William Strothers Frogge Sr. (1747 - 1804)

Born 1747 in Prince William County, Virginia Colony

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Died 4 Sep 1804 at about age 57 in Monroe County, Virginia (West Virginia in 1863), United States

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Biography

William Frogge Sr. was a Virginia colonist.

William Frogge Sr. performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

William Frogge Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A042808.

Daughters of the American Revolution information:

FROGG, WILLIAM

Ancestor #: A042808

Service: VIRGINIA

Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE

Birth: 1747 PRINCE WILLIAM CO VIRGINIA

Death: POST 9-4-1804 MONROE CO VIRGINIA

Service Source: ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 2, P 417

Service Description: 1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES

RESIDENCE; Created: 2002-03-27 23:23:55.3, Updated: 2012-01-05 10:50:39.0, By: 1) County: GREENBRIER CO - State: VIRGINIA

SPOUSE: 1) MARY X; Created: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, Updated: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, By: Conversion 1)

Child son: JOHN FROGG; [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] LUCRETIA MILLER

Child son: STROTHER FROGG; [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] SARAH RICHARDSON

Child son: ARTHUR ROBINSON FROGG; [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] JANE T RICHARDSON

On FamilySearch.org 2 sources of information for:

Life Sketch • From Ancestry.com - William Frogge's mother was Elizabeth Strother. Elizabeth Strother's sister Agatha married John Madison. Agatha and John had a son named James Madison, so indeed there is a first cousin of William Frogge named James Madison. This James Madison was quite prominent. He was the first Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Virginia, but he was not the President of the U.S.

There is still a shirt-tail relationship to the President James Madison however. A Wikipedia article says that Bishop James Madison was a cousin of President James Madison. So I did some more hunting.

Some Ancestry.com family trees have Bishop James Madison's father John Madison as a son of Ambrose Madison, which would make John Madison President James Madison's uncle. BUT a genealogy paper "Descendents of Ambrose Madison, the Grandfather of President James Madison, Jr." (written by C. Thomas Chapman of the Montpelier Foundation, available on the the website for the Descendents of James Madison; jamesmadisonfamily.com) doesn't list a John Madison as a son of Ambrose.

I found a reference in Google Books in the Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography (edited by Lyon Gardner Tyler) that John Madison was the brother of Ambrose Madison, making him the President's Great Uncle. So Bishop James Madison was a first cousin to William Frogge on his mother's side and a somewhat removed cousin of President James Madison on his father's side. William and Arthur Robinson Frogge may have felt a cousin's loyalty to President James Madison, but they were not actually related to the President.

From Ancestry.com - ...about this time, William Frogg came to this county and seeing the opportunity for speculation in land, induced his brother-in-law, David Robinson, who had money, to come and join him in taking up lands. They had Samuel Hutchinson, who afterwards married Robinson's daughter, appointed deputy to Reuben Slaughter, surveyor of [what was then] Kanawha County; Robert McKee being a deputy at the time. They all took up considerable of the best land in the County. After the speculations were over, Robinson who had furnished the money and managed the business up to this time went to the State of Kentucky [as did William Frogg] for a new field of speculation. All fo them soon went west to seek new homes and thier specualations here never made much for any of them except McKee, who realized something out of his investments.

Vitals: Name • • William Strother Frogg Sr Reason This Information Is Correct: Updates based on Find A Grave Memorial 54787973 Last Changed: August 14, 2022

Sex • • Male Last Changed: May 23, 2012

Birth • • 1747 Prince William, Virginia, British Colonial America Reason This Information Is Correct: Updates based on Find A Grave Memorial 54787973 Last Changed: August 14, 2022

Christening

Death • • 4 September 1804 Monroe, West Virginia, United States Reason This Information Is Correct: There are no sources to show he died in Fentress Tennessee. There is a Frogge cemetery there, but upon searching for William Frogge in that cemetery, he is not to be found there, so I would go with the Find a Grave source that says he died in Monroe Co., West Virginia. Any other sources to proved differently would be appreciated. Last Changed: May 17, 2022

Burial • • 1804 United States Reason This Information Is Correct: Prior entries recorded the burial place as Frogge Cemetery in Fentress County, Tennessee, but there are no sources to confirm that he is buried there; I changed the burial place to the United States. There is a Frogge Cemetery in Pall Mall, Fentress, Tennessee, but William Frogg or Frogge does not have a memorial tied to that cemetery. If someone provides a photo of his grave from this location or any other location, the place of burial could be updated. William Frogg's Find a Grave Memorial shows that he died in Monroe Co., West Virginia in 1804, so that is the death date that I have recorded here. Any other sources to prove that this is different would be appreciated. Last Changed: August 11, 2022

Other Information:

Alternate Name • Birth Name William Frogge Last Changed: April 3, 2018

Alternate Name • Also Known As William Frogue Last Changed: April 3, 2018

Alternate Name • Also Known As PVT William Frogg Reason This Information Is Correct: My paternal 6x great grandfather's son. Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 August 2018), memorial page for Pvt William Frogg, Sr (1747–4 Sep 1804), Find A Grave Memorial no. 54787973, ; Maintained by Donnie Ruyle (contributor 46921690) Unknown. Last Changed: March 13, 2019

On findagrave.com:

Pvt William Frogg Sr. BIRTH 1747 Prince William County, Virginia, USA DEATH 4 Sep 1804 (aged 56–57) Monroe County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Burial Details Unknown MEMORIAL ID 54787973 ·

William, Son of John Frogg,Sr. and Elizabeth Strother, married Mary Mitchell, daughter of Cornelious and Mary Mitchell, 1770, Culpepper Co.,VA. To this marriage were born: John, Elizabeth, Mary, Arthur Robinson, Strother, Margaret, William,Jr., Jane and Ruby. NOTE: John and Jane are William full siblings NOT half. They have the same parents!!

William was given a land grant for his service in the Revolutionary War. July 13, 1780. 450 acres in Greenbrier County, Virginia. (Now West Virginia) The Daughter of the American Revolution, Patriot # A042808 for Willliam Frogg,Sr. Donnie Ruyle, 4th Great Grandson and 4th Cousin 6 times removed of William Frogg,Sr. Lot of intermarriages.

Research Notes:

Note: Surname variants include: Frogge, Frogg

Note: Extensive family sources that list Frogge and Frogg are found at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lesliesc&id=I63618

Note: " ARTHUR ROBINSON FROGGE ~ ^[1]

Father: William Frogge (B: Abt 1747, Augusta, VA - Died: Abt 04 Sep 1804, Fentress Co., TN) S/o Capt. John Frogge & Elizabeth Strother

Mother: Mary Mitchell (B: Abt 1753, Augusta Co., VA - Died: 1831, KY) D/o Cornelius Mitchell & Jane O'Berk "

Family Information

William Frogge (Frogg) was a son of John Frogge and Elizabeth Strother(s).

He married Mary Mitchell. William provided supplies to the American Revolutionary forces.^[2][3][4]

Imported gedcom data

Birth: Abt 1740 in Fauquier Co., VA^[5]

Birth: Abt 1747 in Prince William Co, VA^[6]

Husband: William Strothers Frogge

Wife: Mary Mitchell b: ABT 1753 in Augusta Co., VA

Married:

Date: 1770

Place: Culpeper Co., VA 1 3^[7]

Children

1. William FROGGE
2. John FROGGE
3. Elizabeth FROGGE
4. Mary "Polly" FROGGE
5. Arthur Robinson FROGGE
6. Jane FROGGE
7. Strother FROGGE
8. Ruby FROGGE b: ABT 1779 in Greenbrier Co., VA
9. Margaret FROGGE b: ABT 1780 in Greenbrier Co., VA^[8]

Death: 4 Sep 1804 in Overton County, Tennessee

Note: Fentress County was formed from Morgan, Overton and White Counties in 1823.

Death: after 4 Sep 1804 in Monroe County, Virginia^[9]

Father: John Frogge b: BETWEEN 1707 AND 1717 in Hamilton Parish, Richmond Co., VA

Mother: Elizabeth Strother b: 1721 in King George Co., VA

Child: Arthur Frogge

Child: William Strothers Frogge

Child: Jane Frogge

Child: John Frogge

Date: 9 Nov 1738

Place: Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co, Virginia, United States^[10][11]

Memorial

" William Frogge

BIRTH 1746 Augusta County, Virginia, USA

DEATH 1804 Overton County, Tennessee, USA

BURIAL Unknown ^[12]

Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A042808
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MT1P-1VS
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54787973/william-frogg

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #67132185 Arthur Robinson Frogge
2. ↑ DAR Genealogical Research Database.
3. ↑ Source: #S-1557857725 APID: 1,2073::23637
4. ↑ Source: #S-1557856640 Source number: 6815.001; 1,7836::439102
5. ↑ Source: #S-1557856640 Source number: 6815.001; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 APID: 1,7836::439102
6. ↑ DAR Genealogical Research Database.
7. ↑ Source: #S-1557856640 Source number: 6815.001; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 APID: 1,7836::439102
8. ↑ [(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lesliesc&id=I63618)]
9. ↑ DAR Genealogical Research Database.
10. ↑ Source: #S-1557856640 Source number: 23887.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 3 APID: 1,7836::439097
11. ↑ Source: #S-1557847976 APID: 1,3002::40505
12. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 12 October 2020), memorial page for Pvt William Frogg Sr. (1747–4 Sep 1804), Find A Grave: Memorial #54787973, ; Maintained by Donnie Ruyle (contributor 46921690) Unknown.

See also:

William is named in his father's will of 19 Aug 1794, Bath Co, VA: "I John Frogge of the County of Bath and State of Virginia...to my beloved wife Elizabeth...to my son William Frogge...to my Daughter Margaret Lewis...To my Daughter Jean Crawley...To my Daughter Mary Cowardine...to my Daughter Agathy Oliver...to my Grand Daughter Elizabeth Estill...." (Online at Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/499689:62347?_phsrc=cjW569&_phstart=successSource&gsfn=john&gsln=Frogge&ml_rpos=1&queryId=c9875c71840141945dc7f93f1bd27315.)

• Source: S-1557856640 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,7836::0

• Source: S-1557857725 Title: Kentucky Land Grants Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc APID: 1,2073::0

Trees

• Source: S-1557976353 Title: Ancestry Family Trees https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/52421242/family

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3797-KBN : accessed 2017-10-30), entry for Mary /Mitchell/.

Acknowledgements

• Thank you to Kara Lemons for creating WikiTree profile Frogge-24 through the import of Lemons Harrison Family Tree.ged on Aug 31, 2013