Person:John Fry (54)

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John Fry
b.22 Jan 1731/32 Kittery, York, Maine, United States
d.26 Feb 1817 Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 15 Sep 1724
  1. John Fry1731/32 - 1817
Spouse and Children
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m. 21 Jun 1762
  1. Obadiah Fry1763 -
  2. William Fry1766 - 1849
  3. Mary Fry1769 - 1787
  4. Miriam Fry1771 -
  5. John Fry1773 -
  6. Jonathan Fry1777 -
  7. James Neal Fry1780 -
  8. Abigail Fry1784 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 4 Jul 1787
  1. Mary Fry1788 - 1800
  2. Thomas Fry1791 -
  3. Anna Fry1792 -
  4. Rachel Fry1798 -
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Facts and Events
Name[2] John Fry
Gender Male
Birth[1][4] 22 Jan 1731/32 Kittery, York, Maine, United States
Marriage 21 Jun 1762 Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Miriam Wheeler
Marriage 4 Jul 1787 to Rachel Stearns
Death[3][5] 26 Feb 1817 Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ "Records of Dover Monthly Meeting", in Tibbetts, Charles W, ed, and New Hampshire Society of Genealogists. The New Hampshire genealogical record. (Dover, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Genealogical Society )
    Vol. 2, p.126.

    William Frye ...
    Abigail Varney ...
    Married at Dover, 15, 7 mo. 1724.
    Their children born at Kittery:
    ...
    John, 22, 11 mo. 1731/2; removed to Salem, certificate 23, 2 mo. 1765.
    [Note: In old-styles dates, the eleventh month is January. For comparison to the modern calendar, it corresponds to the following year. More info may be found here.]

  2. ↑ Barker, Ellen Frye, and Theophilus C. Frye. Frye genealogy: Adrian of Kittery, Me.; John of Andover, Mass.; Joshua of Virginia; Thomas of Rhode Island. (Washington [District of Columbia]: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 19--)
    p. 433.

    John Frye [#18], s/o William Frye [#8] and Abigail Varney, b. Kittery "1-22-1731", d. "2-26-1817", m. (1) "6-21-1762" Merriam Wheeler, m. (2) "7-4-1787" Rachel Steans of Uxbridge.

  3. ↑ Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Worcester, Mass.: Franklin P. Rice, 1910)
    p. 30, 202.

    FRY, John, h. Miriam and Rachel, [born] Feb. 2, 1731. CR2
    FRY, John, [died] ---, 1817. Dup. [h. Miriam, Feb. 26, CR2]
    [Note: it appears that perhaps the birth date has been shifted by 11 days to adjust for the switch to the Gregorian calendar?]

  4. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, 1916)
    p. 75.

    FRY, John, [born] 21st day, 1st mo. 1733. CR4
    [CR4=Uxbridge Monthly Meeting. It is assumed this was recorded later in life so the month numbers are new style, i.e., 1st mo. is Jan., not Mar.]

  5. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Worcester County). Probate files, 1731–1881. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2012)
    Case 22549: Fry John Bolton 1817.

    Will of "John Fry of Bolton ... Yeoman being advanced in age", dated "fifth day of the eleventh Month" 5 Nov 1814, proved 30 May 1817, names wife Rachel Fry; children of sons Obadiah Fry deceased; son William Fry; Hannah Fry, Homer Fry, Miriam Fry, Sarah Fry and Donas Gray children of my son John Fry deceased; son Jonathan Fry; son James N. Fry; son Thomas Fry; Narcissi Earle, Melisse Earle, Sarah Earle daughters and Henry Willard Earle son of my daughter Miriam Earle deceased; daughter Abigail Wheeler; daughter Anny Fry; daughter Rachel Fry. Sons Jonathan Fry and Thomas Fry to be executors.
    17 Mar 1817: Warrant to take inventory. Taken 30 May 1817: $4250, by Nath'l Longley, Amory Pollard, David Smith.
    17 Nov 1818: Account of executors assented to by Daniel Wheeler, Abigail Wheeler, Ira Aldrich, Anna Aldrich, Rachel Fry jr, Narcissa Earle, Henry Earle guardian for Melissa Earle Sarah Earle & Henry Willard Earle.

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