General Notes

"The Freeman Family" by American Genealogical Society, pub 1973. "The Coat of Arms in Emblazon A was brought to Lynn Massachusetts by Edmund Freeman from Oxfordshire, England, in 1635 .All the descendants of the various Freeman branches in America today are entitled to claim the arms of Freeman.  “Motto: Liber et Audax” “Motto: Free and Bold.”

The will of Edmund Freeman's was dated May 30, 1623, just a week before he was buried in Pulborough, Sussex co. England on June 6, 1623. The bequests set forth in this will were:
200 pounds to wife Alice (Coles) also 1/3rd of his lands plus his copyhold. The copyhold, although not described in any manner, is a tenure of property less than a freehold proven by a written transcript or record in the rolls of a manorial court. 50 pounds to daughter Alice (Freeman) Beauchamp 3 tenements in Pulborough to son John Freeman; also 100 pounds.
300 pounds to, youngest daughter Elizabeth Freeman 5 pounds to 'sister Harte * 20 pounds to each of the seven grandchildren 5 pounds to wife's brother George Coles of Amberly 10 pence to George Wate 40 pence to John Lew 5 pounds to Searam Flusher 20 pence to Abe Lee
6 pence to the High Church at Chichester Rest of goods to son Edmund Freeman, the immigrant, and to William Freeman.