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John Frye

Male Abt 1633 - 1696  (~ 63 years)


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  • Name John Frye 
    Born Abt 1633  of Basing, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Sep 1696  Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1317  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father John Frye,   b. Abt Apr 1601, of Basing, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1693, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 92 years) 
    Mother Anne,   b. Bef 1613, of Basing, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1680, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 67 years) 
    Married Bef 1633  of Basing, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F887  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eunice Potter,   b. 2/02 Mar 1640/1, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1708, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 4 Oct 1660  Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F886  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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."