Mary Freeman

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Biography

It is factual that Zoeth and Abigail Howland of Duxbury and Dartmouth, Massachusetts had a daughter named Mary, who was born February 23, 1665/6 in Dartmouth.[1][2]

She may or may not have been the same Mary who married Nathaniel Freeman, son of John Freeman and Mercy Prence, of Eastham[3]. This marriage is not confirmed in a formal record. The Freeman genealogy notes that it is a longstanding tradition in both families, and offers the proof that the first name Zoeth appears in the descendants of this couple[4] [5]. It is accepted by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants as factual to some extent, as the Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants note Mary Howland as the mother of each of their children[6]

Their children included[7]:

Abigail, born Feb. 22, 1692-3[7]; who married Capt. Samuel Smith, Oct. 9, 1712 (and named a son Zoeth)[4] [6]
Nathaniel, born Feb. 11, 1693-4[7]; who married Hannah Merrick, April 6, 1721 [4] [6]
John, born June 15, 1695[7] who married Thomison Sears on March 19, 1718-19; and then married Elizabeth Merrick, Oct. 26,1761[4] [6]
Mary, born Oct. 3, 1696[7]; who married Josiah Doane, Oct. 13, 1715[4] [6]
Eleazer, born April 23, 1701[7]; m. Rebecca Young, March 31, 1726[4] [6]
Lydia, born Oct. 14, 1703[7]; who married Elisha Freeman, May 7, 1725[4] [6]
Mary (Howland) Freeman died January 29, 1742/3[7] [4], and was buried in Orleans Cemetery, East Orleans, Barnstable County, Massachusetts[8][9]

Mary Howland was born Feb 23, 1665, the daughter of Zoeth and Abigal Howland of Dartmouth, Massachusetts[10] [11]

These and other sources state there is no clear evidence that she married Nathaniel Freeman, whose wife Mary died in 1743. Unless new evidence is located and recognzed by historians, this profile is therefore not a duplicate for Mary (Howland) Freeman.

Mary Zoeth (Howland) Freeman (1666 - 1743)

Mary Zoeth Freeman formerly Howland

Born 23 Feb 1666 in Dartmouth, Plymouth, British Colonial America

Daughter of Zoeth Howland and Abigail (Unknown) Kirby [uncertain]

Sister of Nathaniel Howland, Benjamin Howland, Daniel Howland, Lydia Howland, Sarah Howland, Nicholas Howland, Henry Howland and Abigail (Howland) Booth

Wife of Nathaniel Freeman Esq — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Mother of Abigail (Freeman) Smith, Nathaniel Freeman, John Freeman Esquire, Mary (Freeman) Doane, Eliezer Freeman and Lydia Freeman

Died 29 Jan 1743 at age 76 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 5 Apr 2024 | Created 14 Sep 2010

Sources

↑ Robert S. Wakefield and Robert M. Sherman, "Henry Howland of Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1633, his Children and his Grandchildren," in NGSQ, 75, starting on page 108 for Zoeth/Zoar.
↑ Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 for Mary Howland: Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Vol· 07: Friends and Ministers: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, Page 64. Shows father's name as Zoar. Ancestry Record 3897 #203133
↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. See Volume 1, page 578, which suggests references for further reading, as follows: FREEMAN, Nathaniel (1669-1760) & Mary [?HOWLAND] (?1666-1743, ae 76); ca 1690; Eastham (pencil add.: Freeman 28, 42);{Reg. 6:45, 20:60, 61, 21:214; Ackley-Bosworth 28; MD 8:91; Freeman 28, 42; Dawes-Gates 2:361; Brewster 24; Bassett-Preston 115; TAG 17:95; Eldredge (1896) 14; Young (1923) 22; Dillingham (ms) 34; Foster Anc. 52; Cape Cod Lib 33:27}
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Freeman: Person #33, found on pages 28 and 42
↑ Winsor, Justin. History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts (Crosby & Nichols, Boston, 1849) Page 260. Page 260 Accessed as HathiTrust.org 19 May 2020.
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (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. See Volume William Brewster (MFIP Patience). Abigail is person #327 on pages 112 to 114; Nathaniel is person #328 on pages 114 to 115; John is person #329 on pages 115 to 117; Mary is person #330 on page 117; Eleazar is person #331 on pages 117 to 119; and Lydia is person #332 on pages 119 to 120
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Eastham and Orleans Mass Vital Records published in Volume 8, page 91 of the The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history by Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, published 1899 in Boston
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #50985361
↑ Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9XFP : 2 October 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 146, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 81a.
↑ Robert S. Wakefield and Robert M. Sherman, "Henry Howland of Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1633, his Children and his Grandchildren," in NGSQ, 75, starting on page 108 for Zoeth/Zoar.
↑ New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1, pages 184 to 186; compiled under the supervision of William Richard Cutter, A.M.; Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, NY, 1913
Freeman, Frederick. Freeman Genealogy in Three Parts (Franklin Press, Rand, Avery, and Co., Boston, 1875)
Genealogies of Mayflower Families, by Gary Boyd Roberts, published by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore 1985, and available on Ancestry.com. See Volume 1, A-F (Freeman) The Eastham Branch of the Sandwich Family - Major John Freeman
Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter, A. M., Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1908.
Wakefield, Robert S. and Robert M. Sherman, "Henry Howland of Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1633, His Children and His Grandchildren," NGSQ, vol. 75, no. 2 [June 1987], p. 109. It says, "Mary Howland; born 23 12m [February] 1665/66; no evidence was found to back up claims that she married Nathaniel Freeman, son of John and Mercy (Prence) Freeman." It cites Freeman Genealogy, private edition (Boston: Franklin Press—Rand, Avery, and Company, 1875), 28, 42-43. Homer Worthington Brainard, "Prence Freeman of East Hampton, Connecticut," TAG 17 (October 1940): 94, does not give Nathaniel Freeman's wife a surname.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Howland-198
Mary Zoeth (Howland) Freeman (1666 - 1743)

Mary Zoeth Freeman formerly Howland
Born 23 Feb 1666 in Dartmouth, Plymouth, British Colonial Americamap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Daughter of Zoeth Howland and Abigail (Unknown) Kirby [uncertain]
Sister of Nathaniel Howland, Benjamin Howland, Daniel Howland, Lydia Howland, Sarah Howland, Nicholas Howland, Henry Howland and Abigail (Howland) Booth
Wife of Nathaniel Freeman Esq — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Abigail (Freeman) Smith, Nathaniel Freeman, John Freeman Esquire, Mary (Freeman) Doane, Eliezer Freeman and Lydia Freeman
Died 29 Jan 1743 at age 76 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Howland Name Study.
It is factual that Zoeth and Abigail Howland of Duxbury and Dartmouth, Massachusetts had a daughter named Mary, who was born February 23, 1665/6 in Dartmouth.[1][2]

She may or may not have been the same Mary who married Nathaniel Freeman, son of John Freeman and Mercy Prence, of Eastham[3]. This marriage is not confirmed in a formal record. The Freeman genealogy notes that it is a longstanding tradition in both families, and offers the proof that the first name Zoeth appears in the descendants of this couple[4] [5]. It is accepted by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants as factual to some extent, as the Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants note Mary Howland as the mother of each of their children[6]

Their children included[7]:

Abigail, born Feb. 22, 1692-3[7]; who married Capt. Samuel Smith, Oct. 9, 1712 (and named a son Zoeth)[4] [6]
Nathaniel, born Feb. 11, 1693-4[7]; who married Hannah Merrick, April 6, 1721 [4] [6]
John, born June 15, 1695[7] who married Thomison Sears on March 19, 1718-19; and then married Elizabeth Merrick, Oct. 26,1761[4] [6]
Mary, born Oct. 3, 1696[7]; who married Josiah Doane, Oct. 13, 1715[4] [6]
Eleazer, born April 23, 1701[7]; m. Rebecca Young, March 31, 1726[4] [6]
Lydia, born Oct. 14, 1703[7]; who married Elisha Freeman, May 7, 1725[4] [6]
Mary (Howland) Freeman died January 29, 1742/3[7] [4], and was buried in Orleans Cemetery, East Orleans, Barnstable County, Massachusetts[8][9]

This profile is part of the Howland Name Study.
Mary Howland was born Feb 23, 1665, the daughter of Zoeth and Abigal Howland of Dartmouth, Massachusetts[10] [11]

These and other sources state there is no clear evidence that she married Nathaniel Freeman, whose wife Mary died in 1743. Unless new evidence is located and recognzed by historians, this profile is therefore not a duplicate for Mary (Howland) Freeman.

Sources

↑ Robert S. Wakefield and Robert M. Sherman, "Henry Howland of Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1633, his Children and his Grandchildren," in NGSQ, 75, starting on page 108 for Zoeth/Zoar.
↑ Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 for Mary Howland: Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Vol· 07: Friends and Ministers: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, Page 64. Shows father's name as Zoar. Ancestry Record 3897 #203133
↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. See Volume 1, page 578, which suggests references for further reading, as follows: FREEMAN, Nathaniel (1669-1760) & Mary [?HOWLAND] (?1666-1743, ae 76); ca 1690; Eastham (pencil add.: Freeman 28, 42);{Reg. 6:45, 20:60, 61, 21:214; Ackley-Bosworth 28; MD 8:91; Freeman 28, 42; Dawes-Gates 2:361; Brewster 24; Bassett-Preston 115; TAG 17:95; Eldredge (1896) 14; Young (1923) 22; Dillingham (ms) 34; Foster Anc. 52; Cape Cod Lib 33:27}
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Freeman: Person #33, found on pages 28 and 42
↑ Winsor, Justin. History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts (Crosby & Nichols, Boston, 1849) Page 260. Page 260 Accessed as HathiTrust.org 19 May 2020.
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (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. See Volume William Brewster (MFIP Patience). Abigail is person #327 on pages 112 to 114; Nathaniel is person #328 on pages 114 to 115; John is person #329 on pages 115 to 117; Mary is person #330 on page 117; Eleazar is person #331 on pages 117 to 119; and Lydia is person #332 on pages 119 to 120
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Eastham and Orleans Mass Vital Records published in Volume 8, page 91 of the The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history by Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, published 1899 in Boston
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #50985361
↑ Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-9XFP : 2 October 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 146, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 81a.
↑ Robert S. Wakefield and Robert M. Sherman, "Henry Howland of Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1633, his Children and his Grandchildren," in NGSQ, 75, starting on page 108 for Zoeth/Zoar.
↑ New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1, pages 184 to 186; compiled under the supervision of William Richard Cutter, A.M.; Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, NY, 1913
Freeman, Frederick. Freeman Genealogy in Three Parts (Franklin Press, Rand, Avery, and Co., Boston, 1875)
Genealogies of Mayflower Families, by Gary Boyd Roberts, published by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore 1985, and available on Ancestry.com. See Volume 1, A-F (Freeman) The Eastham Branch of the Sandwich Family - Major John Freeman
Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Boston and eastern Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter, A. M., Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1908.
Wakefield, Robert S. and Robert M. Sherman, "Henry Howland of Duxbury, Massachusetts, 1633, His Children and His Grandchildren," NGSQ, vol. 75, no. 2 [June 1987], p. 109. It says, "Mary Howland; born 23 12m [February] 1665/66; no evidence was found to back up claims that she married Nathaniel Freeman, son of John and Mercy (Prence) Freeman." It cites Freeman Genealogy, private edition (Boston: Franklin Press—Rand, Avery, and Company, 1875), 28, 42-43. Homer Worthington Brainard, "Prence Freeman of East Hampton, Connecticut," TAG 17 (October 1940): 94, does not give Nathaniel Freeman's wife a surname.