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Thomas Freestone of Chelmsford (~1795 - 18??)

Thomas Freestone was my great great great grandfather - see the Family Tree

I haven't looked at these records myself, but a person from the Freestone mailing list kindly did this research for me.

Date	Event	References
~1795	Thomas Freestone born in Chelmsford?, Essex
~1815	Married Mary (or Mary Ann) Mansfield(?)
19 Oct 1817	Mary Ann Freestone born in Chelmsford	parish records
31 Dec 1818	William Mansfield Freestone born in Chelmsford (buried 5 Jan 1819)	parish records
28 Jul 1820	Caroline Mansfield Freestone born in Chelmsford	parish records
27 Dec 1821	William Mansfield Freestone born in Chelmsford	parish records
17 Aug 1823	George Freestone born in Chelmsford	parish records
6 Mar 1825	Charles Freestone born in Chelmsford	parish records
1 Aug 1825	James Freestone born in Chelmsford (buried 29 Aug 1829)	parish records
23 Jul 1828	Eleanor Freestone born in Chelmsford	parish records
11 Jul 1830	James William Freestone born in Chelmsford	parish records
5 Apr 1831	John Freestone born in Chelmsford	parish records
3 Apr 1833	Benjamin Freestone born in Chelmsford (buried 9 Apr 1833)	parish records
12 Mar 1835	Eliza Freestone born in Chelmsford (buried 9 May 1835)	parish records
3q1870	?Mary Ann (wife) died age 58	parish records

The family seems to have lived in Union Yard/Barrack Lane. Thomas was feltmonger/leather dresser.

Other factoids I have from my correspondent's email:

A Mary Ann Freestone of old Barrack Lane was buried in 1 Jul 1835 age 40yrs. Not sure who that is.

I could not find a marriage for Thomas and Mary Ann. There was a girl named Susanna Mansfield who had about four illigitimate children around this time period. I was wondering if she was a sister to Mary Ann. Also I could not find John Freestone in the 1841 census, it was so faded I could not read it.

He was not in 1851 census, but: In the 1851 Census there was the following Family at Chelmsford.
At 4 Conduit Square Thomas Freestone, Head, Mar, 35, Glover, born in Chelmsford. Ann Freestone, Wife, Mar, 38, born in Chelmsford Elizabeth Jennings, Sister-in Law, 40, born in Chelmsford

This Thomas Freestone could be another son of Thomas and Mary Ann. He would have been born about 1816, but there was no christening record for him.

Thomas and Ann were in the 1861 Census, but Thomas was a widower in 1871.

Posted by MFreestone at June 3, 2005 02:40 PM