Person:Joshua Fry (3)

Watchers
m. Est 1760
  1. William Adams FryAbt 1765 -
  2. Col. Joshua Fry1769 - 1839
  3. Tabitha Fry
m. Abt 1787
  1. Lucy Gilmer Fry1788 - 1874
  2. Mildred Ann FryBef 1804 -
Facts and Events
Name Col. Joshua Fry
Gender Male
Birth[1] 17 Feb 1769 Albemarle, Virginia, United States
Marriage Abt 1787 Albemarle, Virginia, United Statesto Peachy Walker
Residence[2] Mercer, Kentucky, United Statescame to Kentucky
Death? 1839 Danville, Mercer, Kentucky, United States
References
  1. William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. (Omohundro Institute)
    5:159-164, 1897.

    GENEALOGY OF THE ADAMS FAMILY OF NEW KENT AND HENRICO COUNTIES, VA. Compiled by C.W. Coleman.

    8. Sarah, married Col. John Fry, of Albemarle Co., and had issue:
    i. Joshua Fry, married Peachy, daughter of Dr. Thomas Walker, of "Castle Hill," Albemarle Co.;
    ii. William Adams Fry, d.s.p.;
    iii. Tabitha Fry, married Bowler Cocke, of Kentucky.
    [See Slaughter's Memoir of Col. Joshua Fry.]

  2. Jennings, Kathleen. Louisville's first families. (Louisville, Kentucky: Standard Printing Company, 1920)
    82, 203.

    ... Mildred Ann Fry, a daughter of Col. Joshua Fry and his wife, Peachy Walker, of Albemarle county, Va., who emigrated to Kentucky, and have other descendants in Louisville in the Speeds.

    [His grandfather] Col. Fry was commander of a regiment in the French and Indian war, 1754, in which George Washington served as lieutenant colonel. ...
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    [Note: The last sentence must refer to his grandfather, also Col. Joshua Fry.]