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EDMUND FREEMAN (b. 25 Jul 1596, d. 21 Jun 1682)

EDMUND FREEMAN (son of EDMUND HONINGTON FREEMAN and ALICE COLES) was born 25 Jul 1596 in PULBOROUGH, SUSSEX, ENGLAND, and died 21 Jun 1682 in BARNSTABLE, MA. He married BENNETT HODSOLL on 16 Jun 1617 in COWFOLD, SUSSEX, ENGLAND, daughter of JOHN HODSOLL and FAITH GRATWICK.

Notes for EDMUND FREEMAN:
Edmund Freeman came from Pulborough, County Sussex, England in the "Abigail" in 1635 with his wife and four children. They settled at Saugus, Mass., moved to Duxbury, Mass., in 1637. He was a freeman in 1637, was leader of the ten to settle Sandwich, mass., in 1639, and received the largest land grant there. He was deputy at Plymouth Colony in 1641, assistant to Gov. Bradford from 1645 to 1647, member of the Council of War in 1642.

More About EDMUND FREEMAN and BENNETT HODSOLL:
Marriage: 16 Jun 1617, COWFOLD, SUSSEX, ENGLAND.

Children of EDMUND FREEMAN and BENNETT HODSOLL are:

+ELIZABETH FREEMAN, b. 11 Apr 1624, BILLINGSHURST, SUSSEX, ENGLAND, d. 24 Jun 1692, PLYMOUTH, MA.
+JOHN FREEMAN, b. 28 Jan 1626/27, BENTLEY, ENGLAND, d. 28 Oct 1719, EASTHAM, MASS..