Deacon
Samuel
Freeman
Born in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Freeman
and Apphia (Quick) Prence
Brother of
Henry Freeman, Sarah (Prence) Howes [half], Judith (Prence) Tubbs [half] and Elizabeth (Prence) Howland [half]
Husband of
Mercy (Southworth) Freeman
— married
12 May 1658 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Abthya Freeman, Samuel Freeman, Apphia (Freeman) Pepper, Constant Freeman, Elizabeth (Freeman) Merrick, Alice (Freeman) Merrick, Edward Freeman, Mary Freeman and Mercy Cole Freeman
Died
at age 74
in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Samuel Freeman immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
Samuel Freeman was born on 11 March 1638 in Watertown, Masssachusetts Bay Colony, the son of Samuel and Apphia (Quick) Freeman.[1]
His parents had emigrated to New England in 1630 and were amongst the first settlers in Watertown. His father traveled several times between New England and England "by 1637".[2] On 11 Feb 1630/1 "Mr Freeman's house at Watertown was burned down, but, being in the daytime, his goods were saved" [WJ 1:49] [2] On one of his return trips to England Samuel Freeman, Sr. "had been imprisoned in London as a result of one of the family's many lawsuits, and in 1636 he was still in England."[3][2]
About age 6 years his parents ended their twenty year marriage "in divorce about 1644,"[2] at which time his mother Apphia (Quick) Freeman married Thomas Prence.[4] Samuel's step-father, Thomas Pence was one of the founders of Eastham, Plymouth Colony, and held the Governor's office several times.
Samuel married Mercy Southworth on 12 May 1658 at Eastham.[5][6] She was the daughter of Constant and Elizabeth (Collier) Southworth. Constant was sometime assistant in the Plymouth Colony and had emigrated 1622 from Leiden, Zuid-Holland Province, Netherlands with his widowed mother Alice (Carpenter) Southworth and brother Thomas. Constant Southworth's mother Alice soon after married Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Colony.
Samuel and Mercy Freeman's known children were:
- Apphia Freeman b. 11 Dec 1659; d. 19 Feb 1660, Eastham
- Samuel Freeman b. 26 Mar 1662; d. abt 30 Jan 1742, Eastham
- Apphia Freeman b. 1 Jan 1666, Eastham, MA.; m. 17 Oct 1685 Isaac Pepper, son of Robert & Elizabeth, b. 26 Apr 1659, Roxbury, MA.
- Constant Freeman, b. 24 Mar 1669; d. 1745, Will probated 7 Mar 1744, Barnstable county; m. 11 Oct 1694, Jane Treat
- Elizabeth Freeman, b. 26 Jun 1671, Orleans, MA; d. 4 Sep 1752, Old Lyme, Connecticut; m 1st 1692, Abraham Remick; m. 2nd Joseph Merrick of Eastham
- Alice Freeman, b. 1673; d. abt 24 Dec 1756, Harwich, Barnstable, MA; m. Nathaniel Myrick (Merrick)
- Edward Freeman, b. 1675; d. 1727
- Mercy Freeman, b. 1679, d. 1737
- Mary Freeman m. abt 1703, John Cole
Samuel Freeman was a “deacon of the church for many years, and an active and worthy townsman.”[7] He was also Representative to the General Court.
Samuel Freeman, Sr. passed away 25 November 1712, at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts and was buried at the Cove Burial Ground in Eastham.[8]
Probate
Samuel Freeman of Eastham died intestate and on 28 January 1712/13, his son-in-law, Isaac Pepper of Eastham was granted the administration of his estate.[9] In 1713, his sons Capt Samuel Freeman and Lieut. Constant Freeman had received their portion of his estate, the remaining estate was to be divided among the daughters (not named).[10]
His inventory was taken on 29 December 1712 in Eastham.[11]
Sources
- ↑ NEHGR, 1847-2011; Vol.007 (1853); pg.160. Early Records of Boston. Pub. NEHGS, Boston. Reprinted by Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Provo, UT, USA. Accessed 10 Feb 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 New England, The Great Migration & the Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635; Vol.I; pg.698-700. Reprinted by Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013, Provo, UT, USA. Accessed 10 Feb 2020.
- ↑ TAG 11:172-74
- ↑ 3rd Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700; pg.214, citing [GMB 3:1523]. Pub.Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004, Baltimore, MD. Reprinted by Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, Provo, UT, USA. Accessed 10 Feb 2020.
- ↑ Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-9XMY : 28 September 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 123, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 38.
- ↑ Town records, 1654-1863 [Eastham, Massachusetts], database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-QNYN : 27 September 2022), , FHL microfilm 007009743, image 330, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Transcribed by order of the Town in 1856 by, H. Doane 2d, Town Clerk, Marriages, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 2.
- ↑ Pratt, Enoch. A Comprehensive History, Ecclesiastical and Civil, of Eastham, Wellfleet and Orleans, County of Barnstable, Mass., from 1644 to 1844, pub. 1844 W.S. Fisher & Co., Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Reprinted online by Ancestry.com, The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, 2005.
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 19 March 2020), memorial page for Samuel Freeman, Jr (11 May 1638–25 Nov 1712), Find A Grave: Memorial #6023850, citing Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Murphy (contributor 46486461).
- ↑ "Probate records v. 1-3 1686-1747" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YB-N9HN : 25 April 2024), Film# 007705400, Barnstable, Massachusetts, image 266, Vol 3, Page 108.
- ↑ "Probate records v. 1-3 1686-1747" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YB-N9H9 : 25 April 2024), Film# 007705400, Barnstable, Massachusetts, image 281, Vol 3, Page 135.
- ↑ "Probate records v. 1-3 1686-1747" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YB-NN3 : 1 May 2024), Film# 007705400, Barnstable, Massachusetts, image 439, Vol 3, Page 426.
See also:
- Freeman, Frederick, The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of The Thirteen Towns of Barnstable County, Volume II (Boston, MA: Geo. C. Band & Avery & Cornhill, 1858). The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of The Thirteen Towns of Barnstable County, Volumes 1 and 2, published online by Google Books, 2009.
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