FRom Holland St. John - "John was born in the neighborhood of Schohaire, Schohaire County, New York between the years of 1730 and 1736. One source suggests Madison County. It is believed that he was baptized in the year of 1836. He was the son of Robert and Maritie (De Line) Freeman. He had three brothers and sisters: Neeltie, Soffia and Richard. John was the youngest of the four children. After spending his childhood in Schohaire County on the family farm, on June 3, 1768 he married Rebecca Vine. She was the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Thatcher) Vine. The Vines lived near Resselaerswyck, Albany County, New York. They had twelve children: Mary (Maria), Elizabeth, Robert, Jane, Sarah, Ann, Engeltie, Sophia, Rebecca, John (my great-great grandfather), Nellie and Eleanor. John owned a farm and country hotel, four miles west of Albany, N. Y. At one time he lived on the Rensallers Patroon (Plantation). During the Revolutionary War the Tories burned his tavern. His family was obliged to take refuge in the fort at Albany. It was while they were there than John Freeman II was born in 1783. John I was said to be tall and dark complexioned, black hair and very strong. The story is told that when he was a middle-aged man, he found a nearly grown, black bear in a hollow log. He cut a stick of hickory and a knob on the lower end of it. He struck a few hard blows to the bear's head while it was in the end of the log. He carried his bear home to skin and eat. John spent most of his life around Albany and Guilderland, N. Y. He served in the 3rd Albany County Militia, Col. Philip E. Schuyler's Regt. The U. S. Census of 1790 records that John was residing in Watenleet Township, Albany County and list the following: John Freeman, head of the household; 2 males over 16; 2 males under 16 and 7 females. He died in 1800 at or near Albany. His wife remarried sometime prior to 1814 and moved with two of her children to Cincinnati. En route to Cincinnati she contracted a fever and died in June of 1814. Family tradition has both John and Rebecca interred in the Prospect Hill Cemetery located near Guilderland, New York. Their gravesites had not been identified."
FRom Holland St. John - "John was born in the neighborhood of Schohaire, Schohaire County, New York between the years of 1730 and 1736. One source suggests Madison County. It is believed that he was baptized in the year of 1836. He was the son of Robert and Maritie (De Line) Freeman. He had three brothers and sisters: Neeltie, Soffia and Richard. John was the youngest of the four children. After spending his childhood in Schohaire County on the family farm, on June 3, 1768 he married Rebecca Vine. She was the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Thatcher) Vine. The Vines lived near Resselaerswyck, Albany County, New York. They had twelve children: Mary (Maria), Elizabeth, Robert, Jane, Sarah, Ann, Engeltie, Sophia, Rebecca, John (my great-great grandfather), Nellie and Eleanor. John owned a farm and country hotel, four miles west of Albany, N. Y. At one time he lived on the Rensallers Patroon (Plantation). During the Revolutionary War the Tories burned his tavern. His family was obliged to take refuge in the fort at Albany. It was while they were there than John Freeman II was born in 1783. John I was said to be tall and dark complexioned, black hair and very strong. The story is told that when he was a middle-aged man, he found a nearly grown, black bear in a hollow log. He cut a stick of hickory and a knob on the lower end of it. He struck a few hard blows to the bear's head while it was in the end of the log. He carried his bear home to skin and eat. John spent most of his life around Albany and Guilderland, N. Y. He served in the 3rd Albany County Militia, Col. Philip E. Schuyler's Regt. The U. S. Census of 1790 records that John was residing in Watenleet Township, Albany County and list the following: John Freeman, head of the household; 2 males over 16; 2 males under 16 and 7 females. He died in 1800 at or near Albany. His wife remarried sometime prior to 1814 and moved with two of her children to Cincinnati. En route to Cincinnati she contracted a fever and died in June of 1814. Family tradition has both John and Rebecca interred in the Prospect Hill Cemetery located near Guilderland, New York. Their gravesites had not been identified."
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