| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eleventh Generation1890. Edmond FREEMAN368,369 was born on 25 June 1596 in Pulborough, Essex, England. He died on 2 November 1682 at the age of 86 in Sandwich, Barnstable Co, MA. Edmond came on the "Abigail" in 1635. He settled first in Saugus, then Plymouth, then Sandwich where he was a founder. He was a Deputy in Plymouth Colony and assistant to Governor Prence 1640-1646. Were his wives Elizabeth Beauchamp, Elizabeth Gravelly, or Bennett Hodsoll? Edmond is sometimes spelled Edmund. His will mentions 9 children. He apparently lived in Billinghurst, Sussex, from 1619 or 1620 for 7 or 8 years. He came with his family on the ship Abigail of London, which sailed from Plymouth, England on 1 August 1635 with 220 passengers and many cattle. It arrived in Boston on 8 October 1635 infected with smallpox. He went first to Saugus, but soon moved on to Duxbury. In April 1637, he and 9 others gained the permission of the Plymouth Court to establish the first English town on Cape Cod. Within two years the settlement was legally incorporated as the town of Sandwich. He was active in public affairs, being sworn as Assistant Governor of Plymouth in 1640 and re-elected annually through 1645. He oppposed the enactment and enforcement of severe laws to punish the Quakers. In terms of the times, he had an unorthodox nature. Elizabeth RAYMER and Edmond FREEMAN were married on 10 August 1632 in Shipley, Sussex, England. 1891. Elizabeth RAYMER370 was born in 1600 in England. She died on 14 February 1676 at the age of 76 in Sandwich, Barnstable Co, MA. Children were:
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