Jonathan Freeman (representative)
American politician (1745–1808)
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Jonathan Freeman |
| state1 | New Hampshire |
| district1 | at-large |
| term_start1 | March 4, 1797 |
| term_end1 | March 4, 1801 |
| preceded1 | Nicholas Gilman |
| succeeded1 | Samuel Livermore |
| office2 | Member of the New Hampshire Senate |
| term2 | 1789-1791 |
| office3 | Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives |
| term3 | 1787-1789 |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British America |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire, US |
| resting_place | Hanover Center Cemetery |
| Hanover, Grafton County | |
| New Hampshire | |
| spouse | Sarah Huntington Freeman |
| children | Peyton R. Freeman |
| Jonathan Freeman | |
| Christopher Freeman | |
| Edward Freeman | |
| Sarah Freeman | |
| Samuel Freeman(died as infant) | |
| Son Freeman (died as infant) | |
| Asa Freeman | |
| Samuel Freeman (died as infant) | |
| Samuel Freeman | |
| Hanna Freeman | |
| profession | Farmer |
| Politician | |
| party | Federalist Party |
| :: |
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Jonathan Freeman (March 21, 1745 – August 20, 1808) was an American politician and a United States representative from New Hampshire.
Early life
Born in Mansfield, Connecticut, Freeman attended the public schools and moved to New Hampshire in 1769, settling in Hanover.
Career
Freeman engaged in agricultural pursuits and was town clerk from March 1778 to December 1787. He was also justice of the peace and, from 1789 to 1797, executive councilor. He was Treasurer of Dartmouth College from 1789 to 1808 as well as a trustee of the college from 1793 to 1808.
A member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1787 to 1789, Freeman also served in the State Senate from 1789 to 1794. He was a delegate to the Constitutional convention of 1791, and a member of the State council.
Elected as a Federalist to the Fifth and Sixth Congresses, Freeman served as United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from March 4, 1797, to March 3, 1801. After his service, he resumed agricultural pursuits.
Death
Freeman died in Hanover on August 20, 1808 (age 63 years, 152 days). He is interred at Hanover Center Cemetery, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Family life
Son of Edmund and Martha Otis Freeman, Freeman married Sarah Huntington on February 2, 177, and she bore eleven children of whom nine lived beyond infancy: Peyton R., Jonathan, Christopher, Edward, Sarah, Asa, Samuel, and Hanna. His nephew, Nathaniel Freeman Jr., was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
References
References
- (1905). "The Records of the Town of Hanover, New Hampshire 1761-1818: The Records of Town Meetings and of the Selectmen, Comprising All of the First Volume of Records and Being Volume 1 of the Printed Records of the Town, Volume 1". The Town, 1905 - Hanover (N.H. : Town).
- "Jonathan Freeman". Ancestry.com.
- (1915). "The Huntington Family in America: A Genealogical Memoir of the Known Descendants of Simon Huntington from 1633 to 1915, Including Those Who Have Retained the Family Name, and Many Bearing Other Surnames". Huntington Family Association, 1915.
- (January 2000). "Encyclopedia of New Hampshire". North American Book Dist LLC, Jan 1, 2001 - New Hampshire.
- "Jonathan Freeman". 2012 Ancestry.com.
- "Jonathan Freeman". Freeman Families.
- (1875). "Freeman Genealogy". Boston: Franklin Press: Rand, Avery, and Company 1875.
- (1914). "History of Strafford County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens". Richmond-Arnold, 1914 - Strafford County (N.H.).
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