William Trefry (1707)

Born 26 May 1707 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

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Biography

William Trefry was born 26 May 1706 or 07 the son of Thomas Trefry 2nd and Agnes Dennis of Marblehead, Massachusett^{[1] [2]}

• Note the Brown genealogy for the Trefry family in Yarmouth Nova Scotia mistakenly gives William another mother^[3]. This profile shows the information in the primary sources.

On 28 August 1730, his intention to marry Rebecca Preston was published in Salem Massachusetts^[4]. Their children were born in Marblehead, including:

1. William, s. William and Rebekah, bp. May 6, 1733^[5]
2. Thomas, s. William and Rebekah, bp. Mar. 9, 1734-5^[5]
3. Joseph, s. William and Rebecca, bp. Feb. 26, 1737-8^[6]
4. Samuel, s. William and Rebeckah, bp. Apr. 10, 1743^[7]

These sources don't show death information for William

• A William Trefry was a Lieutenant at Louisbourg in 1744^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records showing Marblehead - Births; Volume 1, page 515, also available on NEHGS, which states: TREFREY (Trefry) William [Trefry. CR1], s. Thomas and Annas [Annis. CR1], May 26, 17[07. TC; bp. June 9, 1706. CR1]
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ8Q-TVS : 4 December 2014), William Trefrey, 26 May 1707; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0823835 IT 4, 1033778, 0823835 IT 4.
3. ↑ Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies : Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald, by George S. Brown; prepared for publication by Martha & William Reamy, assisted by John McDonald Hilton ... et al.; published in Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1993. ISBN: 0806313722; page 588
4. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records showing Salem -Marriages; Volume 4, page 217, also available on NEHGS, which states: PRESTON (Presson, Presston) Rebecca, and William Trevie of Marblehead, int. Aug. 28, 1730.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Massachusetts Vital Records showing Marblehead - Births; Volume 1, page 519, also available on NEHGS, which states: TREFREY (Trefry)Thomas, s. William and Rebekah, bp. Mar. 9, 1734-5 and William, s. William and Rebekah, bp. May 6, 1733
6. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records showing Marblehead - Births; Volume 1, page 517, also available on NEHGS, which states: TREFREY (Trefry)Joseph, s. William and Rebecca, bp. Feb. 26, 1737-8
7. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records showing Marblehead - Births; Volume 1, page 518, also available on NEHGS, which states: TREFREY (Trefry) Samuel, s. William and Rebeckah, bp. Apr. 10, 1743
8. ↑ Louisbourg Soldiers Published in Volume 44, page 373 of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)