Bethiah Freeman

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Biography

Bethia Harding was born May 12, 1716, the daughter of Josiah and Hannah (Welch?) Harding of Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts.[1]

She married Nathan Cob after intentions were published on 17 January 1734/5 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay.[2] He was the son of James and Elizabeth (Hallett) Cobb of Barnstable.[3] Nathan died before 1741 when Bethiah remarried.

They had one known child born Barnstable (recorded in Eastham):

Mary, born June 24, 1737[4][5], who married Joseph Melcher and moved to Brunswick[6]
After intentions were published at Eastham on 05 December 1741[7][8], Bethia married John Freeman, son of Samuel and Bathshua (Lothrop) Freeman.[9][6]

They lived in Gorham, Maine, and had children born previously in Eastham, Mass., including:[10][11][12]

Nathan, born Dec. 5, 1744; who married Hepzibah Whitney in October 15, 1766, and 2d Lydia Doane in 1775
Mercy, born July 16, 1746, who married John Carlsey April 1764
Betty, born June 1, 1747, who died Dec. 7, 1748
Nathaniel, born Jan. 7, 1749; who married Mary Chase in 1774
Hannah Elizabeth (Betty), born September 23, 1750, who married Samuel Elder March 23, 1774
She and husband John Freeman may have bought land in Gorham, Massachusetts (in what is now Maine) and sold it in 1760.[13]

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Harding-24

Bethya (Harding) Freeman (1716 - aft. 1752)

Bethya (Bethia) Freeman formerly Harding aka Cobb, Harden

Born 12 May 1716 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Daughter of Josiah Harding and Hannah (Welch) Harding

Sister of Martha Harding, Elisabeth (Harding) Freeman, Joshua Harding, Bethia Harding, Josiah Harding, Mary (Harding) Cobb, Jesse Harding and Ebenezer Harding

Wife of Nathan (Cob) Cobb — married after 17 Jan 1735 in Barnstable, Barnstable,Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Wife of John Freeman — married after 5 Dec 1741 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

[uncertain]

Mother of Mary (Cobb) Melcher, Nathan Freeman, Mercy (Freeman) Carsley, Betty Freeman, Nathaniel Freeman and Betty (Freeman) Elder

Died after 1752 after age 35 in Gorham, Maine Colony

Profile last modified 11 Jul 2020 | Created 11 Jun 2010

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDF-W9Z : 4 December 2014), Bethiah Harding, 12 May 1716; citing , EASTHAM, BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 778,357.
↑ Barnstable Town Records, Vol. 2:356, publishments.
"Nathan Cob & Bethiah Harden of Eastham Jan. 17 : 1734[/5]"
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (13 July 2016), Barnstable > Barnstable > Town records 1640-1774 vol 1-2 > image 262 of 663; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston. Barnstable Town Records, Vol. 1:400.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ8-GJD : 4 December 2014), Mary Cob, 24 Jun 1737; citing , EASTHAM, BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 2:179JR88; FHL microfilm 905,406.
↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "Eastham & Orleans, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 15:228.
"mary Cob the Dafter of nathan and Bethiah Cob was Bom at Barnstable June 24 : 1737."
↑ 6.0 6.1 History of Gorham, Me McLellan, Hugh D., published online by Google Books ; original publisher: Smith & Sale, Printers, Portland, Maine, 1902, pages 501-502.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths 1701-1796 > image 114 of 126; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston. Eastham Town Records Volume marked "Births 1701-1781" etc., p. 229. (Image of original record)
↑ Bowman, "Eastham & Orleans, Mass., Vital Records," MD Vol. 29(1931):12.
"December 5th 1741 then entred the Intentions of John Freeman junr & Bethia Cobb both of Eastham to proseed in marriage"
↑ Freeman genealogy in three parts by Freeman, Frederick, 1799-1883; Published 1875; Publisher Boston : Franklin Press, Rand, Avery, and Co.; see person 118 on pages 360, 372
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths 1701-1796 > image 25 of 126; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston. (Original record in Eastham Town Records, Vol. "Births 1701-1781," p. 34.
↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "Eastham & Orleans, Mass., Vital Records," Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 15:228.
↑ Hugh D. McLellan, History of Gorham, ME, Smith & Sale, Printers, Portland, Maine, 1902, pp. 501-502 (Archive.org).
↑ Hugh Davis McLellan, History of Gorham, ME (Gorham, ME: Smith & Sale, 1902), 86; digital images, Google Books (https://books.google.com/books/about/History_of_Gorham_Me.html?id=N... : accessed 10 July 2020).
See also:

Smith Jr., Leonard H. and Norma H. Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans: An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in The Mayflower Descendant, With an added index of persons, published online by Ancestry.com, The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, 2007. Original publisher: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1993.
Hugh Davis McLellan, History of Gorham, ME (Gorham, ME: Smith & Sale, 1902); digital images, Google Books (https://books.google.com/books/about/History_of_Gorham_Me.html?id=N... : accessed 10 July 2020).