Alice Freeman

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• Alternate death: Aft 24 Dec 1658, Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Notes:

One of TNH's four proven "gateway ancestors". Also one of TSW's five, one of JTS's eleven; one of TWK's eleven; and the sole "gateway ancestor" yet discovered for FW and FF.

"Alice and at least two of her daughters emigrated to New England. She was living in Roxbury, Massachusetts, by 2 April 1640, when a complaint was drawn up against 'Alice Tompson widdow.'" [Randy A. West, citation details below.]

Descendants of Alice Freeman of particular interest to anyone liable to be looking at the ancestry of people named Nielsen Hayden include Edgar Rice Burroughs, L. Frank Baum, and Thomas Pynchon. Other notable descendants include Katherine Hepburn, Julia Child, Fannie Farmer, Louisa May Alcott, Grace Slick, Louis Auchincloss, Dorothea Dix, George B. McClellan, Cyrus McCormick, Charles Dana Gibson, Clarence Almon Torrey, Kingman Brewster Jr., Nelson, David, and Winthrop Rockefeller, Archibald MacLeish, Warren G. Harding, Humphrey Bogart, Harriet Monroe, Admiral George Dewey, Spencer W. Kimball, Martha Graham, Laura Ingalls Wilder, George F. Kennan, Robert Lansing, Brewster Kahle, James Taylor, Boris Johnson, Tammy Duckworth, and Seth Low. More on Alice Freeman's progeny here.

To the best of our knowledge, Alice Freeman is the only seventeenth-century immigrant to New England proven to be both descended from an English monarch and an ancestor of the current British royal family. (Corrections welcome.) Thus:

Aethelred II "Unraed", King of England (~968-1016) = Aelfgifu (~970-~1002)
Aelfgifu = Uchtred, Earl of Northumbria (~970-1016)
Ealdgyth of Northumbria = Maldred (~1009-1045)
Gospatric of Dunbar, Earl of Northumbria (~1044-~1074)
Gospatric of Dunbar, Earl of Lothian (d. 1138)
Juliana of Dunbar = Ralph de Merlay (d. 1160)
Roger de Merlay (d. 1188) = Alice de Stuteville (d. 1219)
Agnes de Merlay = Richard Gobion (d. 1230)
Hugh Gobion (d. 1275) = Matilda (d. ~1271)
Joan Gobion (d. >1312) = John de Morteyn (d. 1296)
John de Morteyn (d. 1346) = Joan de Rothwell
Lucy de Morteyn (d. ~1361) = John Giffard (1301-1369)
Thomas Giffard (~1345-1394) = Elizabeth de Missenden (d. 1367)
Roger Giffard (~1367-1409) = Isabel Stretley
Thomas Giffard (1408-1469) = Eleanor Vaux
John Giffard (~1431-~1506) = Agnes Wynslow
Thomas Giffard (d. 1511) = Jane Langston (d. 1535)
Amy Giffard (d.~1488) = Richard Samwell (d. 1519)
Susanna Samwell (~1511-~1586) = Peter Edwards (~1490-~1550)
Edward Edwards (~1537-~1592) = Ursula Coles (d. 1606)
Margaret Edwards (1565-~1637) = Henry Freeman (~1564-1606)
Alice Freeman (~1595-1658) = John Tompson (d. 1626)
Dorothy Thompson (1624->1709) = Thomas Parke (1615-1709)
Dorothy Parke (d. >1707) = Joseph Morgan (1646-1704)
Margaret Morgan (b. 1686) = Ebenezer Hibbard (1682-1732)
Keziah Hibbard (b. 1722) = Caleb Bishop (1717-1785)
Lucy Bishop (1747-1783) = Benejah Strong (1740-1809)
Dr. Joseph Strong (1770-1812) = Rebecca Young (1779-1862)
Eleanor Strong (1805-1863) = John Wood (1785-1848)
Ellen Wood (1831-1877) = Franklin H. Work (1819-1911)
Frances Ellen Work (1857-1947) = James Boothby Burke Roche (1851-1920)
Edmund Maurice Burke Roche (1885-1955) = Ruth Sylvia Gill (1908-1993)
Frances Ruth Burke Roche (1936-2004) = Edward John Spencer (1924-1992)
Diana Frances Spencer (1961-1997) = Charles, Prince of Wales (1948- )
William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge (1982- )

In addition, Alice Freeman's descent to General McClellan:

John Tompson (d. 1626) = Alice Freeman (1595-1658)
Dorothy Thompson (1624->1709) = Thomas Parke (1615-1709)
Martha Parke (b. 1646) = Isaac Wheeler
Martha Wheeler (d. 1745) = John Williams (d. 1702)
Eunice Williams (1702-1772) = Joseph Gallup (1695-1760)
Lucy Gallup = James Eldredge
Eunice Eldredge = James McClellan
Dr. George McClellan (1796-1847) = Elizabeth Sophia Brinton (1800-1889)
George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885)

And to Warren G. Harding:

Alice Freeman (~1595->1658) = John Tompson (d. 1626)
Dorothy Tompson (1624-1709) = Thomas Parke (1619-1709)
Dorothy Parke (d. >1707) = Joseph Morgan (1646-1704)
Rev. Joseph Morgan (1671->1738) = Sarah Emmons (~1678->1706)
Dorothy Morgan (1697->1747) = Henry Van Kirk (1700-~1776)
Henry Van Kirk (1740-1798)
William Van Kirk (1763-1826) = Deborah Watters
Charity Malvina Van Kirk (~1803-1878) = Isaac Haines Dickerson (~1802-1867)
Phoebe Elizabeth Dickerson (1843-1910) = George Tyron Harding (1844-1928)
Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923)

Alice married John Tompson in 1613. John was born about 1585 in of Maidford, Northamptonshire, England; died between 7 Nov 1626 and 14 Nov 1626 in London, England; was buried on 14 Nov 1626 in St. Dunstan in the West, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Tompson was born before 14 Nov 1619; died on 4 Aug 1693 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
2. Bridget Thompson was born before 10 Sep 1622 in Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England; died in Aug 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried in Aug 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
3. Dorothy Tompson was born before 5 Jul 1624; died after 9 Aug 1709.

Alice married Robert Parke after 30 May 1644. Robert (son of Robert Parke and Alice Chaplin) was born before 3 Jun 1580; died on 4 Feb 1665 in Mystic, New London, Connecticut; was buried on 7 Feb 1665 in Mystic, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1564

Henry married Margaret Edwards on 10 Feb 1589 in St. Sepulchre, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. Margaret (daughter of Edward Edwards and Ursula Coles) was born before 25 Sep 1565 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England; died after 23 Aug 1637. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptised: 25 Sep 1565, Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England

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"By her father's will of 25 Dec. 1591, Margaret Freeman received 'one hoop-ring of gold worth by estimation thirty pounds.' This family was armorial." [Mary Lovering Holman, citation details below]

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Will of Thomas Freeman of Erchester, co. North^t. Gent. Dated 24th March 1585. Proved 11th May 1586. (P. C. C. 24 Windsor)
To be buried in Irchester church. Legacies bequeathed by my late father Henrye Freman to be paid with all speed. Repairs to Irchester church 2/-; to those of the Irchester side of Wyllingborowe brydge 2/-; and of Dytchforde brydge 2/*- To the poor of Archester and Knoston 4/-, of Wyllinbroughe 4/-, Higham Ferrers 2/-, Rusheden 2/-, Wollaston 20 d., Farnedishe 12 d.
To my son Henry Freman all my free land in Overdeane and Netherdene, co. Bedf.; all my copyholds in Irchester (held of the Manor of Higham Ferrers), also my lease of the parsonage of Irchester and all my right in the Rectory of Irchester; my lease of a windmill in Farrendishe, co. Bedf., and of duffehowse close, dove house and one yarde lande in the same, one other close now a hoppyarde and one cottage in Archester devised to my father by William Vaux Lord Harrowden. To my son John Freman 100 marks. To my son Blase Freman 100 marks and my dark grey geldinge. To my daughter Elizabeth wife of Robert Margettes 100 marks. My freeholds in town of Northampton to my son Henry.
Exor: my son Henry Freeman. Overseers, Rychard Trowell chyrurgeon and my son in law Robert Margettes, to each 6/8.
Witnesses: Richard Trowell chyrurgeon, Roberte Margettes, Wyllm Buttery. Proved 11th May 1586 by Henry Freman.

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• Alternate death: Aft 25 Dec 1591
• Alternate death: 1592

Edward married Ursula Coles in 1562. Ursula (daughter of Richard Coles and Jane Bond) died before 2 Feb 1606 in Awalton, Huntingdonshire, England; was buried on 2 Feb 1606 in Awalton, Huntingdonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 1585

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"He prospered as steward of certain manors, probably in the service of William, Lord Vaux of Harrowden, & invested in lands; at the same time, for social reasons, he entered his 4 sons in a London guild, the Skinners Company." [The Blackmans of Knight's Creek, citation details below.]

Abstract of the "Will of Henry Freman of Archester, co. North":

Dated 6th Aug. 1580. Proved 29th April 1585. (P.C.C. 15 Brudenell)

To the mother church of Peterburghe 6d., vicar of Archester 12d., poor of Archester 6/8, of Wendlingburgh 6/8; Wolaston 5/-, Irtlingburgh 5/-, Higham Ferrers 6/8, Farnedish 20 d.

To my son Thomas Freman 20/-, his three children 6/8 each. To my daughter Elizabeth Bowse 20/-, her six children 6/8 each. To each of my daughter Mary's seven children 6/8. To Margaret Freeman late wife of my son Oswolde Freman deed. 20/-, and to her five children 6/8 each. To my son George Freeman 20/-. To repairs of Stable Bridge in Archester 2/-, of Dycheford Bridge in the same 2/-.

To my son George Freeman my messuage in Londonende in Archester and a croft "Meriwethers Yarde" and all my lands etc. free and copyhold in Archester, Knoston and Irtlingburgh late in the tenure of Margarett Freeman late wife of Oswold Freman deed. for life, and then to Henry Freman son and heir of the said Thomas Freman and his heirs for ever; also one yarde land "Humberland" in Archester and all lands in Archester late in the occupation of the said Margarett Freeman which I have on lease from William Vaux Lord Harrowdon, for the term yet to come, and if he die first, the remainder to the said Henry Freman.

To my son Thomas Freman all my lands etc. in Overdeane and Netherdeane, co. Bedford, and in Archester and Knoston, co. Northt., to him and his heirs for ever; also the lease of my parsonage of Archester and of my windmill in Farnesdishe, co. Bedford, and a close "Duffehouse Close" and a dovehouse and one yarde lande and one other close now a hopyarde and a cottage in Archester which I have of William Vaus Lord Harrowdon for the rest of my term; if he die first, then to the said Henry son of Thomas Freman.

To William Buttery my clerke [blank]. Residue to relieve such of my children as have most need. Exors: my sons Blase Freman and Thomas Freman. Overseers: my son in law John Barnes and [blank], to each 6/8. I require my Exors: to deliver all court rolls especially such as be engrossed in paper books like to a Regester of wylles to the owners of the same except such as my son Thomas shall hereafter fortune to get the stewardship of as I have had.

No witnesses. Proved 29th April 1585 by Thomas Freman, son, p.r. to Blase Freman.

Henry married Joan Rudd between 1530 and 1533. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: of Alwalton, Huntingdon, England
• Alternate death: Abt 1552

Peter married Susanna Samwell between 11 Aug 1533 and 2 Aug 1535. Susanna (daughter of Richard Samwell and Amy Giffard) was born about 1511; died before 23 Feb 1586 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England; was buried on 23 Feb 1586 in All Saints, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1511, of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, England

Richard married Jane Bond in 1527. Jane (daughter of Robert Bond) was born in in of Northampton, Northamptonshire, England; died between 22 Aug 1577 and 14 Sep 1584. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft 1575