Samuel Freeze (May 3, 1778 – April 4, 1844) was a farmer and political figure in

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. He represented King's County in the

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in 1820, from 1828 to 1830 and from 1835 to 1844. He was born in

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, the son of William Freeze and Martha Bulmer who came to New Brunswick from

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. Freeze married three times, first marrying Margaret Wells, then Bethia Wager and then Mary Jane Scott; he had 21 children. He died in office in King's County at the age of 65. His son Samuel Nelson served as sheriff for King's County. His daughter Miriam married

George Ryan George Homer Ryan (February 24, 1934 – May 2, 2025) was an American politician who served as the 39th Governor of Illinois from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as Secretary of State of Illinois from 1991 ...

, who served in the provincial assembly and the Canadian House of Commons.

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''The Chignecto isthmus and its first settlers'', H Trueman (1902)
1778 births 1844 deaths 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Colony of New Brunswick people {{NewBrunswick-MLA-stub