William (Fraser) Frizzell (abt. 1625 - abt. 1684)

On Familysearch.org here is the passenger list link

https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/116961884

Now also at this site https://www.familysearch.org/search/tree/results?q.anyDate.from=1625&q.givenName=William&q.surname=Frizzell It lists this William’s father as Hayden Frizzell, and William’s death as 1796 in Isle of Wright, Virginia. There is probate a probate information link on this page https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/GW1R-Y8D, but it is only links to Ancestry.com that I cannot access since I am not a paying member. Has anybody researched these for family names? Might be useless as seems it is only mentioning William in connection to another persons probate. While I would like to think that I am related to Robert the Bruce, the fact is there were several Williams around this time, and none of them have a clear tie to being William Fraser. But, it does not sound like this William Frizzell was an indentured servant if he got off the boat in 1649 with a wife. My understanding was that the indentured Scottish POWs were all men and were not allowed to marry until after their 7 years. I don’t know—just too many loose ends.

William Frizell and Ann Porter came into Maryland around 1649. They had a son John who lived to 1725 and had sons Abraham, William and John. In the records, John is never referenced as John Wesley- only John. None of these could read or write- deeds and records are signed with a very squiggly x. So I doubt our William was a nobleman. In fact, records indicate he was indentured for seven years ( a common way to pay for passage). Several Frizells went south to South Carolina (the old wagon road) and fought in the Revolutionary war They were granted land in North Carolina, along the Pee Dee River. many of them eventually went to Tennessee, and from there to Missouri, Arkansas and Texas. My own ancestors stayed in MD, near Frizellburg, where my grandfather was born.

Hello. I see from the lists of Scottish prisoners brought to the colonies in 1650-1652 several Frizzells, including a William, an Edward, and a John. John fought at Dunbar, the other two at Worcester. John was on the ship Unity and the other two on the John and Sarah of London, bound for Concord, Massachusetts. I am having a hard time distinguishing my North Carolina Frizzells. On the one one hand, the Cowans, Buchannans, and Frizells were all Scottish prisoners on the John and Sarah. Would make sense that these were the ones that eventually settled in North Carolina are are all part of my family names. On the other hand, the Jacobite wars followed in 1716 and I also see Frizzells on that list of 10 ships, but no Buchanans or Cowans.