Alice Freeman
- Born: 4 Apr 1619, Pulborough, Sussex, England 24,29,34,95
- Christened: 4 Apr 1619, Pulborough, Sussex, England 31,34,59
- Marriage (1): Deacon William Paddy on 24 Nov 1639 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA 5,27,31,37,57,64,128
- Marriage (2): Samuel Wensley
- Died: 24 Apr 1651, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA at age 32 5,27,29,31,34,59,128,221
General Notes:
The above Alice, eldest child, and who cam with her father from England 1635, she being then æ. 17, d. in Plymouth, April 24, 1651. Her husband, Deacon Paddy, m. 2d, Dec. 3, 1651, the widow(1) of Capt. Bazaleel Payton, and rem. to Boston, where he d. Aug. 24, 1658.(2)
(1) It is said her maiden name was Greenough, and that she had formerly been a member of the church in Sandwich; and that, long surviving Dea. P., she d. Oct. 21, 1675, æ. about 60, and was buried in King's Chapel graveyard.
(2) Of Dea. P. it may be noted, he came over in "The James," 1635; was made a freeman at Plymouth, 1636; became a deacon in the Plymouth Ch.; was a deputy to the first General Court held at Plymouth, 1639; and was some time treas. of the Colony; "a prosperous merchant; a man of large estate, and of great usefulness, influence, and piety."
In 1830, "June 13, as workmen were digging up a portion of the foundation of 'the Old State House,' at the head of State Street, a stone was found which was doubtless at the head of his grave." The inscription was, "Here lyeth y<sup>e</sup> body of Mr. William Paddy, æ. 58 yrs.; departed this life Aug. 24, 1658." On the opposite side of the stone was this:
"Here sleeps that | Blessed one who lief | God help us all to live | That so when time shall be | That we this world must leave | We ever must be happy | With blessed William Paddy." It has been a question whether this latter inscription was not cut by some admiring friend who volunteered an impromptu offering, officiously, after the erection of the monument. Mr. Drake, historian, says, "Dea. P. left a large estate for those days, nearly £3,000." His will, Aug. 20, 1658, was pr. Sept. 21. "Dea. P., had nine chn., three of them by the 2d wife; and one of them was Wm., b. Sept. 16, 1652. [Freeman Genealogy by Frederick Freeman]
Noted events in her life were:
• Alt. Birth, 1618, Pulborough, Sussex, England. 5
• Alt. Birth, 1618, England. 27
Alice married Deacon William Paddy on 24 Nov 1639 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA 5,27,31,37,57,64.,128 (Deacon William Paddy was born about 1600 in England,29 died on 24 Aug 1658 in Boston, Suffolk, MA 29,37 and was buried in 1658 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.)
Alice next married Samuel Wensley.
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