Freeman, Samuel
lawyer, jurist, author, was born June 15, 1743, in Portland, Maine. He was a member of the provincial congress in 1775; of the Massachusetts house of representatives in 1776 and 1778; and in 1775, on the reorganization of the courts, was appointed clerk, and held that office forty-five years. He was register of probate until commissioned judge in 1804, continuing until 1820; was postmaster of Portland from 1776 to 1805; and an efficient friend of Bowdoin college. He published The Town Officer; The Massachusetts Justice; and Probate Directory. He edited the Journal of Rev. Thomas Smith in 1821. He died Sept. 2, 1831, in Portland, Maine.