Pane-Joyce Genealogy
4731. John Freeman. Born on 2 Feb 1650 in Eastham, MA.62 John died bef 1651.
4732. John Freeman. Born in Dec 1651 in Eastham, MA.62 John died in Harwich, MA on 27 Jul 1721.184

John settled in Harwich, now Brewster. He was one of the eight persons who constituted the original chruch in Harwich.184
On 18 Dec 1672 John first married Sarah Merrick, daughter of William Merrick (ca 1602-1688/9) & Rebecca Tracy (say 1625-), in Eastham, MA.148 Born on 1 Aug 1654 in Eastham, MA.62,148 Sarah died in Brewster, MA, on 21 Apr 1696; she was 41.184

Children of John and Sarah (Williams) Freeman, born in Eastham, include at least:
    i. John Freeman, b. 3 Sep 1674 and died;
    ii. Sarah Freeman, b. Sep 1676;
    iii. John Freeman, b. Jul 1678;
    iv. Rebecca Freeman, b. 28 Jan 1680;
    v. Nathaniel Freeman, b. 17 Mar 1682/3;
    vi. Benjamin Freeman, b. Jul 1685; and
    vii. Marcy Freeman, b. 3 Aug 1687.148
Their children include:
13836i.
Nathaniel Freeman (16 Mar 1682-2 Aug 1735)
13837ii.
Benjamin Freeman (17 Jul 1685-2 Aug 1758)
13838iii.
Mercy Freeman (3 Aug 1687-7 Jul 1720)
13839iv.
Susanna Freeman (ca 1691-)
Bef 1698 John second married Mercy.148 Born ca 1658. Mercy died on 27 Sep 1721.184

Mercy first married Elkanah Watson, second John Freeman.

In 1935 Bowman could find no evidence that Mercy was the daughter of William Hedges. Mayflower Descendant 33:100-114.16
4733. Dea. Thomas Freeman. Born in Sep 1653 in Eastham, MA.62 Thomas died in Harwich, MA 9 Feb 1715/6.184

Thomas settled in Harwich, now Brewster. He was a deacon of the First Church of Harwich, the first town clark, also treasurer and selectman.184
On 31 Dec 1673 Thomas married Rebecca Sparrow (15421) , daughter of Capt. Jonathan Sparrow (ca 1629-21 Mar 1707) & Rebecca Bangs (5731) (ca 1635-ca 1665-1667), in Eastham, MA.148 Born on 10 Oct 1655 in Eastham, MA.62 Rebecca died in Harwich, MA, on 7 Feb 1740; she was 84.184

Children of Thomas and Rebecca (Sparrow) Freeman, born at Eastham148:
    i. Mercy Freeman, b. last week of Oct 1674;
    ii. Thomas Freeman, b. 11 Oct 1676;
    iii. Jonathan Freeman, b. 11 Nov 1678;
    iv. Edmund Freeman, b. 11 Oct 1680;
    v. Joseph Freeman, b. 11 Feb 1682;
    vi. Joshua Freeman, b. 7 Mar 1684/5;
    vii. Hannah Freeman, b. 28 Sep 1687;
    viii. Prence Freeman, b. 3 Jan 1689 , m. Mary Doane; and
    ix. Hatsuld Freeman, b. 27 Mar 1691.
Their children include:
13840i.
Mercy Freeman (30 Oct 1674-30 Aug 1747)
13841ii.
Thomas Freeman (11 Oct 1676-9 Feb 1716)
13842iii.
Jonathan Freeman (11 Apr 1678-27 Apr 1714)
4734. Patience Freeman. Born ca 1655 in Eastham, MA. Patience died on 15 Feb 1745.261

Children of Samuel and Patience, born in Eastham:148
    i. Samuel, b. 30 Oct 1683, d. 5 Oct 1706;
    ii. Mercy, b. 5 Aug 1686;
    iii. Nathaniel, b. 9 Jul 1689, d. 14 Mar 1706/7;
    iv. Ebenezer, b. 17 Jun 1692, d. at sear on the Nantucket shoals in 1734, m. at Eastham 13 Dec 1722 Hannah Hopkins (dau. of Joshua & Mary (Cole) Hopkins);
    v. Elizabeth, b.11 Jun 1694;
    vi. Joshua, b. 20 May 1696;
    vii. Isaac, b. 3 Jan 1698/9;
    viii. Mary, b. 4 Feb 1703/4; and
    ix. Seth, b. 5 Oct 1706, d. 23 Mar 1722/3.
On 31 Jan 1682 Patience married Lieut. Samuel Paine (12588) , son of Thomas Paine (-16 Aug 1706) & Mary Snow (4302) (ca 1630-28 Apr 1704), in Eastham, MA.148 Born ca 1652 in Eastham, MA.99 Samuel died in Eastham, MA on 13 Oct 1712.148,95 Samuel was “cut down by a fever”.

Samuel “settled within the limits of the present town of Eastham, near the house of the late Deacon Joshua Paine. He was much employed in public affairs. He was six years selectman of Eastham, and for some time lieutenant of the military company.”95
4735. Lieut. Edmund Freeman. Born in Jun 1657 in Eastham, MA.62 Edmund died in Eastham, MA on 10 Dec 1717.184

Edmund was for many years selectman of Eastham.184
Edmund first married Ruth Merrick, daughter of William Merrick (ca 1602-1688/9) & Rebecca Tracy (say 1625-). Born on 15 May 1652 in Eastham, MA.62,148 Ruth died ca 1680.12
Their children include:
13843i.
Ruth Freeman (ca 1680-7 Jun 1728)
Ca 1681 Edmund second married Sarah Mayo, daughter of Samuel Mayo (ca 1622-1663/4) & Thomasine Lumpkin (1625-16 Jun 1709).12 Born ca 1660 in Barnstable, MA.12 Sarah died aft Dec 1717.12

Sarah was Edmund Freeman’s second wife.95
Their children include:
13844i.
Sarah Freeman (-21 Jan 1743/4 )
13845ii.
13846iii.
Isaac Freeman (ca 1687-21 May 1732)
13847iv.
Ebenezer Freeman (ca 1688-11 Jun 1760)
13849vi.
Mercy Freeman (ca 1696-2 Dec 1759)
13850vii.
Thankful Freeman (ca 1693-)
13851viii.
13852ix.
Hannah Freeman (-7 Jul 1751)
13853x.
Edmund Freeman (ca 1702-22 Jul 1782)
13854xi.
4736. Mercy Freeman. Born in Jul 1659 in Eastham, MA.184 Mercy died in Eastham, MA in 1744.184 Buried in Orleans Cemetery.
In Dec 1679 Mercy married Dea. Samuel Knowles Esq (3246) , son of Richard Knowles (17 Sep 1614-prob. between 1670 and 1675) & Ruth Bowers (1322) (1616-1687), in Eastham, MA.148 Born on 17 Sep 1651 in Plymouth, MA.62 Samuel died in Eastham, MA, on 19 Jun 1737; he was 85.303 Buried in Orleans Cemetery.

From Libby’s Knowles genealogy:26
    “Benaiah Dunham’s earmark for cattle, granted to him in 1665, was in 1679 transferred to Samuel Knowles. During a long period of years Mr. Knowles seems to have been perhaps the most trusted by his fellow townsmen of all his contemporaries. In every matter coming up for town action that called for the qualities of discretion, impartiality, tact, and efficiency, his name is likely to be found. His advance in public affairs was gradual — in 1681 he was fence viewer, in 1687 constable, in 1691 petty juryman. From 1692 on he was often selectman. His earliest term as representative was in 1697. (The local histories say that he served as representative twenty-three years, but these years include both his own and his son Samuel’s terms of office.) In 1703 he was chosen a commissioner to try small causes, taht is, a judge of the police court.
    “He lived on his father’s homestead, and, when Richard Knowles’s original grant was rebounded, 13 Feb. 1681/2, the bound-stones were lettered ‘S. K.’ Apparently he had also his brother John’s land, as entries in the town records discriminate between his ‘ancient lot’ and the land formerly of John Knowles, deceased. Also there was granted to him by the town part or all of Rev. Mr. Treat’s ‘plains lot,’ otherwise called ‘Mr. Treat’s old field,’ and still later he was granted by the town all the land between his land and the Treat land. Apparently Mr. Treat must once have lived ther4e, and later, after having reduced the land to cultivation, surrendered it to the town and removed to the location afterwards purchased by Col. John Knowles on the other side of Town Cove. The burning of the records of deeds and the court records makes research difficult, and it cannot safely be said that the original Knowles lands, with what was added to them by Mr. Samuel Knowles and his sons Col. Samuel and Amos, included all the land immediately south, southwest, and west of the upper end of Town Cover, covering almost the whole of the present Orleans Village from some distance south of the road next south of Main Street as far northwast as the land crossed by the railroad north of the station; but it may be said that considerable sections of land at the different extents of this tract trace back to the Knowleses, without other ancient ownership appearing. The late Mr. Josiah Paine, in marking the ancient homesteads on a United States topographical sheet, which has been presented by Mr. Stanley Webster Smith to the Massachusetts Society of mayflower Descendants, marked Samuel Knowles’s farm as the estate of the late John Doane, Esq. All the land between the Doane estate and Town Cove and many lots southeast, west, and north of it were certainly Knowles lands. Samuel Knowles willed his homestead to his son Amos.
    “the immediate cause for the making of his will, which was dated 1 June 1732, was evidently his desire to provide for the children of his son Nathaniel, who was at the point of death. for his unmarried daughter Ruth and his daughter-in-law Elizabeth he provided “one fire room” between them, with firewood privileges and a cow for Elizabeth. By a codicil added aftger her remarriage he annulled the legacy of a cow, and gave the price of a good cow to be divided among his son Nathaniel’s children.”
Their children include:
9680i.
James Knowles (13 Aug 1680-ca 23 Nov 1704)
9681ii.
Mercy Knowles (13 Sep 1681-)
9682iii.
Samuel Knowles (15 Jan 1682-30 Jan 1750/1)
9683iv.
Nathaniel Knowles (15 May 1686-1732)
9684v.
Richard Knowles (latter end of Jul 1688-ca 1769)
9685vi.
Rebecca Knowles (about the middle of Mar 1690-1755)
9686vii.
Capt. John Knowles (about the middle of Apr 1692-12 Dec 1753)
9687viii.
Ruth Knowles (Nov 1694-1 Nov 1745)
9688ix.
Capt. Cornelius Knowles (Oct 1695-28 Dec 1764)
9689x.
Amos Knowles (3 Apr 1702-9 Dec 1786)
9690xi.
Capt. James Knowles (ca 1705-10 Oct 1765)
4737. William Freeman. Born ca 1660 in Eastham, MA.184 William died in Eastham, MA in 1687.12
Ca 1684 William married Lydia Sparrow (15424) , daughter of Capt. Jonathan Sparrow (ca 1629-21 Mar 1707) & Rebecca Bangs (5731) (ca 1635-ca 1665-1667). Born ca 1660 in Eastham, MA.12
Their children include:
13855i.
4738. Hannah Freeman. Born ca 1664 in Eastham, MA. Hannah died in Harwich, MA on 15 Feb 1744.184

Children of John and Hannah (Freeman) Mayo, the first seven born at Hingham:
    i. Hannah Mayo, b. 8 Jan 1681/2;
    ii. Samuel Mayo, b. 16 Jul 1684;
    iii. Mercy Mayo, b. 23 Apr 1688;
    iv. John Mayo, b. 10 May 1691;
    v. Rebecca Mayo, b. 18 Sep 1692;
    vi. Mary Mayo, b. 26 Oct 1694;
    vii. Joseph Mayo, b. 22 Dec 1686;
    viii. Elizabeth Mayo, b. prob. at Brewster or Harwich.45
On 14 Apr 1681 Hannah married John Mayo, son of John Mayo (-1702/1707) & Hannah Reycraft, in Hingham, MA.45 Born on 15 Dec 1652 in Eastham, MA.62,148 John died in Harwich, MA 1 Feb 1725/6.

Lincoln45 thought John was born in England.

John was in Hingham as early as 1680 when he was one of the tax payers of the town, and he contributed towards the erection of a nwe meeting house. He resided on Main, near Water St., in Hingham, where he was constable in 1693 and selectman in 1704. He moved to Brewster, MA, about 1705.45

He was the first representative to the general court of Massachusetts from Harwich.

Will: Will of John Mayo of Harwich Ma. <Barnstable Co. PR> <4:277>....dated 3 Feb 1723/4, mentions wf hannah; to son Samuel Mayo all rights in Oyster Bay or Jericho on Long Island N.Y.; to my son John Mayo "whose house has been burnt", half lot I bought of Thomas Snow in Harwich, also my part of a lot I bought "of old Stephen Hopkins dec'd" in Harwich; to son Joseph Mayo land where his house now stands, also the third of the meadow I had of James Cole and John Freeman; daus Hannah Hpkins, Mercy Hopkins, Rebecca Paine, Mary Hopkins, Elisabth Mayo.

Witnesses: Edward Snw, Jonathan Godfrey, Phillip Selew. <4:279> Pr. 15 Feb 1725/6 (Inventory - none indexed)
Their children include:
13856i.
Sarah Mayo (ca 1690-11 Feb 1718/9)
13857ii.
John Mayo (10 May 1691-1 Feb 1756)
4739. Prence Freeman. Born on 3 Feb 1665 in Eastham, MA.62
4740. Nathaniel Freeman. Born on 20 Mar 1669 in Eastham, MA.62 Nathaniel died in Eastham, MA, on 4 Jan 1760; he was 90.184

Nathaniel was a justice of the Court of Common Pleas, also town clerk and selectman of Eastham.184
Ca 1690 Nathaniel married Mary Howland (4943) , daughter of Zoeth Howland (1917) (ca 1631-13 Mar 1676) & Abigail.184 Born on 23 Feb 1666.184 Mary died in Eastham, MA 29 Jan 1742/3.148

Children of Nathaniel and Mary (Howland) Freeman, born at Eastham:
    i. Abigail Freeman, b. 22 Feb 1692/3;
    ii. Nathaniel Freeman, b. 11 Feb 1693/4;
    iii. John Freeman, b. 15 Jun 1696;
    iv. Mary Freeman, b. 3 Oct 1698;
    v. Eleazer Freeman, b. 23 Apr 1701; and
    vi. Lydia Freeman, b. 14 Oct 1703.148
4741. Bennett Freeman. Born 7 Mar 1670/1 in Eastham, MA.184 Bennett died in Eastham, MA on 30 May 1716.148

Children of John and Bennet (Freeman) Paine, born in Eastham:
    i. John, b. 18 Sep 1690;
    ii. Mary, b. 28 Jan 1692/3;
    iii. William, b. 6 Jun 1695;
    iv. Benjamin, b. 22 Feb 1697, d. 15 Dec 1713;
    v. Sarah, b. 14 Apr 1699, m. 13 Mar 1716/7 Joshua Knowles (b. 6 Jul 1696 at Eastham, d. there 27 May 1786, son of Col. John & Apphia (Bangs) Knowles26);
    vi. Elizabeth, b. 2 Jun 1702;
    vii. Theophilus, b. 7 Feb 1703/4;
    viii. Josiah, b. 8 Mar 1705/6, d. 7 May 1728;
    ix. Nathaniel, b. 18 Nov 1707, d. 4 Nov 1728;
    x. Rebecca, b. 30 Oct 1709;
    xi. Mercy, b. 3 Apr 1712; and
    xii. Benjamin, b. 18 May 1714, d. 14 Jan 1716/7.148
On 14 Mar 1689 Bennett married Dea. John Paine (12593) , son of Thomas Paine (-16 Aug 1706) & Mary Snow (4302) (ca 1630-28 Apr 1704).261 Born 14 Mar 1660/1 in Eastham, MA.99 John died on 18 Oct 1731.184

John, admitted freeman at Eastham June 1690; selectman for five years; clerk 1703-1709; Treasurer of Eastham 1709-1730; Representative to the General Court seven years from 1703 through 1725.

John Paine’s great-grandon was John Howard Paine, author of “Home, Sweet, Home.”95
Their children include:
13858i.
Marcy Paine (3 Apr 1712-Jun 1774)
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