Thomas Barton Freeny, Sr.^[1]

1850 - 1884  (33 years)

• Name	Thomas Barton Freeny  [2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	20 Dec 1850	Somerset County, MD   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Census	10 Jun 1880	Wicomico County, MD
  	He appears on the U.S. Census taken 10 June 1880 as head of household, carriage maker, age 29. Parents born in MD.
  Appears	The location of his blacksmith shop appears on a Wicomico Co. Map in the possesion of WL Howard, M.D.
  Occupation	Blacksmith / Carriage Builder
  FindAGrave URL	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86010080
  FindAGrave ID	86010080
  FamilySearch ID	LJYX-NDP
  FamilySearch URL	https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LJYX-NDP
  Died	30 Jan 1884	Wicomico County, MD   [4, 5]
  Buried	St. Stephen's Cemetery, Sussex Co., Delmar, DE
  Person ID	I22	Main
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Peter Freeny,   b. 15 Oct 1810, Maryland ,   d. 14 Aug 1896  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth "Betsey" Davis,   b. 9 Aug 1823, Maryland ,   d. 3 Jan 1910  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F1210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily Goslee,   b. 16 Dec 1849, Somerset County, MD ,   d. 10 Aug 1923, Wicomico County, MD  (Age 73 years)
  Married	15 Oct 1873  [5, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Leonia Freeney,   b. 31 Aug 1874, MD ,   d. 19 Jun 1950  (Age 75 years) + 2. Fannie E. Freeney,   b. 13 Jan 1876, MD ,   d. 9 May 1944  (Age 68 years)   3. Senora Anna Freeney,   b. 7 May 1877, Wicomico County, MD ,   d. 3 Feb 1973, Salisbury, Wicomico, MD  (Age 95 years) + 4. Ella Mae Freeney,   b. 27 May 1879, MD ,   d. 13 Feb 1976  (Age 96 years) + 5. John Thomas Edgar Freeney,   b. 28 Jan 1882,   d. 21 Mar 1947  (Age 65 years) + 6. Thomas Barton Freeney,   b. 22 Feb 1884, Wicomico County, MD ,   d. 4 Jan 1950, Delmar, MD  (Age 65 years)
  Photos		Freeney Family Bible photo Unidentified #2
  		Freeney Family Bible photo Unidentified #3
  		Freeney Family Bible photo Unidentifed #4
  		Freeney Family Bible photo Emily Goslee Freeny, surrounded by her daughters L to R: Ella May Freeney, Fannie Freeney, Leonia Freeney, Anna Freeney
  		Freeney Family Bible photo Emily Goslee Freeny (age ~64), center, surrounded by her children and grandchildren. Clockwise: 1 o'clock: ?; 2 o'clock: Ella May Freeney; 3 o'clock: ?; 4 o'clock: Kathleen Ellen Freeney; 5 o'clock: Sara Marguerite Freeney; 7 o'clock: ? P; 8 o'clock: ?; 10 o'clock: ?; 11 o'clock: ?
  		Freeney Family Bible photo Unidentified #7
  		Freeney Family Bible photo Unidentified #9
  		Freeney Family Bible Photo Unidentified #8
  		Freeney Family Bible photo Unidentified #15
  		Freeney Family Bible photos Unidentified #11
  		Freeney Family Bible photo Unidentified #12
  		Freeney Family Bible photo Unidentified #13
  		Freeney Family Bible photo Unidentified #14
  		Freeney Family Bible photo Unidentified #10d
  		Freeney Unidentified #16
  		FreeneyBiblePhotoUnidentified9Repaired.jpg
  Documents		Freeney Family Tree By Marguerite Freeney Howard
  		Freeney Family Bible - Marriages
  		Freeney Family Bible - Deaths
  		Freeney Family Bible - Births
  		Freeney Sharecropping Agreement - p.1 Emily Freeney / S. Banks sharecropping agreement at Spring Hill Farm, MD
  		Freeney Sharecropping Agreement - p.2 Emily Freeney / S. Banks sharecropping agreement at Spring Hill Farm, MD -
  		Freeney Family Bible postcard From SW Webster to Emily Freeney in 1909.
  		Freeney Family Bible - Hebron bookmark Cloth bookmark, hand sewn
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2009
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Dec 1850 - Somerset County, MD Census - He appears on the U.S. Census taken 10 June 1880 as head of household, carriage maker, age 29. Parents born in MD. - 10 Jun 1880 - Wicomico County, MD Died - 30 Jan 1884 - Wicomico County, MD Buried - - St. Stephen's Cemetery, Sussex Co., Delmar, DE  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		1880 Census - Freeney Wicomico County, Maryland Thomas B. Freeney, w, m, 29, carriage builder. Emily, w, f, 30, wife, keeping house Leonia, w, f, 6, daughter Fannie E., w, f, 4, daughter Sonora A., w, f, 3, daughter Ella M., w, f, 1, daughter
  		1850 Census - Peter Freeney Salisbury, Somerset County, Maryland. Enumerated July 1850. Thomas B. Freeney, Sr. does not appear, but he was born in Dec 1850 after the census was taken.
  		1860 Census - Peter Freeney family Salisbury, Somerset Co., Maryland. Entire family b. Maryland. Spelled Freeny by census taker.
  		1870 Census - Peter Freeney Salisbury, Somerset Co.
  		1876 Map of Salisbury, Wicomico, Co., MD Freeney locations highlighted and linked to individuals where known. Centennial map includes names of landowners.
  		Sale of items at the Freeney property Newspaper article. Was placed between the pages of the Freeney family bible.
  		Death of Thomas B. Freeney Sr. Newspaper article. Was placed between the pages of the Freeney family bible.
  		Orphans Court - Freeney Newspaper article. Was placed between the pages of the Freeney family bible.
  		Freeney Family Bible - Births
  		Thomas B. Freeny burial record "Parents Peter and Elizabeth. Age 33-1-7" JH Note: I assume 33 years, 1 month, 7 days. Based on his headstone it would be 33 yeards, 1 month 10 days...

  
  

  Headstones

  Thomas B. Freeney Sr. headstone "In Memoriam of, Thomas B., son of Peter & Elizabeth Freeney departed this life on Jan. 30, 1884, aged...(illegible)"

  
  

• Notes

  JSH notes on the spelling of Freeny / Freeney: Thomas Barton Freeny Sr's. name appears in the family bible and in newspaper articles spelled "Freeny".  His wife Emily, has her name spelled Freeny on her gravestone.  An exception to this spelling was in the 1880 census where Thomas Barton Freeny's name was spelled Freeney.  All of Thomas' and Emily Goslee's children's names appear in the family bible as Freeny.  But without exception all the children spelled their names Freeney - so it would seem that is where the spelling change from Freeny to Freeney took place.   WL Howard has an old framed map of Wicomico County, MD showing the location of the Freeney blacksmith shop. "Untimely death at age 34." W. Lawrence Howard, M.D. notes: "He was delirious and fell out the second story window of his house, where he then hit his head on a tree stump and died." JSH notes: Surviving him upon his death were: His wife Emily (age 34 yrs), Children: Leonia (9 yrs), Fannie (8 yrs), Anna (6 yrs), Mae (4 yrs), Edgar (2), Barton (unborn). Parents: Peter (age 73), Elizabeth (age 60). Ann Howard notes: "Marguerite Howard (Grandma) found the graves of her grandparents, Thomas Barton and Emily Goslee Freeney, on their old farm in very bad shape and had the bodies and stones brought to the cemetery in Delmar.  They are now buried with her parents, Thomas Barton Freeney, Jr. and Sara Webster Freeney.   Grandma's grave is also there, and Gramps (William Lawrence Howard, M.D.) has a gravesite next to hers." JSH notes: His gravestone says he was the son of Peter and Elizabeth Freeney. Peter and Elizabeth and Thomas B. Freeney Sr. appear on the 1860 and 1870 census together.  In the 1860 census he appears as Thomas B. age 10, and in the 1870 census he appears as "Barton Freeney", age 19.  Thomas B. Freeney's son had the same name and was also called Barton by his family (and Papappa by his grandchildren.)  Charles Freeny, Freeny-L notes: "More About Thomas Barton Freeny: Jan 30, 1884, Died of typhoid fever (Source: Ralph White letter.)" [9, 10, 11]

  
  

• Sources

  [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com). [S1512] Freeny (Freeney) Family Bible, Thomas B. Freeny Sr & Emily Goslee Freeny, (Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues. New York, American Bilble Society, 1873. In our archives - received June 2008. Also contained photos, postcards, cloth pieces, and a wrapped lock of hair between the pages. All in my files.). [S1735] FamilySearch.org, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 28 Sep 2018), entry for Thomas Barton Freeny, person ID LJYX-NDP. (Reliability: 3). [S1514] Charles Freeny, III, Charles Freeny, III, (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/r/e/Charles-C-Freeny/index.html cfreeny@worldnet.att.net), vi.   THOMAS BARTON FREENY, b. 1851, Maryland; d. Jan 30, 1884. (Reliability: 0). [S477] Marguerite Freeney Howard, Marguerite Freeney Howard, DAR Application (Reliability: 3). [S671] 1880 U.S. Census, Wicomico Co., p15, district 9: "Thomas B. Freeney, age 29, head, spouse Emily, father b. MD, mother b. MD, Occupation: Carriage Maker" (Reliability: 0). [S977] 1860 U.S. Census, Thomas B. 'Freeny', m., age 10, b. MD (Reliability: 0). [S1512] Freeny (Freeney) Family Bible, Thomas B. Freeny Sr & Emily Goslee Freeny, (Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues. New York, American Bilble Society, 1873. In our archives - received June 2008. Also contained photos, postcards, cloth pieces, and a wrapped lock of hair between the pages. All in my files.), "October 15th, 1873, by Rev. ? Penuel? Thomas. Barton Freeney to Emily Goslee, daughter of John S. and Ann M. Goslee." (Reliability: 0). [S690] 1870 U.S. Census, Peter Freeney, 62, farmer; Elizabeth, 43, keeping house; Barton, 19, works on farm; Benj., 13, works on farm; Samuel, 10, at home; Hagar 40, b, Domestic servant - Salisbury, Somerset Co., Maryland, enumerated 18 Aug 1870 (Reliability: 0). [S1512] Freeny (Freeney) Family Bible, Thomas B. Freeny Sr & Emily Goslee Freeny, (Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues. New York, American Bilble Society, 1873. In our archives - received June 2008. Also contained photos, postcards, cloth pieces, and a wrapped lock of hair between the pages. All in my files.), Freeny (Reliability: 0). [S1518] Freeny-L List Archives, (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/FREENY/), http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/FREENY/2002-02/1013460698 (Reliability: 0).