William Freeman

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Before setting down this possible lineage I must include the following excerpt from the May, 1993 issue of The Journal of the Surry County Genealogical Association, page 26.

ATTENTION: RESEARCHERS OF THE BADGETT/ FREEMAN/ PRENCE/ BREWSTER LINES

In the SCGA Journal of November, 1992, page 23, a notation was printed regarding a Mayflower lineage. According to Caroline Lewis Kardell, Historian of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, the lineages cited are completely false. She says, "John Freeman and Mercy Prence and their descendants are completely covered in the Freeman Genealogy by Frederick Freeman, Boston, 1875 ...... John, Jr. did not have a son William. John Sr's son William remained on Cape Cod during his very short life. William's son William remained on Cape Cod and had a family of 11 children, all of whom married on Cape Cod, long after your supposed Freemans were in North Carolina. None of this family went to North Carolina."

In a letter written almost 50 years ago to an inquirer about the Freeman lineage, Mr. Axel Christensen, then Historian General of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, said .... "although our Society does not accept tradition, it is also true that in tracking them down one frequently finds that there is some basis for fact and a new line can be established." So let's keep searching!

Indeed, we are sorry we quoted apparently erroneous information. We apologize for any inconveniences this may have caused anyone.

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'William Freeman (1700 - 1786)

William Freeman

Born 4 Dec 1700 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Son of Edmond Freeman III and Sarah (Skiffe) Freeman

Brother of Edmund Freeman IV, Benjamin Freeman, John Freeman [half],

Thomas Freeman [half] and Joseph Freeman [half]

Husband of Mary (Bodfish) Freeman —

married 6 Dec 1726 in Sandwich, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Father of Hannah (Freeman) Tupper, Thomas Freeman, Rebecca (Freeman) Nye,

William Freeman, Joanna Freeman, Sarah Freeman, Elisha Freeman,

Joshua Freeman and Mary Freeman

Died 13 Mar 1786 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

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Freeman-2396 created 15 Aug 2011 | Last modified 2 Mar 2015

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WikiTree profile Freeman-2396 created through the import of Clark_Nye_Pascual Family Tree.ged on Aug 14, 2011 by Daniel Clark. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Daniel and others. Source: S2291101439 Repository: #R2291101438 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=23586483&pid... Repository: R2291101438 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note: Freeman, Frederick. Freeman Genealogy: In Three Parts. Boston: Franklin, 1875. Print.

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