John Frye

Abt 1633 - 1696  (63 years)

• Name	John Frye
  Birth	Abt 1633	of Basing, Hampshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Sep 1696	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Person ID	I1317	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	John Frye,   b. Abt Apr 1601, of Basing, Hampshire, England d. 9 Nov 1693, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Anne,   b. Bef 1613, of Basing, Hampshire, England d. 22 Oct 1680, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age > 67 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1633	of Basing, Hampshire, England
  Family ID	F900	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eunice Potter,   b. 2/02 MAR/MAR 1640/1641, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States d. 24 Nov 1708, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	4 Oct 1660	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  Family ID	F899	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England...," by James Savage, 4 vols., (Boston, 1862), p. 214: "Frye, John, Andover, s. of the preced. m. 4 Oct. 1660, Eunice Potter, prob. had no ch. was deac. d. 17 Sept. 1696. [Supplement: "wh. had been in prison for a witch in the doleful days of 1692, and wh. saved her life by confess. of the nonsense.] His wid. d. 24 Nov. 1708." 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."