DISTANT COUSIN OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
REVOLUTIONARY WAR "MINUTEMAN", ORDERLY SERGEANT, CAPT. JOHN BRADFORD'S COMPANY, 1775
MARCHED ON MARSHFIELD DURING THE LEXINGTON AND CONCORD ALARM, 19 APR 1775
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A BIOGRAPHY OF SGT. FREEMAN ELLIS, by Laurence Overmire (5th great grandson), genealogist and family historian, updated August 2020:
Freeman Ellis was born in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, on July 7, 1745, the third of seven children of Joel Ellis, Jr., and Phebe Freeman. His great grandparents were Sgt. John Churchill and Rebecca Delano. Rebecca was a distant cousin of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
On Mar. 19, 1767, at Plympton First Church, Plympton, Massachusetts with Rev. Jonathan Parker presiding, 22-year-old Freeman married 19-year-old Sarah "Sally" Bradford, the daughter of Gideon Bradford and Jane "Jennee" Paddock. Sarah was the 3rd great granddaugter of Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower.
Freeman and Sarah had six children:
1) Joanna (b. 9 July 1767, Plympton) "a deaf and dumb mute"
2) Mercy (1769-1837, m. Arvida Hayford, Esq.)
3) Benjamin (1771-1836, m. Hannah Chickering)
4) Jane Bradford (1773-1886, m. Sampson Read Jr.)
5) Sarah "Sally" (1775-1837, m. Nathan Sampson)
6) Freeman II (1779-1866, m. Lydia Fuller)
During the Revolution, Freeman served as a Corporal in Capt. John Bradford's Company under the command of Col. Theophilus Cotton, which marched to Marshfield, Massachusetts, on the alarm of April 19, 1775. While shots were fired at Lexington and Concord on that day, Col. Cotton decided not to attack the British forces at Marshfield, a Tory stronghold, and allowed them to escape. Freeman enlisted again in Capt. John Bradford's Company on May 2, 1775, and was promoted to Orderly Sergeant. Freeman also served for 16 days in the spring of 1777 marching on an alarm to Bristol, Rhode Island, as a private in Capt. James Harlow's Company, commanded by 1st Lt. Elijah Bisbee, Jr. in Col. Thomas Lothrop's regiment of Brig. Joseph Cushing's brigade.
Freeman and Sarah and their family moved from Plympton, Massachusetts, to Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, in 1792. He died there on Mar. 15, 1802, at the age of 56, and was laid to rest in the Starboard Hill burying ground (aka Meeting House Hill Cemetery).
REVOLUTIONARY WAR "MINUTEMAN", ORDERLY SERGEANT, CAPT. JOHN BRADFORD'S COMPANY, 1775
MARCHED ON MARSHFIELD DURING THE LEXINGTON AND CONCORD ALARM, 19 APR 1775
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A BIOGRAPHY OF SGT. FREEMAN ELLIS, by Laurence Overmire (5th great grandson), genealogist and family historian, updated August 2020:
Freeman Ellis was born in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, on July 7, 1745, the third of seven children of Joel Ellis, Jr., and Phebe Freeman. His great grandparents were Sgt. John Churchill and Rebecca Delano. Rebecca was a distant cousin of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
On Mar. 19, 1767, at Plympton First Church, Plympton, Massachusetts with Rev. Jonathan Parker presiding, 22-year-old Freeman married 19-year-old Sarah "Sally" Bradford, the daughter of Gideon Bradford and Jane "Jennee" Paddock. Sarah was the 3rd great granddaugter of Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower.
Freeman and Sarah had six children:
1) Joanna (b. 9 July 1767, Plympton) "a deaf and dumb mute"
2) Mercy (1769-1837, m. Arvida Hayford, Esq.)
3) Benjamin (1771-1836, m. Hannah Chickering)
4) Jane Bradford (1773-1886, m. Sampson Read Jr.)
5) Sarah "Sally" (1775-1837, m. Nathan Sampson)
6) Freeman II (1779-1866, m. Lydia Fuller)
During the Revolution, Freeman served as a Corporal in Capt. John Bradford's Company under the command of Col. Theophilus Cotton, which marched to Marshfield, Massachusetts, on the alarm of April 19, 1775. While shots were fired at Lexington and Concord on that day, Col. Cotton decided not to attack the British forces at Marshfield, a Tory stronghold, and allowed them to escape. Freeman enlisted again in Capt. John Bradford's Company on May 2, 1775, and was promoted to Orderly Sergeant. Freeman also served for 16 days in the spring of 1777 marching on an alarm to Bristol, Rhode Island, as a private in Capt. James Harlow's Company, commanded by 1st Lt. Elijah Bisbee, Jr. in Col. Thomas Lothrop's regiment of Brig. Joseph Cushing's brigade.
Freeman and Sarah and their family moved from Plympton, Massachusetts, to Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, in 1792. He died there on Mar. 15, 1802, at the age of 56, and was laid to rest in the Starboard Hill burying ground (aka Meeting House Hill Cemetery).
DISTANT COUSIN OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
REVOLUTIONARY WAR "MINUTEMAN", ORDERLY SERGEANT, CAPT. JOHN BRADFORD'S COMPANY, 1775
MARCHED ON MARSHFIELD DURING THE LEXINGTON AND CONCORD ALARM, 19 APR 1775
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A BIOGRAPHY OF SGT. FREEMAN ELLIS, by Laurence Overmire (5th great grandson), genealogist and family historian, updated August 2020:
Freeman Ellis was born in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, on July 7, 1745, the third of seven children of Joel Ellis, Jr., and Phebe Freeman. His great grandparents were Sgt. John Churchill and Rebecca Delano. Rebecca was a distant cousin of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
On Mar. 19, 1767, at Plympton First Church, Plympton, Massachusetts with Rev. Jonathan Parker presiding, 22-year-old Freeman married 19-year-old Sarah "Sally" Bradford, the daughter of Gideon Bradford and Jane "Jennee" Paddock. Sarah was the 3rd great granddaugter of Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower.
Freeman and Sarah had six children:
1) Joanna (b. 9 July 1767, Plympton) "a deaf and dumb mute"
2) Mercy (1769-1837, m. Arvida Hayford, Esq.)
3) Benjamin (1771-1836, m. Hannah Chickering)
4) Jane Bradford (1773-1886, m. Sampson Read Jr.)
5) Sarah "Sally" (1775-1837, m. Nathan Sampson)
6) Freeman II (1779-1866, m. Lydia Fuller)
During the Revolution, Freeman served as a Corporal in Capt. John Bradford's Company under the command of Col. Theophilus Cotton, which marched to Marshfield, Massachusetts, on the alarm of April 19, 1775. While shots were fired at Lexington and Concord on that day, Col. Cotton decided not to attack the British forces at Marshfield, a Tory stronghold, and allowed them to escape. Freeman enlisted again in Capt. John Bradford's Company on May 2, 1775, and was promoted to Orderly Sergeant. Freeman also served for 16 days in the spring of 1777 marching on an alarm to Bristol, Rhode Island, as a private in Capt. James Harlow's Company, commanded by 1st Lt. Elijah Bisbee, Jr. in Col. Thomas Lothrop's regiment of Brig. Joseph Cushing's brigade.
Freeman and Sarah and their family moved from Plympton, Massachusetts, to Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, in 1792. He died there on Mar. 15, 1802, at the age of 56, and was laid to rest in the Starboard Hill burying ground (aka Meeting House Hill Cemetery).
REVOLUTIONARY WAR "MINUTEMAN", ORDERLY SERGEANT, CAPT. JOHN BRADFORD'S COMPANY, 1775
MARCHED ON MARSHFIELD DURING THE LEXINGTON AND CONCORD ALARM, 19 APR 1775
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A BIOGRAPHY OF SGT. FREEMAN ELLIS, by Laurence Overmire (5th great grandson), genealogist and family historian, updated August 2020:
Freeman Ellis was born in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, on July 7, 1745, the third of seven children of Joel Ellis, Jr., and Phebe Freeman. His great grandparents were Sgt. John Churchill and Rebecca Delano. Rebecca was a distant cousin of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
On Mar. 19, 1767, at Plympton First Church, Plympton, Massachusetts with Rev. Jonathan Parker presiding, 22-year-old Freeman married 19-year-old Sarah "Sally" Bradford, the daughter of Gideon Bradford and Jane "Jennee" Paddock. Sarah was the 3rd great granddaugter of Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower.
Freeman and Sarah had six children:
1) Joanna (b. 9 July 1767, Plympton) "a deaf and dumb mute"
2) Mercy (1769-1837, m. Arvida Hayford, Esq.)
3) Benjamin (1771-1836, m. Hannah Chickering)
4) Jane Bradford (1773-1886, m. Sampson Read Jr.)
5) Sarah "Sally" (1775-1837, m. Nathan Sampson)
6) Freeman II (1779-1866, m. Lydia Fuller)
During the Revolution, Freeman served as a Corporal in Capt. John Bradford's Company under the command of Col. Theophilus Cotton, which marched to Marshfield, Massachusetts, on the alarm of April 19, 1775. While shots were fired at Lexington and Concord on that day, Col. Cotton decided not to attack the British forces at Marshfield, a Tory stronghold, and allowed them to escape. Freeman enlisted again in Capt. John Bradford's Company on May 2, 1775, and was promoted to Orderly Sergeant. Freeman also served for 16 days in the spring of 1777 marching on an alarm to Bristol, Rhode Island, as a private in Capt. James Harlow's Company, commanded by 1st Lt. Elijah Bisbee, Jr. in Col. Thomas Lothrop's regiment of Brig. Joseph Cushing's brigade.
Freeman and Sarah and their family moved from Plympton, Massachusetts, to Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, in 1792. He died there on Mar. 15, 1802, at the age of 56, and was laid to rest in the Starboard Hill burying ground (aka Meeting House Hill Cemetery).
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"Here lies the body of Mr. Freeman Ellis. He died March the 15, 1802, age 56 years, 8 months."
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