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Frye,was a first family in OLD FREDERICK CO.VA.,arriving in 1739 and spreading out to what later became Shenandoah,Hampshire and Hardy Co,s Va. The oldest representative of the family seems to be one BENJAMIN FRYE SR. 1703-1753 ,WHOS "WILL" WAS FILED IN WINCHESTER.In 1745 ,Benj. Sr.bought land between Cedar Creek and Hoges Run,from John Richards.According to local historian MERLE MOORE,the father of BENJ. FRYE SR. was HEINRICH FREY,WHO MARRIED ANNA CATHERINE LEVERING,APRIL 26 1692.HEINRICH emigrated from Germany to Germantown,PA. in 1685.
FRYES FORT,was located on part of the land that laid out along Cedar Crk.in Shenandoah Co.The Fort was made of stone and is now owned by John and Pat Youmans.According to Moore,as many as 65 pioneers flrd to the Fort from as far away as Cacapon River area in West Va..After one shooted at the Fort the indians were so overwhelmed that they were unable to retreive their dead or wounded.The dead indians were buried in a common grave at a site called Indian Rock,located along state route 606.
BENJ. FRYE SR. AND WIFE CHRISTEN,WERE PARENTS OF AT LEAST THESE CHILDREN--BENJ.JR. BORN 1730;AND JOSEPH FRYE AND ABRAHAM FRYE,MARRIED AGNES AND HE DIED IN WASHINGTON CO.PA. IN 1805 AND JACOB FRYE.ALL TOTAL,BENJ.AND CHRISTEN FRYE SR. HAD 9 CHILDREN,according to Moore.
BENJAMIN FRYE SR.S SON---JOSEPH FRYE 1732-1781,MARRIED ANNA,AND HAD THESE CHILDREN------
CHILDREN:
1.BENJAMIN-1754-1823,WHO MARRIED MAGDALINA SECRIST AND THEY INHEIRITED THE FRYE HOMEPLACE WITH THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR FORT.
2.ANNA --WHO MARRIED ,GEORGE SECRIST
3.JOHN-,MARRIED ANNA,AND DIED ABT.1809
4.ABRAHAM--WAS FEEBLE MINDED
5.WILLIAM-MARRIED,ELIZABETH BAKER,IN 1786
6.MARY-,MARRIED VALENTINE CACKLEY SR.
7.(NOTE:THIS WILL BE DIFF. THE FRY ASSOC. THEY SAY THIS JACOB,MARRIED ELIZABETH BEAN AND THEY HAVE THIS CATHERINE FRYE,MARRYING THOMAS FOREMAN)--JACOB FRYE-MARRIED,CATHERINE FRYE (DAU. OF ABRAHAM FRYE)
8.ELIZABETH-,MARRIED MICHAEL WHITE IN 1783
9.REBECCA-MARRIED JOHN SWITZER IN 1786
10.CATHERINE-MARRIED,JACOB SIEBERT IN 1792
AFTER THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS ENDED ,SOME OF THE FRONTIERSMAN continued to kill indians and steel their horses beyond the Alleghenies.The governor of Va. was concerned that these acts of violence might result in renewed warfare.In 1769,General Adam Stephen,who was asked to investigate.
Adam Stephen,reported to the governor in Oct. that one person implicated in the murder of an indian named Stephen,had been captured and was lodged in the Winchester jail until he was rescued by a band of seventy men led by ABRAHAM FRY AND HIS THREE BROTHERS-JACOB,JOSEPH AND BENJAMIN.However the Fry brothers who were freeholders in Frederick Co. were not convicted for abeting the escape.
Note:This write up was on pgs. 228 and 229.
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