Pane-Joyce Genealogy

754. Edmund Freeman. Born ca 1596 in Pulborough, Sussex. Edmund was baptized in St Mary’s, Pulborough, on 25 Jul 1596.14 Edmund died in Sandwich, MA in 1682.14 Occupation: husbandman.

From Jacobus’s Ackley/Bosworth Ancestry:12
Edmund Freeman, on behal of his five living children, brought suit in Chancery Court, 28 Nov. 1633, against William Hodsoll and Elizabeth his wife (the widow of John Hodsoll, Jr., had apparently married his cousin), John Gratwicke, gent., William Freeman (his own brother and brother-in-law), and others, in regard to the disposition of certain lands which had formerly belonged to his father-in-law, John Hodsoll. many depositions are in the file, and one of them provides the baptismal record of four of Edmund’s surviving children at Billingshurst, co. Sussex, copied from the register there, a register which now cannot be found.
He owned lands in both Pulborough and Billingshurst; removed to the latter place in 1619-20, but returned to Pulborough by 1627. On 1 Jul 2635, he and his family were entered on the shipping list of the Abigail, Robrert Hackwell, Master, as “Edward” Freeman, aged 34; wife Elizabeth, 35; Alice, 17; Edmond, 15; Elizabeth, 12; and John, 8. His own age is badly understated, but the ages of the children are as accurate as we usually find in the shipping lists. A couple of weeks before, six other Freemans, of assorted ages, had been accepted to sail on teh Abigail, but their connection if any with our Edmund is unknown, though one of htem was an Edmond Freeman, aged 45.
The list proves that Edmund had married his second wife Elizabeth in England, after the deat of Bennett (Hodsoll), and not, as Mrs. Ferris surmised, “probably either on the voyage to New England or soon after his arrival.” Mrs. Ferris also surmised that Edward Perry, whom Edmund Freeman called “son” in his will and to whom he gave considerable property, was a stepson, the son of Edmund’s second wife Elizabeth, rather than that Perry’s wife was a daughter of Edmund, which would make him a son-in-law. However, no Edward Perry was named in the shipping list, and if Elizabeth had such a son, who whould have been quite young at the time, it seems likely he would have accompanied his mother. Futhermore, Edward Perry’s son Benjamin named a son Freeman Perry, which would be for Benjamin’s mother if Edward’s wife was Mary Freeman. We therefore prefer the older view, that Edmund Freeman, had a daughter Mary, born not long after the family arrived in New England, who married Edward Perry.
Edmund Freeman first settled at Saugus, now Lynn, Mass., but in 1637 or earlier, a movement was on foot for a number of families there to move to Sandwich on Cape Cod. In 1647 Edmund, as agent for this group, received a deed from the Colony, and he devised the lands to the new town and its proprietors. He was formally made a freeman of Plymouth Colony, 2 Jan. 1737/8, and probably was living in Sandwich the preceding year.
These settlers were Puritans rather than Pilgrims, many of them merchants and some of them well-to-do. As a group there were far more tolerant than many of the Bay Colony leaders, shown by the fact that their neighborhood became the earliest stronghold of Quakerism in Plymouth Colony, the first Monthly Meeting at Sanwich being established in 1660.
Edmund was a Deacon in his own church, and 1643 he and his sons Edmund and John were among those “able to bear arms” in Sandwich. Edmund^1 served on the Grand Jury in 1636 and 1647, as Assistant continuously from 1640 to 1646, and as a Representative in 1646. Edmund was referred to a s”Mr.” and “Gent.,” indicating his social standing. His “son” Edward Perry was infected with Quakerism and refused to have his marriage performed by the local magistrate, and Edmund appears to ahve countenanced this irregularity. He acquired much property, and engaged in the beaver trade, acting as agent of John Beauichamp (his brother-in-law) and others in England.
His will, dated 21 Jun 1682 (inventory taken 4 Oct. 1682) made his “three sons,” Edmond Freeman, John Freeman, and Edward Perry, executors, and his daughter, Elizabeth Ellis, executrix; confirmed all conveyances of lands (he had already given much of his property to his heirs), mentioning land given to his grandson Matthias Ellis; gave specified land to his grandson Thomas Paddy; and divided all the rest of his lands between the above-said three sons and daughter. In 1875 the rocks which served as monuments for himself and his wife Elizabeth on the hiss of the Freeman farm were still in place.

On 11 Jun 1617 Edmund first married Bennett Hodsoll, daughter of John Hodsoll (ca 1570-15 Sep 1666) & Faith Gratwick, in Cowfold, Sussex.14 Born ca 1597 in England. Bennett died in Pulborough, Sussex in Apr 1630. Buried on 12 Apr 1630 in Pulborough, Sussex.14

From Jacobus’s Ackley/Bosworth Ancestry:12
The Hodsoll family, to which the first Mrs. Freeman belonged, was one of considerable means. The will of John Hodsoll of Cowford, co. Sussex, dated 1 Aug. 1617, proved 16 Nov. 1617, named wife Faith Hodsoll; son-in-law William Scales snd Elizabeth, my daugher, his wife; daughter Anne wife of Thomas Sheffeild; daughter Bennett wife of Edmund Freeman; daughters Katherine Hodsoll and Christian Hodsoll; my sister John Whiteacre; my brother-in-law Richard Moorer; Faith Bacon, my wife’s daughter; son John Hodsoll; nephew John Hodsoll, son of my later brother Robert Hodsoll; “brother” John Gratwicke of Jarvyes in Cowfold, co. Sussex, yeoman, an executor (father-in-law of his son John Hodsoll); land in Stanstead, co. Kent, “sometymes the lands of my father John Hodsoll, deceased, and wch to me descended and came by and after the decease of my late brother Henry Hodsoll.
The only son, John Hodsoll, made a will 11 June 1628, proved 25 Nov. 1628, in which he named many relatives and connections, including his wife Elizabeth, father-in-law John Gratwick, sister Christian now wife of William Freeman, sister Katherine Norwood, children of his uncle Thomas Hodsoll (William, Stephen, Henrry and Elizabeth, under 21).

Their children include:

1871i.

Alice Freeman (ca 1619-24 Apr 1651)

1872ii.

Edmund Freeman (ca 1620-29 Mar 1673)

1873iii.

Bennett Freeman (Died young) (ca 1621-1633/4)

1874iv.

Elizabeth Freeman (ca 1624-aft 24 Jun 1692)

1875v.

Maj. John Freeman (ca 1626-28 Oct 1719)

1876vi.

Nathaniel Freeman (Died soon) (ca 1629-Sep 1629)

Edmund second married Elizabeth. Elizabeth died in Sandwich, MA 14 Feb 1675/6.12

Their children include:

1877i.

Mary Freeman (ca 1636-)

755. Capt. William Freeman. Born say 1598. William died in 1666. Buried on 15 Sep 1666 in Cowfold, Sussex.12

William married Christian Hodsoll, then (widow) Jane Gratwick.

Bef 1624 William first married Christian Hodsoll, daughter of John Hodsoll (ca 1570-15 Sep 1666) & Faith Gratwick.12 Born ca 1592.

15 May 1638 (Lic.) William second married Jane in Sussex. Jane died in 1650. Buried on 18 Sep 1650 in Cowfold, Sussex.

756. Alice Freeman. Born ca 1601 in Pulborough, Sussex. Alice was baptized in St Mary’s, Pulborough, on 15 Apr 1601.12

On 27 Dec 1615 Alice married John Beauchamp in Pulborough, Sussex.12

John and Alice resided at Reigate, Surrey.

757. Eleanor Freeman. Born in 1603 in Pulborough, Sussex. Eleanor was baptized on 25 Aug 1603.12 Eleanor died in Apr 1618. Buried on 7 Apr 1618 in Pulborough, Sussex.12

758. John Freeman. Born ca 1606/7 in Pulborough, Sussex. John was baptized in St Mary’s Church, Pulborough, 29 Jan 1606/7. John died in Sudbury, MA on 15 Sep 1666.

John first married Elizabeth Noyes, daughter of Dea. Peter Noyes (ca 1590-23 Sep 1657) & Elizabeth (-Feb 1635/6). Born ca 1625 in Weyhill, Hampshire. Elizabeth was baptized in Weyhill, Hampshire, on 19 Apr 1625.

Elizabeth first married John Freeman, second Josiah Haynes.

Their children include:

1878i.

Joseph Freeman (29 Mar 1645-2 Feb 1697)

1879ii.

James Freeman (Died soon) (10 Jun 1647-18 Jun 1647)

1880iii.

Elizabeth Freeman (23 Jun 1648-bef 10 Jul 1730)

On 20 Feb 1724 John second married Joan Goodie in St Mary’s Church, Pulborough.

759. Elizabeth Freeman. Born in 1609 in Pulborough, Sussex. Elizabeth was baptized on 27 Aug 1609.12

Elizabeth married John Coddington.

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