Freeman 1630-1682
   
Freeman:
one who held the full rights of citizenship, such as voting and engaging in business (as opposed to an indentured servant).
(Roots Genealogical Dictionary, Randy Jones, Hosted by Rootsweb.com)
The First Freeman of Salem, an excerpt from :
The History of Salem Massachusetts: Volume I (1626-1637) (Salem: Sidney Perley, 1924)
A surname Index to Perley's History of Salem. This has links to the actual pages where each surname appears.
1630 (Signified A Desire To Take The Oath)
- Allen, William
- Archer, Samuel
- Balch, John
- Clerke, William
- Conant, Roger
- Gott, Charles
- Graves, Thomas
- Harwood, Henry
- Herrick, Henry
- James, William
- Leach, Lawrence
- Palfrey, Peter
- Phillips, George
- Sharp, Samuel
- Skelton, Samuel
- Trask, William
- Williams, Roger
- Woodbury, John
   18 May 1631
- Agar, William
- Allen, William
- Balch, John
- Clarke, William
- Conant, Roger
- Dixe, Anthony
- Gott, Charles
- Graves, Thomas
- Herrick, Henry
- Horne, John
- Johnson, Francis
- Leach, Lawrence
- Moore, John
- Moulton, Robert
- Mowry, Roger
- Noddle, William
- Palfrey, Peter
- Phillips, George S
- kelton, Samuel
- Williams, Roger
- Woodbury, John
6 March 1631-2
- Black,John
   3 July 1632
- Moore, John
- Sharp, Samuel
- Stileman, Elias
   4 March 1632-3
- Curtis, William
- Harwood, Henry
- White, John
   5 November 1633
- Holgrave, John
- Weston, Francis
14 May 1634
- Barney, Jacob
- Brackenbury, Richard
- Dent, Francis
- Dixy, William
- Eborne, Thomas
- Goldthwaite, Thomas
- Gyles, Edward
- Hale, Thomas
- Hathorne, William
- Lowthrop, Jeffry
- Massy, Jeffry
- Norton, George
- Raymond, Richard
- Williams, George
- Wolfe, Peter
- Wray, Daniel
   3 September 1634
   4 March 1634-5
- Davenport, Richard
- Fogg, Ralph
- Hardy, John
- Maverick, Moses
- Sibley, John
6 May 1635
- Hutchinson, Richard
  
- Blackleach, John
- Cotty, Robert
- Legg, John
   2 September 1635
- Adams, Richard
- Bishop, Townsend
- Scruggs, Thomas
- Verrin, Philip
   3 March 1635-6
- Batter, Edmond
- Peter, Hugh
   17 April 1637
- Browning, Thomas
- Dodge, William
- Porter, Nathaniel
   17 May 1637
- Bartholomew, Henry
- Bounde, William
- Gardner, Thomas
- Grafton, Joseph
- Marshall, Edmond
- Olney, Thomas
- Pope, Joseph
- Skerry, Francis
   2 November 1637
- Fiske, John
   March 1637-8
- Bachiler, Joseph
- Flint, Thomas
- Gedney, John
- Haynes, James
- Moulton, James
- Skerry, Henry
- Spooner, Thomas
- Symonds, John
   2 May 1638
- Tomkins, Ralph
   15 March 1638-9
- Burcham, Edward
   22 May 1639
- Alderman, John
- Felton, Benjamin
- Garford, Jarvas
- Laskin, Hugh
- Osborne, William
   6 September 1639
- Lord, William
- Southwick, Lawrence
- Swinerton, Job
   13:3:1640
- John Bachilor
- Robert Elwell
- John Fairfield
- Mark Formais
- Edward Norrice
- Thomas Ruck
- James Standige
- William Stevens
- Thomas Watson
   2:4MO:1641
- John Baker
- William Browne
- Samuel Corning
- Thomas Davenish
- Philemon Dickenson
- Robert Fuller
- Thomas Gardner
- William Geares
- John Jackson
- Austen Kilham
- Francis Lawes
- John Marston
- Richard Pattingell
- Thomas Payne
- Jonathan Porter
- Esdras Reade
- John Robinson
- Philip Veren
- Miles Ward
- Daniel Weld
- William Woodberry
   18:3:1642
- Thomas Antrum
- Richard Bishop
- Joseph Boyce
- John Bulfinch
- Robert Button
- George Byam
- Ananias Conkling
- John Cooke
- Phineas Fiske
- William Fiske
- Allen Kenniston
- John Neale
- Thomas Putnam
- George Right
- Michael Shaflin
- Elias Stileman
- John Tomkins
- Benjamin Vermaes
- Thomas Wheeler
   27:10:1642
- George Gardner
- Robert Gutch
- Robert Leoman
- Thomas More
- Richard Prence
- Walter Price
- William Robinson
- Thomas Tresler
   28:12:1642
- Thomas Avery
- Edward Beachamp
- Thomas Edwards
- Henry Harwood
- John Kitchen
- Richard More
- Hugh Stayce
   10:3MO:1643
- William Vincen
   29:3:1644
John Black Allen Convers Joseph Phippen
   __:3MO:1645
- Thomas Barnes
   26:3:1647
- Richard Curtice
   1 July 1657
- Henry Rennolds
   27 May 1663
- John Croade
- John Stratton
   3 May 1665
- Christopher Babbidge
- James Browne
- William Browne, jr.
- Capt. George Corwin
- John Corwin
- Philip Cromwell
- Samuel Eburne, sr.
- John Endecott
- Zerubbabel Endecott
- Eliezer Hauthorne
- Richard Hollingsworth
- Edward Humber
- Richard Leach
- Joseph Porter
- John Putnam
- Joshua Rea
- John Rucke
   29 April 1668
- Samuel Archer
- John Dodge, sr. (of Bass River)
- William Dounton
- Ephraim Herrick
- John Ingersoll
- John Massey
- John Pease
- Nathaniel Stone
- Harry West
- Thomas West
- Peter Woodbury
   19 May 1669
- Bartholomew Gidney
- John Gidney
- Joseph Grafton
- John Pickering
   31 May 1671
- John Corwin
- Joseph Gardner
- Eliazer Gidney
- John Marston
- John Maskol
   7 May 1673
- Charles Nicholate
   12 May 1675
- Samuel Gardner
   23 May 1677
- John Hathorne
- John Higginson, jr.
- Henry Keny, jr.
- Manasses Marston
- John Price
   May 1678
- Peter Cloyce
- Isaac Foot
- Timothy Lindall
   19 May 1680
- Robert Fuller
- John Grafton
- Zacke Marsh
- Joseph Phippen
- Thomas Putnam, jr.
- William Stacy
- Resolved White
   11 May 1681
- Ezekiel Cheever
- Benjamin Gerrish
- John Leech
24 May 1682
Anthony Buxton John Foster Peter Prescott
  
SOURCE: Compiled and sorted from Sidney Perley.
The History of Salem Massachusetts: Volume I (1626-1637) (Salem: Sidney Perley, 1924) 197-198; and Sidney Perley.
The History of Salem Massachusetts: Volume II (1638-1670) (Salem: Sidney Perley, 1926) 402-403.
ORIGIN: Salem USGenWeb Web Site.
VERSION: 1.0, 30 June 1997
Reformated by Terryl Whitaker Pilon, January 18, 2006
Copyright 2006 by Terryl Whitaker Pilon