The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits . ousin David, son of MatthewClarkson, secretary of the colony. Until the time of hisdeath, in January, 1743, Freeman was busily engaged inreligious work at Flatbush, Bushwick, Brooklyn, and atNew Utrecht, where he died. He wrote, in 1720,De Spiegel der Zelfskennis (The Mirror of SelfKnowledge, a collection of philosophical maxims) ; in1721, De Weegshale de Gerade Godt (The Balancesof Gods Grace, a volume of ser
The founders; portraits of persons born abroad who came to the colonies in North America before the year 1701, with an introduction, biographical outlines and comments on the portraits . ousin David, son of MatthewClarkson, secretary of the colony. Until the time of hisdeath, in January, 1743, Freeman was busily engaged inreligious work at Flatbush, Bushwick, Brooklyn, and atNew Utrecht, where he died. He wrote, in 1720,De Spiegel der Zelfskennis (The Mirror of SelfKnowledge, a collection of philosophical maxims) ; in1721, De Weegshale de Gerade Godt (The Balancesof Gods Grace, a volume of sermons, with portrait) ;and, in 1726, Verdeediging (a defense against thechurch of Raritan). The first and second were printed byBradford, the third by Zenger. Freeman was a man of good temper, well affected toEpiscopacy, timid perhaps, and too easily influencedby Lord Cornbury for his peace of mind, at a time whenEnglish and Dutch were not on the best of terms. LordBellomont, who recommended him to the Five Nations, in1700, called him a very good sort of a man. Pearsons History of the Schenectady Patent, 1883, page History of Kings County, Volume i, 1884, page 334. 246. BERNARD us FREEMAN1660-1743 (^7) THE llTy PUBLIC l. T5LDEN FO Andrew Hamilton, famous as the defender of theprinter, John Peter Zenger, In New York, In 1736, andas a bold advocate of liberty of speech, was born In Scot-land, about the year 1676, of a good family. He married,6 March, 1706, Anne, daughter of Thomas and Susanna(Denwood) Brown, and widow of Joseph Preeson, bywhom he had James, deputy governor of Pennsylvania,and patron of Benjamin West, the painter; Andrew; anda daughter, Margaret, the wife of Chief Justice WilliamAllen. Hamilton died at Brush Hill, Philadelphia,4 August, 1741. When the future leader of the Pennsylvania bar landedIn Accomac County, Virginia, about 1700, he was knownas Mr. Trent, and taught a classical school. He soon tookup the study of law, and In 1712 was admitted to Gr
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