Elisha Freeman (December 9, 1701 – May 19, 1777) was a merchant, judge and political figure in

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

. He represented Liverpool township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1765 to 1767. He was born in Eastham, Massachusetts, the son of Samuel Freeman and Bathsheba Lothrop. In 1725, he married Lydia Freeman. Around 1760, he went to

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. Freeman owned a

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there. He was the first town clerk for Liverpool and also served as a

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. In 1764, he was named a justice in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for Queen's County. Freeman was also named a judge of probate in the same year. He resigned his seat in the provincial assembly on October 19, 1767, due to age. He died in Liverpool at the age of 75.

References

* ''A Directory of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1958'', Public Archives of Nova Scotia (1958) {{DEFAULTSORT:Freeman, Elisha 1701 births 1777 deaths Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs Colony of Nova Scotia judges Merchants from colonial Massachusetts