Adrian Frye (1604 - 1695)

Born 1604 in Henbury, Bristol, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Bryant) Frye — married 23 Jul 1627 in Gloucestershire, England

Descendants

Died 1695 at about age 91 in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

FRYE, Adrian first appears in 1663, in Eliot, Maine. In 1664 Abraham Conley, Adrian Frye and Elizabeth Conley were witnesses against Thomas Crawley, and in 1675 Abraham Conley was living with Adrian Frey.

In Philip's War he moved to Portsmouth Lists 30, 331b, 298. Adrian married Hannah White, d. of Robert White. In 1692 they deeded their homestead to son Wm. for life support., deed proved by witness 16 Sep 1695. Admin. on her estate to grandson William 23 November 1709. Their posterity were largely Friends. Children: 1. Eleanor, born about 1668, married about 1692 John Brooks, married 2nd John Bishop 8 Jan 1712/13, no children from 2nd marriage. 2. William, town gr. 1694 married Hannah Hill. 3. Sarah, married (Court Apr 1695) 1 October 1695 to Nicholas Morrell. 4. Joseph, taken captive abt. 1695, when aged 15 or 16, still in captivity 1711. See Coleman's Capt. i 383-8, List 99. 5. Elizabeth, married 3 Mar 1700/1 to her cousin James Thompson. 6. Joanna, married (Court Oct 1700) Thomas Mazeet. 7. Adrian, was a weaver by occupation, married 8 Jun 1705 Mercy Chapman. In 1708 both were in Portsmouth, sentinel at the fort, List 298. They sold out in Eliot, 'glazier,' in 1717. ^[1]

Adrian had land grants in Kittery of 10 acres each in 1666, 1668, 1679, and a 20 acre grant in 1682. ^[2]In 1699 one of his grants given to his son in law John Brooks Adrian's homestead located on the south side of Sturgeon Creek where it intersects with Newichawannock River (now Salmon Falls River) at Frye's Point. Neighbors were William Thompson, Jabez Jenkins, Anthony Emery, John Morrell. During King Phillip's War, Adrian moved his family to Portsmouth where his name appears on a 3 Jun 1678 list of tythingmen. ^[3]

Adrian Frye 1604 - 1695 Birth: 1604 Axbridge, Somersetshire, England

Residence: Axbridge, Somersetshire, England (1604-1662),

Residence: Eliot (Kittery), Maine (1662-1695)

Occupation: Bristol-Merchant, Taxed @Bristol 1629-30, Kittery Maine1662,

Death: 1695 Kittery, York Co., ME

Parents: Nicholas (Frey) Frye, Gent 1569 - 1614 Mary Bathererton 1573 - ? Wife: Hannah Frye (born White) Siblings:

1. George Frye 1593 - 1665
2. Nicholas Frye 1599 - ?
3. Elizabeth Frye 1595 - ? ^[4]

Marriage to Margaret Bryant: Name Adrian FRY Marriage 1627 Location Gloucestershire, England Spouse Margrett Bryant Film No. 1565821 Date of Marriage 23 Jul 1627 Page 11581737

Notes

Mary Fry was descended from one of the very early families of Kittery, Maine, that of Adrian Frye of Kingsweare, England. An account of the family history of this line is presented in the book entitled, Frye Genealogy, by Ellen Frye Barker: "About 1620 in that part called Kittery Point, of Kingsweare, England, the town on the river Dart, directly opposite Dartsmouth, lived a merchant, Mr. Alexander Shapliegh, who sent ships with merchandise to Lisbon, to Newfoundland, and later on to New England. In 1635, his son-in-law bought for him a large tract of land in the province of Maine, extending half way from Piscataqua (Portsmouth, N.H.) to the Agamentious River (York, Me.). This tract of land was named Kittery Point in memory of the old home in England and conveyed before 1650 to Nicholas, third son of Alexander Shapliegh. "With the name of Nicholas Shapliegh that of Adrian Fry appears often on the Kittery, Me records. He was a Quaker and married Sarah, daughter of John White. His mark with that of his wife often appeared on legal papers from 1664 to 1692. He witnessed a deed on 7 December 1663, was a witness at court in 1667, and had a grant of 100 acres in 1669. In 1664, he witnessed a receipt for a 'Negro Boy named Mingoe, and a Sorrell Horse.'

"Adrian lived just south of Sturgeon Creek in 1674 and the place was called "Frye's Point" in a deed in 1713. On 15 July 1690 "At a Court of Sessions held in York, Adrian Fry & family were p'sented for not Comeing to Mitting." During all this period he appears on the records as a grantor and grantee of various tracts of land. "On 12 October 1692, Adrian Fry executed the following quaint paper 'Know all men by these presents, that I, Adrian Fry of Kittery in ye County of York and Providence of ye Mass. Bay in New England, planter, for many good Causes and Considerations, me moving hereunto, Especially for the Naturall love and affection I bear unto my loving son William Fry also for ye comfortable provision for myself and my wife Sarah during our naturall lives, have granted, Demised and do farm letten unto my foresaid loving son William Fry a certain tract of land lying in Kittery . . . . and shall pay unto his s'd father the one halfe of whatsoever grain shall grow upon ye land at Sturgeon Creek mouth, together with the one half of the Cyder and Perry that ye Orchard shall yield. And allow unto his said father ye use of one acre of land yearly during ye lives of both father and mother of that land that lies next ye great river, and in case ye Mother shall out live the father he is to pay the same rent, to her. And for ye land at horsidown hill afores'd the s'd William shall allow his s'd father and Mother or longest liver of them the free use of the now dwelling house. And a quarter of an Acre of land for a garden with liberties to cult and carry off such firewood or building timber as they shall have occation for their own use and when their abilities shall fail and need be, s'd William shall help his s'd father and Mother or either of them in cutting and carrying s'd timber or firewood and to pay his s'd father or either of them during their lives yearly one third part of what-so-ever grain ye s'd land shall yield he well fencing and improving s'd land. And s'd William shall receive two Cowes with their increase of calves shall amount to ye number of six and then his father or Mother and he shall divide the increase between them in halves, in ye mean time his s'd father and Mother or either of them, to have all ye milk of ye s'd two Cowes. And after ye first division made the said William shall carefully keep four meat Cattle for his s'd father or Mother dureing their lives as aboves'd with sufficient winter meat Always allowing his s'd father or Mother to take ye Milk of two Cows if there be so many, And when ye four meat Cattle afores'd shall amount in their Increases unto ye number of Six, then s'd increase to be divided in halves as afores'd and so to continue from year to year so long as said father or Mother shall live And further if s'd father or Mother shall procure any sheep, he s'd William shall take and keep them winter and summer for ye one half of ye increase of the lambs and wooll And s'd William is never to keep above ye number of ten for his s'd father or Mother both of Stock and increase and if any difference or controversie shall arise between the partys And for confirmation of the Premises both parties to those presents have Interchangeably set to their hands and Seales to these presents and an other of the same tenour. October 12th Anno Dom 1692.' ". . . . After this we find no further record of Adrian and he probably died soon after. The son William was made administrator of his mother's estate 22 November 1709. ^[5]

Name

Adrian /Frye/^[6]

Birth

ABT 1636^[7]

Death

BEF 05 OCT 1708 Kittery, York, Maine^[8]

Religion

Quaker/

Residence

1664 Kittery, York, Maine^[9]

Occupation

glazier/

Note

@N83@

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire, p. 248
2. ↑ Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire.
3. ↑ The Maine Genealogist Feb. 2012
4. ↑ Old Kittery and Her Families, Stackpole Everett S., 1903
5. ↑ Barker, Ellen Frye. Frye Family Genealogy.
6. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Curtis
7. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Elizabeth Curtis
8. ↑ Source: #S48 Page: 4:225
9. ↑ Source: #S31 Page: 432

See also:

• Frye genealogy; Adrian of Kittery, Me., John of Andover, Mass., Joshua of Virginia, Thomas of Rhode Island" by Ellen Frye Barker, NY 1920.

https://ia600504.us.archive.org/9/items/fryegenealogyadr00bark/fryegenealogyadr00bark.pdf * Author: Eds. Charles Thornton Libby (vols. 1-2), Robert Earle Moody (vol. 3), Neal Woodside Allen, Jr. (vols. 4-6) Title: Province and Court Records of Maine Publication: Name: Maine Historical Society; Location: Portland ME; NOTE 4:225

• Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com
• https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-373224831-2-500685/adrian-frye-in-myheritage-family-trees?s=216760841
• https://www.geni.com/people/Adrian-Frye-of-Kittery/383782818050004066

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Frye-432 created by Paula Jacunski.