Mary Freeman

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Freeman was born on 27 February 1754, in Mansfield, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Silvanus Freeman, was 37 and her mother, Mary Dunham, was 32. She married Eleazer Slafter on 23 November 1773, in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 23 April 1795, in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Eleazer Slafter
1745–1828
Mary Freeman
1754–1795
Marriage: 23 November 1773
Mary Slafter
1774–1774
Arrin Slafter
1788–1851
Eleazer Slafter Jr.
1775–1860
Ira Slafter
1778–1818
Silvanus Slafter
1780–1858
Samuel Slafter
1782–1786
Calvin Slafter
1784–1857
Tryphena Slafter
1786–1852
Samuel Slafter
1791–1869
Tryphosa Slafter
1793–1890

Sources (28)

  • Mary Freeman, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Mary Freeman in entry for Eleazer Slaughter, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
  • Mary Freeman, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"

World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

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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