In memory of James Freeman, born in 116 at Mendon MA, and died Dec 31, 1812 at Pomfret VT. He went off to war in September of 1812,as a private in the 3rd Reg, Vermont Militia, leaving his pregnant wife and four young daughters. James was escorted home from Burlington in mid-December, by a friend and neighbor. He lay unconscious at his home in Pomfret and died on the last day of 1812. His wife, Ruth Mann Freeman, gave birth to his only son, James Freeman Jr. in March of 1813. His daughters were:Charlotte, Serepta, Sophrona and Philenda.