John Frye (abt. 1672 - abt. 1737)

Born about 16 Sep 1672 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Tabitha (Farnham) Frye — married 1 Nov 1694 in Andover, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died about 7 Apr 1737 at about age 64 in Andover, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John was admitted to the church in Andover in 1686. He was a sargeant in the militia in 1716 and a lieutenant in 1723. John was a selectman from 1713 until 1734. He was constable in 1707 and town clerk from 1720 until 1735.

John’s uncle, John Frye who died in 1696, left his nephew a bequest:

"I give to my Nephew John ffrie the eldest son of my Brother Samuel ffrie; the west end of my now dwelling house; and all ye sd house after my wives marriage, Removeall or disease, I also give to my said kinsman John ffrie, mywhole homestead both of plow-land, pasture land & mowing ground, on both sides of the high way, together with all the Buildings, fences, orchards thereunto belonging. And also a parcel of meadow, commonly called my home meadow, and also a parcel of meadow, commonly called my far meadow, being my first Division of meadow (excepting so much of sd meadow as I have given in this will to my Brother Benjamin, & also a piece formerly improved by my Brother Samuel) Also all my husbandry Tackling as if named, and all my stock that is undisposed of. As also what hay and corn shall be in the house or growing upon the ground at my disease.

And I do hereby constitute and appoint my said kinsman John ffrie the sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament… "

A division was made of Uncle John’s estate which gives a good idea of the family:

"An agreement and a devission made of the common Right Lands of Deacon John Frie Late of Andover Deceased as hath bin laid out in severall devission amongst and between these severall parties Viz Capt James Fries part by his own Right and by his purchasing of Richard Straton John Stiles : Robert Stiles Elizabeth Buswell : Abigel Curtis and Sarah Stiles : That cometh to twenty four acre and a half of Land… the first piece or parcel of said Land lyeth by Josiah Ingallses House that the said James Frie is to have for four acres… The second piece of land is one acre that lyeth joyning to the east side of the said James Fries pasture called the Raill swamp… Two acres and a half att a hill called Rattell snake hill… and twelve acres and eleven rods of land in the Ox Common… The fifth and last piece of said land… is five acres that was laid out to the aforesaid Right of the said Deacon John Frie that lyeth by the west meadow…

Item also Devided or aloted unto John ffrie junr these following pieces or parcells of Lands… firstly Two acres on the southwardly side of a hill Known by the name of Boston hill : and Sixty six pole of land at the eastend of the said Boston hill= and half an acre of Land Lying by Great Boston meadow- item and half an acre between the long meadow and the wet meadow and a nother half acre of Land lying by the said John Frie junrs half moon meadow- and seventy pole of Land Lying near the said John Frie junrs hom meadow… and Twenty pole more of Land that is Joyning to the said John ffrie junrs Land at his Hom Meadow… and Devided unto him as his part and his sister Hester Ingallses part in full out of my Uncell Deacon John Frie Deceaseds common Right Lands

Item Devided and Aloted unto Nathaniel Frie these following pieces of Land out of the aforesaid Deacon John Fries Common Right… the first piece Lyeth by North side of Mr Allens Meadow that was laid for three quarters of an acre and half an acre at the south east corner of… Boston hill and half an acre at the northwardly end of the Long hill: and half an acre more that Lyeth by the East Side of Nathan Fries half moon meadow…

Item Devided and aloted unto Ebenezer Stiles out of the said Deacon John Fries Common Right three Quarters of an acre and ttwenty seven pole of Land that Lyeth Near the Dweling house of the said Ebenezer Stiles : And half an acre more aloted unto the Ebenezer Stiles out of the aforesaid Comon Right that Lyeth Joyning to the said Ebenezer Stileses Wet Meadow…

Item Devided and aloted unto Timothy Stiles these two pieces of Land out of the aforesaid Deacon John Fries Common Right Lands that is to the full Satisfaction of the said Timothy Stiles for his part and his sister Eunice Willeses part out of the said Common Right: The first piece of said Land lyeth by Boxford Line that was Laid out for one acre and three quarters and eight pole of Land Joyning to the said Timothy Stileses homsted Lands: the second piece of Land Lyeth at a corner of a Ceader Swamp and was laid out for half an acre…

Item and it is further agreed that John Frie Senr who is the Executore to the Last Will and Testament of the said Deacon John Frie: also administrator to the estate of the said deceased Deacon John Frie: That he the said John Frie Senr and Administrator… should have that five acres of land that was laid out on Shrub hill to the Right of the sd Deacon John Frie with the Allowance: Allso the said John Frie Senr is to have all the Resedue of the aforesaid Deacon John Fries Common Right: Lands whether laid out or yet remaining to be laid out: He the said John Frie Senr haveing Disbursted som pieces of his own proper Lands unto the said James Frie…

And that this our Devission shall be a final agreement and settlement of all Differences Quarrels Demands or Lawsuts of any Matter… this Twenty ninth Day of March… 1727…
Ebenezer Stilles, James frie
Timothy Stiles, the mark of John X frie junr
John Frie Senr the said Administrator
Nathaniell frie"^[1]

On 28 Oct. 1702 Martha Farnum, late of Andover, now of Charlestown, sold to John Fry her right in the 80 acres given to Martha by her father Thomas Farnum. On 21 Jan. 1703/4 John and Tabitha sold to Francis and Elizabeth (Farnum) Johnson of Andover two-thirds of the land which had belonged to their father Thomas Farnum "which was given to my wife Tabitha by the will of Thomas Farnum" and the other part which they had purchased from Martha.^[2]

John was listed as one of the Andover inhabitants who objected to the site of the new meeting house 12 Oct. 1708.^[3]

On 14 Nov. 1729 Nathan and Samuel Frye sold to John land in Andover "given to John, Samuel and Nathan by the will of our uncle John Aslebee, late of Andover, deceased".^[4]

John was treasurer for the Andover Proprietors from 1716 until his death in 1737.

John was a farmer and inherited the homestead from his uncle John Frye.

To Tabatha Frye widow & Relict of Lieut John Frye late of Andover Decd Intestate

Complaint has been made to sd Judge that you have neglected to admin on your sd Husband Estate tho he has been dead upward of two years which has been greatly prejudiciall to your children

There are theirfore in his Majtys name to Cite you to Appear before ye sd Judge att ye Regr office in Ipswich on Munday the twenty fifth day of June currtt att ten of ye clock in ye fore noon then and their to take admd on your sd Husbands Estate or itt will be granted to some others

Wenham June ye [damaged] 1739
I have Read the within citation [ ] the within mentioned Tabatha Fry and left a copy hereof at her house by me
Samuel Kimball"

Oops… looks like Tabitha was neglectful of her duties.

"A True Inventory of all the Estate of Lieut John Frie Gentleman of Andover Deceased prised at Andover… ye fifth day of September… 1739 by Capt. Timothy Johnson and Mr. George Abbott and Mr. James Ingalls Comitee as foloweth

Imprimis his Homsted Lands Containing one Hundred
& Thirty Six acers with his Buildings...........240-00-00
Item Twenty Seven acers of Land where his son
abiel Frie Liveth..............................................270-00-00
Item a meadow Called Johnsons meadow.050-00-00
Item Thirty three acers upon a hill Called Shrub
hill....................................................................165-00-00
Item Seventy one acers of Land Lyeing Near Joseph
Russells...........................................................142-00-00
Item about one hundred Thirty eight acers of Land
Lyeing in the Southwardly end of Andover Part of it
and part of it in Reading with a Dwelling
house..............................................................600-00-00
Item about Eighty acers of Land Lyeing at a place
called Behind wood chuck............................240-00-00
Item about Twelve acers of Land being upland
and meadow Lyeing Near woodchuck plain Formerly
Lieut John [ ] ..................................................130-00-00
Item Two Tracts of Land in Merimack woods Containing about one hundred fourteen acers Sd Land Lyeth joyning upon merimack River aforesd above and Joyning
to a Brook Called Johnsons brook...............350-00-00
Item Two old Spining wheels..............................05-00
Item Six barills......................................................15-00
Item a Two Combs at 2s=6d an old warming pan at 3s
and a half Bushell and half peck at 4s=5...........10-00
Item a brass kittle at 5£ Two old pots at 5s a Chain
at 4s=6d a [ ] at 2s..........................................05-11-06
Item Two tables at 8s Chares at 20s Dry Cask
at 15s................................................................02-03-00
Item four old Chests and an old Cubard and a
Cabinet..............................................................03-00-00
Item the bead and bead stead and beding in the
East Chamber...................................................07-16-00
Item ye bead and beading in the west
Chamber...........................................................04-00-00
Item Three pair of Sheets and four pillow Cases four
Napkins a Table Cloath 4 Towells..................04-18-00
Item the Bead and bedstead & furniture in the
Lower Roome...................................................12-10-00
Item Two Tramills Tongs & fire shovel and Som
old Iron.............................................................04-00-00
Item Two Guns at 4£ a sword and two belts and
powder horns at 11s three Candlesticks at 3s.04-14-0
0
Item 6lb of old pewter 30lb of good pewter
Item four Trays and a pail at 12s a morter at 9s Nine
wooden plats at 1s=6d....................................01-02-06
Item his aparil at 6£ 9s his Books at 4£ 2s 2d Two
Leather bags at 1£ 15......................................12-06-02
Item a Sadle and housing and male pillion.02-02-00
Item his Cart=wheals and Dung Cart at 4£ and Chains
and other old Iron at 5£ 6s 6d.......................09-06-06
Item one Iron wedge yoake Irons Sythe Irons at 9s
Hillyards at 15s................................................01-04-00
Item his Cane at 20s a share at five an auger at 2s a
bell at 3sTwo Sives at 8s.................................01-18-00
Item Two yoaks 2s horse Tackling and Cart [ ] at
8s 6d a Sythe at 7s.............................................17s=6d
Item a Small box and money scales at 4s and a Case
of Phlems at 6s.......................................................10=0
Item Two Cows 7£ pr Cow..............................14£
Item his pew in ye meeting house at 5£ & horse
house at ye meeting house at...........................1£ 10s
..............................................................................6=10=0
And Three ounces of silver Timothy Johnson
Isaac Frie, George Abbott
Abiel Frie, James Ingalls

1 yoake of oxen..................................................30..0..0
5 Cows 7£ pr each..............................................35..0..0
3 Steers 2 year old 3£ pr Each..........................09..0..0
1 Steer one year old...........................................02..0..0
1 hieffer one year old........................................02..0..0
1 hieffer 2 year old..........................................02..10..0
1 hieffer one year old........................................01..0..0
4 Calves...............................................................03..0..0
14 Sheep at 15s pr sheep................................10..10..0
A mare and Colt at.............................................14..0..0
The above port. Were disposed of before ye Invr
was taken..........................................................109..0..0
Isaac Frie - one hundred and nine pound
Abiel Frie

Abiel Fries Acompt
July ye 9th To 3 Journeys of myself and for my Bondsman

1739
August ye 24th To one Day with ye Surveyer
Ye 28th:30th: 31st. Ditto To Two Days and one half- waiting upon the Comitte
To Entertaining ye Comitte Two Days-
To a Journey to Rowley to fetch Doctr killbon to my honrd father:
To a Journey to Haverhill
To Doctr Bayley tomy father
To a Journey to Doctr killbon to pay him his money for coming to my father

Isaac Fries acompt of time spent in Jorneys to Ipswich about administering on my fathers Estate

July ye 9 1739 a jorny of my self and a bondsman and money paid to the judge 7s and money paid to the Regsr 10s

July 23 1739 to a jorny to Ipswich- money paid to the judge for an order for Lengthening the time for
aprizment..........................................................00-03-00

Septm ye 3rd a jorny to Ipswich- money paid to ye judge and Regter for receiveing and recording ye
Inventory...........................................................01-00-00

December ye 17th 1739 a Jorny to Ipswich money
paid to the Regsr..............................................00-15-00

August 25: 1739 mony paid to the proprators clark
for coppys of Lands.........................................00-04-06
Paid to the Justis for administering the oath the
aprisers.............................................................00-03-00
To two days and a half teime spent with the comtee
and one day with a servair a measuring land And entertaining the comtee 3 days
The comtee ware four days and a half in the servis of aprizing
And a servair one day a servaying

To Edmund Kitchen funeral charges........£70..0..—
To John [ ] 5/ Nathl Frye 14/8......................--..19..8
To Benj Lovejoy Coffen 15/ Josh Frye
80/11d...............................................................4..15..11
To Dr. Killborn 71/ Dr Noyes 24/6.................4..15..6
To mary Frye £11..1/ 10d Isaac Frye £12.8/.23..9..10
To John Abbott £19.4/.....................................19..4..—
To Charl Carlton £18..12.. Joseph [ ] 83/3...22..15..3
To James Stevens 88/7 John Johnson 8/7d.....4..17..2
Bond & Lr of admo 2 Janry wth bondsmen...3..10..—
Prising ye Estat & Surveyr appr [ ]..................7..5..—
The widow [ ]........................................................ [ ]
The admr [ ].......................................................... [ ]
[ ] allowing Recd this accot Lt...........................1..5..—
..........................................................................169..5..4

Whereas Lieut John Frie gentleman Late of Andover… Intestate ye whole of ye sd Deceased Estate is Situate in Andover except a Litle piece of meadow and about six acres of Upland Layes in ye Township of Reading he… Left… a widow Mrs. Tabitha Frie & ten children… Isaac Joshua Abiel Mehetable, Phebe Joseph Hannah Anne John & Tabitha Frie ye three Last Named were not of age at ye Deceas of their… Father and two of them… John and Tabitha died in their minority & ye aforesd Mehetabel is now the wife of Samuel Austin and ye aforesd Phebe is now the wife of Benjamin Kimbal and ye aforesd Hannah is now ye wife of Jonathan Parker and ye aforesd Anne… is now arrived to ye age of Twenty one years… Each and Every of us the… Surviveing Children have thought it Necessary to obtain a Setlement of sd Estate by agreement so that we may Serve a Lasting friendship between us…

Firstly the ye Relict widow of sd Deceased to have her part in sd Estate as the Law Directs…

Secondly That ye aforesd Isaac Frie shall have these Seven Tracts or pieces of Land which are of ye Lands of ye aforesd Deceased The First is that whereon ye aforesd Isaacs House and Barn now Stands…on ye East side of ye Road that Leads to Boston… joyning to… Joshua Fries part of ye Land… by ye Way that Leads from James fries to Ezekiel Carltons… across a meadow… Called his home meadow… by the way that Leads from Isaac Fries to Andrew fosters meadow… The Second is a piece of pasture Land Lyeing on ye westwardly side of ye… Road that Leads to Boston Oposite to ye House and Barn of sd Isaac Frie Bounded… with ye Land of Nathaniel Lovejoy… Land of James Frie… sd piece of Land Contains… about five acres… The Third is a piece of pasture Land which Lyeth Joyning to ye Land that Leads from Andrew fosters to a House of Mr. George and Henry Abbotts sd piece of Land Contain fifteen acres… The Fourth is a piece of Mowing Ground one ye Eastwardly side of ye Road… yt Leads to Boston opposite to ye house of ye aforesd Deceased Containg three acers. The Fifth is a piece of wood Lyeing on a hill Called Shrub hill being… on ye way that Leads from Lieut Nathaniel Fries to Ensn Nicholas Holts… The Sixth is a piece of woodland Lyeing at a place Called behind woodchuck meadow… bounded… by… a Brook Called Boston Brook… Ninty poles Below faringtons Saw-mill Dam… The Seventh is one fourth part o a piece of Land Containing thirteen acres Lyeing on… Boston Brook.

Thirdly That the aforesd Joshua Frie shal have these Six Tracts… of Land following the first is that whereon ye sd Joshua Fries buildins are on bounded… by ye Road… yt Leads to Boston… ye wall built by… Joseph Frie for a pertition wall between sd Joshuas Land whereon his sd buildings are and the Land of sd Deceased… to Lieut Jamees Steevenses Land… to… Andrew Allen and Elizabeth Allen Jur’s Land and Land of James Fries to ye Land that Leads out from sd Jameses Land to the… Road that Leads to Boston… The Second is a piece of Land Lyeing on ye East of ye Lands Last mentioned on ye East Side of ye… Road… to the way the Leads from jamees Fries to Ezekiel Carltons… The Third is four acres of meadow Lyeing JOyning to sd Joshua Fries Land that he purchased of Timothy Lovejoy which four acres are… off of ye sd Deceased hom meadow… The Fourth is a piece of woodland… Behind woodchuck… Containing Sixteen acres and fifty three poles… next to Boston Brook… The Fifth is one fourth part of thirteen acres… on the westwardly side of Boston Brook… The Sixth is a piece of Land… on a hill Called Shrub hill… on ye Road that Leads from Lieut Nathaniel Fries to Ensin Nicholas Holts…

Fourthly that ye aforesd Abiel Frie shall have these Eight tracts… of Land following ye first is a piece of ye homestead… Containing Sixteen acres… on the westwardly side of ye aforesd Road that Leads to boston bounded… with James Fries field and Isaac Fries fifteen acres of pasture Land… with ye Lands of Mr. George and hennery Abbbott… The Second is a piece of mowing Ground… containing two acres… ye Third is a piece of the home meadow… Containing four acres. The Fourth is a piece of Land Lying on the Eastwardly Side of woodchuck plaine Joyning to som land of ye widow Elizabeth Steevens’s… ye Fifth is a Tract of Land where sd Abiel Did Live at ye Decease of… Lieut. John Frie Even all sd Tract of Land… ye sd Abiel… is now in ye possession of ye Sixth is twenty seven acres and Fifty three perch… on the Eastwardly side of Boston Brook… the Seventh is a piece of Land Lyeing on Shrub Hill… the Eighth is a piece of Land Lyeing on the westwardly side of Boston Brook… being one fourth part of ye thirteen acres…. Mentioned before…

Fourthly that… Joseph Frie shall have these six Tracts… of Land… the first is a piece of the homested Land… Namely that whereon his Buildings stands Containing Sixteen acres…on… ye… Road that Leads to Boston… Joseph Fried shall have sd sixteen acres as it is now fenced with all ye Buildings… The Second is a piece of mowing ground on ye east side of ye road… that leads to Boston opposite to ye Land whereon sd Buildings Stands Containing two acers: ye third piece is four acers in the meadow… called the home meadow. The fourth piece is Sixteen acers and fifty three perch of Land lyeing between ye afore aloted Land to Joshua Fried… and… Abiel Frie… behind woodchuch, the fifth is one fourth part of thirteen acers and one hundred twenty perch… on ye westwardly side of ye aforesd Boston Brook. The Sixth is a Tract of Land Containing one hundred and sixty acers… in Southwardly part of Andover… and part in Reading…

Fifthly is that the… Samuel Austin and mehetabel his wife Shall have one fourth part of Two Tracts of ye Land… lyeing in merimack woods Joyning to merimack River… and above a Brook Called Johnson Brook… Containing… one hundred acers… and one fifth part of a tract of Land Lyeing Southward of Joseph Russels in ye Southerly end of andover Containing Seventy one acers and to have the Sum of Seventy one pounds fourteen shillings and six pence paid to them ye sd Samuel and mehetabel Austin…

Sixthly… Benjamin Kimball &… Phebe his wife Shall have ye sum of two hundred and twenty five pounds…

Seventhly… Jonathan Parker and Hannah his wife shall have ye one fourth part of them two tracts of Land Lyeing in Merrimack woods… & one fifth part of ye Seventy one acers… and to have Seventy Seven pounds… paid them…

Eighthly… Anne Frie Shall have the Sum of Three Hundred pounds…

Ninthly… Isaac and Abiel Frie shall have ye one half of them two tracts of Land in merimack woods… and three fifth parts of the Seventy one acers of Land Lyeing to the South of Joseph Russells aforesd they ye sd Isaac & Abiel Frie agree to pay… the sums of money… to those of ye aforesd Children yt are to receive money… also… to pay all other debts… Also it is agreed… yt what of personal Estate there is of sd Deceased to be Equally Divided among or between ye aforesd Isaac Joshua Abiel & Joseph Frie… Each party hath… set their hands and seals this Second Day of June… one thousand seven hundred and fourty…
Nathaniel Treadwell, Isaac Frie Thomas Gaines, Joshua Frie Nathll Dutch, Abiel Frie Joseph Frie Samuel Austin Benjamin Kimball Jonathan Parker Mehetabel Austin Phebe Kimball Hannah Parker Anne Frie"

As noted Isaac and Abiel administered their father's estate with the inventory showing a value of £4087 almost all of which was land. The division of his estate shows that Joseph received almost one-third of the land but, it was of lower value. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Essex County Registry of Probate- Docket No.10302
2. ↑ Essex Co. Deeds- Vol.18, p.75; Vol. 32, p.119
3. ↑ MA Archives- Vol.11, p.264
4. ↑ Essex Co. Deeds- Vol.53, p.249
5. ↑ ) Essex County Registry of Probate- Docket No.10303

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Name: John Frie, Gender: Male, Spouse: Tabitha Farnum, Marriage Date: 1 Nov 1694, City: Andover, County: Essex

• Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0496897, Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Family History Centers throughout the United States.

John Frie [John Frye] Death Date: 7 Apr 1737 Burial Place: Andover

• New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

Name: John Ffrie Gender: Male Birth Date: 16 Sep 1672 Birth Place: Andover, Mass First Marriage Date: 1 Nov 1694 Death Date: 7 Apr 1737 Father: Samuel Ffrie Mother: Mary Aslebee Spouse: Tabitha Farnam Child: John Ffrie Isaac Ffrie Joshua Ffrie Abiel Ffrie Samuel Ffrie Mehitable Ffrie Phebe Ffrie Anne Ffrie Joseph Ffrie Hannah Ffrie Anne Ffrie John Ffrie Tabitha Ffrie

• Frye Genealogy; Adrian of Kittery, Me , John of Andover, Mass , Joshua of Virginia, Thomas of Rhode; Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.; This collection contains genealogical research privately published in family history books.

Name: John Frie Gender: Male Birth Year: 1672 Marriage Date: 1 Nov 1694 Marriage Place: New England, USA Death Year: 1737 Spouse: Tabitha Frie

• Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700; Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.

Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogica