Ok all you Mayflower detectives get this one straight. <G> John Freeman (Dec 1651 - 27 June 1721) m. [1] Eastham 8 Dec 1672, Sarah Merrick (Christened 1 Aug 1654 - 21 April 1696) He m. [2] Mercy Hedges (b. bef 4 July 1659 - d. 27 Sep 1721). Mercy was the widow of Elkanah Watson and their 3rd child was Mercy Watson - please remember this name.) John and Sarah's 3rd child - John Freeman (July 1678 - 1767) m. Eastham 1701, Mercy Watson (Oct 1683 - 25 Dec 1768). Now John, son of John has married Mercy, daughter of Mercy. Mrs. Mercy Watson being the second wife of John Freeman (1651) and step mother of John Freeman (1678). To make a long store shorter John married his step-sister, oh what a tangled web we spin for love. (This is part of one of my lines) I only lurk in the background but like to jump in from time to time. As to Jamestown and Plymouth my granddaughter is a Bass, a direct descendant of Mr. Bass Founder of Jamestown and holder of the patent signed by King James and also descendant of at least 16 of the adult passengers on the Mayflower. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All! Bob Trapp (husband to Christie [my 10th cousin] and cousin to most of you out there) Message: 2 Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 06:22:10 -0500 From: "Norman V. James" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MFLR] Mayflower Ancestors To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Arthur, Maybe I am reading your post wrong but it seems you are saying John 3 married both Sarah M and Mercy W. Norm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Small" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [MFLR] Mayflower Ancestors > John (3) was born SEPT. 1651, marr.Sarah Myrick 12/18/1672 and 2nd. > Mercy > Watson of Plymouth. She died 9/27/1721--age 57. Son John(4) was born > July > 1678, so John (3) was 26 when his son was born..a reasonable age. ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.

There are too many John Freemans. There were at least three on the ship Abigail and there has been some confusion whether they were all related or not. My John Freeman was on that ship and I had thought he was the son of Edmund Freeman, but apparently there is doubt as to whether that's true. Colleen [email protected] wrote: Ok all you Mayflower detectives get this one straight. John Freeman (Dec 1651 - 27 June 1721) m. [1] Eastham 8 Dec 1672, Sarah Merrick (Christened 1 Aug 1654 - 21 April 1696) He m. [2] Mercy Hedges (b. bef 4 July 1659 - d. 27 Sep 1721). Mercy was the widow of Elkanah Watson and their 3rd child was Mercy Watson - please remember this name.) John and Sarah's 3rd child - John Freeman (July 1678 - 1767) m. Eastham 1701, Mercy Watson (Oct 1683 - 25 Dec 1768). Now John, son of John has married Mercy, daughter of Mercy. Mrs. Mercy Watson being the second wife of John Freeman (1651) and step mother of John Freeman (1678). To make a long store shorter John married his step-sister, oh what a tangled web we spin for love. (This is part of one of my lines) I only lurk in the background but like to jump in from time to time. As to Jamestown and Plymouth my granddaughter is a Bass, a direct descendant of Mr. Bass Founder of Jamestown and holder of the patent signed by King James and also descendant of at least 16 of the adult passengers on the Mayflower. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All! Bob Trapp (husband to Christie [my 10th cousin] and cousin to most of you out there) Message: 2 Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 06:22:10 -0500 From: "Norman V. James" Subject: Re: [MFLR] Mayflower Ancestors To: Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Arthur, Maybe I am reading your post wrong but it seems you are saying John 3 married both Sarah M and Mercy W. Norm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Small" To: Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [MFLR] Mayflower Ancestors > John (3) was born SEPT. 1651, marr.Sarah Myrick 12/18/1672 and 2nd. > Mercy > Watson of Plymouth. She died 9/27/1721--age 57. Son John(4) was born > July > 1678, so John (3) was 26 when his son was born..a reasonable age. ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ********************************************************** Don't miss this website if you like to read. --------------------------------- Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited.