Benjamin Pitney Freeman

Brief Life History of Benjamin Pitney

When Benjamin Pitney Freeman was born on 3 March 1801, in Butler, Ohio, United States, his father, John Freeman, was 23 and his mother, Elizabeth Ayers Seward, was 12. He married Elizabeth McNealy Hamilton in 1825, in Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in West Chester Township, Butler, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Union Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States in 1850. He died on 19 January 1863, in Iowa Township, Wright, Iowa, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Diamond Cemetery, Hale, Jones, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Pitney Freeman
1801–1863
Elizabeth McNealy Hamilton
1801–1862
Marriage: 1825
Martha Ann Freeman
1827–1902
Cassandra Elizabeth Freeman
1828–1869
Hamilton Freeman
1830–1909
Hannibal C Freeman
1832–1917
Rachel Freeman
1834–1835
Caroline Freeman
1834–1864
Isaac Freeman
1837–1838
Elizabeth Jane Freeman
1839–1883
Eliza Freeman
1841–1918
Mary Lavina Freeman
1844–1923

Sources (21)

  • Benjamin Freeman, "United States Census, 1830"
  • Benjamin P. Freeman, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Benjamin P Freeman, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1803

Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English freman, fremon ‘freeman, free-born man’ (Old English frēomann, frīgmann), used also occasionally as a personal name. As an African American surname it was in many cases adopted as a name denoting a man freed of slavery. See also Fryman and Free .

Irish: Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic Ó Saoraidhe (see Seery ).

Americanized form of French Lafrenière (see Lafreniere ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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