Elisha Freeman Esq (1701 - 1777)

Born 9 Dec 1701 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia Freeman — married 7 May 1725 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 19 May 1777 at age 75 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Elisha was born in 1701 in Eastham, Massachusetts, the son of Samuel Freeman and Bathshua Lothrop^{[1] [2]}

On May 7, 1725, he married Lydia Freeman, the daughter of the daughter of Nathaniel Freeman and Mary Howland of Eastham^[2], and their children included^[3]:

1. Eunice, born July 5, 1727^{[4] [3]}
2. Mary, born April 4, 1729^{[5] [3]}
3. Lydia, born February 6, 1730^{[6] [3] [2]}
4. Simeon, b 28 Feb 1733 in Rochester^[3] , who married Patience Wood^[2]
5. Elisha, b February 12, 1734 in Rochester^[3]; who married Mary Waterman of Liverpool on July 1, 1762^[2]
6. Barnabas, b January 21, 1737 in Rochester^[3]; who married Thankful Dennis of Rochester on Nov. 15, 1759^[2]
7. Nathaniel. b 05 Mar 1739 in Rochester^[7][3]; who married Hannah Tupper of Liverpool, NS on April 20, 1776^[2]
8. Phoebe, born June 21, 1742^{[8] [3]}
9. Lothrop, born in 1744^[9], who died in 1745^{[3] [10]}
10. Lothrop, b October 16, 1746 in Rochester; who married Experience Knowles and Sarah Cobb^{[3] [2]}
11. Zoheth, b 18 Sep 1749 in Rochester^[11][12]; who married Jane Harlow, daughter of Robert on May 9, 1774^{[2] [13]}
12. Patience^[2]
13. Hope^[2]

The 2019 edition of the Brewster Silver Book does NOT include Patience or Hope as children of Elisha and Lydia Freemen. Their (11) children are listed as: Eunice, Mary, Lydia, Simeon, Elisha, Barnabas, Nathaniel, Phebe, Lothrop, Lothrop, and Zoeth.^[14]

In 1759, Elisha Freeman, along with John Doggett, Samuel Doggett, and Thomas Foster, on behalf of themselves and the other persons hereinafter mentioned, have made application to for a township within this Province^[15].

The first entry in the original book of records of the town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia is in his handwriting, and is as follows: Page 1, Liverpool, Feb. 29, 1762; these births, deaths, and marriages, hereafter to be mentioned or to be registered by me, Elisha Freeman, Proprietor's Clerk. He was a judge, Member of Legislative Assembly, and merchant in Nova Scotia^[16]. The Liverpool records show Elisha Freeman was a widower when he emigrated to Liverpool with six sons and three daughters^[2]

He passed away 19 May 1777 – and waas buried 20 May 1777^[17]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-6XG : 4 December 2014), Elisha Freeman, 09 Dec 1701; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 907,350.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11} Freeman genealogy in three parts, see person 28, pg 360 and 368
3. ↑ ^{3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10} Massachusetts Vital Records Project Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850; Rochester - Births; Image of page 131
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Q-NZK : 4 December 2014), Elisha Freeman in entry for Eunice Freeman, 05 Jun 1727; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Q-F8V : 4 December 2014), Elisha Freeman in entry for Mary Freeman, 04 Apr 1729; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6Q-2VB : 4 December 2014), Elisha Freeman in entry for Lydia Freeman, 06 Feb 1730; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ67-182 : 4 December 2014), Elisha Freeman in entry for Nathaniel Freeman, 05 Mar 1739; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ67-M5K : 4 December 2014), Elisha Freeman in entry for Febe Freeman, 21 Jun 1742; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ67-GYH : 4 December 2014), Elisha Freeman in entry for Lothrop Freeman, 28 Mar 1744; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2.
10. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850; Rochester Rochester - Deaths; Image of page 381; showing Lothrop's death
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ67-L65 : 4 December 2014), Elisha Freeman in entry for Zoheth Freeman, 18 Sep 1749; citing ROCHESTER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873753 IT 1-2
12. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850; Rochester - Births; Image of page 132
13. ↑ Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) Volume 126, pages 282-283 shows Zoeth and Jane
14. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 87
15. ↑ The history of Queens County, N.S.; by More, James F. (James Fullerton), 1802-1878; Published in Halifax, 1873; Digitizing sponsor University of Alberta Libraries. Elisha Freeman was a member of the committee founding Liverpool, NS. His family is noted on page 141 of this history
16. ↑ Perkins Diary [1]
17. ↑ Perkins Diary - Deaths [2]

• New Englanders in Nova Scotia Manuscript. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.)https://www.americanancestors.org/DB398/i/12125/140/137036213

• Wikipedia contributors, "Elisha Freeman," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. (Accessed October 13, 2015).

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-6XG : accessed 13 October 2015), Elisha Freeman, 09 Dec 1701; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 907,350.