Tenth Generation

796. Major John FREEMAN^128,133 was born about 1622 in Billinghurst, Sussex, England. He was born about 1622. He died in 1716 at the age of 94.¹²⁸ John died on 1 October 1719 at the age of 97 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA. He was buried in Cove Cemetery, Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA. He came to Lynn, MA, from England with his parents on the ship Abigail of London.

He was one of several settlers who were granted land in Mannomoiett which the Plymouth Government had purchased from the local Indian sachem. The land had previously been purchased illegally by William Nickerson.

He was appointed one of the seven Assistants to the Governor of Plymouth Colony (his father-in-law, Thomas Prence) 1654-62.

He and his wife had 11 children, listed in the Freeman Genealogy.[AbrahamLeonard.FTW]

Lived in Eastham, Barnstable County, MA. His will, dated June 1, 1716, mentioned his daughter, Mercy Knowles. Mercy PRENCE and Major John FREEMAN were married on 14 February 1649 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA.

797. Mercy PRENCE¹³⁴ was born before 28 September 1631 in Duxbury, Plymouth, MA. She died on 28 September 1711 at the age of 80 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA. She was buried in Cove Cemetery, Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA.

Children were:

	i.	Mercy FREEMAN¹²⁸ was born in July 1659 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA. She died in 1744 at the age of 85 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA.
398	ii.	Thomas FREEMAN.
	iii.	John FREEMAN was born (date unknown).
	iv.	Patience FREEMAN was born (date unknown).
	v.	Edmund FREEMAN was born (date unknown).
	vi.	Hannah FREEMAN was born (date unknown).
	vii.	Prence FREEMAN was born (date unknown).
	viii.	Nathaniel FREEMAN was born (date unknown).
	ix.	Bennett FREEMAN was born (date unknown).
	x.	William FREEMAN was born in 1660 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA. He died in 1687 at the age of 27 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA.