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From: "Sue Dinkel" <>
Subject: Re: [FR] New Information RE: My Relatives
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 19:23:05 -0600


Marian....
Thank You, Thank You!
Am a descendant of the Freeman family through John/Elizabeth Marshall
Freeman's son Simeon. Have been unable to determine lineage of James
Marshall.
I do gratefully appreciate the assistance!!

Sue
-----Original Message-----
From: Marian Cranford <>
To: <>
Date: Sunday, April 08, 2001 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [FR] New Information RE: My Relatives


>Hi -- I checked Elizabeth Marshall in the index - there is a long list of
John
>Freemans. On page 2 of Patty's book: From a "letter in Freeman Worth
Gardner
>Collection, Brown and Allied Famililes, at NJHS in Newark and on film at
the LDS
>Library at Salt Lake City":Edward Freeman's, Henry "...called his first son
>John. this John grew up and married and called his first son Henry this
Henry
>married and called his first son John. this John...was a Revolutionary
Soldier
>from the begining to the end of the war, he maried a woman by the name of
>Elizabeth Marshal cand caled his first sonfo Azel who...maried Frances
Scott a
>daughter of John Scott, another revolutionary Soldier..." (sic)
>
>p. 35: John Freeman (5), b. 1750; m/1 Lydia/Alida Bishop; m/2 Elizabeth
>("Betsy") Marshall.
>
>P. 87. Gives John's ancestry again; info about his war service, and 1st
>marriage, and wills, all with documentation. "...John m/2 Elizabeth
("Betsy")
>Marshall, d/c James Marshall of Elizabethtown and Rahway, N.J., and Rachel
(5)
>or Mary (5) Fitz Randolph (Nathaniel 4,3,2 Edward 1) (Christian, p.16)"
>>From a letter, p. 88: "...John's second wife was Betsy Marshall, her
father's
>father came from Ireland, I think, and her mother was a Randolph, the
eldest of
>the four Randolph women married in the first line of Freemans....Her
childlren
>in order are - Azel, Abner, Ellis, Marshall, Lewis, Alexander, Eliel; John,
>Simeon and Experience...." From the MOrris Manuscripts from the Freeman
Worth
>Gardner copy in NJHS."
>
>There is more about their descendants. and there is a tremendous amount of
>material on the Freeman, Fits Randolph, Carman, Mundy, and many more.
>
>The book is the best reference I have, or have had access to. It's out of
print
>now, but I was able to buy a copy from Patty, and it is so well worth it!
I
>paid $59 ppd for 900+ pages of acid-free treasure - so well-documented! A
while
>back, Patty still had a few copies. If you want to contact Patty, her
email is
> (the letters after "satx." are R R - they run together
and
>look strange.)
>
>
>Hope this helps. Good luck. Marian
>
>
>
>
>
>Sue Dinkel wrote:
>
>> This may not be the right point in time to throw this out and make my
>> request...but there has been lots of activity on the FitzRandolph list
>> lately, and mention of Patty Myers book... so here goes.
>>
>> Would/could someone do a look-up for me in Patty's book???? I'm a Freeman
>> descendant, and have been told a FitzRandolph descendant as well through
the
>> marriage of John Freeman to Elizabeth Marshall. Elizabeth Marshall,
>> according to others researching the line, was the dau. of James (?Thomas)
>> Marshall and either Rachel or Mary FitzRandolph. I have been unable to
>> document such and was wondering if Patty's book mentioned James (?Thomas)
>> Marshall, or contained any information about him or his marriage.
>>
>> Any assistance would be most gratefully appreciated!!
>
>
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