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. Henry F. Brownlee South Louisiana