Most sources give Freeborn's birthplace as Salem, and her given name makes that plausible, but there is no record of it-- and the date of immigration for her father is 1632. She may have been brought here as a young child and christened with a new name, or she may have been born in Salem after 1632.
There is family lore, however, that she was born on board the ship to North America, hence her name "Freeborn."
Family documents list her father as Peter/Peeter Wolf/Wolfe.
Most sources give Freeborn's birthplace as Salem, and her given name makes that plausible, but there is no record of it-- and the date of immigration for her father is 1632. She may have been brought here as a young child and christened with a new name, or she may have been born in Salem after 1632.
There is family lore, however, that she was born on board the ship to North America, hence her name "Freeborn."
Family documents list her father as Peter/Peeter Wolf/Wolfe.