He was the oldest son of Thomas Freeland and his wife Mary Nutt or Mary McNutt. He fought as a sixteen year old in the French and Indian War in the upper part of the New York Colony and Canada against the French and their Indian allies under the command of Col. Thomas Mellen of Massachusetts who would later become his father-in-law.
About the time that James Freeland completed his medical studies, he married in 1770 Hitty (Mehitable) Mellen, one of the daughters of Thomas Mellen and Elizabeth Wood. The marriage took place in Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts but the couple lived in Sutton-Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Later Dr. James Freeland gave service as a surgeon in the Revolutionary War. He was at the Battle of White Plains in Westchester County, New York where he "amputated 13 limbs."
Dr. James Freeland's father-in-law Thomas Mellen had the rank of lieutenant and then captain in the Revolutionary War. Thomas Mellen was also a delegate to the Provisional Assembly of Massachusetts in 1774. There the delegates which ranged from about 150 to 200 at some of the meetings, voted to raise money to purchase guns and ammunition "in case war with Great Britain became necessary." The guns and ammunition were purchased along with mess kits and hidden in key points in Massachusetts such as Concord. The rest became history in April of 1775 when the British marched out of Boston to Lexington to try to seize the three leaders of the Provincial Assembly who represented Boston - and then went on to the outskirts of Concord where they were stopped at the bridge into Concord by armed resistance. When the British attempted to return to Boston for safety, they suffered very, very significant losses.
John Freeland, my ancestor, was a brother of Dr. James Freeland. He also gave service on the Patriot side during the Revolutionary War. John Freeland married Mrs. Mary Mellen Gibbs, widow of Phineas Gibbs, who brought a son William and three daughters to the marriage to John Freeland. John and Mary would go on to have seven children of their union. Mary was an older sister of Hitty (Mehitable) Mellen and married John Freeland in 1769 at Hopkinton, Massachusetts at the Congregational Church there which was then named Christ Church.
Dr. James Freeland and his wife Mehetable-Mehitable Mellen had four daughters and one son. The four daughters married and moved to what is now Maine (it split off from Massachusetts in 1820) but the son stayed in Massachusetts.
About the time that James Freeland completed his medical studies, he married in 1770 Hitty (Mehitable) Mellen, one of the daughters of Thomas Mellen and Elizabeth Wood. The marriage took place in Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts but the couple lived in Sutton-Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Later Dr. James Freeland gave service as a surgeon in the Revolutionary War. He was at the Battle of White Plains in Westchester County, New York where he "amputated 13 limbs."
Dr. James Freeland's father-in-law Thomas Mellen had the rank of lieutenant and then captain in the Revolutionary War. Thomas Mellen was also a delegate to the Provisional Assembly of Massachusetts in 1774. There the delegates which ranged from about 150 to 200 at some of the meetings, voted to raise money to purchase guns and ammunition "in case war with Great Britain became necessary." The guns and ammunition were purchased along with mess kits and hidden in key points in Massachusetts such as Concord. The rest became history in April of 1775 when the British marched out of Boston to Lexington to try to seize the three leaders of the Provincial Assembly who represented Boston - and then went on to the outskirts of Concord where they were stopped at the bridge into Concord by armed resistance. When the British attempted to return to Boston for safety, they suffered very, very significant losses.
John Freeland, my ancestor, was a brother of Dr. James Freeland. He also gave service on the Patriot side during the Revolutionary War. John Freeland married Mrs. Mary Mellen Gibbs, widow of Phineas Gibbs, who brought a son William and three daughters to the marriage to John Freeland. John and Mary would go on to have seven children of their union. Mary was an older sister of Hitty (Mehitable) Mellen and married John Freeland in 1769 at Hopkinton, Massachusetts at the Congregational Church there which was then named Christ Church.
Dr. James Freeland and his wife Mehetable-Mehitable Mellen had four daughters and one son. The four daughters married and moved to what is now Maine (it split off from Massachusetts in 1820) but the son stayed in Massachusetts.
He was the oldest son of Thomas Freeland and his wife Mary Nutt or Mary McNutt. He fought as a sixteen year old in the French and Indian War in the upper part of the New York Colony and Canada against the French and their Indian allies under the command of Col. Thomas Mellen of Massachusetts who would later become his father-in-law.
About the time that James Freeland completed his medical studies, he married in 1770 Hitty (Mehitable) Mellen, one of the daughters of Thomas Mellen and Elizabeth Wood. The marriage took place in Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts but the couple lived in Sutton-Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Later Dr. James Freeland gave service as a surgeon in the Revolutionary War. He was at the Battle of White Plains in Westchester County, New York where he "amputated 13 limbs."
Dr. James Freeland's father-in-law Thomas Mellen had the rank of lieutenant and then captain in the Revolutionary War. Thomas Mellen was also a delegate to the Provisional Assembly of Massachusetts in 1774. There the delegates which ranged from about 150 to 200 at some of the meetings, voted to raise money to purchase guns and ammunition "in case war with Great Britain became necessary." The guns and ammunition were purchased along with mess kits and hidden in key points in Massachusetts such as Concord. The rest became history in April of 1775 when the British marched out of Boston to Lexington to try to seize the three leaders of the Provincial Assembly who represented Boston - and then went on to the outskirts of Concord where they were stopped at the bridge into Concord by armed resistance. When the British attempted to return to Boston for safety, they suffered very, very significant losses.
John Freeland, my ancestor, was a brother of Dr. James Freeland. He also gave service on the Patriot side during the Revolutionary War. John Freeland married Mrs. Mary Mellen Gibbs, widow of Phineas Gibbs, who brought a son William and three daughters to the marriage to John Freeland. John and Mary would go on to have seven children of their union. Mary was an older sister of Hitty (Mehitable) Mellen and married John Freeland in 1769 at Hopkinton, Massachusetts at the Congregational Church there which was then named Christ Church.
Dr. James Freeland and his wife Mehetable-Mehitable Mellen had four daughters and one son. The four daughters married and moved to what is now Maine (it split off from Massachusetts in 1820) but the son stayed in Massachusetts.
About the time that James Freeland completed his medical studies, he married in 1770 Hitty (Mehitable) Mellen, one of the daughters of Thomas Mellen and Elizabeth Wood. The marriage took place in Hopkinton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts but the couple lived in Sutton-Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Later Dr. James Freeland gave service as a surgeon in the Revolutionary War. He was at the Battle of White Plains in Westchester County, New York where he "amputated 13 limbs."
Dr. James Freeland's father-in-law Thomas Mellen had the rank of lieutenant and then captain in the Revolutionary War. Thomas Mellen was also a delegate to the Provisional Assembly of Massachusetts in 1774. There the delegates which ranged from about 150 to 200 at some of the meetings, voted to raise money to purchase guns and ammunition "in case war with Great Britain became necessary." The guns and ammunition were purchased along with mess kits and hidden in key points in Massachusetts such as Concord. The rest became history in April of 1775 when the British marched out of Boston to Lexington to try to seize the three leaders of the Provincial Assembly who represented Boston - and then went on to the outskirts of Concord where they were stopped at the bridge into Concord by armed resistance. When the British attempted to return to Boston for safety, they suffered very, very significant losses.
John Freeland, my ancestor, was a brother of Dr. James Freeland. He also gave service on the Patriot side during the Revolutionary War. John Freeland married Mrs. Mary Mellen Gibbs, widow of Phineas Gibbs, who brought a son William and three daughters to the marriage to John Freeland. John and Mary would go on to have seven children of their union. Mary was an older sister of Hitty (Mehitable) Mellen and married John Freeland in 1769 at Hopkinton, Massachusetts at the Congregational Church there which was then named Christ Church.
Dr. James Freeland and his wife Mehetable-Mehitable Mellen had four daughters and one son. The four daughters married and moved to what is now Maine (it split off from Massachusetts in 1820) but the son stayed in Massachusetts.
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