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From: "James Freeman" <>
Subject: Re: [FREEMAN-L] Freemansville, Cumru Twp., Berks Co., PA
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:29:15 -0400
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Ken,

My ancestor, Casper Freeman, had a daughter named Elizabeth, but she married
a man named
Henry Marx , lived and died in Berks County. She predeceased her parents,
leaving her husband
with 5 children. Henry Marx wasted no time and married Elizabeth's sister
Sarah. I have no birth
date for Elizabeth, but it could be in the mid to late 1780's. I believe
that she was dead by 1829 when
your Naaman was born. I have no Kirklands at all in my files. Sorry.

Armstrong Co. is a long haul from Berks County, especially for that period.
It was the frontier at that time! Armstrong Co. is somewhat NE of Pittsburg.

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Rosette" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: [FREEMAN-L] Freemansville, Cumru Twp., Berks Co., PA


> Jim,
>
> I believe my ggggrandfather was Isaac Kirkland (1787- ). He was married
to
> Elizabeth Freeman (1796- ). I know of one child, my gggrandfather,
Naaman
> Freeman Kirkland (1829-1902). They were living in Armstrong County, PA
when
> Naaman was born.
>
> Have you run across an Elizabeth Freeman who would fit with this time
line?
>
> Need Help.
>
> Ken
> Cordova, MD
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Freeman" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 7:45 AM
> Subject: [FREEMAN-L] Freemansville, Cumru Twp., Berks Co., PA
>
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Certainly seems to be a surge in activity on this list recently.
> >
> > My Freeman ancestry is a line most likely from Germany (All spoke or
wrote
> in German) and all the ancestors I have found lived in Berks Co., PA..
The
> small village ( if you want to call it that) of Freemansville in Cumru
Twp.,
> Berks Co was named after the family that did their best trying to
populate
> the area, starting sometime just before 1810 when they first showed up on
> the Census there listed as the family of George Freeman.
> >
> > I am interested in learning more about the generations of Freemans that
> lived in this area as well as the families that also lived there and
married
> into the Freeman family. Some of the surnames I'm interested are
> Breidenstein, Weidner, Gerhart, Britton and Keffer. I have a good bit of
> info on this line that I want to eventually put into a comprehensive book
> about the Freeman family history in Berks County, PA . I'd like more human
> interest information as I don't want to create a book just of names and
> dates. I want to get into what their lives were like, what they did for a
> living etc.
> >
> > Incidently, George Freeman, mentioned above, married 18 Aug 1805,
> Elizabeth Gerhart, whose parents had land in Cumru Twp. George was the son
> of Casper Freeman, a Rev. War vet, and Christina Schmidt. Casper lived &
> raised his 12 kids on land inherited from his father Henrich Freyman.
> Henrich's land was located in what is now Center Twp., Berks Co. Henrich's
> marriage to the widow Anna Catharine Gesell was on 24 Sep 1752 in Berks
> County and is the oldest documentation I have of the family in this area.
I
> have yet to determine where Henrich came from but suspect that he was born
> in the area or brought to America as a child. I have not found anything
> about who his parents were, but he did have a sister, named Maria
Elizabetha
> Freyman who lived in the area and married Christian Berger and 2nd Adam
> Smith. I have not been able to find out where Henrich got the land that he
> willed to his only son Casper. He did not receive it by Warrant from the
> state of PA and no record of the tra!
> > nsfer to him have been found.
> >
> > I have yet to see anything on this list pertaining to the Berks County
> Freeman family. Hopefully this will stir something up.
> >
> > Jim Freeman
> > Shoemakersville, PA
> >
> >
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