https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hZGqh2WI2qcC&pg=PR29&lpg=PR29&dq=The+Company+of+Military+adventurers&source=bl&ots=I5O6KHGrLQ&sig=ifFYVClwJ6wuvCc66Ne1LDZJy1E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=eV0_VcHbFMbZaoS2gIgG&ved=0CEEQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=The%20Company%20of%20Military%20adventurers&f=false I found this Google Book page 97 mentions The Company of Military Adventurers and is around the right era, not sure if it will help find his birthplace but hope it helps. Edna On 28 April 2015 at 08:00, <india-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. FREEMAN (Sue Gutheridge) > > > > Hello Everyone, > > I am now turning my attention to my Freeman family. Could anyone tell me > how I would go about finding out where Charles Freeman was born... see > below. And what does ?military adventurer? class mean. > > Lieutenant Charles Freeman, Madras Army (Madras cadet, 1778; ensign 18 > August 1778; Lieutenant 5 April 1783; pensioned 1787; died at Masulipatam 1 > December 1804) wife Margaret??.(died at Aurangabad 21 August 1822, aged > about 75 years). Of mixed blood, and of the ?military adventurer? class. > > Any pointers would be great. > > Thanks > sue > > > >

https://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=x2I_Vb7cHIv5ao7agZAL&id=hqwQAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22Military+Adventurer+class%22+in+India&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Military+Adventurer+class%22+in+India Here they are mentioned in List of Local Officers of the Nizam's Army, 1807-1853 It looks like this is where your information came from Edna