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Personal data John Freed 

• Also known as Johannes Freiedt.
• He was born about 1682 in Aspisheim, Oberamt, Alzey, Palatinate.Source 1
• Religion: Mennonite.Source 2
• He died on December 21, 1744 in Lucon, Montgomery, Pa. He was about 61-62 years old.Source 1
• A child of Paul Freed

Household of John Freed

He is married to Christianna.

They got married at Germany.Source 1

Child(ren):

1. Peter Freed  ± 1714-1790 
2. John Freed  1725-1819 
3. Peter Freed  
4. Catherine Freed  
5. Henry Freed  
6. Mary Freed  

Notes about John Freed

NOTES: 1 SOURCE: GENEALOGY LIBRARY. COM, AT THE WORLD FAMILY TREE WEB SITE. HISTORY OF THE FREED FAMILY. I have been gathering historic fragments relating to Freeds in this country, and the ancestors of our family in this country for more than thirty years. As I am past fourscore years old, it seems time to arrange and connect these fragments, so as to give you a brief history, of both male and female ancestors and descendants of the Freed family and the relations on the mother's side. To collect these records and traditions is not an easy matter; as our ancestors kept no church record, and family records are scarce of the early settlers. From this you will realize that the task is not an easy one to perform; and the account may at times be subject to criticism. My aim is to give all the families of the name Freed as they arrived in this country. Some of them are not related to us; to the best of my knowledge, apparently, they all came from Bavaria. I will give them in order with their arrival in this country. The first of them were Paul Freed, John Freed and Paul Freed, Jr. I take it for granted that it was the father and two sons and their families. They arrived in Philadelphia about 1727 or soon after. Settled in Germantown, where Paul Freed was naturalized in 1729 or 1730. They must have been here a few years before that time. They next settled in Skippack, where Paul Freed owned 100 acres of land in 1729. It will not be out of place to state right here that on February 22, 1702, a patent was granted to Matthias Van-Bebber for a tract of land of 6166 acres; recorded in Book A, Vol. 11, page 463, in Philadelphia, Pa. This being the southeast half of Skippack township, Montgomery Co., Pa. Mr. Van-Bebber sold this in small tracts or farms to suit purchasers. Page 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ----------------------

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