When Elizabeth Freeman was born on 30 September 1741, in Uppingham, Rutland, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Freeman, was 27 and her mother, Ann Broome, was 35. She died after 1749, in England, United Kingdom.
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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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