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1. Need to transcribe "Frye Genealogy; Adrian of Kittery, Me , John of Andover, Mass , Joshua of Virginia, Thomas of Rhode Island," which is available on Family Search as a source with Elizabeth Frye.
2. "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England...," by James Savage, 4 vols., (Boston, 1862), p. 214:
"Frye, John, Newbury, wheelwright, came from Basing in Hants, May 1638, emb. in the Bevis at Southampton, with w. and three young ch. engaged, I think, by Richard Dummer, wh. was in the sh. rem. 1645 to Andover and was one of the found. of the ch. freem. 1669; his w. Ann d. 22 Oct. 1680, and he d. 9 Nov. 1693, aged 92 yrs. 7 mos. says the rec. His ch. says Coffin, were John; Samuel; James, b. 5 Jan. 1653; Benjamin; Eliz. and Susan; but, in the want of discrim. to instr. us wh. had come with parents, we assume that John and the last two were b. in Eng. We kn. that Susan on 5 Mar. 1662, d. unm. and that Eliz. m. 4 Oct. 1660, Robert Stiles of Boxford."
3. The book "Ancestors and Kin," by Robert Walden Coggeshall (Spartanburg, SC; The Reprint Company, 1988), p. 429, 521:
"Frye is from Middle English fre, from Anglo-Saxon frig, freo (free).[1]
John frrie, b.c. 1606. d. 11-9-1693 (c. 87), with his wife Ann (Stratton?), d. 10-22-1680, and three children sailed from Southampton May 1638 in the ship "Bevis" and arrived at Boston August 1638 (c. 32), He was a wheelwright, and settled first at Newbury, Mass., then moved to Andover, Mass., before 1644 (c. 38). In 1656 (c. 50) he received £5 a head bounty for killing wolves, and was a Selectman 1670 (c. 64).[2] His seventh and youngest child
-(Captain) James Frie, 1-5-1652, d. 9-28-1734 (82); m. 1-20-1679 (27) Lydia Osgood, b. 8-12-1661 (m. 18), d. 4-14-1741 (80), dau. of … (Captain) John Osgood and Mary Clements. In King Philip's War 1675-76 (23-24), he served as quartermaster in Capt. Gardner's and Capt. Hartshone's Co., and was in the "Great Swamp Fight" 12-19-1675, He was a Selectman 1689 (37); and Captain of Militia 1702 (50). Of his eleven children, his oldest son
-James Frie, b. 12-23-1682, d. 2-3-1716 (34); m. (1) 5-25-1708 (26) Joanna Sprague, d. 1-5-1715, dau., of … Phineus Sprague and Sarah Hasey: m. (2) 12-20-1715 (33) Rachel Atwod. He was a farmer, and moved to Bradford. Mass…"
Footnotes:
1. Dolan 183-84; Reaney 134-35; Bardsley 302.
2. G 12-7. Ellen Frye Barker, "Frye Genealogy" (New York: Tobias A. Wright, Printer, 1920; NEHGS) 45-49. 52, 61-62, 79; also "Our Frye Lineage," typescript citing Barker op cit. and Charlotte H. Abbott, "History of Andover Massachusetts," and attached to Genealogical Chart of Charles Putnam Barnes, Sons of the American Revolution, National No. 32450, Maine State No. 775, Approved 1920, hereafter Burnes, SAR."
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
Abt 1601 - 1693 (92 years)
