Mary Freeborn

Female 1679 - Abt 1761  (81 years)


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  • Name Mary Freeborn 
    Born 24 Aug 1679  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died Abt Jun 1761  East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Historical Cemetery 52, East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I05103  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Gideon Freeborn,   b. Abt 1635,   d. 27 Feb 1719/20, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Mother Mary Boomer,   b. Abt 1640,   d. 1716, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Married 3 Jun 1678 
    Family ID F01950  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas Brayton,   b. 14 Jun 1681, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1728, East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 23 Aug 1704  Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • BRAYTON Thomas, of Francis, and Mary, and Mary Freeborn. of Gideon and Mary; m. by Giles Slocum. Asst., Aug. 23, 1704.
    Children 
     1. Mary Brayton,   b. Abt 1 Jul 1708
     2. Hannah Brayton,   b. 28 Mar 1711, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Thomas Brayton, Jr.,   b. 21 Jul 1713, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1790  (Age 76 years)
     4. Gideon Brayton,   b. 27 Jan 1717/18, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1792, Washington Co., NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     5. Francis Brayton,   b. 30 Mar 1721
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F01949  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mary's will, dated 27 July 1756, mentions sons Thomas, Gideon, & Francis; daughters Mary Gifford & Hannah Straight; and the following grandchildren: David, Elizabeth, & Mary Gifford; Thomas, William, Henry, John, & Job Straight; Thomas, Daniel, Benjamin, & George Brayton -- sons of Francis; Thomas, Gideon, Joseph, & John Brayton -- sons of Gideon; David, son of Thomas; also grandson Freeborn Brayton.

      In Memory of
      Mary ye wife of
      Thomas Brayton
      who died June ye 9th
      1761 In ye 82d year
      of her age

  • Sources 
    1. [S012555] Brayton Family History, Vol. I, Clifford Ross Brayton, Jr., (1978), 8 & 9.