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MAJOR JOHN FREEMAN, son of Edmond Freeman and Bennett Hodsoll
MERCY PRENCE, daughter of Governor Thomas Prence and Patience Brewster
John was propounded to take up his freedom on 5 June 1651. He was made a freeman on 3 June 1652.[PC01]
Mr. John Freeman was chosen to be on the grand inquest jury on 2 June 1651. [PC06]
John was chosen a surveyor of the highways for Eastham on 7 June 1653. [PC07]
He was appointed to be the ensign bearer of the Eastham military company on 6 March 1654/5. [PC08]
Children of John Freeman and Mercy Prence:
i. Thomas Freeman married Rebecca Sparrow.
References:
PC01. Nathaniel Shurtleff, Records of the Colony of New Plymouth: Court Orders, vols. 2–3 (Boston, William White, 1855), vol. 2: 167; vol. 3: 7.
PC06. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, vol. 2: 168.
PC07. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, vol. 3: 33.
PC07. Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, vol. 3: 74.
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