Ruth Freeman

Brief Life History of Ruth

When Ruth Freeman was born on 26 November 1785, in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Col. Otis Freeman, was 37 and her mother, Ruth Bicknell, was 57. She married David Hurlbutt on 3 January 1820. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 14 May 1866, in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Hanover Center Cemetery, Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States.

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David Hurlbutt
1772–1852
Ruth Freeman
1785–1866
Marriage: 3 January 1820
Nathaniel Hurlbutt
1822–1896

Sources (16)

  • Ruth Hurlburt in household of David Hurlburt, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Ruth Freeman, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Ruth Freeman, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"

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World Events (8)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

1788 · New Hampshire Helps Ratify the US Constitution

On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

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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