An American Family History

Stephen Frazee was born about 1715.

He married Sarah Allen

Stephen Frazee (1745, married Hannah Gifford), 
Joseph Frazee, 
Benjamin Frazee (1752), 
Jonathan Frazee (1750), and
David Frazee (1756, married Mary Sutton and Mary Fox).

David Frazee was born in 1756 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey. His parents were Stephen Frazee and Sarah Allen. He inherited 5 schillings when his father died in 1766 as well as land on the Squan River.

David married Mary Fox and Mary Sutton.

There is a great deal of confusion about which Mary was David's first wife.

David's daughter with the first Mary was Phoeby Frazee Graham (1780, married William Graham).

His children with the second Mary were:
Sarah Frazee Dickson (February 8, 1779, married Andrew Dickson),
Colonel David Frazee (July 1, 1782, married Catherine Sutton Cooper),
Mary Frazee,
Ann (Nancy) Frazee Warrick (April 9, 1788, married Samuel Warrick).

According to Beers, David moved to Amwell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania from New Jersey about 1780.

David Frazee was in the tax lists of Amwell in 1781-1789. In 1786 David Frazee was on the tax list of Washington County, Pennsylvania

David died in June, 1789. His will is summarized in Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Volume 6:

David Frazee of Amwell Township, Washington County, dated June 15, 1789, proved June 23, 1789; wife Mary; children, Pheby (daughter by former wife), David, Sarah, Mary and Ann (minors); executors, brother-in-law David Fox and Brother Jonathan Frazee; witnesses, David Sutton, Ebenezer Heaton, Timothy Ross and Isaac Sharp. 1, p. 101.

About 1790, Mary married Simeon Porter. John Warrick wrote in the Family of Samuel Warrick and Nancy Frazier Warrick that

Mrs. Frazier married a traveling preacher who made a complete failure of running the farm and after a time drove all the children from home.

The Washington County, Pennsylvania Orphan’s Court Book A-1, p. 87, for March 4 1791 recorded that

The court do allow Simeon Porter husband of Mary Porter formerly Mary Frazee wife of David Frazee deceased ? pounds for the year last (?) past (?) for keeping David, Mary, and Ann Frazee, minor children of David Frazee aforesaid...

And on May 3, 1791 the court record said Abraham Sutton and Philip Hewit were appointed guardians of the minor children: Phoebe, Sarah, David, Mary and Ann Frazee who were all under age 14 years old.

Washington County, Pennsylvania Orphan’s Court Book B-1, p. 26 Isaac Leet, Jr. was the guardian of Mary Frazee and Isaac Leet, Sr. was the guardian of Ann Frazee, David Frazee, and Sarah Frazee