Edmund Freeman, yeoman, of Pulborough

Edmund Freeman

• (abt. 1572 - abt. 1623)

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Disputed origins

From Gene Zubrinsky, FASG (Sept 25, 2022)

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Freeman-583

A John Freeman, "paterfamilias"—I don't say the John Freeman above, because the "bad merge" commented upon below by Joe Cochoit in 2017 seems not to have been rectified—was buried at Pulborough on 2 May 1629, not 26 January of that year; this was entered in the Research Notes section in 2020 by Jeff Freeman. But beyond that, what, please, is the evidence that John Freeman of Pulborough (bur. 2 May 1629) was the father of Edmond Freeman, who was buried in Pulborough 6 June 1623 and whose namesake son immigrated to New England in 1635? On the face of it (having died six years apart), John and the elder Edmond appear more likely to have been brothers.

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Biography

http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_071.html#P9372

298. Edmund Freeman. Born ca 1560/1565. Edmund died in Pulborough, Sussex in Jun 1623. Buried on 6 Jun 1623 in Pulborough, Sussex.12

From Jacobus’s Ackley/Bosworth Ancestry:12

Edmund Freeman, yeoman, of Pulborough, co. Sussex, England, was buried there 6 June 1623; married Alice Coles, who died at Reigate, co. Surrey, before 5 Mar 1751/2 in the home of her daughter Alice.

His will, dated 30 May 1623, provides for his wife; daughter Alice Beauchamp; son John Freeman; youngest daughter Elizabeth; grandchildren (unnamed); “my sister Harte”; servants; Geore Coles, “my wives brother”; two eldest sons, Edmund and William Freeman, executors and residuaty legatees; overseers, Nicholas Bell of Arondell and George Coles of Amberley. Signed by mark. Administration, with the testament annexed, was granted 18 June 1623 to the son Edmund.

1 Jan 1590/1 Edmund married Alice Coles, daughter of George Coles, in Pulborough, Essex. Born ca 1568 in Amberley, Sussex. Alice died Feb 1651/2. Buried 14 Feb 1651/2 in Rigate, Surrey.

From Jacobus’s Ackley/Bosworth Ancestry:12

The will of Alice Freeman of Rigate, co. Surrey, widow, dated 13 Nov. 1650, proved 5 Mar. 1651/2, gave £4 to son Edmond Freeman and his wife; £3 to son William Freeman; her house in Pulborough to sons Edmond and William; to son John Cuddington and Elizabeth Cuddington, goods for life and then to Alice and Elizabeth Cuddington her daughters; to grandchildren Edmond Beauchamp, Richard Beauchamp, Alice Dogett, Mary Woolsley and Elizabeth Beauchamp and to Sarah Beauchamp and Alice Beauchamp “her daughters” [sic], 40s. apiece; to son William Freeman’s children “that he had by his last wife the beds tehir mother fetched out of my house in Poulborough”; rest of goods to John Beauchampe of Ryegate, Surrey, Esq., and Alice his wife, they to be executors.

Their children include:

1. Edmund Freeman (ca 1596-1682)
2. Capt. William Freeman (say 1598-1666)
3. Alice Freeman (ca 1601-)
4. Eleanor Freeman (Died young) (1603-Apr 1618)
5. John Freeman (ca 1606/7-15 Sep 1666)
6. Elizabeth Freeman (1609-)

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Freeman-32
Son of John Freeman and Tryphosa (Isham)

Married Alice Coles, sister of George Coles, of Amberly, co. Sussex.

Children (mentioned in will):

1. Edmund
2. William
3. John
4. Alice Beauchamp (nee Freeman)
5. Elizabeth

The will mentions his sister, Harte, as well.

http://minerdescent.com/2011/12/03/edmund-freeman-sr/

http://www.treetreetree.org.uk/Freeman.htm

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We are confident of the knowledge we have researched on John Freeman ("Paterfamilias"), b ca 1530; Edmund Freeman b ca 1570; and Edmund Freeman (the immigrant), b 1590, because our sources were the Parish Records and Bishops Transcripts for the periods of: Pulborough (1595-1629); Cowfold (1558-1666); Billingshurst (1558-1899); and Shipley (1584-1606).

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http://freemangenealogy.com/page9.htm

• http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_060.html (another copy of his will with confirming info)
• https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_071.html#P9372

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Will dated May 20, 1623, administered June 18 following, made sons Edmond and William executors. His widow, Allice, sister of George Coles, of Amberly, co Sussex, spent her later years at Reigate,, co Surrey, in the home of her daughter and son in law, Alice. and John Beauchamp. Her will dated November 13, 1650, proved Mar 5, 1641/2, included a bequest to Edmond Freeman and his wife. Children all born at Pulborough.

[Ferris, Dawe-Gates 2_348f Freeman]

EDMUND FREEMAN, born about 1570; buried in Pulborough church June 6, 1623; married (date not found) Alice Coles, bapt. (date not found); buried at Reigate, county Surrey, Feb. 14. 1651/2; sister of George Coles of Amberley, county Sussex.

Edmund Freeman appears to have been a well-to-do yeoman of Pulborough. His will, dated 30 May, 1623. To be buried in Pulborough church; to my wife, £200 and benefit of copy-hold wherein I dwell and thirds of my lands for life, etc.; to my daughter Alice Beauchamp, £50; to my son John Freeman, three tenements, in Pulborough now in occupation of the widow Sommers, Wepham and named Fouks in fee, also £100; to my youngest daughter Elizabeth, £300; to my seven grandchildren, viz,; my sons and daughters children, £20 apiece; to my sister Harte, £5; to kindred, 20/ apiece; to the poor of the parish £5; to servants and others; to George Coles my wives brother, £5. Edmund Freeman and William Freeman, my two eldest Sons, to be my executors; rest of goods and lands to my executors; to Ligh church at Chichester, 6d. Nicholas Bell of Arundel and George Coles of Amberley to be overseers and to have £5. My wife to have benefit of the lease for her life of the "brookes." Testator made his mark; administration to the executors, June 18, 1623. (P. C, C., Swann 59.)

Sources: 1.Abbrev: Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines Title: Mary Walton Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines (1943) Name: Footnote Name: ShortFootnote Name: Bibliography Repository: Name: LDS Family History Library Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA

Page: Vol. II, p. 349 2.Abbrev: The American Genealogist Title: Editor: 1932-1965, Donald Lines Jacobus; 1965-1984, George McCracken; 1985- , Ruth Wilder Sherman and David L. Greene., The American Genealogist (New Haven : D.L. Jacobus, 1937-)985- , Ruth Wilder Sherman and David L. Greene., The American Genealogist985- , Ruth Wilder Sherman and David L. Greene. The American Genealogist. New Haven : D.L. Jacobus, 1937-. Name: Footnote Name: ShortFootnote Name: Bibliography Repository: Name: LDS Family History Library Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA

Page: Vol. 17, p. 88

Birth: 1572 Pulborough West Sussex, England Death: Jun. 6, 1623 Pulborough West Sussex, England

Edmund Honington Freeman was born about 1566 in Pulborough, Sussex, England. He married Alice COLES 1 Jan 1591 in Pulborough, West Sussex, England. . He signed a will on 20 May 1623. He died on 6 Jun 1623 in Pulborough, West Sussex, England. He was buried on 6 Jun 1623 in St. Mary's, Pulborough, West Sussex, England. The above contributed by Eric Bruno Borgman.

Son of Isham and John Freeman.

Married Alice Coles, about 1593.

Children of Edmund Freeman and Alice Coles Freeman:

Edmond Freeman, 1590-1682 Elinor Freeman, 1592-1618 William Freeman, 1598-1666 Alice Freeman, bef 1601-? Alice Freeman, 1601-1615 John Freeman, 1604/05-abt 1648 Elizabeth Freeman, bef 1609-?

Family links:

Spouse:

 Alice Coles Freeman (1576 - 1651)

Children:

 Edmond Freeman (1596 - 1682)*

 Alicia Freeman Beauchamp (1601 - 1652)*

*Calculated relationship

References

• Thompson, Stith, 1885-1976. “The Beauchamp family.” "Reprint from the Filson Club history quarterly, vol. 28, no. 2 (April 1954)". Page 8. < Archive.Org >