Edmund Freeman

1596 - 1682  (86 years)

• Name	Edmund Freeman  [1]
  Suffix	II
  Birth	25 Jul 1596	Sussex, England   [1]
  Christening	25 Jul 1596	Sussex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Oct 1682	Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Burial	2 Nov 1682	Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
  Person ID	I4977	footsteps
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Edmund Freeman,   b. 1572, Sussex, England d. 6 Jun 1623, Sussex, England (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Alice Coles,   b. 14 Feb 1575, Sussex, England d. 14 Feb 1651, Surrey, England (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1 Jan 1591	Sussex, England
  Family ID	F849	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bennett Hodsoll,   b. 26 Aug 1600, Sussex, England d. 12 Apr 1630, Sussex, England (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	16 Jun 1617	Sussex, England
  Children	1. John Freeman, Major ,   b. 1622, Sussex, England d. 28 Oct 1719, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States (Age 97 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F30	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He sailed with his 2nd wife Elizabeth, 4 children from his first marria g e o n t h e " Abigail" which left Plymouth, Devon, England on 4 June 1635. T h e r e w a s an outbreak of smallpox on this ship during the crossing. The f a m i l y a rrived iin Boston Harbor on 8 Oct 1635. They first settled in Sa u g u s w h ich is now called Lynn, MA. Admitted freeman at Plymouth, MA on 2 3 J a n u a ry 1637. He was the assistant to Gov. Bradford 1640-1647 and the principle found e r o f t h e t own of Sandwich, Barnstable, MA in 1637.

  
  

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• Sources

  [S188] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: Freeman Genealogy : Freeman, Frederick in three parts, Viz : I Memorial of Edmund Freeman of Sandwi.