| | Edmund Freeman was the son of Edmund and Alice (Coles) Freeman of Reigate, Surrey, England and was baptised July 25, 1596.<ref>[http://www.immigrantships.net/v2/1600v2/abigail16351008.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, "Abigail"]</ref> | | Edmund Freeman was the son of Edmund and Alice (Coles) Freeman of Reigate, Surrey, England and was baptised July 25, 1596.<ref>[http://www.immigrantships.net/v2/1600v2/abigail16351008.html Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, "Abigail"]</ref> |
| − | Edmund first married Bennett Hodsoll on June 16, 1617, in Cowfold, Sussex<ref>The History of Ellenwood, Wharton and 20 Allied Families, 1620-1968, Ellenwood, 1969.</ref>, she died around 1630 in England. Freeman along with his second wife Elizabeth (Perry) and his family set sail from Plymouth, England on June 4, 1635 aboard ''The Abigail''. During the crossing an epidemic of [[smallpox]] broke out on shipboard. They arrived in Boston on October 8, 1635.<ref>Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, "Abigail"</ref> | + | Edmund first married Bennett Hodsoll on June 16, 1617, in Cowfold, Sussex,<ref>The History of Ellenwood, Wharton and 20 Allied Families, 1620-1968, Ellenwood, 1969.</ref> she died around 1630 in England. Freeman along with his second wife Elizabeth (Perry) and his family set sail from Plymouth, England on June 4, 1635 aboard ''The Abigail''. During the crossing an epidemic of [[smallpox]] broke out on shipboard. They arrived in Boston on October 8, 1635.<ref>Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, "Abigail"</ref> |
| | Freeman was admitted freeman at [[Plymouth Colony|Plymouth]] on January 23, 1637.<ref>[http://rootie.geeknet.com/freeman.html Freeman Surname; Edmund Freeman]</ref> He was one of the nine founders of Sandwich, Massachusetts.<ref>The History of Ellenwood, Wharton and 20 Allied Families, 1620-1968, Ellenwood, 1969.</ref> Freeman died in 1682 in Sandwich. He is buried in the Old Town Cemetery in Sandwich along with his second wife Elizabeth. | | Freeman was admitted freeman at [[Plymouth Colony|Plymouth]] on January 23, 1637.<ref>[http://rootie.geeknet.com/freeman.html Freeman Surname; Edmund Freeman]</ref> He was one of the nine founders of Sandwich, Massachusetts.<ref>The History of Ellenwood, Wharton and 20 Allied Families, 1620-1968, Ellenwood, 1969.</ref> Freeman died in 1682 in Sandwich. He is buried in the Old Town Cemetery in Sandwich along with his second wife Elizabeth. |