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Benjamin Frye 1696–1753 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1696

Birth Location: Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 1 Mar 1753

Death Location: Wheatfield, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: Hans Frey

Mother: Anna Levering

Spouse(s): Anna Merckle

Children(s): Jacob Frye, Samuel Frye

The story of Benjamin Frye began in 1696 in Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Benjamin Frye married Anna Regina Christine Merckle, and had children including Jacob Merckle Frye, Samuel Frye. Benjamin Frye passed away in 1753 in Wheatfield, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Benjamin Frye began in 1696 in Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Benjamin Frye married Anna Regina Christine Merckle, and had children including Jacob Merckle Frye, Samuel Frye.
  • Benjamin Frye passed away in 1753 in Wheatfield, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hans Frey
1663–1734
Birth Location: Altheim, Alsace, Allemagne
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Anna Levering
1676–1754
Birth Location: Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Spouses(s)

Anna Merckle
1699–1760
Birth Location: Bonfeld, Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Children(s)

Jacob Frye
1726–1808
Birth Location: Perkiomen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Samuel Frye
1729–1814
Birth Location: Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia, United States of America
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Benjamin Frye's Ancestors

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Benjamin Frye
1696–1753
Birth Place: Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Hans Heinrich Frey
1663–1734
Altheim, Alsace, Allemagne
Anna (Catherine) Levering
1676–1754
Mülheim an der Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Grandparents
John (Wigard) Levering
1648–1745
Gamen, Nordrhein Westfalen, Allemagne
Magdalena Bokers
1649–1717
Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Pays-Bas
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Benjamin Frye's Descendants

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Benjamin Frye (1696–1 Mar 1753) m. Anna (Regina Christine) Merckle (20 Mar 1699–1 Jan 1760)
  1. 1. Jacob (Merckle) Frye 1726–1808 m. Susanna (Sophia) Bertolet 1724–1805 m. Mary (Molly) Pugh 1734–1805
    1. 1. Abraham Frye 1749–1798 m. Catherine (Elisabeth) Winters 1750–1789
      1. 1. Julianne Frey 1775–1858 m. George (Huffman) Jr. 1772–1839
        1. 1. Nancy Huffman 1807–1876 m. Ira (Fuller) Smith 1804–1884
        2. 2. Catherine Huffman 1800–1841 m. Ezekiel Braden 1797–1885
        3. 3. Elizabeth Huffman 1811–1875 m. John Headley 1809–1891
        4. 4. Mahala Huffman 1813–1889 m. Samuel (D. McCarl) Sr. 1814–1839
        5. 5. Margaret Huffman 1811–1880 m. William Frye 1810–1862
        6. 6. Peter (Huffman) Sr. 1802–1885 m. Elizabeth Stegner 1816–1891
        7. 7. George (Huffman) III 1817–1887
        8. 8. Sarah (Jane) Huffman 1808–1885 m. William (E.) Conrow 1801–1880
        9. 9. Abraham Huffman 1820–1892 m. Hannah (Seely) Bowen 1820–1901
        10. 10. Rachael (Smith) Huffman 1797–1873 m. Jesse (Stewart) Sr. 1794–1885
        11. 11. Joseph Huffman 1815–1903 m. Susannah Brady 1815–1897
      2. 2. Susannah Frye 1783–1868 m. George Huffman 1776–1854
        1. 1. Margaret (Jane) Huffman 1809–1880
        2. 2. James Huffman 1811–1868
        3. 3. Catherine Huffman 1815–1884
        4. 4. Henry Huffman 1810–1852 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Engle 1809–1888
        5. 5. Abraham Huffman 1809–1869
        6. 6. Susanna Huffman 1817–1902
        7. 7. Eliza Huffman 1821–1906
        8. 8. Margaret Huffman 1807–1880
        9. 9. George (Huffman) Jr. 1824–1902
        10. 10. Peter Huffman 1800–1854 m. Elizabeth Stewart 1805–1889
      3. 3. Peter Frye 1780–1870
      4. 4. Catherine Frey 1765–1850 m. Henry (Huffman) Sr. 1756–1812
        1. 1. Abraham Huffman 1793–1879
        2. 2. Nancy Huffman 1794–1795
        3. 3. Phillip Huffman 1791–1866 m. Letitia ((Lettie)) Stewart 1798–1881
        4. 4. Joseph Huffman 1801–1864
        5. 5. Henry (Joseph) Huffman 1803–1879
        6. 6. Rezin Huffman 1808–1839
        7. 7. Mary Huffman 1812–1880
        8. 8. Jacob Huffman 1795–1879
        9. 9. Elizabeth Huffman 1807–1865
        10. 10. Jonathon Huffman 1802–1873
        11. 11. Henry (Huffman) Jr. 1770–1825
      5. 5. Abraham Frye 1787–1827 m. Mary Beckenbaugh 1794–1872
        1. 1. George Fry 1817–1900 m. Delilah Jack 1824–1888
      6. 6. Margaret Fry 1770–1835
      7. 7. Isaac Fry 1771–1842 m. Anna (Maria) Stone 1779–1822
        1. 1. Catarina Fry 1801–1875
        2. 2. Jonathan Fry 1806–1898
        3. 3. Lydia (Ann) Frey 1808–1898 m. Felix (Hoover) Jr. 1808–1847
  2. 2. Samuel Frye 1729–1814

Benjamin Frye's Timeline

2 Records

1696
1696
Birth of Benjamin Frye in Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1753
1 Mar 1753
Age 57
Death of Benjamin Frye in Frye's Fort, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
Frye's Fort, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1696
    Event Place: Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Mar 1753
    Event Place: Frye's Fort, Shenandoah, Virginia, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wheatfield, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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