Elisabeth Freeman

Brief Life History of Elisabeth

When Elisabeth Freeman was born on 13 July 1804, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Freeman, was 35 and her mother, Sarah, was 33. She married John Johnson on 26 September 1822, in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 29 April 1890, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 85.

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Family Time Line

John Johnson
1801–1849
Elisabeth Freeman
1804–1890
Marriage: 26 September 1822
Sarah Ann Johnson
1822–
Hannah Johnson
1823–
Elizabeth Johnson
1824–
John Johnson
1826–
Joseph Johnson
1827–
Samuel Johnson
1828–
Thomas Johnson
1829–
Isaac Johnson
1830–
Sophia Johnson
1834–1889
Lucy Johnson
1838–
Abraham Johnson
1840–
Lorenzo Johnson
1842–
Alfred Moroni Johnson
1844–

Sources (26)

  • Elizth Simpkins in household of Chas Simpkins, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002
  • Elisabeth Johnson in entry for Charles Simkins, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

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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