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John Frye 1475 – 1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1475

Birth Location: Corston, Wiltshire, England

Death Date: 1559

Death Location: Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England

Father: Sir Fry,

Mother: Lady Beaufort

Spouse(s): Johanna Bray

Children(s): John Fry, William Fry, Edward Fry, Richard Fry

John Frye was born in 1475 in Corston, Wiltshire, England, the child of Sir Richard William Fry, and Lady Joan Beaufort. John Frye married Johanna Joanna Bray, and had children including John Fry, William Fry, Edward Fry, Richard Fry. John Frye passed away in 1559 in Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England.

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Biography

  • John Frye was born in 1475 in Corston, Wiltshire, England, the child of Sir Richard William Fry, and Lady Joan Beaufort.
  • John Frye married Johanna Joanna Bray, and had children including John Fry, William Fry, Edward Fry, Richard Fry.
  • John Frye passed away in 1559 in Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Fry,
1445 – 1504
Birth Location: Wiltshire, England
SF
Lady Beaufort
1433 – 1518
Birth Location: Middlesex London
LB

Spouses(s)

Johanna Bray
1478 – 1525
Birth Location: St Columb, Cornwall, England
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Children(s)

John Fry
1500 – 1566
Birth Location: Corston, Wiltshire, England
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William Fry
1502 –
Birth Location: Brinkworth, England
WF
Edward Fry
1505 – 1545
Birth Location: Penshurst, Kent, England
EF
Richard Fry
1515 – 1562
Birth Location: Penshurst, Kent, England
RF

John Frye's Ancestors

Self
John Frye
1475 – 1559
Birth Place: Corston, Wiltshire, England
Parents
Sir Richard William Fry,
1445 – 1504
Wiltshire, England
Lady (Joan) Beaufort
1433 – 1518
Middlesex London
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas) Frye,
1417 – 1483
Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Lady (Sibyl) Cammell
1418 – 1499
Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Sir (Edmund Beaufort of) Lancastrians,
1406 – 1455
Westminster, Middlesex, , England
Lady (Eleanor Alianore) Beauchamp,
1407 – 1467
Walthamstow, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Frye,
1385 – 1482
John Cammell
1384 – 1460
Joan Plecy
1360 –
John Beaufort,
1371 – 1410
Margaret Holand,
1385 – 1440
Sir Beauchamp,
1382 – 1439
Elizabeth Lisle
1386 – 1422
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Fray,
1365 – 1409
Lady Montgomery
1385 – 1419
John Plecy
1335 –
Elizabeth Havering
1338 –
Sir Plantagenet,
1340 – 1399
Catherine Roet),
1350 – 1403
Thomas Holand,
1348 – 1408
Alice Alan,
1352 – 1415
Thomas Beauchamp,
1338 – 1401
Margaret Ferrers
1347 – 1406
Sir Berkeley,
1353 – 1417
Margaret Lisle
1360 – 1392

John Frye's Descendants

1.
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John Frye (1475 – 1559) m. Johanna (Joanna) Bray (Abt. 1478 – Aft. 1525)
  1. 1. John Fry (1500 – 1566) m. Lady (Agnes) Light (1504 – 25 Aug 1557)
    1. 1. William Frye (1528 – 1572) m. Elizabeth Abbott (1532 – )
      1. 1. Robert (Richard) Fry (1557 – 23 Sep 1619) m. Margaret (1562 – 1638)
        1. 1. Richard Fry (1583 – 7 Sep 1655)
        2. 2. Agnes Fry (Abt. 1583 – )
        3. 3. Alexander Fry (1585 – 6 Sep 1638) m. Mary Frye (1589 – Deceased)
        4. 4. Margaret Fry (1598 – )
      2. 2. Roger Fry (Feb 1562 – )
      3. 3. William Frye (1565 – 2 Nov 1610)
    2. 2. Thomas Frye (1530 – ) m. Margarett Turner ( – abt 1632)
      1. 1. William Fry (1580 – bef 1653) m. Anne Burton (1582 – )
        1. 1. Richard Fry (12 Nov 1597 – 7 Sep 1655) m. Honoure Gauntlett (1585 – 18 Aug 1610) m. Elizabeth Willis (1585 – 5 Jun 1623)
        2. 2. Joseph Frye (c. 1600-1620 – bef 1680)
        3. 3. Anne Frye ( – abt 1677)
    3. 3. John Frye
  2. 2. William Fry (1502 – )
  3. 3. Edward Fry (1505 – 27 Aug 1545)
  4. 4. Richard Fry (1515 – 15 Feb 1562)

John Frye's Timeline

2 Records

1475
1475
Birth of John Frye in Corston, Wiltshire, England
Corston, Wiltshire, England
1559
1559
Age 84
Death of John Frye in Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England
Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1475
    Event Place: Corston, Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1559
    Event Place: Sutton Benger, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westbucklond, Somerset, England
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
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