artially through the fortune of his wife,
granddaughter of Governor Thomas Prence, he owned large tracts of
land in Plymouth County. Ezra swore the "Oath of Fidelity"
in 1678. His will left his wife Rebecca the use and improvement
of all real and personal estate. Ebenezer received all upland,
meadow, and swampy meadow in Rochester, and Ezra, the eldest, got
"all the land before my dwelling." [PERRY.TXT]
Extrapolated from Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Married Rebecca Freeman. Owned large tracts in Plymouth County partially through the fortune of his wife, granddaughter of Governor Thomas Prence (Prince). Swore Oath of Fidelity in 1678. Will left wife Rebecca the use and improvement of all real and personal estate. Ebenezer received all upland meadow and swampy meadow in Rochester; Ezra, the eldest, got "all the land before my dwelling." From Perry.dec. Death, diary of Rev. Benjamin Fessenden, NEHGR, xii, 312. Brownson, NEHGR 115:90. Rebecca Freeman was the only daughter of Edmond Freeman by his first wife, Rebecca Prence, daughter of Governor Thomas and Patience (Brewster) Prence. This Ezra and his borthers John, Samuel, and Benjamin, were among the pioneer settlers of the section of north Sandwich which is now called Bournedale. Rebecca Freeman (according to Brownson) was daughter (not the granddaughter) of Gov. Thomas Prence and Patience Brewster Prence. [NEHGR 126:280] [BINGHAM.GED]
