The Family Tree

The Freeman family

The earliest known ancestor that I have traced is my Gt.x4 Grandfather John Freeman, a farmer, born in 1786 in Prickwillow.

His son, also John, married Mary Grey from Ely, Cambridgeshire and the couple had at least ten children.

During the late 1830s, John and Mary's family were living in Soham and moved to Cold Moor Farm at Witchford by the time of the the 1841 census. John's parents and younger siblings are living at Coveney at this time.

By the time of the 1851 census, John and Mary have moved their family to Wardy Hill - a hamlet close to Coveney where his parents and siblings are still living and farming.

In 1861, John and Phoebe are noted as living alone at 'Farm House' in Coveney - they are 74 and 68 years respectively and John is still a farmer of 40 acres. Their son, John and his wife Mary are living nearby in 'Frogs Abbey' with five of their children. John Jnr is noted as a farmer too - of 45 acres.