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Personal data John Freeman 

  • He was born on December 2, 1651 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America.
  • He was christened December 1651 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America.
  • He died on July 27, 1721 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, he was 69 years old.
  • He is buried after July 27, 1721 in Pine Grove Cem,West Harwich,Barnstable,MA.
  • A child of John Freeman and Mercy Prence
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of John Freeman

(1) He is married to Sarah Merrick.

They got married on December 18, 1672 at Eastham, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, he was 21 years old.


(2) He is married to Mercy Hedge.

They got married after 1696 at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Freeman

Edmund Freeman
1590-1682
Bennet Hodsoll
1596-1630
Thomas Prence
1600-1673
Patience Brewster
± 1600-1634
John Freeman
± 1622-1719
Mercy Prence
1631-1711

John Freeman
1651-1721

(1) 1672

Sarah Merrick
1654-1696

(2) > 1696

Mercy Hedge
1659-1721


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Birthday December 2, 1651

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1651: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 22 » St. Peter's Flood: A storm surge floods the Frisian coast, drowning 15,000 people.
    • June 28 » The Battle of Berestechko between Poland and Ukraine starts.
    • June 30 » The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising: The Battle of Berestechko ends with a Polish victory.
    • September 3 » Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester: Charles II of England is defeated in the last main battle of the war.
    • December 15 » Castle Cornet in Guernsey, the last stronghold which had supported the King in the Third English Civil War, surrenders.

Day of marriage December 18, 1672

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1672: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 15 » Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.
    • May 2 » John Maitland becomes Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
    • May 5 » In preparation for the Franco-Dutch War, Louis XIV of France personally inspects his troops at Charleroi in one of the most magnificent displays of military power in the seventeenth century.
    • August 20 » Former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are lynched by an angry mob in The Hague.

Day of death July 27, 1721

  • The temperature on July 27, 1721 was about 14.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1721: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 6 » The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
    • March 24 » Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
    • April 4 » Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.
    • April 26 » A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
    • August 18 » The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
    • October 22 » Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.


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