Are you a Frazier, Frazer, or Frasher?

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I'm looking for Fraziers and others with a variant of the name to collaborate in a One Name Study.  The goal is to work together, in order to create a clearer picture of the different groups of people called Frazier and to determine where they came from and who they came from.  Please reply here if you are interested or leave a comment below if you have any questions.  

WikiTree profile: Space:Frazier_Name_Study
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Eddie, to my understanding the name was originally Fraser, but after the '45 and the transportations, was changed to Frazier. And there are about 3 more spellings to it also.

There is a great book about the Highlanders in North Carolina. And I can't remember the exact name. .

I have an aunt Roseanna Frazier-1234 who m. Levi Jester. Daughter of John Fraser/Frazier who was transported, and probably Lydia Riddle. John gave his married daughters 1 cow and calf.
I will have to find that book! You are right. In Scotland the name was typically spelled Fraser and there are many variations in the U. S. That makes it even harder to track the migration of our ancestors... part of for the reason for this project. I will check out your ancestors and add the Frazier Name Study template to them.
Thanks!
I have many Frasier/Fraziers in my tree. My dad's mother was Myrtle Frazier. Her father David Henry Frazier and his father Henry Frazier. They are also on my dad's paternal side. My 2x ggf James Knox Polk (JKP) Brown married Henry Frazier's daughter Eliza Jane from his first marriage. Henry's 2nd marriage was to the mother of JKP Brown, Sarah Mitchell Brown Frazier. This of course made JKP Brown and Eliza husband and wife as well as step-brother and sister. My grandfather John Samuel Brown was married to Myrtle Frazier. ( I think they were 2nd or 3rd cousins) So Henry Frazier is my 2nd ggf on my dad's maternal side and he's my 3rd ggf on his paternal side. (Sarah Mitchell is also my 2nd ggm on my dad's maternal and 3rd ggm on his paternal side). Except for Henry Frazier, most of the Fraziers stayed in and around White County, TN, migrating there from North Carolina and Virginia.
I just remembered about that book, that mentions the Transported Highlanders, John Fraser of one of 5 brothers. He was one of the first to change the spelling. I'm not sure if he was of the Lovats or not.
That is very interesting, Lynette. That must have been very early in U.S. bistory. I hope to be able to track down that book. If you happen to remember the title, let me know.
Sherry, that is an interesting family tree. I guess that makes it difficult to make DNA comparisons since you have the same DNA on both sides. Have you had your DNA tested yet?  By the way, my Fraziers track back to Tennessee supposedly by way of South Carolina. The track ends in Tennessee, so that is where I do some of my searching. There are a lot of Tenneessee Fraziers.
"Interesting" is one way of putting it. :-)

Yes, my brother, half-aunt ( my dad's half-sister on our Brown side) several Brown and Frazier cousins and myself have all done autosomal tests and my brother has taken a YDNA test as well, which also revealed surprising results. It is conclusive that our surname was originally Whiteside and not Brown!

I'm just starting to learn the ins and outs of genetic genealogy and as you said, I'm finding it very difficult to discern which line my triangulated matches go with. I'm not sure I'm up to the challenge of figuring it all out, but I will continue to try.

Thank goodness the Fraziers aren't on my mother's side as well!!
link to worldcat... you might be able to order it from a library.

http://www.worldcat.org/title/highland-scots-of-north-carolina-1732-1776/oclc/466801

There is another version that begins in 1600s.
Lynette,

Thank you for posting the link. I will definitely try to find it.

I received these Frazier papers years ago from another distant family member. The original research was done I believe by James Frasier of Sparta, White Co, TN. I can't vouch for it's accuracy, but it does give some background on the Fraser name. The first 5 pages can be found at the following link: 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/izus2qav7r916hh/AAAUTzp8jP6Lw-IWH4sdaOaFa?dl=0

You will need to download it. A separate webpage will open with the pdf.

Thanks Sherry, compare that to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fraser,_11th_Lord_Lovat

And he should be in the scottish peerage too.

But the only son of Simon, Lord Lovat,  known to have come to the New World was Simon who was repatriated after Culloden and sent to Canada.
These may be good links on the Frazier Name Study page. I have opened the profile for editing since one has to have a person's private email address to add them to the Trusted List. Inconvenient. So feel free to add these links to that page.

Lynette,

Through the worldcat link, I found a copy of The HIghland Scots in North Carolina 1772-1736 in a local library near me.  I will be taking a look at it soon.  Thanks!

 

No probs. I also found a book in public domain at archives.com   HISTORY OF THE FRASERS by Alexander McKinzey. Since its in pdf which may or not translate well to text, but I will clean it up and make a free space page for it. And attach it to your Fraser page.
Thank you Lynette. Look forward to reading it.

I read the Simon Fraser page you posted the link for. Reminds me of the series Outlander by Diana Gabaldon that has been on Starz...the Jacobites, Battle of Culloden, etc. :-D

The names mentioned on that page seem to be repeated a lot in my Frasier/Frazier line...Alexander, Thomas, Simon, James, etc.
Well, Gabaldon did use a lot of historical people and events. I picked up the first book in pb at a convenient store and was so enthralled I bought a hc at the bookstore.  She wanted the 1st three to come out as 1 volume. I'm glad it came out as it did.

Its doubtful that Brian Fraser was the recognised illegitimate son of Simon, as Gabaldon writes.
I haven t read any of the books. My daughter has read them all. I've just watched the series which is starting the 3rd season in Sep and they're barely into the 2nd book. Very well done, but definitely for mature audiences only!

Doesn't surprise me that she might use a little creative license in her characters. Is Brian Fraser the main character in the books, because Jamie Fraser is the main character in the series?
No, Brian's only claim to fame is he's Jamie's father. I've only seen the 1st season and it stuck pretty much to the book. At least from what I remembered, its been 20 years since I read the first one.

Wait till you get to the 3rd Book Voyager!!!! WOO HOO!!!

Read the books. But of course she's got to use creative license She's got these massive stories to tell.
Hi

My family name is Frazier. My dad was Tollie Frazier born in South Carolina 1906. He serve in the Army.
That is fantastic,  Lynette! Thank you!
I think I've read the first 2 of Gabaldon's books. I tend to skip certain large portions of them to keep to the storyline. Lol.
Welcome to WikiTree, Deborah Frazier! I hope you'll join the Frazier Name Study.  Check out the profile using the link at the top of this thread.
Lol. I owned a used book store from 1997-2005. No wonder I couldn't keep them on the shelf!
EXACTLY!!! Sherry!!!! Then comes the next set of book.
There are Fraziers in my tree. It appears that many of the responses are for America, My Fraziers are ENGLAND. 19th century . I have lost traces of them after 1860 ish. Father is John Frazier a circus musician and daughters married into other Victorian circus families.

Are you wanting  these English Fraziers in the study?
Absolutely, Erin! We would love to connect all of the branches of Fraziers! Please take a look at what we have. I will add the category tag to your Fraziers. I have been a little inactive on this page because of some research tgat has kept me busy, but I will be updating soon.

Edie
I am definitely interested in the Frazier study.  It took me forever just to find my 3 times grandfather Presley Frazier who was born in S. Carolina moved to Tennessee where he married his wife Sarah Bingan/Binyan and then moved to Indiana where his family stayed near Ross, Lake County, Indiana.  I too have had to wade through all the spellings of the name Frazier. I believe Presley's father was William Peter Frazier(1778-1844) who came from Scotland and settled in South Carolina marrying an Elizabeth(1788-1850).
That is interesting! Supposedly my gg grandfather was born in Tennessee about 1805, then moved to Tennessee, married, then moved to Texas. Unfortunately after his wife died in Texas he abandoned his family in Texas and went to California during Gold Rush days. It is reported that his father was also William from Scotland, who married a Dicey Dover.  Hmm. I am interested in looking at your tree. We are collecting some interesting info here. The plan is to organize the info, find the links and follow them back to the British Isles.
My maiden name is Frazier, the branch in southwest Virginia. Many migrated from there to Michigan in about 1915-1920.  Were coalminers and farmers. Very tangled with McConnells who migrated there from PA.
That is very interesting, Melanie. I don't think I have had a reply detailing a history similar to yours. Welcome to the Frazier Name Study! It is still in beginning stages. As you spend time on WikiTree, you will learn what we do here and what may be possible on the study. Your suggestions and assistance will be welcome.

Edie K
I have a group of Fraziers in my Hancock Co. Maine database but have not added them to WikiTree but could if they are of interest.  BTW this particular clan is found as Freese in some records.
Please add them to WikiTree and add {{Category:Frazier Name Study}} to the top of their profile. The goal is to gather all Fraziers in on location and then track the different family groups as they migrate.   There are so many different spellings of Frazier.  I believe they all originated as Fraser in the UK, but but we recognize they have the same genesis.  Thanks for your interest!.
My brick wall is Presley Frazier born in South Carolina and moved to Tennessee and married Sarah Binyan and they moved to Indiana where they had my great grandfather Alfred Kelly Frazier.
I see you have your Fraziers on the tree. Feel free to add the Category:Frazier Name Study to each of their profiles. If you need assistance, I will be happy to do help. Hopefully this study will help you break through that brick wall!

How do you do that?  I saw this somewhere and added it to the profile of Presley Frazier but I don't see that it took....[[Category:Frazier Name Study]]

I am of a Frazier line; However, I'm unsure that my family line will be of any assistance. I do not have much information past a few generations and I don't know how we came to be "Frazier". My great, great, great maternal grandfather is the furthest I have been able to trace back. I am unsure if they just took the name Frazier during the time of the cultural transformation of my ancestors or if Frazier made its way in here naturally. I do know because of a dna test through 23andme that I, myself am in large part Irish/British, and 17% Native American (most of which I know to be Choctaw and my family is enrolled as Choctaw on the Dawes Rolls) but as far as I know for sure, the Irish or British lineage travels along the parts of my family that aren't Frazier.

I have hit a really HARD brick wall as far as this family line goes. This may be just lack of information overall, or because my Native American Ancestry doesn't quite have documentation back any further. Or possibly even because no one spelled Choctaw names correctly and many Choctaws could not read or write english during that time (based on census data, etc. my Choctaw lines could not read or write english nearer the time of 1838 when the Trail of Tears was occurring). It could also be that a relative before this point may not have had an English name and was instead only Native American. Either way, here is some info that I do know (starting before my mother's generation):

 

Edgar Warren Frazier (born Rattan, OK) (1919 - 2015) (Choctaw)

married Stella Louaine Harmon (1924 - 2006) (Non Indian)

(3 children, including my mother)

 

Benjamin Wheeler Frazier (born Indian Territory, OK) (1891 - 1965)

married Martha Lettie Musgrave (1888 - 1947) (both claim full Choctaw)

(around 7 children, including EWF above)

 

Simon "Sumplin" Frazier (born Indian Territory, OK) (1873 - 1904)

married Rhoda Lewells Tasahiya (both claim full Choctaw)

(1 child, including BWF above)

 

Lewis Frazier? (no birth or death info) (no nationality known)

married to Atuklantema? (abt. 1824 - 1902) (full choctaw)

(1 child known based on very limited information; Sumplin, above.)

 

**Atuklantema is listed as widowed on the Choctaw Roll and full Choctaw. Both her mother (Pisatima) and father (Tunola) are listed there as well, as deceased. I have no 100% confirmation that this is fact, but the Rolls lead me to believe this information. Atuklantema was said to be born in Mississippi and the timing and recorded facts lead me to believe that she was one of my ancestors who survived the Trail of Tears (abt 1838). I do not find any information related to what happened to her husband at all or any of "Lewis Frazier" relatives beyond Sumplin. It is possible that Lewis was her husband and that he was not Choctaw at all, despite "100% choctaw" claims of her child, due to Choctaw matrilineality. Lewis Frazier could possibly be my family's first introduction of non-indian blood and I have no way of finding out.

 

So, I doubt that any of this is helpful at all, but there you have it. I have restricted from listing all children from each coupling simply due to the fact that I'm not sure our Choctaw line helps at all in this situation.
It took, Janice. That is how it is supposed to look. If you go to the Frazier Name Study page, then click on the link for the category page, you will see his name listed.
Thank you, Lori, for the information.  You are a Frazier and so your line back is of interest.  You are not the only Frazier who appears to have ancestors who married into Native American tribes.  Please feel free to add the Category:Frazier Name Study surrounded by double brackets on each Frazier profile.  Eventually we may be able to answer the questions you have about your family!
Edie
Lori,

Benjamin Frazier is my great grandfather. Are you on Ancestry yet?
Yes, I've been on Ancestry for several years.  I just use it for my own Frazier branch though.  I have been trying to document Fraziers who married into various Native American tribes on WikiTree.  I took a brief break from working on this page in order to do some research on my own brickwall, but I am active again on trying to add various Frazier lines to WikiTree.  I started a new project with adding Family Groups in order to better track the migration of the different branches of Fraziers.  I am planning on following up on some of the branches mentioned here and making sure they are documented on WikiTree.  Hopefully, others will add their profiles for their family members and add the Frazier Name Study category to those who have the Frazier surname.
My fathers last name was Frazier but he was adopted by his step father when he was young. From what I know Lewis Frazier married a Choctaw woman (my great 3 x’s grandmother).
I have added the Frazier Name Study category on Benjamin Wheeler Frazier's profile.  Feel free to copy that category from the edit page and add it to other profiles that have the Frazier surname as LNAB.

Here is my Frazier connection:

William is the fourth great grandfather of Jeanne

1. Jeanne is the daughter of Herbert Fair Lunn [unknown confidence] 
2. Herbert is the son of Lucy Artilla (Luther) Lunn [unknown confidence] 
3. Lucy is the daughter of Martha M. (Frazier) Luther [confident] 
4. Martha is the daughter of William Pullen Anderson Frazier [unknown confidence] 
5. William is the son of David Frazier [unknown confidence] 
6. David is the son of William Frazier [unknown confidence] 
This makes William the fourth great grandfather of Jeanne.

Jeanne, I have been working on your Frazier line and I plan on adding it to the Frazier Name Study. Feel free to join the study, if you like.  I believe our lines are distantly related by marriage -- my Garretson line connected through the Frazier line.
Hooray!
I am a Frazier of Choctaw decent, but haven't had anything to do with my Native Family in 18 years or so.

Here's what I've managed to find with the help of my mother and one Native cousin.

The first Frazier I am related to is Sallie Ann Frazier 1875-1920 (Married Moses Belvin)

Her parents were Elsie Payson 1857-1901 and Osborne Frazier 1861-1916

Osborne's parents were Tobias Frazier 1829-1895 and Che-Ma-Le-Hokee 1830-1896

Tobias' parents were Hah-hana Frazier 1805-1850 (father) and Mulsey born 1811 (mother)

I would love to possibly learn more about this particular line

Hi,

I am not a Frazier or any other variant, however, I'd like to draw the one name study's attention to Ebenezer F Johnson Jr (abt. 1800) who reportedly changed his name to Fraser.

The information that he changed his name to Fraser came via email from a direct descendant who then went radio silent on me. See the footnote in the profile. I have that descendant's email address if you're interested. He might be more responsive to a Frazier than he is to a Garrigues given the family histories.

I've done zero research on what happened to him or his family after he changed his name since it's not my family and his "connection" (as it were) to the Garrigues line ended at that point.

Thanks for the info. I will attempt to contact him.
I have a brick wall Frazier family,  Elizabeth Hulda(h) Frazier born October  1812 and a likely Brother Andrew Jackson Frazier born 1816 both in Indiana.  They live next to each other in Arkansas. In the 1840’s and 1850’s.

Their father is said to have died around 1821 on their way to Fort Smith Arkansas. The mother was said to be a renowned weaver with some connections to the medical field as in her father was a doctor that had studied in Europe.  No known connections back to any Frazier family we can find but we have some small DNA matches to the Thomas Frazier family of NC, Samuel Frazier family of TN and a Joseph Frazier in KY.

Living near where Elizabeth and Andrew lived in Arkansas was Manson Frazier, Henry Frazier, and for awhile, Elizabeth and her husband have a Francis Frazier age 18 living with them born in Missouri- that is 1850.

When they move to Texas in 1855, a Wiley F Frazier moves near them and he has a daughter Hulda Jane Frazier.  Wiley and Elizabeth also have a Hulda Jane, and Andrew has a Jane.  Wiley Frazier’s widow then moves back to McDonald Missouri.

I’ve scoured Quaker archives to see if we are Quaker Indiana Frazier’s but didn’t find any Hulda or Elizabeth Frazier’s that are the right age for mine. I’m more or less wondering how Elizabeth could have been born in 1812 Indiana and not been a Quaker unless they are just related to Quakers or her father is military.

Would love to find someone who knows more on this family

The Joseph Frazier family that we have several DNA matches to in Kentucky- he then travels to Fort Vincennes, Indiana before moving on to Missouri and one of his sons is also named Manson Frazier.  I feel like there’s a connection with these names somehow.

Thanks!
I have been working on Frazier my great great grandpa Joseph ervin Frazier

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+12 votes

Hello, I have a Frazer in my family tree.  Rebecca Frazer (b. 1760).

Living in Pennsylvania and either a Quaker or related.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Frazer-984

by Erik Granstrom G2G6 Mach 4 (47.5k points)
That is awesome, Eric. I will tag her profile with the Frazer Category. I have been doing research in Quaker records recently, so I will look for her name. Do you want to join the project: Frazier Name Study?
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Frazier, at least to early 1800's. I think after Culloden many Frasers may have changed their spelling :)

 

I'm looking for more info if any has any of the following Frazier ancestors:
?N. Ireland to America,
John 7/7/1725 -
wife unknown - possibly Jane MacIntyre
son Stephen D. Frazier b. 3/8/1773 Kingston,RI
dau Kathrine B. 11 Jun 1767
1788 settled       John F.              RICHMONDVILLE
- The Town of Richmondville was formed from Cobleskill,NY
1790 John in Canajoharie census
Frazier, John--1-1-1-0-*
12/26/1797 married Stephen D. Frazier and Ruth Torrey       Williamstown, Berkshire, MA
They had lots of kids:
Weighty FRAZIER       1798-1839 b Williamstown Dec. 8 died jan 10 1839
Stephen FRAZIER       1800-1800
Martha FRAZIER       1801-1842 m Ambrose Green 3/23/1820 born in Schodak?
Samuel FRAZIER       1802-1860 m. Lydia A. YOUNG 15 Jun 1823 Lydia b. 1805
Sarah FRAZIER       1804-1842 m Samuel GARDNER2 Jan 1834
Minerva FRAZIER       1805-1840 m. George KAYNER 19 Sep 1824
       d. 5/29/1840 b 11/29/1805
Elizabeth FRAZIERm.July 25 1847 Roswell Morgan, Winfield, 49 Elizabeth Fraz, Germ Flatts, age 40 1807-1873 (still there in 1880 census)
Moses FRAZIER        1809-1809
Asenath FRAZIER       4/18/1810-8/4/1892 Watson?
Clarrisa FRAZIER       3/22/1812-?       m. Conklin W. PAYNE3 Nov 1842
Stephen Frazier              baker in Boston              
6/8/1802       born       Samuel Frazier       Cobleskill,NY              LDS says Williamstown, MA              
9/10/1802       died       John Frazier              Middlefield,NY Otsego Co.
12/9/1804 Stephen Frazier moved to German Flatts
1820 census lived Stephen German Flatts, Herkimer Co.
6/15/1823       married       Samuel Frazier              Lydia Ann Young (1805-1880)                     
settled       Samuel Frazier              Scriba,NY Oswego Co.
1824       march 18       born        Rhoda Jane Frazier da. Of Samuel and Lydia in Herkimer Co.
she married George Hawkins White 8/27/1850, moved to Sublette,Ill.
18?? born William C. Frazier       son Of Samuel and Lydia in Herkimer Co.
1828       original member SamFree-Communion Baptist Church,N. Scriba       
1830 census       lived       Sam Scriba,NY Oswego Co.       
1/11/1826       born       Marcus L. Frazier       son Of Samuel and Lydia in Scriba,Oswego Co.
              moved       Samuel Frazier              Royalton Twp. Niagara Co. NY              
1835 Samuel Frazier       Chicago       land speculator?              
1836 moved Samuel Frazier Salem,MI Washtenaw Co.                     bought land       
1840 Census Stephen in German Flatts
1844 (about) Rhoda marries Vinson Gideon Perkins
              In Hudson, Lenawee
1844 moved       Samuel Frazier       traded farm for another in Hudson,MI              
later        moved       Samuel Frazier              sold the farm, moved to Goshen,In. Dairy Cheesemaker        (elkhart twp?) (elkhart co?)                                                               
3/11/1845 died       Stephen Frazier       German Flatts, NY Herkimer Co.              
5/5/1850 married Marcus L. Frazier       Sarah E. Green
1850        Rhoda marries George Hawkins White                            
5/5/1851       moved       Marcus L. Frazier              Sarah E. Green              to Mi              
//1852              moved       Marcus L. Frazier              Sarah E. Green       to NY bought the Green farm       
1855              on 1855 map Marion County       Samuel Frazier (Pike township) (wrong county?)
1857       died       Ruth Torrey Frazier        German Flatts                                   
3/27/1861 born       Elmer Frazier       Adrian,Mi Lenawee Co.                            
9/07/1860       died       Samuel Frazier              Goshen,Indiana
Elkhart County, Indiana CRIMP Project Index
Elkhart Probate RecordsF       
Film NameNo VaultExtra - Names and Information       
66 Frazier, Samuel95 D-6Wife Lydia died before Samuel              
//1861              died       Marcus L. Frazier              Hudson,MI Lenawee Co.                     
//1865       ?       moved       Marcus L. Frazier              Sarah E. Green       to Mi       bought Samuel's farm       
//1870              burned       Marcus L.'s home              replaced with brick                            
6/30/1884       bought       Elmer Frazier    SE28/121-N 65-W No 5th PM SDBrown  160 acres in New Hope, Brown Co. SD (sod house, depression in the ground now)              
10/29/1884       married       Elmer Frazier              Harriet L. Tracy       

and on to modern times...
Any info appreciated! Bob
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Thanks, Bob. Are all these ancestors on Wikitree yet?
Geez, just caught your question today. Yes they're in wikitree. I've also added some possibly unrelated Fraziers that I came across while hunting Fraziers in the Herkimer area.
+10 votes
I am a Frazier by birth.  Tracing my Frazier family has been challenging due to the numerous spellings.  I'd love to join the Frazier Name Study Project.

I have numerous Frazier profiles in my Family Tree.  Feel free to take a look.
 

Amy
by Amy W G2G6 Mach 1 (18.5k points)
+9 votes
Yes, I have FRAZIER (FRAZER) in my lineage.  SOWELL FRAZIER was born 9 April 1764 in Bertie, NC (info from pension record).  Moved to Granville, NC at 6 mos. of age;  married at 19 (1793) to Temperance Hester.   In 1784, moved to Surry, now Stokes Co., NC.  After first wife died, married Sarah Davis.  Sowell Frazier(Frazer) died on 18 March 1851 in Forsyth Co., NC.

  My 4th great-gm, Charity Frazier, born December 19, 1790 m. Charles Barham in Stokes Co., NC.on May 2, 1806.
by Sandra Loridans G2G Crew (470 points)
Sandra,

Welcome to the Frazier Name Study!  Curiously, I think I have been recently researching your branch of Fraziers.  I hope to post some of this research on the Frazier Name Study page soon.  I will be interested to look at your Frazier branch.  As you become familiar with WikiTree and the One Name Studies, I hope you will participate in collaboration on our Frazier research.

Edie K
Edie, My branch was fairly easy to trace using clues from Sowell Frazier (Frazer)'s DAR Patriot lineage, combined with the Will of his father, William Frazier I.   His Will indicates that he had 3 wives; 2 had last name SOWELL and were sisters and I believe the last wife, Mary, was also a SOWELL.  He had 10 children (my Sowell Frazier was one) and named them all in the Will, just didn't indicate which child belonged to which mother!  (Note:  One of the children was CHARITY, namesake of my 3rd ggm, dtr. of Sowell). William I (or Sr) was son of Daniel Frazier & Margaret Dawson;  Daniel was son of John B. Frazier II and I think the "B" stood for Bernard m Mary Margaret Faulkner, etc. etc..  I also used info from Ancestry.com which proved to be fairly accurate.  I was able to trace this line to their Royal line to Edward I (Longshanks) & II; Henry II, King John, Henry III and stopped at 1:30 AM because this ran into my Barham (Charity F's husband)'s line.  Of course, this was only one Royal line.  If you have any trouble tracing this line, let me know.  I think it is fairly solid.  I have not had a chance to see if one of these Fraziers, Faulkners, Abbotts, Offley names have documentation w/Colonial Dames.  If so, the Royal line would be unquestionable.. Good luck, Sandra McKinnon Loridans
Sandra, I am looking at your family tree and I do not see the line which leads to your 4g grandmother. Are you able to add the line, so I can see where it attaches to your tree?  Thanks,  Edie K
+9 votes
I am a Frazier by birth. I am interested in learning more about Fraziers, Frasers, etc.
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That is wonderful! Hopefully, one day we will have all Fraziers connected.
Dean, do you have a profile yet?  Drop me a comment when you do.

Thanks, Edie
+8 votes

I have no Frazier's in my line as far as I know (worked with a Fraser in Montreal!), but wanted to mention a possible resource, not mentioned anywhere else here as far as I could see.

   Free DNA Tests - ISOGG

I can't guarantee its availability, and she does have a condition, but it sure sounds very inclusive.

by Rob Jacobson G2G6 Pilot (136k points)
Thanks for the info,  Rob! I checked out the site. She is offering a free Y-37 to any Fraser or Frazer who can prove a Scottish birth during the last 200 years. I assume she means an ancestor with a Scottish birth within the last 200 years.  That could be great for those who qualify.
+9 votes
I will join your Frazier name study.  My Maternal Grandfather was Henry Howard Frazier from Knox County, Indiana.  He was a coal miner and died young, in 1940.
by Lynn Masters G2G Crew (470 points)
Wonderful!  I will add your name to the project and send you more information tomorrow. We can add the Frazier Name Study category to your grandfather's profile.
Lynn, I have added your name as a project participant on the Frazier Name Study.  Visit the Frazier Name Study page at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Frazier_Name_Study.  There is a link on the top of that page that goes to the category page which lists the Frazier profiles that we presently have added to the study.  Please feel free to add the category to each of your Frazier profiles.  There is an explanation of the project's goals and the page will give you an idea of where we are and how you can join in.  If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
+9 votes
I have Frazier ancestors in my Ballard line. John V. Frazier married Martha Irby in Greene county, Georgia 18 Nov. 1841. He was born in South Carolina. They had a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Frazier 22 Sept 1844 in Greene county and then moved to Texas. She married, first, Francis B. Burns and second, John Benjamin Ballard. John is my 2x great grandfather.

Would love to join the name study.
by Thressa Paplanus G2G5 (5.1k points)
Thressa,

Welcome to the Frazier Name Study!  I will add your name to the participants in the study.  I would suggest that you study the Name Study Page at Space:Frazier_Name_Study and look at the various projects.  A good place to start work is to add the category to each profile with [[Category:Frazier Name Study]] and the birth and death locations of each profile with [[Category:State, Frazier Name Study]].  Those profiles are then listed on the category page.  For the ancestors who migrated from Europe to the New World, I consider those our main profiles of interest and I like to put the Frazier Name Study template on those.  You can see how that is added on the space page.  If  you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Thanks,

Edie K
+8 votes

I'm happy to help research Frasers who lived in Québec.  My brother-in-law descends from Peter Fraser, who helped settle Green Isle (now Île Verte, Québec) circa 1800.

by Greg Lavoie G2G6 Pilot (368k points)
Greg, thank you so much for your offer to research Frasers who lived in Quebec.  I have run into Fraser lines who migrated to Canada and would appreciate help with those lines.  Please feel free to add the category [[Category:Frazer Name Study]] to any of those profiles.  Also, I guess we need to start a new category for Canada profiles.  Please feel free to set up that category in the Frazier Name Study, or I will as I have the time.

Thanks!

Edie K
+10 votes
My mother's maiden name is Frazier
by Kristina Scruggs G2G Crew (500 points)
Kristina,

Welcome to the Frazier Name Study!  We are looking forward to you adding to your Frazier line.  Make sure you look for those people who are already on the tree, so that you can join the WikiTree family.  The instructions for adding your Frazier family members to the study are on the page https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space;Frazier_Name_Study.  If you have any problems with it, message me.

Edie K
+8 votes
I have a Fraser brickwall.  Elizabeth Fraser/Praser/Prazer (Fraser-6076), who was Irish, married an Irish military man John Abraham Odlum/Adlum (Odlum-36), who was serving in the British Navy.  Their children were born in Africa and Gibraltar.  I think Elizabeth may have been a daughter of one of Odlum's commanding officers.
by Michael Schell G2G6 Mach 4 (48.9k points)
edited by Michael Schell
+7 votes
My mother was born Frazier.  I was able to trace her paternal tree to Thomas Frazier, Solomon Frazier and then John Frazier who seems to be an indentured servant who made his way from the Carribean to Virginia where the above mentioned Fraziers settled and had families.  I have not found John's father.
by Priscilla Floyd G2G Crew (940 points)
Priscilla, I looked at your tree and I don't see a source for John being an indentured servant on his profile. Do you have one you can add?
I do have a source.  His travel records.  I will find them them and add them.
That will be very helpful,  Priscilla!
+6 votes

I'd like to add a 7th ggf Alexander Frazier (d 1750, Chester, Pennsylvania) to your study. There's plenty of family lore saying he's Scottish in origin and he's attached to entirely speculative parents in Scotland -- but not one shred of evidence.

by T Stanton G2G6 Pilot (351k points)
Yes, he is added to the study and research notes are included indicating we need more research on his birthplace and date. Perhaps someone with access to records in Scotland can find more info to give us a definitive answer. Or immigration records or something.
I am planning on adding this whole line of Fraziers to the study. I guess I was waiting on a little more research on which person is the emigre from Scotland...and the time.  I will add that Alexander as the first to emigrate to the Colonies and hope for substantive proof as we go along.
Adding to the research of Sheena Tait added to the profile, the Alexander Frazier in the colony is not literate and signs documents with his mark. Had he been the son of the writer/lawyer in Edinburgh Parish he would in all probability have been literate. I've not yet proposed detaching the parents marked Uncertain but I think it is near certain that they are not the parents based on the simple literacy issue.
That is a very logical conclusion and probably enough to make that change. I am not one of the PMs, so you might message them for comments on the change.
+5 votes
I am a Frasher. My DAR Frasher/Frazier relative was Micajah Frazier (Mcager Frazure - various spellings) He was born in Albemarle County Virginia Dec. 25, 1753 according to his Rev. War. Pension Application Affidavit. He has a great progeny out there and we are all trying to find his parents. There are many inaccurate parental listings for him on ancestry.com. I am working with my father who has done the Big Y dna test through Family Tree DNA. I would welcome any info on Micajah or how to trace my dads DNA to Scotland or Ireland.
by b Frasher G2G Crew (350 points)
That Frasher is profile Frasher-59 [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Frasher-59]. I have done quite a bit of work on that line because I think it is possible the ancestor to my brick wall may be on that line. Micajah Frasher is quite an interesting fellow. It would be great if we can tie your line into Micajah's line. As you add ancestors back, just connect into the line at the appropriate place. If the line is missing people and you have the research to plug some holes, please add the appropriate profiles. You might consider becoming a member of the Frazier Name Study project. One of the goals of the project is to track the family lines back to Europe, especially Scotland.
My Fraser line was Frazier in 1817 then changed to Frasher in early 1800s by census enumerators.  My 4xGGfthr was born in WVa and settled just across the OH River in Meigs Co.  I have noticed that unrelated Frazier families during that time in OH also had their Frazier spellings changed on the census forms to Frasher or Frayser.  

I have done research to confirm whether or not there is any connection between my family and Micajah Frasher's family but there doesn't seem to be any that I can connect at this time.  However, I would be interested in stay in contact as I am at a brick wall and haven't been able to get past my 4x great grandfather Lewis Frasher (not the same one as in Micajah's family).  

Have a great day!

Julie Walker-Frasher (see my message below under Julie Walker)
+5 votes
Fraser/Frazer in Scotland is spelled both ways. My guess is that the "z" used to be a yogh which is an old Scottish letter that looks like a "z" but is more an aspirant "Frayer". The Frazier variant appears to be a North American thing. I haven't seen any Frazier spellings in the UK.

As to your question about your ancestor, the 78th Fraser Highlanders were stationed in Quebec during the Seven Years' War and the French and Indian Wars. They were disbanded in Quebec and a lot of the soldiers (named Fraser) married local girls and settled in Quebec. Some of those women may have been First Nations. One of the big economic activities in Quebec was the fur trade. Quebec traders could be found down the Mississippi and along a lot of the navigable waterways. It's quite possible your Louis Frazier was the grandson of one of these men. Louis is not a Scottish first name but Lewis or Ludovick is.

My third great grandfather is William Frazer who served with the 71st Regiment of Foot in Portugal and Spain. I keep wondering whether a Spanish cousin is going to show up.

Just my theory.

Elizabeth Russon
by Elizabeth Russon G2G6 Mach 2 (28.1k points)
You are certainly right that the spellilng "Frazier" is an American spelling. The earlier spellings in the States are usually Fraser and Frazer.  For the Frazier Name Study, there was already a Fraser Name Study, so I couldn't use that name, but that study has been incorporated into the Frazier Name Study.  Our study covers all different spellings for Frazer/Fraser/Frazier. I have found Frazers of whatever spelling very early in the settling of this continent, many in the Colonies as well as in Canada.  Chasing them back to Scotland is very difficult since it seems they are all Williams, Alexanders, Jameses, Thomases and Johns. That is one of the goals of the Frazier Name Study: to track our ancestors back mainly to Scotland and Ireland. We use Family Groups to separate the numerous lines. Any help you can give us tracking these numerous Frasers back to Scotland would be much appreciated!!
Yeah, the Scottish naming pattern is very hard to overcome. I had an easy ride as William's father was Charles! But his father was James. A lot of them were also merchants which means they could be found anywhere. My James Frazer was "lately from Bombay". He also attached himself to John Kennedy, Earl of Cassillis as principle servant. Cassillis was a Jacobite and my Frazer disappeared leaving a widow in Greenock. Not sure if he ended up in the USA or just died leaving no record.
Maybe DNA will help us to solve the mystery someday.
+5 votes

I am a Frasher (previously Frazier c. 1817).  I am interested in participating.  My Frazier family originated in Virginia (possibly W.Va).  Settled in Pomeroy, OH.  Census enumerators changed the spelling to Frasher in ~1840s. This family moved to Missouri and, generally speaking, all Frashers  in this state are descended from the original family.

Here is my direct line as far back as I can reasonably get it, then I hit brick walls:

1.  Lewis Frazier b. 1817 WV d. Sweet Home, Clark Co, MO ?/?/? -m- Mary J. Bailey b. 1819 d. Sweet Home, Clark Co, MO ?/?/?

2.  Thomas Jefferson Frazier (Frasher) b. 1842 Meigs Co., OH d. 1878 Sturgeon, Boone Co., MO -m- Caroline Clark (Odam) b. 1840 Athens, Clark Co., MO, d. ?/?/? (likely Boone Co., MO)

3.  Lewis Clark Frasher b. 1/12/1871 Alexandria, Clark Co., MO d. 2/11/1963 Boonville, Cooper Co., MO -m- Charlotte Isabel Parrish "Lottie Mae" b. 1877 Linn Creek, Camden Co., MO d. 5/13/1955 Jefferson City, Cole, Co., MO

4.  Thomas Marion Frasher b. 7/13/1905 Shawnee Bend, Camden Co., MO d. 12/14/1983 Jefferson City, Cole Co., MO -m- Vera Mae Turpin b. 6/27/1914 Amarillo, Potter Co., TX d. May 4, 1996 Jefferson City, Cole Co., MO

5.  "Living Mother Frasher" Jefferson City, Cole Co., MO -m- "Deceased Father Walker" Jefferson City, Cole Co., MO

by Julie Walker G2G Crew (350 points)
edited by Julie Walker
Sounds to me that your Frazier line could very possibly descend from the Robert Frazier that was on the Lewis and Clark expedition.  He was born in VA and after the expedition he settled in MO (I think the St. Louis area).  The expedition was put together by Thomas Jefferson for Lewis and Clark to explore to the Pacific coast. Clues could be a son named Lewis Clark and another son named Thomas Jefferson Frazier. I would definitely be trying to find out. A longshot worth betting on.

J.S. Frazier
+5 votes
I am a Choctaw Frazier and am interested in any additional information. My DNA profile shows primarily Native American and Scottish.
by anonymous G2G Crew (350 points)
Very interesting! If you check out the Frazier Name Study you will see that there is an entire line of Native American Fraziers. You may be able to find your ancestors there.
+4 votes

I am descended from the Fraser line but the last name was changed to Frazier 

Fraser-21 is the wiki ID of my 11th Grandfather 

by Larry Smith G2G1 (1.5k points)
+4 votes
I have Fraziers in my ancestry. I’m originally from West Virginia and I’ve only seen the surname spelled Frazier.
by K. Jeffries G2G Crew (840 points)

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