Information from Vital Records of Hardwick 974.43/H3 v2b.
Another source-"The Farr Genealogy by Reverand Sinnett" states that his birth was March 5, 1752, not 1751. Also it has the following recorded: that William Farr drowned himself in the Lily Pond Brook, Chesterfield, N.H., Oct. 18, 1814. He settled in Chesterfield on Lot No. II, 15th Range. He was a Revolutionary soldier in 1777.
Edmund FREEMAN born 5 Oct 1655 (Sandwich, Barnstable Co. MA); m. Sarah; died: 18 May 1720 (Sandwich MA); Son of Edmund FREEMAN and Margaret PERRY
Children:
1. Edmund b. 30 Aug 1683 in Sandwich MA m. bef 1708 Keziah PRESBURY in Sandwich MA d. 1 Jun 1766 in Mansfield CT - 2. Benjamin b. 6 Jan 1685 (Sandwich MA) m. 30 Jan 1712 Patience NYE - 3. Mary b. 13 Mar 1687 (Sandwich MA) m. 7 Aug 1716 Timothy NYE - 4. John b. 12 Jun 1693 (Sandwich MA) m. (1) 20 Jul 1720 Deliverance LAWRENCE; (2) 3 Jan 1722 Maria BOURNE; (3) 4 Aug 1726 Mary PERRY - 5. Thomas b. 26 Mar 1696 (Sandwich MA) m. 23 Nov 1742 Kezia HOXIE - 6. Joseph b. 18 Jul 1698 (Sandwich MA) m. 9 May 1726 Tabitha TOBEY - 7. William b. 4 Dec 1700 (Sandwich MA) m. 6 Dec 1726 Mary BODFISH - 8. Sarah b. 6 Dec 1703 (Sandwich MA) m. 7 Feb 1725 Isaac NYE - 9. Isaac b. 20 Oct 1706 (Sandwich MA) m. 22 Nov 1733 Deborah FOSTER
The Sandwich vital records list Edmund Freeman's birth and death date, stating that he died at "ae 65". The maiden name and personal information of his wife Sarah were not included, though the records do note the children's birth dates.
According the the bios found in the Tolland and Windham Co. book, Edmund III purchased 1000 acres of land in Wyndham Co. CT in 1702 in what is now Mansfield.
These bios also list the children, their birth dates and their marriage information.
Sources: Tolland and Winham Counties, Connecticut- Biographies - 1903; Freeman Genealogy in Three Parts by Frederick Freeman - 1875; Sandwich MA Vital Records
Will dated May 13, 1720 found on FHL film #904581
Birth Source: FHL Number 775836 " Civil Records for Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts"
PRESBUREY (see Presbery, Presbury), Deborah [w. Stephen], D. Mar. 11, 1743, in 73d year G.R.6.
PRESBURY (see Presbery, Presburey), Stephen, son , May 17, 1730, age 58. [[husband Deborah] gravestone record, Company Place Cemetery Vineyard Haven]
Source: Vital Records of Tisbury, Massachusetts To The Year 1850, Tisbury Deaths To The Year 1850
Dukes County originally consisted of the parent towns of Tisbury, Chilmark, and Edgartown which are now divided into seven towns: Tisbury, West Tisbury, Chilmark, Gay Head, Gosnold, Edgartown, and Oak Bluffs.
Tisbury was originally called "Middletown" until it was incorporated as the Town of Tisbury in 1671. It includes (and is now often synonymous with) the village of Vineyard Haven, which was called Holmes Hole until 1871.
STEPHEN PRESBURY. (The following is from "The Annals of Tisbury" by Dr. Charles Edward Banks, c. 1908, Vol.II)
He was probably the son of John Presbury, a shoemaker, sometime of Salisbury and later of Saco, Maine, where in 1670 he had bought a tract of land. [York Deeds, III, 42. John of Saco was probably the son of that John of Sandwich, Cape Cod, whose death in May, 1648, is recorded.]
This John died in that Province before Nov. 3, 1684, leaving three sons, of whom one was Stephen, and the name is so unusual and without recurrence at that period, that we can assume the relationship fairly established. [Ibid, V(I), 35.] This Stephen was a witness to a deed in Kittery, Maine, in 1686, and the next we learn of him is in 1704 when he was called 'of Chilmark, ' meaning that part of it known as Chickemmoo. [Dukes Deeds, III, 77; comp. York Deeds, IV, 134.] It is not known where he had resided in the eighteen years intervening, but it can be surmised that he may have gone to Sandwich, Cape Cod, where he married, about 1693, Deborah, daughter of Stephen and Lydia (Snow) Skiffe of that town. His homestead was at the head of the Lagoon within the boundary line of Edgartown, but his closer proximity to the settlement at Homes Hole, where he lies buried, makes his classification as an early settler of this region the natural one. [He was a land owner in the three towns. (Deeds, III, 114, 504; IV, 108, 217).] His residence here was absolutely without incident of any kind, as he held no offices, appeared in court once as a plaintiff (1729) and in all the twenty-five years of his life on the Vineyard he did not so much as witness a deed or document of any kind, an unusual fact. His will, dated April 6, 1730, was proved June 30, 1730, and disposes of his property to 'my seven daughters' and the children of his only son John, deceased. [Dukes Probate, II, 56.] He had died May 17, I730 in his 58th year and his widow Deborah survived, dying March II, 1743, in the 73d year of her age. [These are the gravestone records, but both seem to be incorrect. The birth of Deborah Skiffe is recorded in Sandwich on July 14, 1668, and thus she was in her 74th year. The age given on his stone would make his birth year 1672-3, but in 1686 he was a witness in Maine. He was probably older than his wife.]
22. STEPHEN PRESBURY*, (John 2-1), b. abt. 1666; res. E., of whom a biographical sketch may be found in Vol. II, Annals of T., pp. 24-5. He m. DEBORAH SKIFF (21) abt. 1693, who was b. 14 July 1668 and d. 11 Mch. 1743. [She is buried at Crossways Cemetery.] He d. 17 May 1730 and his will 5 Apr. 1730 was pro. 30 June 1730. [He is buried next to his wife.] (*The compiler found a family of this name living in the parish of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, London, and among the children was a Stephen Presbury baptized 22 Nov. 1607.)
DEATH: PRESBURY (see Presbery, Presburey), Stephen, son ___, May 17, 1730, age 58. [[husband Deborah] gravestone record, Company Place Cemetery Vineyard Haven]
Birth: Sandwich Vital records P. 507
DEATH: PRESBUREY (see Presbery, Presbury), Deborah [ Stephen], Mar. 11, 1743, in 73d year G.R.6.
Sandwich Vital Records p. 17
Birth Source: FHL Number 775836+ " Civil Records for Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts"
Sources: Tolland and Winham Counties, Connecticut- Biographies - 1903; Freeman Genealogy in Three Parts by Frederick Freeman; Sandwich MA Vital Records; Mansfield CT vital records
Birth Source: FHL Number 775836+ " Civil Records for Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts"
Sources: Book Area US/CAN 973 C42 da 1990 Pt. 1 Page 1083 as a Patriot PS in CT. Tolland and Winham Counties, Connecticut- Biographies - 1903; Freeman Genealogy in Three Parts by Frederick Freeman; Sandwich MA Vital Records; Mansfield CT vital records
Unrecorded Barnstable County Deeds
August 7 day 1736 Then mr Edmond Freeman the 3d of haiwich entered his intention of marriage with mrs martha Otis of Bartistable or their intention of marriage Each to other
Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records
Edmond Freeman Harwich* & Martha Otis Abraham Blish & Temperance Fuller Aug 7.
* of Harwich, Mass.
These five entries are bracketed, with "1736" in the margin.
Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records
Edmond Freeman Harwich & Martha Otis Septr 30 1736
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Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records
[p 379] Mr John Otis & MrS Mercy Bacon Were Married ye 18 of July 1683 by Mr Hinkley Governour. Their daughter Martha Otis born at Sandwich Decem, 11 1717
Given name may be Annis