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Abigail Freeman

first name
Abigail
last name
Freeman
gender
female
birth, death year
circa 1773 , --
first, last year in records
1773, --
confidence level
indeterminate
freed status (year freed)
unknown
enslaver(s)
location(s)
Conway, MA  
place of origin
Colrain, MA

Bio

Abigail was the daughter of Prince and Anna Freeman of Conway, Massachusetts. She was born on September 25, 1773.

Prince, Sr. lived in Conway, Massachusetts. He and his wife Anna had at least five children. Prince, Jr. was born in 1770, Mary in 1771, Abigail in 1773, Anna in 1775, and Temperance was born and died in 1778 at the age of three months. The 1790 federal census for Conway lists a White Prince Freeman with five people in his household. His name is a common one for an African American man. It might be that the family was light-skinned and the census taker assumed they were White, but information on this family is scarce and without more, it is difficult to know their race.

Primary Source Entries for Abigail Freeman

Entry Source Vol Name Date entry id
• Freeman, Abigail, d. Prince and Anna, Sept. 25, 1773 Conway Vital Records to 1850 Births 1773 Sep 25 1433

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