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SEVENTH GENERATION

26. Edmund Freeman was born about 1620 in Billingshurst, Sussex, England.⁽²⁰⁾⁽⁶⁷⁾⁽⁶⁸⁾⁽³²⁾⁽²²⁾⁽⁶⁶⁾ He was christened on 26 Nov 1620 in Billingshurst, Sussex, England.⁽⁶⁹⁾⁽²⁵⁾⁽¹⁷⁾⁽⁷⁰⁾⁽⁷¹⁾⁽²⁴⁾⁽¹⁰⁾⁽⁷²⁾⁽⁷³⁾ He died on 29 Mar 1673 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽⁷⁴⁾⁽⁶⁸⁾⁽³²⁾⁽²²⁾⁽²⁴⁾⁽¹⁰⁾ He was buried on 8 Apr 1673 in Pulborough, Sussex, England.⁽¹⁷⁾⁽¹⁰⁾ He has Ancestral File number 1JBP-VJ. He has reference number 1026. Was Deputy to the General Court, Sandwich, MA (1666-1673); Assistant to the Governor, 1666-1686; 1689-91. From a deed dated 29 Apr 1674: "Edmond ffreman Junr. of Sandwich in the Colony of New Plimouth in America for a fatherly affection unto my son Joseph Burge & my daughter Patience the w. of Joseph Burge afsd... doe give freely... one moyetee of upland... in Sandwich, being formerly in the poss. of Edmond ffreeman Senr... six acres... doe give unto my son in law Joseph Burge... his heirs..." Signed Edmond ffreeman. Witnesses: Richard Bourne, the mark of Thomas Burge. The grantor personally appeared and acknowledged the instrument 2 Mar 1674/5, at which time "Margarett freeman his wife appeared and gave up... all her right in the meadow herein specified." [Plymouth Colony Records 5, pt. 2:379]. ["Edmond Freeman of Sandwich," The American Genealogist 40:2, Apr 1964].

Wm.E. WRIGHT: "GREENE & LEWIS"; [private]; Houston, TX; 1991; pp 87-88. [Crandall homepage http://pages.prodigy.com/NY/cranfamassoc/ne.html]

Barnstable June ye 9th 1705. By Barnabas Lothrop Esq. Judge of Probate and Granting Letters of Administration for the County of Barnstable the Estate of Edmond ffreeman late of Sandwich who died intestate...pay
Edmond ffreeman son of the deceased £ 15. 00. 00.
To Isaac Pope and Alice his wife 09. 07. 00.
To Richard Allen of Sandwich 00. 01. 10.
To John ffish and Margaret his wife 01. 13. 08.
To John Launders and Rachel his wife 01. 06. 00.
To Patience Burg vid. 05. 08. 00.
(Barnstable County Probate 2:190)
The above distribution names all but the two youngest daughters of the deceased, namely, Sarah the wife of Richard Landers and Deborah the wife of Thomas Landers. [Maclean W. McLean, "Mr. Edmond Freeman of Sandwich, Mass., and His Family," The American Genealogist 40:20:103-110, 1964]

FREEMAN, EDMUND, s. of the preced. b. in Eng. m. 22 Apr. 1646, at Eastham, Rebecca, d. of Thomas Prence, the Gov. had only Rebecca, after b. of wh. his w. d. prob. in short time, and he m. 13 July 1651, Margaret Young, had Margaret, b. Oct. 1652; Edmund, 5 Oct. 1655; Alice, 29 Mar. 1658; Rachel, 7 Sept. 1659; Sarah, 6 Feb. 1662; and Deborah, 9 Aug. 1665; was rep. and the time of d. of hims. or of his w. is unkn. [Savage, Gen. Dictionary, 1965]

Also have marriage to Rebecca Prence as 22 Apr 1646 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. [Arthur Day GED artday3@juno.com]

He was married to Rebecca Prence (daughter of Gov. Thomas Prence and Patience Brewster) on 22 Apr 1646 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA.⁽⁷⁵⁾⁽⁷⁶⁾⁽²¹⁾⁽³²⁾⁽⁷⁷⁾⁽⁷⁸⁾⁽⁶⁶⁾⁽²⁴⁾⁽²⁹⁾ Rebecca Prence was born on 22 May 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.⁽²¹⁾⁽⁷⁴⁾⁽⁶⁸⁾⁽³²⁾⁽⁶⁶⁾⁽¹⁰⁾ She died before 18 Jul 1651 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.⁽⁷⁴⁾⁽⁶⁸⁾ ⁽²¹⁾⁽³²⁾⁽⁶⁶⁾⁽¹⁰⁾⁽²⁹⁾⁽⁷²⁾ Have death as 1650. [McDaniels-Howland Homepage] She has Ancestral File number 246L-H68. She has Ancestral File number GQ51-P8. She has Ancestral File number 2365-36B. Also have birth as 1 Jun 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. [LDS AFN GQ51-P8]
Also have birth as 22 Apr 1646 in Eastham, Barnstable, MA. [LDS AFN 2365-36B]

Edmund Freeman and Rebecca Prence had the following children:

+52 i. Patience Freeman.
+53 ii. Rebecca Freeman.

He was married to Margaret Perry (daughter of Edmund Perry and Sarah Crowell) on 18 Jul 1651 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.⁽⁷⁹⁾⁽⁸⁰⁾⁽⁸¹⁾⁽⁸²⁾⁽²¹⁾⁽³²⁾⁽⁸³⁾⁽⁸⁴⁾⁽⁶⁶⁾⁽¹⁰⁾ He was married to Margaret Perry on 18 Jul 1651 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. Margaret Perry was born in 1624 in of Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. She was born about 1624 in County Devonshire, England.⁽²¹⁾ She died on 5 Nov 1688 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.⁽¹⁰⁾ She died on 5 Nov 1688 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. She was buried in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. She has Ancestral File number 1JBR-7J. She has reference number 1027. From perry.dec. Married Edmond Freeman, 18 Jul 1651. Lander has 1624 for birth. [BINGHAM.GED]

Also have birth as ca 1631 in Devonshire, England. [LDS Ancestral File]
Also have death as aft 1703 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. [McDaniels-Howland Genealogy www.ilos.net/~lhowland/html-ne/] [Plymouth & Cape Cod MA Genealogy www.gendex.com/users/hhadaway/hadaway/hadawaypage.htm]

Edmund Freeman and Margaret Perry had the following children:

+54 i. Margaret Freeman.
+55 ii. Edmund Freeman.
+56 iii. Alice Freeman.
+57 iv. Rachel Freeman.
+58 v. Sarah Freeman.
+59 vi. Deborah Freeman.