"Henry F. Brownlee" <hfb1931@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:3c3546d8.25819248@news.msy.bellsouth.net... > On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 10:46:45 -0800, "Steve Brown" <slsb1@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > > > >In the history of ancestors in Boston area around 1650 I see many men > >"Became a freeman on MMDDYYYY". > >These guys were not slaves, what does the note refer too? > > > >Thanks > > Formerly indentured servants? Just a WAG. > If we're into guessing - given the Freedom of the City? Ask the Lincoln archives - http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/doc.asp?docId=5744&catId=211 Lesley Robertson