Hon. Freeman Hamlin^[1]

1805 - 1889  (83 years)

• Name	Hon. Freeman Hamlin
  Born	8 May 1805	Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	A056A74B89114BFD812829627C7D937B05FD
  Died	16 Jan 1889	Massachusetts   [4]
  Person ID	I2354	Strong History
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	John Hamlin,   b. 22 Oct 1762, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts ,   d. 15 Apr 1852, Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Sally Towne,   b. 1773, Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts ,   d. 11 Oct 1818, Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts  (Age 45 years)
  Married	Dec 1790	Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F669	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Clarissa Whiting,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	4 Jun 1829	Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts   [3]
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2020
  Family ID	F1241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Taylor,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	30 Nov 1848  [7]
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2020
  Family ID	F1242	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He was a farmer; Plaintleld; selectman, 1846-52: representative, 1850-1; town clerk, 1853-76; member Constitutional Con., 1853. The records of births, marriages and deaths of Plaintleld were greatly improved by him: dea. Cong. Church, 1844-67, when he resigned: for many years clerk of the church. He and his brother were excellent singers and leaders in the church choir. He resided on his farm until about 1855, when he removed to the village. The author of the history of Plaintleld says of him: "He was a man of thorough honesty and sound judgment, worthy of, and received the confidence of the entire community. Humility, sincerity and charity were marked features of his Christian character. Truly, in many ways, he being dead, yet speaketh." He d. suddenly while seated in his sitting room, Jan. 16, 1889. - History of the Hamlin Family, Andrews 1902

  
  

• Sources

  [S12] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees. [S310] History of the Town of Plainfield, Hampshire County, Mass. : From its settlement to 1891, including, Date of Birth. [S407] The Hamlin family; a genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable, Massachusetts, Page 323. [S314] Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHDR-HJ9. [S344] The Hamlin Family; a Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable, Massachusetts. [S310] History of the Town of Plainfield, Hampshire County, Mass. : From its settlement to 1891, including, Page 156. [S344] The Hamlin Family; a Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable, Massachusetts, Page 324.