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53. Rebecca Freeman was born about 1649 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.⁽³²⁾⁽¹¹⁵⁾⁽⁷²⁾ She died on 16 Apr 1738 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.⁽¹¹⁶⁾⁽¹¹⁷⁾⁽²⁰⁾⁽¹⁰⁵⁾⁽¹⁰⁶⁾⁽²⁵⁾⁽¹⁰⁷⁾⁽²¹⁾⁽¹¹⁸⁾⁽³²⁾⁽¹¹⁹⁾⁽¹²⁰⁾⁽⁷²⁾ She has Ancestral File number 21WC-7K5. Also have this child listed as daughter of Edmund Freeman and Margaret Perry, birth as abt 1652 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. [LDS AFN 21WC-7K5]

She was married to Ezra Perry Jr. (son of Ezra Perry and Elizabeth Burgess) about 1672 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.⁽⁷³⁾⁽⁷²⁾ Ezra Perry Jr. was born on 11 Feb 1652/53 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.⁽¹⁰⁶⁾⁽¹¹⁶⁾⁽²¹⁾⁽¹⁰⁵⁾⁽²⁵⁾⁽¹⁰⁷⁾⁽¹⁰⁸⁾⁽⁷³⁾⁽⁷²⁾ He died on 31 Jan 1729/30 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA.⁽¹⁰⁶⁾ ⁽¹¹⁶⁾⁽²¹⁾⁽¹⁰⁵⁾⁽²⁵⁾⁽¹⁰⁷⁾⁽¹²¹⁾ Partially through the fortune of his wife, granddaughter of Governor Thomas Prence, he owned large tracts of land in Plymouth County. Ezra swore the "Oath of Fidelity" in 1678. His will left his wife Rebecca the use and improvement of all real and personal estate. Ebenezer received all upland, meadow, and swampy meadow in Rochester, and Ezra, the eldest, got "all the land before my dwelling." [PERRY.TXT]

Extrapolated from Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Married Rebecca Freeman. Owned large tracts in Plymouth County partially through the fortune of his wife, granddaughter of Governor Thomas Prence (Prince). Swore Oath of Fidelity in 1678. Will left wife Rebecca the use and improvement of all real and personal estate. Ebenezer received all upland meadow and swampy meadow in Rochester; Ezra, the eldest, got "all the land before my dwelling." From Perry.dec. Death, diary of Rev. Benjamin Fessenden, NEHGR, xii, 312. Brownson, NEHGR 115:90. Rebecca Freeman was the only daughter of Edmond Freeman by his first wife, Rebecca Prence, daughter of Governor Thomas and Patience (Brewster) Prence. This Ezra and his borthers John, Samuel, and Benjamin, were among the pioneer settlers of the section of north Sandwich which is now called Bournedale. Rebecca Freeman (according to Brownson) was daughter (not the granddaughter) of Gov. Thomas Prence and Patience Brewster Prence. [NEHGR 126:280] [BINGHAM.GED]

Also have marriage as abt 1673.
Also have death as 31 Jan 1728/29 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. [Arthur Day GED artday3@juno.com]
Rebecca Freeman and Ezra Perry Jr. had the following children:

+101 i. Ebenezer Perry.
+102 ii. Mary Perry.
103 iii. Bethiah Perry was born on 15 Jan 1677/78 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA.⁽¹¹⁶⁾⁽¹¹⁸⁾ She died in 1679.
+104 iv. Ezra Perry.
+105 v. Hannah Perry.
+106 vi. Edmund Perry.
107 vii. Freelove Perry was born on 28 Nov 1685 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA.⁽¹¹⁶⁾⁽²¹⁾ Also have birth as 28 Nov 1685 in Sandwich, Barnstable, MA. [Descendants of Edmund Freeman http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/v/a/n/Ginette-L-Vandenoever/index .html] She died before 30 Mar 1733.⁽¹¹⁶⁾ ⁽³⁰⁾⁽²¹⁾⁽¹¹⁸⁾
+108 viii. Samuel Perry.
+109 ix. Rebecca Perry.
+110 x. Patience Perry.