Samuel
Frey
Born about in Perkiomen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Frey
and Regina Christine (Merckle) Frey
Brother of
Abraham Frye, Henry H Frye, Jacob Frye, Joseph Storrs Fry, Benjamin Frey Jr., Cristen Frey, Christena Anna Frye, William (Frey) Frye and Elizabeth Frey
Husband of
Christina (Speers) Frey
— married
24 Sep 1767 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Rebecca Frye, Christena (Frey) Shepler, Catherine (Frye) Croskey, Mary (Frey) Frye, Margaret Mary (Frey) Van Voorhis, Abraham Frey and Abraham Frye
Died
at about age 85
in Carroll Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jun 2011
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Biography
Samuel was born in 1729 at Perkiomen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1], son of Benjamin Frey and Cristen Merckle. He married Christena Spears 24 Sep 1767 at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia[2] and they had three known children.
Samuel was willed 168 acres on the North Fork of the Shenandoah which was likely where the family first lived when coming to Virginia. A deed of 1755 shows Samuel paying for this property [the will did instruct Samuel to pay his siblings for the tract]. He moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania c1768. Samuel is listed in the DAR database. He served in the Infantry, presumably from Virginia.
An old family group sheet says that a Virginia Land Grant issued to him dated 30 Dec 1784 for Revolutionary War Service. Another note stated that a warrant was issued for 293 acres, "Christian's Queen" on Maple Creek adjoining lands of Abraham Frye, the land surveyed for Samuel Frye 23 Nov 1785. "Samuel's Farm", 236 was granted Frederick Cooper, 22 Feb 1780 who afterwards sold the same to Samuel Frye, who had it surveyed 22 Nov 1785.
He died 15 Aug 1814 at Carroll Township, Washington, Pennsylvania[3][4] He was buried in the Samuel Fry Cemetery near Charleroi, Washington, Pensylvania.
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Frey-282 created through the import of Moody-Howell_2011-06-05.ged on Jun 11, 2011 by Robert Moody. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Robert and others.
- WikiTree profile Frye-268 created through the import of Lois for WikiTree.ged on Oct 10, 2011 by Kay Haden. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kay and others.
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Sources
- Source: S1 Abbreviation: WFT- Volume 2 Title: Family Tree Maker CD-ROM, WFT- Volume 2 Repository: #R3
- Repository: R3 Name: Personal Library Address:
- Source: S18 Wright, James Harry. Levering/Frey
- Repository: R12 FamilyTreeMaker Home Pages http://www.familytreemaker.com/users
- Source: S37 Adams, Henderson L. "Hank". Frye - Hank Adams Correspondence and Copies of his Frey and Spears family records. '1008 Beachview Drive; Ft. Walton Beach FL 32547; (850) 862-4671 Repository: #R1 Relationship Sheet on Spear family. Family Group Sheet of Henry Speers. 10 Aug 1998
- Repository: R1 My Files
- Source: S38 Frye, Jon. Frey Journal, Frye Family Association Journal. (4356 Chippewa Trail, Jamestown, OH 45335) Repository: #R1 Page: Vol. 3, Issue 2; Fall 2003. p.34, "Old Ben's Will and the Composition of the Early Family" by Donald W. Kearney
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SB9R-X5S : accessed 2015-11-11), entry for Samuel /Frye/.
- findagrave.com 42071440
- WikiTree profile Frye-282 created through the import of Callahan, Wiley, Plotner, Powell Family Tree - 2009.ged on Dec 2, 2011 by Ron Callahan. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Ron and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel:
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~0.78%
David Stewart
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member DAVIDSTEWART93003
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~0.78%
Thomas Odell :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T647724 [compare], yourDNAportal THO74ba61a1, FTDNA kit #367611
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~0.39%
Debora Hammond :
23andMe
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Son of Regina Christine (Merkle) Frey < Frye-268 = Frey-282 > Son of Cristen Ann UNKNOWN The Frye Mother (daughter of Abraham Merkle) | [family name unknown][location unknown] [father unknown] and [mother unknown][sibling(s) unknown][spouse(s) unknown] As different as the open road and a dead-end street.