John and Mary Freestone, born about 1750

John and Mary Freestone were born about the year 1750, in locations unknown. Nothing is known of:

·      parents, their names and activities

·      their socio-economic, employment and religious backgrounds

·      any siblings, and so on.

John and Mary married at some point and they ended up in Leicester. This is a large industrial city, south of Nottingham in the East Midlands of England. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest.

John and Mary Freestone have been identified (through British IGI records) as having baptised six children in the parish of St Mary's Leicester. So it is most likely the couple were resident in Leicester from 1775 to 1795 at the very least. The names of their children and the years of births were:

• Ann, 23 April 1775;
• Sarah, 15 July 1777, died 12 March 1780;
• Mary, 30 May 1779, died 6 June 1779;
• Sarah, 8 October 1780;
• James, 6 November 1782;
• Elizabeth, 27 October 1784; and
• Thomas Illif, 30 January 1792, died 17 May 1795.

Other details are not yet known, including

·      the dates and locations of the deaths of John and Mary

·      the life experiences of Ann, Sarah and Elizabeth, such as marriage and progeny; and

·      the dates and locations of the deaths of these daughters.

[Relationship to SNR = Great-great-great-great-great-great grandparents]