Newell van Rensselaer Freeborn

1876 - 1926  (50 years)

• Name	Newell van Rensselaer Freeborn
  Birth	18 Feb 1876	New Woodstock, Madison Co, Ny   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 May 1926	Erieville, Madison Co, Ny   [1]
  Person ID	I8112	Scudder
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2003

  
  

  Father	William Henry Freeborn,   b. 1 Apr 1852, New Woodstock, New York d. 27 Oct 1913, New Woodstock, New York (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Harriett Newell Huntley,   b. 3 Jul 1851, Canajoharie, Montgomery, New York d. 1937, New Woodstock, New York (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	22 Feb 1871	New Woodstock, New York   [1]
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  Family ID	F2943	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jennie Laura Seaver,   b. 22 Aug 1881, Erieville, Ny d. 2 Jan 1971, Cheshire, Conn (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	25 Oct 1900	Erieville, Madison Co, Ny   [1]
  Children	1. Genevieve Eunice Freeborn,   b. 18 Aug 1901, Erieville, New York d. 2 Jan 1970, Cheshire, Connecticut (Age 68 years)   2. Nettie Louse Freeborn,   b. 4 Jul 1903, Erieville, Madison, New York d. 15 Feb 1983, Rochester, Monroe, New York (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F2946	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Born and raised in New Woodstock, NY. marriage date may be October 24 1900 Originally from New Woodstock, NY (born and raised there). attended Rochester Business Institutes in Rochester, NY. Worked in Maynards Grocery Store in Erieville, NY. and later bought it but went broke, sold it and became the Erieville postmaster. Was the postmaster at time of daughter Louises wedding 1924. He lived in the "Burgess " house from the time of his marriage which was later the site of a firehouse only a couple of doors away from the Seaver Homestead( his wifes home). Both daughters born at home in what was still referred to as the Burgess House. Member of the Cazenovia Presbyterian Church He died of Kidney trouble as did his sister Alice "Brights Disease". He also had hardening of th arterie so that when he died it had affected his mind. A lot of the above information from Louise Coomber in 1981 Obituary notice: Newell V Freeborn, 50, postmaster-merchants of Erieville, MadisonCo died at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon (May 10) following a long illness. Mr. Freeborn had been active in thelieve of the community since early manhood. He had always been a general merchant of the village. He was widely known as a collector and dealer in antiques. He received his appointment of postmaster under the first Wilon administration. Survivd by wife Jennie Seaver , two daughters Mr. R A Coomber of Fairport and Mrs Raymond Mead of Taunton< Mass, his mother Mrs W H Freeborn and a sister Mrs H K Stoddard of New Woodstock. Burial will be at Erieville, NY His diploma issued by Common School, Cazenovia, NY Madison county dated July 1890

  
  

• Sources

  [S130] World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #2733. Date of Import: 23 mars 1998