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Peter Freeny[1]

Male 1810 - 1896  (85 years)


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  • Name Peter Freeny  [2, 3
    Birth 15 Oct 1810  Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave URL https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93120299 
    FindAGrave ID 93120299 
    FamilySearch ID K23N-64G 
    FamilySearch URL https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K23N-64G 
    Death 14 Aug 1896  [9
    Burial Quantico, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Person ID I2995  Main
    Last Modified 28 Jul 2020 

    Father Richard Freeny,   b. Between 1774 and 1784, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Margaret Melson,   b. Abt 1779, Of, Worchester Co., Delaware Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1822 (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Marriage 31 Jan 1810  Worcester Co., MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3218  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth "Betsey" Davis,   b. 9 Aug 1823, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1910 (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 1854  [11
    Children 
    +1. George Davis Freeny,   b. 22 Dec 1839, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1921, Quantico, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     2. John W. Benjamin Freeny,   b. 1842   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Julia A. S. Freeny,   b. 22 Feb 1844   d. 28 Dec 1907 (Age 63 years)
    +4. James Cannon Freeny,   b. Abt 1847, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1899 (Age ~ 52 years)
    +5. Thomas Barton Freeny, Sr.,   b. 20 Dec 1850, Somerset County, MD Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1884, Wicomico County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
     6. Martha Freeny,   b. 1853, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. Sarah Martha Freeny,   b. 18 Dec 1854   d. 9 Mar 1926 (Age 71 years)
    +8. Benjamin Brooks Freeny,   b. 13 Oct 1855, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 1932 (Age 77 years)
     9. Eugene E. Freeney,   b. Abt Jun 1860, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +10. Samuel Wesley Freeney,   b. 14 Jun 1860, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1899, Salisbury, Wicomico, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    Family ID F1210  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jul 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Oct 1810 - Maryland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Quantico, MD Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Documents
    1850 Census - Peter Freeney
    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
    1860 Census - Peter Freeney family
    Salisbury, Somerset Co., Maryland. Entire family b. Maryland. Spelled Freeny by census taker.
    1870 Census - Peter Freeney
    1870 Census - Peter Freeney
    Salisbury, Somerset Co.
    1876 Map of Salisbury, Wicomico, Co., MD
    1876 Map of Salisbury, Wicomico, Co., MD
    Freeney locations highlighted and linked to individuals where known. Centennial map includes names of landowners.
    Freeney Family Bible - Births (p1)
    Freeney Family Bible - Births (p1)
    1) Thomas B. Freeney - December 20, 1850
    2) Emily Goslee - December 16, 1849
    3) Leonia Freeney - August 31st 1874
    4) Fannie E. Freeney - January 13th 1876
    5) Senora A. Freeney May 7 1877
    6) Ella Mae Freeney May 27 1879
    7) John Thomas Edgar Freeney - January 28 1882
    8) Thomas Barton Freeney - February 22nd 1884

  • Notes 
    • Ellis Freeny notes:

      "Peter Freeny, s/o Richard Freeny and Margaret Melson Freeny. Born: 15 Oct 1810. Died: 14 Aug 1896."

      Listed as a Farmer in Salisbury, in the Wicomico County Directory of 1876. [12, 13]

  • Sources 
    1. [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com).

    2. [S1512] Thomas B. Freeny Sr & Emily Goslee Freeny, Freeny (Freeney) Family Bible, (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.

    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), http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/r/e/Charles-C-Freeny/GENE5-0007.html#CHILD29.
      Children of PETER FREENY and ELIZABETH DAVIS are:
      68. i.   GEORGE DAVIS7 FREENY, b. Dec 22, 1839, Maryland; d. Jan 30, 1921, Quantico, MD.
        ii.   JOHN W. BENJAMIN FREENY, b. 1842.
        iii.   JULIA A. S. FREENY, b. 1844; m. JOHN T. PHILLIPS, Feb 26, 1861.
      69. iv.   JAMES CANNON FREENY, b. 1847, Maryland; d. WFT Est. 1881-1941.
        v.   SARAH M. FREENY, b. Bet. 1850 - 1860; m. THOMAS CALLAWAY.
      70. vi.   THOMAS BARTON FREENY, b. 1851, Maryland; d. Jan 30, 1884.
        vii.   MARTHA FREENY, b. 1853.
      71. viii.   BENJAMIN BROOKS FREENY, b. Oct 13, 1855, Maryland; d. Dec 17, 1932.
        ix.   EUGENE E. FREENY, b. 1860.
      72. x.   SR SAMUEL W. FREENY, SR., b. Jun 14, 1860; d. Feb 22, 1899.

    4. [S671] 1880 U.S. Census, age 69, occupation: Farmer, White, Married, parents b. MD, Census Salisbury, Wicomico, MD.

    5. [S672] IGI Index v5.0, (http://www.familysearch.org), "Peter Freeney, b. abt 1812, MD".

    6. [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.

    7. [S1514] Charles Freeny, III, Charles Freeny, III, (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/r/e/Charles-C-Freeny/index.html cfreeny@worldnet.att.net), 15 Oct 1810 - http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/r/e/Charles-C-Freeny/GENE5-0007.html#CHILD29.

    8. [S689] 1850 U.S. Census, MD, Somerset Co., Salisbury District, household 239.

    9. [S1514] Charles Freeny, III, Charles Freeny, III, (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/r/e/Charles-C-Freeny/index.html cfreeny@worldnet.att.net), 14 Aug 1896 - http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/r/e/Charles-C-Freeny/GENE5-0007.html#CHILD29.

    10. [S997] John E. Jacob, Graveyards & Gravestones of Wicomico, (1971 - Published by The Salisbury Advertiser, Salsibury, MD 21801), p 17 Peter Freeny is buried at the St. Phillips Episcopal Church & Quantico Public Cemeteries. b. 15 Oct 1810 d. 14 Aug 1896.

    11. [S1701] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 16 Mar 2020), entry for Elizabeth "Betsey" Davis, person ID K23N-68Z.
      ;Contributor: FamilySearch

    12. [S998] Wicomico County Maryland 1878 Directory, (http://www.ls.net/~newriver/md/wico1878.htm), Freeny, Peter - Farmer, Salisbury.

    13. [S1527] Ellis Freeny, Peter Freeny and His Descendants in America, p. 28.