Richard was supposedly in the Revolutionary War in Major's Co. as there are family papers to prove his service.
Richard is listed in the 1798 tax list for Fryeburg owning a house worth $400 with his brother Samuel as well as 302 acres worth $1371 as well as another parcel of 610 acres worth $549. [1]
Richard sold 10 acres of land 12 May 1823 to John Webster of Fryeburg for $30.00 on the road from Robert Page's to John H. Frye's land next to Benjamin Fiffield, Jeremiah Hutchins and Joseph Fessenden. The deed was witnessed by Richard Fyre Jr. and J. H. Eastman.[2]
Richard Frye and Richard Frye Jr. of Fryeburg sold to Justus Charles of Fryeburg for $50.00 7 Nov. 1830: "land layed to the original right of Joseph Frye, Esq. and assigned to the rights of Richard Frye being Sixth division lots lying on the easterly Side of the old Bean Pond Now the new River in said Fryeburg near what is called the Center of the Town... No. 16 & 15."[3]
Sources
↑ 1798 Massachusetts Tax- R. Stanton Avery Collection- NEHGS- Vol. IV, pp. 2, 34, 36
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKW-S4W : 10 February 2018), Richard Frie, 05 Aug 1751; citing ANDOVER,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0496897 IT 1-2.
"Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FZ-8QS : 10 February 2018), Richard Frye and Sarah Gordon, May 1788; citing Fryeburg,Oxford,Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 10,915.
Children:
"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F432-P5W : 10 February 2018), Richard Frye in entry for Mehitabel Poor Frye, 04 Nov 1788; citing CIVIL, FRYEBURG, OXFORD, MAINE; FHL microfilm 10,915.
"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4W9-3V9 : 10 February 2018), Richard Frye in entry for Richard Frye, 06 Sep 1793; citing CIVIL, FRYEBURG, OXFORD, MAINE; FHL microfilm 10,915.
"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4W9-3VQ : 10 February 2018), Richard Frye in entry for William Gordon Frye, 12 May 1796; citing CIVIL, FRYEBURG, OXFORD, MAINE; FHL microfilm 10,915.
"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4W9-3JB : 10 February 2018), Richard Frye in entry for Joseph Frye, 10 Mar 1791; citing CIVIL, FRYEBURG, OXFORD, MAINE; FHL microfilm 10,915.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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