Sampson Freeman
- Born: 5 May 1828, Edwinstow, Nottingham, England
- Marriage: Amy Julian Farr in 1856
- Died: 19 Nov 1876, Nottingham aged 48
- Buried: Lunatic asylum
 General Notes:
Died as of unsound mind. Family returned to Canada
From the National Archive
Folio 810. Letter from John Kirkland, Clerk to
the Guardians of the Southwell Union, to the
Poor Law Board, concerning Sampson
Freeman, aged 46, of Edwinsowe. He is a
pauper lunatic in the Nottingham Asylum,
charged to the Southwell Union; his wife and
7 children are inmates of the Southwell
workhouse.
The family had come to Edwinstowe from
Upper Canada 18 months ago when Freeman
was of unsound mind. The medical officer
states that he will never get any better and
his family wish to return to Canada, where
they have friends and relations. The
guardians wish to know if they can pay their
passage back to Canada, at a cost of about
£30. The husband will remain in the asylum.
Sampson married Amy Julian Farr, daughter of William Rees Farr and Rebecca Collins Julian, in 1856. (Amy Julian Farr was born on 19 Nov 1837, christened on 19 Nov 1837 in Truro St Mary, Cornwall and died on 15 Jan 1883 in Toronto, Canada.)
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