Brief Life History of Nathaniel
When Nathaniel Freeman was born in 1733, in Gloucester, Virginia, United States, his father, James Freeman, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Shaw, was 30. He married Ann Douglass. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 6 August 1807, in Charles, Maryland, United States, at the age of 74.
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- Will proved, Charles County MD
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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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