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Thomas Fry
b.1666 East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
d.3 Sep 1748 East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
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m. 1 Feb 1688
  1. Thomas Fry1690/91 - Bef 1782
  2. Mary Fry1693 - Bef 1746
  3. John Fry1695 - 1753
  4. Elizabeth Fry1697 -
  5. Welthian Fry1700 -
  6. Hannah Fry1702 -
  7. Ruth Fry1704 - 1755
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Name Thomas Fry
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 1666 East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage 1 Feb 1688 East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United Statesto Welthian Greene
Will[1] 9 Jun 1746 East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Death[2] 3 Sep 1748 East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
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Thomas Frye (1666 – 3 September 1748) was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The son of Thomas and Mary Frye of Newport and East Greenwich in the Rhode Island colony, he was a glazier by trade. He became a freeman of East Greenwich in 1690, aged about 24, and began a long career of civil service in 1696 when he became a deputy, serving in that role during most years over a period of three and a half decades. From 1698 to 1704 he was Justice of the Peace, he later served as Clerk of the Assembly for several years, and he was Speaker of the House of Deputies for ten years between 1713 and 1730. In 1707 he was appointed one of the commissioners to settle with Massachusetts the northern boundary of Rhode Island, and two years later he was appointed to a committee to run lines between the two colonies. In 1715, he and Andrew Harris were appointed by the Assembly to transcribe and to prepare for the press all the laws of the colony, and in 1719 he was allowed ten pounds for his efforts to get the laws printed.

In 1727 he was selected to complete the term as Deputy Governor of Jonathan Nichols who had died in office. He served under Joseph Jenckes who had just taken office the same year, and then was selected for the same position in 1728 for another year. He died in 1748, leaving a very large estate valued at more than 22,000 pounds, which included black slaves that were conveyed in his will to his unmarried daughters. His wife was Welthian Greene, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Barton) Greene, niece of Deputy Governor John Greene, Jr., and granddaughter of John Greene who was a co-founder of the town of Warwick, Rhode Island.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Abstracts of East Greenwich Wills, in Alden G. Beaman. Rhode Island Genealogical Register. (The Rhode Island Genealogical Research Institute)
    1:90.

    FRY, Thomas, in his 85th year. Will dated 9 June 1746, proved 24 Sep 1748, pps. 336-340.
    Sons: Thomas, eldest, and John.
    Daughters: Mary Spencer deceased, Hannah Holden, Elizabeth Fry and Ruth Fry.
    Son-in-law John Spencer.
    Granddaughter Welthan Gorton received silver porringer intended for her mother.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Thomas Frye (Rhode Island), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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