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Samuel was born About 1600, probably in London, son of John and Priscilla (Angelo)Freeman [TAG 11:176- 77]. He immigrated in 1630 and took up residence in Watertown, Massachusetts. He returned to England early in 1631 and returned to New England by 1637. He likely gained admission to Watertown church prior to 22 May 1639 implied by his freemanship, 19 October 1630 (as "Mr. Sam[ue]ll Freeman") [MBCR 1:79]; admitted 22 May 1639 (as "Mr. Sam: Freeman") [MBCR 1:375].
ESTATE: 11 February 1630/1: "Mr. Freeman's house at Watertown was burned down, but, being in the daytime, his goods were saved" [WJ 1:49]. On 5December 1637 "There is 13s. 4d. granted Sam[uel] Freeman, to be paid by John Gay, who summoned him to appear at this Court, and causisng him to attend with two witnesses, prosecuted not against him" [MBCR 1:219]. (This suit probably resulted from a dispute over the land which Freemanhad purchased from Gay when the latter moved to Dedham.) Granted six acres at the Town Plot in Watertown, 9 April 1638 [WaBOP 11] ; granted a farm of 121 acres, 10 May 1642 [WaBOP 12]. In the Watertown Inventory of Grants Samuel Freeman held three parcels: six acres of plowland; five acres of Remote Meadow (actually purchased from John Gay, to whom it had been granted); and thirteen acres and a half of upland [WaBOP 100]. In the Inventory of Possessions he held seven parcels: homestall of twenty-one acres; homestall of three acres; homestall of five acres; seven acres of upland; nine acres of upland; five acres of plowland; and Great Dividend of thirty-five acres (originally granted to John Gay) [WaBOP 141-42]. In the Composite Inventory he held all of these parcels and a farm of one-hundred-twenty-one acres [WaBOP 59-60]. Samule died in Watertown after 1644 (from his appearance in the Watertown landinventories) and befor e 15 October 1646 [TAG 11:178; NEHGR 97:393]. He married Apphia Quick at St. Ann Blackfriars, London, England on 14 July 1624 [TAG11:79]; she was daughter of William Quick [TAG 11:178]. They were divorced about 1644 [NEHGR 97:393], and she married (2) before 8 December 1662 THOMAS PRENCE, as his third of four wives, and she died before 1 A ugust 1668 [MD 6:230-35].
CHILDREN:
i HENRY, b. say 1625; m. (1) Watertown 25 December 1650 Hannah Stearns[WaVR 15 (groom's nam e given incorrectly as "Samuel")], daughter of ISAACSTEARNS; m. (2) Watertown 27 November 165 6 Mary Sherman [WaVR 18],daughter of Rev. John Sherman.
ii SAMUEL, b. Watertown 11 May 1638 [WaVR 5]; m. Eastham 12 May 1658Mercy Southworth [MD 6: 201], daughter of CONSTANT SOUTHWORTH.
COMMENTS: 9 November 1630: "Mr. Clearke is prohibited cohabitation & frequent keeping company with Mrs. Freeman, under pain of such punsihment as the Court shall think meet to inflict. "Mr. Clearke & Mr. Freeman hath bound themselves in �20 apiece that Mr. Clearke shall make his personal appearance at the next Court, to be holden in March next, & in the meantime to carry himself in good behavior towards all people, & especially towards Mrs. Freeman, concerning whom there is strong suspicion of incontinency" [MBCR 1:81]. Samuel Freeman's mother died in London late in 1630, and probably as a result of disputes arising over her estate, he soon returned to England. He probably sailed on the Lyon in early 1631, since he is not among those admitted to freemanship in May 1631, even though he had applied the previous fall. By 1634 he had been imprisoned in London as a result of one of the family's many lawsuits, and in 1636 he was still in England [TAG 11:172-74]. In a letter of attorney dated 22 July 1640 Samuel Freeman described himself as "now of Watertown in New England & late of Mawlyn in the County of Kent gent ."... [Lechford 266-67]. On 12 December 1646 "Henry Freeman son of Samuel Freeman late of Watertown deceased" made a letter of attorney to John Newgate of Boston "to receive a certain legacy given him by the last will of his grandmother Priscilla Freeman of Blackfryers in London deceased "[Aspinwall 68]. On 15 October 1650 Henry Freeman made a letter of attorney to Henry Bright of Watertown to ask of "John Freeman gent. dwelling in Blackfriers all the rents, issues & profits of a certain house in Blackfriars in London granted by Priscilla Freeman & not yet received" [Aspinwall 327].
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1934 and 1935 Willis Freeman prepared a lengthy article, based on research of Edward L. Smith, which included transcripts of and extracts from many English records which securely establish the ancestry of Samuel Freeman, and give some flavor of the litigious and contentious proclivities of the entire family [TAG 11:73-80, 171-79]. One important event in the life of Samuel Freeman, his divorce, was not covered by Freeman, but was discussed in detail by Ella F. Elliott in1943 [NEHGR 97:393].
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Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
1595 - 1647 (48 years)