

One of Edmund's ancestors was Edmund Freeman.

Family Members

Parents
Edmund Freeman 1655–1720

Sarah Freeman unknown–1742

Spouse
Kezia Freeman 1687–1764

Siblings

Benjamin Freeman 1686–1773
John Freeman 1693–1762

Joseph Freeman 1698–1790

Sarah Freeman Nye 1703–1786

Isaac Freeman 1706–1766

Children
Lydia Freeman Nye 1710–1730
Edmund Freeman 1711–1800

Prince Freeman 1713–1781

Sylvanus Freeman 1717–1776

Skiff Freeman 1723–1809

Inscription

HERE LYETH INTERRED YE BODY OF MR. EDMUND FREEMAN BORN AT SANDWICH, MASS AUG. 30TH 1683 DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE YE 1ST 1766.

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JOB XIX. 25. 26. 27. But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth: And after my skin, even this body, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God; Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.

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Find A Grave Memorial# 11594788

'Edmund Freeman

Birth: Aug. 30, 1683 Sandwich Barnstable County Massachusetts, USA

Death: Jun. 1, 1766 Tolland County Connecticut, USA

Edmund Freeman was the son of Edmund Freeman and Sarah Skiff or Skeefe.

He married Kezia Presbury, and they had a large family.

Their children were: Edmund (d.y.) Lydia, wife of Benjamin Nye Edmund, husband of Martha Otis Prince, husband of Rebecca Johnson Stephen, husband of Hannah Jenkins Sylvanus, husband of Mary Dunham Nathaniel, husband of Martha Dunham Kezia, wife of Benjamin Snow Sarah, wife of Malachi Conant Deborah, wife of Zachariah Paddock Skeefe, husband of Anna Sargeant Thomas (d.y.) Abigail, wife of William Johnson Margaret (d.y.)

One of Edmund's ancestors was Edmund Freeman.

Family links:

Parents:

 Edmund Freeman (1655 - 1720)

Spouse:

 Kezia Presbury Freeman (1687 - 1764)

Children:

 Lydia Freeman Nye (1710 - 1730)*

 Edmund Freeman (1712 - 1800)*

 Prince Freeman (1713 - 1781)*

 Sylvanus Freeman (1717 - 1776)*

Siblings:

 Edmund Freeman (1683 - 1766)

 Benjamin Freeman (1686 - 1773)*

 John Freeman (1693 - 1762)*

 Joseph Freeman (1698 - 1790)*

 Isaac Freeman (1706 - 1766)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription: HERE LYETH INTERRED YE BODY OF MR. EDMUND FREEMAN BORN AT SANDWICH, MASS AUG. 30TH 1683 DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE YE 1ST 1766.

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JOB XIX. 25. 26. 27. But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth: And after my skin, even this body, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God; Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.

Burial: Old Storrs Cemetery Storrs Tolland County Connecticut, USA

Maintained by: Mary Harrell-Sesniak Originally Created by: Judith Record added: Aug 23, 2005 Find A Grave Memorial# 11594788

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