Twelfth Generation

2846. Edmond FREEMAN^368,369 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. Bennett HODSOLL and Edmond FREEMAN were married on 16 June 1617 in Cowfold, Sussex, England.

2847. Bennett HODSOLL died on 12 April 1630 in Pulborough, Sussex, England. She was born in Gravel cum Chesfield, Sussex, England.

Children were:

	i.	Major John FREEMAN^8,370 was born about 1622 in Billinghurst, Sussex, England. He was born about 1622. He died in 1716 at the age of 94.⁸ 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.
	ii.	Nathaniel FREEMAN³¹¹ was born after 2 September 1629. He apparently died young, according to Stratton.
	iii.	Alice FREEMAN³¹¹ was born (date unknown).
	iv.	Elizabeth FREEMAN³¹¹ was born (date unknown).
1423	v.	Mary FREEMAN.
	vi.	Edmond FREEMAN³¹¹ was born on 26 November 1620 in Billinghurst, Sussex, England. He died before 5 January 1704 at the age of 83 in Sandwich, Barnstable Co, MA. Edward or Edmond? Stratton has Edmond.
	vii.	Bennett FREEMAN³¹¹ was born (date unknown).