My conclusion of the Freeman family
A recap of the previous blogs:
Edmund Honington Freman m. Alice
Coles and remained in England
- Edmund Freeman m. Bennett Hodsall
- John Freeman m. Mercy Prence
- Edmund Freeman m. Sarah Mayo
- Ruth Freeman m. Israel Doane
- Edmund Doane m. Elizabeth Osborn
Edmond
Doane and Elizabeth Osborn had children all born in Eastham, MA:
i. Israel (1750-?) m. (in 1772) Desire Nickerson – 7 children
ii. Samuel O. (1752-?) m. Sarah Harding – 9 children
iii. Prince (1753- Lost at sea)
iv. Jedidah (1754-?) m. Ansel Crowell - 5 children
v. Ruth (1756-?) m. Hemen Kenney – 11 children
6. vi. Abigail (1758-1847) m. Hezekiah Smith – 15 children
vii.
Edmond (1759-?) m. Tamsin Hamilton – 9 children
i. Hezekiah (1775-) m. in 1800 Mercy Crowell – 4 children
ii.
John Osborne (1777-1823) m. in 1801 Elizabeth Nickerson (1782-) - 8
children
iii.
William (1780-1817) m. 1799 Mary Nickerson – 9 children
iv.
James (1782-1742) m. in 1805 Jane McLaren - 7 children
v.
Stephen (1784-1785)
7. vi. Stephen (1786-1870) m. in 1809 Elizabeth Spinney
(1789-1874) – 9 children
vii.
Hannah (1788-?) m. in 1813 John Cunningham – 7 children
viii.
Israel (1790-?) m. Maria Brooks
ix. Abigail ((1792-?) m. William Atkinson
x.
Edward (1794-?) m. Susanna Gardner - 6 children
xi.
Elizabeth (1795-1814)
xii.
Mehitable (1797-1798)
xiii.
Keziah (1799-?) m. Duncan McCallum Cunningham – 3 children
xiv.
Charles (1802-?)
xv.
Susannah (1803-1816)
7. Stephen Smith, b. Oct 6 1786,
Barrington, NS, m. Dec 1809, in Barrington, NS, Elizabeth Spinney, b.
Dec 15 1789, Barrington, NS. She was the d/o John and Susannah (Snow)
Spinney. Stephen d. Mar 28 1870 in Shelburne, NS and Elizabeth d. Apr
1874. In this marriage, Stephen Smith is a descendant of Stephen
Hopkins through the Smith lines and his wife, Elizabeth Spinney, is a
Hopkins descendant through her mother Susannah Snow with lines going
back to Constance Hopkins, wife of Nicholas Snow.
7. Stephen and Elizabeth had 9
children:
i. Abigail (1813-1899) m. Eleazer
Crowell
ii. Reliance (1815-1892) m. Oldham
Brown
iii. Stephen (1817-1885) m. Hannah
Williams (1822-1884) – 5 children
iv. Elias (1819-?) m. Harriet Lewis
v. Nathaniel (1821-?) m. Eliza
Unknown
8 vi. Rachel (1823-1881) m1. In
1846 John Swansburg (1789-1850) – 3 children
m2. In
1855 Samuel Scarr – 2 children
vii. Mary (1825-?)
viii.Susannah (1827-1870) m.
Alexander Phillips
ix. Osborne Doane (1828-?) m.
Lucinda Nickerson (1835-?) - 5 children
8 Rachel Smith, b. Aug 14 1823,
Cape Sable Island, NS, m. Oct 1846 in NS (1) John Conrad Swansburg,
b. Nov 1789, Shelburne, NS. He d. Nov 8 1850, Shelburne, NS. John
Swansburg was m1. to Harriet Graham who d. in 1846. They had 8
children. Rachel m. (2) Samuel Scarr, Jan 15 1855 in Shelburne, NS.
Little is known about Samuel other
than he had been married before and he was a mariner. There seems to
be no recorded death date for him. He may have been lost at sea.
Rachel was listed as a widow in the 1881 Canadian census for NS.
Rachel and John Swansburg had 3
children:
i. Nathaniel (1847-1880) m.
Catherine Lewis
ii. Elizabeth (1849-1861)
iii. Harriet (1892-1853)
Rachel and Samuel Scarr had 2
children:
9 iv. Mary Ellen (1854-1923)
m. in 1873 Henry Gordon Carmichael (1850-1910) - 8 children
v. Samuel (died young)
9 Mary Ellen Scarr b. Sep 4 1854,
Shelburne, NS, marr. Oct 12 1873 in Shelburne NS, Henry Gordon
Carmichael, b. Jun 9 1850 in Fisher’s Grant,, Pictou, NS. Henry was
a ship’s chandler. Mary Ellen d. Apr 30 1923, Newton, MA and Henry
d. Apr 19 1910 in Everett, MA.
Mary Ellen and Henry had 8 children:
i. Percy (1874-1874)
10 ii. Nora (1875-1921) m. in
1893 Jesse Pye – 15 children
iii. *Ethel (Edith) (1877-?) m.
Edward (Ted) Ball – 3 children
iv. Minnie (1881-1902)
v. Reginald (1884-?) m. Dorothy
O'Donnell – 1 child
vi. Elizabeth (Bessie) (1885-1959
)m. Frank Johnson – 2 children
vii. Grayce (1889-?) m. Frank Mooney
– 2 children
viii. Ruby (1894-1950) m. Phillip
Wood – 2 children
*This
person was always known in the family as Edith Gertrude. However, the
census reports show her name as Ethel. It is believed this is a
clerical error.
Nora
Edith Carmichael and Jesse Pye are my grandparents.
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