Freedman Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The Freedman surname evolved from the popular German personal name Friederich.

Freedman Early Origins

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The surname Freedman was first found in East Prussia and Silesia. It later became more prominent as numerous branches of the same house acquired distant estates, some of which were located in other countries. Through the acquisition of these estates as well as their important contributions to society, the family successfully elevated their social status.

Freedman Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Freedman, Friedman, Freidman, Fried, Friedemann, Friedland, Fridman, Friedhof and many more.

Freedman Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Freedman research. Another 232 words (17 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Freedman History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Freedman Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Freedman Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

M Freedman, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 ^[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Joseph Freedman, who settled in Ohio in 1809-1852

Contemporary Notables of the name Freedman (post 1700)

Monroe Henry Freedman (1928-2015), American Professor of Law and the former Dean at Hofstra Law School
Andrew Freedman (1860-1915), owner of the New York Giants (1895 to 1902)
Robert L. Freedman (b. 1957), American Emmy Award nominated screenwriter, playwright, and lyricist
Michael Hartley Freedman (b. 1951), American mathematician awarded a Fields Medal in 1986
Eric Freedman, American head of Capital News Service and the 1994 co-winner (with Jim Mitzelfeld) of the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting
Frank E. Freedman, American Republican politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from Erie County 4th District, 1920 ^[2]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Elliot Roy Freedman, American Democrat politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from California 2nd District, 1992 ^[2]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Charles Freedman, American Democrat politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Hawaii, 2008 ^[2]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Anita Freedman, American Democrat politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; Member of Democratic National Committee from New Hampshire, 2004-08 ^[2]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Adeline L. Freedman, American Democrat politician, Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1972; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1980 ^[2]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
... (Another 21 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

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Citations

^ Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
^ The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html

Other References

Göbel, Otto. Niederdeutsche Familiennamen der Gegenwart Wolfshagen-Schäbentz. Franz: Westphal, 1936. Print.
Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
Fogleman, Aaron Spencer. Journeys German Immigration, Settlement and Political Culture in Colonial America 1717-1775. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. Print. (ISBN 978-0812215489).
Bahlow, Hans (Edda Gentry trns). Dictionary of German Names . Madison, Wisconsin: Max Kade Institute, 2002. Print. (ISBN 0-924119-35-7).
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
Bahlow, Hans and Edda Gentry. Translation Dictionary of German Names 2nd Edition. Madison: University of Wisconsin, 2002. Print.
Jones, George F. The Germans of Colonial Georgia 1733-1783 Revised edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1986. Print. (ISBN 0806311614).
Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg: L.S. Hart, 1886. Print.
Bahlow, Hans. Deutschlands geographische Namenwelt Etymologisches Lexikon der Fluss- und Ortsnamen alteuropaischer Herkunft. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 1985. Print.
Brechenmacher, Josef Karlmann. Deutches Namenbuch. Stuttgart: Verlag von Adolf Bonz & Comp, 1928. Print.
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The Freedman Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Freedman Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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