Mary (Lawrence) Fraeme (abt. 1620 - aft. 1655)

Born about 1620 in England

Wife of John (Frame) Freame — married about 1654 in Charles City County, Virginia Colony

Died after 2 Mar 1655 after about age 35 in Charles City County, Virginia Colony

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Biography

Mary (Lawrence) Fraeme was a Virginia colonist.

Mary was born about 1620. Her surname at birth may not have been Lawrence. The MilesFiles entry on her [4] states that Mary --?-- married (1) William Lawrence, who died in 1650, and (2) John Frame, who died before 17 Dec 1655.

In 1655, Mary was granted probate of her second husband John Frame's will:^[1]

At a Court held at [?Westovers], December 17 1655

A probate is granted to Mrs Mary fframe of ye[?] last will [?be Law] of for late husband Ca. Jo. Fframe dec’d cont’d in Co E

The [?Court] doth hereby grant & allow unto Mrs Mary fframe one third of ye lands of her late husband during her Life.

In February 1655/56, Mary received a Court judgment for tobacco, possibly a debt due her husband's estate:^[2]

At a Court held 4 February 1655/56

”Justice [?or “Curtis”?] Land conferred Judgment to Mrs Mary fframe for 700 lb tob[acco] & cask to be paid her or her heirs w/(?) costs --?--.”

Mary Frame wrote her will on 2 March 1655/56; it was proved in Court on 6 March.

At the time she wrote her will, Mary's daughter Ann appears to have been of age to inherit. The other five children were minors:

1. Ann Lawrence
2. Arthur Lawrence (? Frame)
3. William Lawrence
4. James Lawrence
5. Sarah Lawrence
6. John Frame

Will of Mary Frame Charles City County^[3][4]

Know all men by these presents that I Mary ffreme Do give unto my five children 2000 wayt of neate tobbo to be pd to them when they come of age or at my decease to Arther, Willm, James, Sara, and Jonne, and the sd tobbo to be equally Divided amongst them, and the whole stock of sheepe excepting the Ram lambes and the wooll, and my daughter Ann to have her stock when she pleaseth out of them; I give also to my Daughter Sara a cow called old Browning and a hoope ring and a bodkin and a dutch Iron pot w'th a bayle to it, and to surrender the house and land w'ch I live in to my Sonn Will; lands to have as soone as I please after my day or marriage, also I give him a testam't w'th a gilded Cover, and a small testam't w'th a cloth cov'r to my daughter Sara also I give to my sonne James a practice of piety. Wittnes my hand this second Day of March 1655. the mk of Mary MF ffreme. Test William Burford, Robert Rowse. Rec. 6 March 1655/6.

Research Notes

If I am interpreting the handwriting correctly, the probate of John Frame's will occured at Westover Plantation. From Wikipedia's entry [5]:

"Westover Plantation is a historic colonial tidewater plantation located on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia. Established in c. 1730–1750, it is the homestead of the Byrd family of Virginia. State Route 5, a scenic byway, runs east–west to the north of the plantation, connecting the independent cities of Richmond and Williamsburg."

Sources

1. ↑ Order books, 1655-1762 [Charles City County, Virginia. Images (browse only) at FamilySearch. Org. Authors: Virginia. County Court (Charles City County) (Main Author)

   Order books 1655-1665> Page 23/Image 35 [1]

2. ↑ Order books, 1655-1762 [Charles City County, Virginia. Images (browse only) at FamilySearch. Org. Authors: Virginia. County Court (Charles City County) (Main Author)

   Order books 1655-1665> Page 36/Image 43 [2]

3. ↑ Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 10, Charles City County Court Orders 1655-1658, Beverly Fleet, Genealogical Publishing Col, Baltimore, MD, 1988, page 32/orig. page 43
4. ↑ Order books, 1655-1762> Charles City County, Virginia. Images (browse only) at FamilySearch. Org. Authors: Virginia. County Court (Charles City County) (Main Author) Order books 1655-1665> Page 43/Image 46 [3]

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Linda Justice for creating WikiTree profile Lawrence-3169 through the import of Justice Family Tree.ged on Apr 30, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Linda and others.

The profile was originally based on a family tree found at Ancestry.com. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=20671250&pid=217. The link to that tree is defunct as of 17 Nov 2022.