Mary (Fry) Scriven (1691 - bef. 1731)

Born 6 Jan 1691 in Alverstoke, Hampshire, England

Wife of William Gladding — married 1707 in Long Island, New York Colony

Wife of James Scriven — married Jan 1716 in Westbury, Long Island, New York

Descendants

Died before 1731 before age 39 in Rhode Island [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary was a Friend (Quaker)

From "The Scriven Record of 1899" in WeRelate.com [1]:

"James Scriven was our immigrant ancestor. He came to Long Island from England BY HIMSELF. In England he was first a Quaker, then a Ranter, and when he arrived in Long Island, he returned to the Quaker religion when he wanted to marry Mary Fry Gladding, as her family were Quakers in Westbury, Long Island. Mary Fry had first married William Gladding; he died and she married James Scriven, but proceded to die without issue."

From Westerly Monthly Meeting [in this context, “monthly meeting” was the basic organizational group of Quakers, similar to “parish”] [2]

[The notes here are arranged alphabetically by family surname. They were said to be assembled from family bibles and other such records. Thus, the listings under “Fry” would be all the family, from earliest to latest.]

Fry Mary (Fry) m 1707 Wm. GLADING; m 2d 1715 James SCRIVEN (p. 412 of Westerly Monthly Meeting) [seems to mean she married William Glading in 1707, and her second marriage was to James in 1715] [An earlier entry for : John Jr. (Fry) born Jan 15, 1687; m 1711. Mary URQUHART Ch: Mary b 12 Mo Feb 16, 1712/13; m Sam WILLIS seems to show that Mary’s parents were John Jr. and Mary Urquehart, although the last line I can’t make sense out of, except that the next entry says Mary married WILLIS in 1728.] Gladding GLADING Mary, dt [daughter of?] William FRY; m 1707 William GLADING; m 2d 1715 James SCRIVEN William m 1707 Mary FRY Mary m 2d 1715 James SCRIVEN; William brought cert from Burlington, form of that town, 1707 [This is a separate entry for the GLADING family that confirms the two marriage dates for Mary Fry.] SCRIVEN Alice signed Epistle abt 1725 James m 1715 Mary GLADING, dt [daughter of] William FRY signed Epistle abt 1725; at Kingston, R. I. 1 Mo (Mar) 29, 1732 [This is the entry for James with his marriage to Mary. According to Wikipedia, “signed Epistle” means “an advisory or admonitory letter.” (Quaker epistle: in the 17th century, the Quaker movement revived the Gospel use of the word "epistle" to mean an advisory or admonitory letter, sent to a group of people, sometimes termed a "general epistle".) In this context, perhaps all it meant was a declaration of marriage.]

Note: Alice Knowles, James’ third wife, is not listed. Could that be because she was not a Quaker? There were other Knowles that were listed, however. Mary's date of death is summised to be a few years before her husband James married Alice Knowles.

Note

Mary Fry married James Scriven after her prior husband , William Gladding, died. She died shortly after marrying James, producing no children.

Sources

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915 for James Scriven Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. III

The Gardiners of Narragansett : being a genealogy of the descendants of George Gardiner the colonist, 1638

Mary Fry, in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (DOB) England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. III: (New York Monthly Meetings) Westbury Monthly Meeting, 412 for "Fry" (dates of weddings)

New York City Marriages, Mary Fry to William Gladding, 1707 - Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Robert Scrivens for creating WikiTree profile Fry-1273 through the import of 2293fi_608439562v2o181f2jw4c6.ged on Apr 19, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Robert and others.