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From: Bob & Janice Freeman< >
Subject: New England Mystery Freemans #1
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 10:06:26 -0600

While collecting information about people of the surname Freeman who lived in New England in the 17th and 18th centuries, I've found quite a few whom I can't tie to any of the major Freeman families. I would like to know whether anyone recognizes them and has further information. I'm going to publish them serially on the list - here is number 1: Peter Freeman/Sarah Arcker and children of East Haddam, CT. Bob Freeman Edmonds, WA ======================================== Name: Peter Freeman[1],[2],[3] --------------------------------------------- Birth: circa 1754 Event: 1778-1783 Connecticut Revolutionary War service with a Connecticut regiment. He enlisted March 7, 1778 and was discharged June 7, 1783 Event: 11 April 1818 Farmington, Connecticut He applied for a Revolutionary War soldier's pension Event: 2 August 1820 Farmington, Connecticut In supporting his pension application, he testified that he was 66 years old, a day laborer, had no wife, but was the guardian of a granddaughter who was an idiot Marriage: 7 October 1781 East Haddam, Connecticut[4] --------------------------------------------- Spouse: Sarah Arcker[3] --------------------------------------------- Children --------------------------------------------- 1 M: Amos Freeman[4] (Died as a child) Birth: 14 November 1781 East Haddam, Connecticut Death: 15 September 1785 East Haddam, Connecticut --------------------------------------------- 2 F: Lois Freeman[4] Birth: 15 May 1784 East Haddam, Connecticut --------------------------------------------- 3 F: Alcey Freeman[4] Birth: 15 July 1791 East Haddam, Connecticut --------------------------------------------- 4 F: Jerusha Freeman[4] Birth: 16 August 1794 East Haddam, Connecticut --------------------------------------------- 5 F: Deborah Freeman[4] Birth: 23 February 1797 East Haddam, Connecticut --------------------------------------------- 6 M: Peter Freeman[5] (Died as an Infant) Birth: 23 March 1805 East Haddam, Connecticut Death: 3 April 1805 East Haddam, Connecticut --------------------------------------------- 7 F: Sally Freeman[5] Birth: 13 May 1787 East Haddam, Connecticut Sources 1. Revolutionary War Pensions and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications, 1969, microfilm roll 1023; pension no. S36516. Revolutionary War Pensions and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications. National Archives and Records Administration Microcopy Series No. M804. Washington, 1969. 2. White, 1990, p. 1266; pension no. S36516. White, Virgil D. (compiler). Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files. Waynesboro, Tennessee: National Historical Publishing Co., 1990. 3. White, [n.d.], pp. 230-231. White, Lorraine Cook (compiler). The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records: Durham, 1708-1852; Eastford, 1847-1851; East Haddam, 1743-1857. Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., [n.d.]. 4. Ibid. p. 230. 5. Ibid. p. 231.