Fry Family Table of Contents
Alternate spellings of Fry: Ffrey, Frie, Frey, Frye
Weymouth is the second oldest town in Massachusetts. It was established in 1622 and incorporated in 1635. The town was a fishing and agricultural community.
They were in America by 1636 when William was granted twelve acres. Their daughters were born in Weymouth. Three of his sisters also came to America, Thomasin Fry Meigs, Mary Fry Harris and Hannah Fry Rawlins.
Elizabeth died about 1653. After she died, Thomas married Joane Chillingsworth in 1654.
“Elizabeth and Mary Fry being dismissed from ye church of Weymouth ... were admitted ye 10 July 1659" to the church of Dorchester, Suffolk County.
Thomas and Mary Pierce of Dorchester and Nathan and Elizabeth Fiske sold William Fry’s lands to Samuel White of Weymouth on May 15, 1672.
Old Style Calendar
Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used.
Daggett is also spelled Dogged, Doged and Doggett.
Suffolk County, Massachusetts was created by the Massachusetts General Court on May 10, 1643. It initially contained Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Dedham, Braintree, Weymouth.
Record of the Descendants of Vincent Meigs: Who Came from Dorsetchire
By Henry Benjamin Meigs, "John Meigs"
From notes of Miss C. L. Sands. FRY, FRYE, FRIE, FREY, FFREY.
William, Weymouth, one of the "passengers" to whom land was assigned in 1636,—twelve acres for two persons. (See Hull, Joseph.) Wife (Elizabeth,) probably dau. of Jonas Humphrey of Dorchester; ch. Elizabeth, b. 20 (10) 1639, (m. Nathan Fiske, Jr.,) Mary b. 9 (11) 1641, (m. Thomas Pierce of Dorchester).
He died Oct. 6, 1642, (or was buried Oct. 26, 1642,) leaving nunc. will. Beq. to his wife, daus. Elizabeth and Mary; to Thomas Harris, Thomas Rawlens, and John Meggs, his three sisters' youngest children. The widow m. Thomas Doggett. (Reg. XXXIX, 230.) (Pioneers of Massachusetts, p. 177.)
Europeans who made the voyage to America faced a difficult journey of several months.
