First Generation 
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1. Friederich FREY. Born in 1626 in Grundetswill, Zurich, Switzerland.

Child:
	2	i.	Jacob

Second Generation 
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Family of Friederich FREY (1)

2. Jacob FREY. Born in Gundetswil, Zurich, Switzerland.

On 26 Jan 1656/1657 Jacob married Anna HIRTZELLER, daughter of Jacob HIRTZELLER, in Gundetswil, Zurich, Switzerland. Born in Altenheim-Nuried, Germany.

They had one child:
	3	i.	Heinrich (1663-1734)

Third Generation 
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Family of Jacob FREY (2) & Anna HIRTZELLER

3. Heinrich FREY. Born on June 17, 1663 in Altheim, Province of Alsace. Heinrich died in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania in 1734; he was 70.

Notes for HEINRICH (HENRY) FRYE (FREY): [1]

HEINRICH FRY CAME TO AMERICA FROM ALTHEIM, ALSACE-LORRAINE, GERMANY/FRANCE, ON BOARD THE SHIP MARKUS, WITH CAPTAIN SOUDER, MASTER. THEY ARRIVED IN THE SOUTH RIVER OF THE DELAWARE, IN ABOUT THE YEAR 1680. THIS WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS BEFORE THE TOWNSHIP OF GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA WAS ESTABLISHED. 

IT IS SAID OF HEINRICH FRY, 
THAT HE CAME TO AMERICA, BEFORE WILLIAM PENN....AND MARRIED IN 1692, IN THE NEW LOG CHURCH IN GERMANTOWN, ANNA CATHERINE LEVERING, DAUGHTER OF WIGARD LEVERING. 

HE IS SAID TO HAVE TAKEN UP 250 ACRES OF LAND IN TOWAMENCIN TWONSHJIP, IN 1712, AND IN 1716, 550 ACRES IN FREDERICK TOWNSHIP. HE GAVE 200 ACRES OF THE LATTER TRACT TO HIS SON, JACOB, AND 200 ACRES TO HIS SON WILLIAM. 

JACOB FREY, MARRIED A DAUGHTER OF JEAN BERTOLET, A HUGUENOT, WHO CAME TO GERMANTOWN IN 1726. 

A DAUGHTER OF HENRY FRYE, ELIZABETH WAS BORN IN 1717, AND MARRIED JOHN MILLER, WHO BOUGHT 125 ACRES IN FREDERICK TOWNSHIP, IN 1732, AND IS MENTIONED AS A "PRACTITIONER OF MEDICINE." DR MILLER, DIED SEPTEMBER 16, 1755. HIS WIDOW DIED IN 1758. THEY HAD ELEVEN CHILDREN. 

HENRY FRYE BUILT WYCK, IN GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA (TODAY, THIS IS PHILADELPHIA) WHICH TO THIS DAY IS ONE OF THE SHOW PLACES IN THE COUNTY. IT IS ON GERMANTOWN ROAD. 

THIS WAS IN 1675-1680, AND SOME CLAIM THAT HE WAS AMERICA'S FIRST GERMAN SETTLER.    HE WAS NATURALIZED AS A U.S. CITIZEN IN GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, MARCH 7,1690. 

HEINRICH WAS A CARPENTER BY TRADE. 

HE AND HIS FAMILY WERE MEMBERS OF THE PROTESTANT LUTHERAN CHURCH.   
HEINRICH FREY BOUGHT A LARGE TRACT OF LAND WEST OF PHILADELPHIA AND NEAR FALKNER'S SWAMP. THIS REGION IS NEAR ZEIGLERSVILLE, PA. 

HEINRICH AND HIS WIFE WERE BURIED ON THEIR PLANTATION NEAR ZEIGLERSVILLE, IN WHAT IS CALLED THE FREY-BERTOLETT CEMETERY, MONTGOMERY CO., PENN. TOGETHER WITH HIS NEPHEW REVEREND ANDREW FREY, A DAUGHTER, AND OTHERS INCLUDING MANY OF THEIR CHILDREN. 

THE FOLLOWING IS A LETTER THAT IS IN THE POSSESSION OF THE FRYE FAMILY ASSOCIATION.

IT WAS WRITTEN BY THE FATHER OF OUR PIONEER, HENRY FRYE, HEINRICH FREY. THE LETTER IS SELF EXPLANATORY.   THIS LETTER IS FREQUENTLY QUOTED BY PROFESSOR WILLIAM I. HULL, AND OTHER AUTHORITIES ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS. (SEE HULL'S WILLIAM PENN AND THE DUTCH QUAKER MIGRATION TO PENNSYLVANIA, 1935 pp. 317-318.   THIS FATHER WITH THE REST OF HIS FAMILY CAME TO AMERICA SEVERAL YEARS AFTER IT WAS WRITTEN: 

DEAR SON, 
YOUR LETTER FROM FAR AWAY AMERICA REACHES US BE THE HAND OF THE BRAVE CAPTAIN SOUDER, AND IT GAVE US GREAT JOY. AMERICA, ACCORDING TO YOUR WRITING, MUST BE A BEAUTIFUL LAND. WE REJOICE GREATLY THAT YOUR NAME IS AMONG SUCH GOD FEARING PEOPLE, AND THAT THE INDIANS OF YOUR COMMUNITY ARE A PEACE LOVING PEOPLE. 
DEAR HENRY, SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN AWAY FROM US THE CONDITIONS IN SOUTH GERMANY HAVE BECOME VERY MUCH WORSE. THE FRENCH HAVE WROUGHT MUCH DEVASTATION AND THIS IS PRESSING US VERY HARD AT THIS TIME, AND BESIDES THIS, WE ARE SUFFERING A PLAGUE OF HIGH TAXES. THOUSANDS WOULD GLADLY LEAVE THE FATHERLAND IF THEY HAD THE MEANS TO DO SO. 

A MERCHANT FROM FRANKFURT WAS WITH US LAST WEEK AND INFORMED US HOW ALONG THE RHINE A NUMBER OF FAMILIES HAD BANDED TOGETHER AND ARE PLANNING TO ACCEPT THE INVITATION OF A YOUNG ENGLISHMAN, NAMED WILLIAM PENN, WHO RECENTLY VISITED THE COMMUNITY, TO GO TO AMERICA AND THERE ESTABLISH NEWHOMES. 
AFTER I HAD RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION, I WENT AT ONCE TO OUR PASTOR, WHOSEPARENTS ARE AT WORMS ON THE RHINE, AND BEGGED HIM URGENTLY TO LEARN WHAT TRUTH THERE WAS IN THESE REPORTS, AND TO FIND OUT IF POSSIBLE, IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO JOIN THEM AND GO TO THE NEW WORLD. HE INFORMED ME THAT IN A PLACE CALLED KRUGSHAM, NEAR WORMS, MANY WERE PREPARING TO LEAVE FOR THE NEW WORLD. WHEN I GAVE THE GOOD MAN YOUR LETTER TO READ, 

HE WAS GREATLY IMPRESSED AND SAID THAT YOU WERE NOW ON THE VERY LAND TO WHICH THESE EMIGRANTS WERE GOING. AMERICA IS THE ONLY DREAM OF YOUR SISTERS CATHERINE, AND ELIZABETH. CATHERINE IS ONLY SIX YEARS OLD, BUT SHE ASKS DAILY WHEN WE ARE GOING TO OUR BROTHER IN AMERICA? 
YOUR DEAR MOTHER, ALSO YOUR BROTHER PETER, YOUR SISTERS CATHERINE ANDELIZABETH GREET YOU HEARTILY AND PRAY TO THE DEAR LORD THAT HE MAY PROTECT YOU AND KEEP YOU.    
YOUR TRUE FATHER 
HENRY FRYE 

SPECIAL NOTE: 
THE FATHER, HENRY FRYE, LATER CAME TO AMERICA, TO JOIN HIS SON. 

NOTE:     FROM CHARLES BURGESS (HEINRICH FREY FAMILY ASSOCIATION) (HFFA HISTORIAN) 780 BELLEVUE AVE., GAP, PENNSYLVANIA 17527-9606: 

"CONVENTIONAL WISDOM USES A LETTER PURPORTING TO BE FROM HEINRICH'S FATHER. INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF THE LETTER SUGGESTS IT WAS WRITTEN AS FICTION AND INCLUDED AS A NOVEL ABOUT EARLY DELAWARE VALLEY LIFE. A BIRTH CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN UNCOVERED WHICH APPEARS TO BE FOR HEINRICH WHICH SHOWS HEINRICH'S PARENTS TO BE JACOB FREY AND ANNA HERTZELLER OF HINTERWIL, (UERKEIM) IN AARGUA, GERMANY, AND JACOB'S FATHER WAS FREIDRICK FREY OF GUNDETSWIL, IN ZURICH, CANTON SWITZERLAND. 

THE HISTORY OF THIS MAN'S COMING TO AMERICA, WITH ONE FRIEND NAMED
PLATTERBACH, (NOTE: THEY WERE THE FIRST TWO GERMANS TO COME TO THIS COUNTRY) WAS WRITTEN IN GERMAN BY A. BARBA. IT WAS PRINTED IN THE ALLENTOWN, PENN. "MORNING CALL", IN A CONTINUING STORY FORM. IT WAS WRITTEN IN GERMAN BY LUDWIG AUGUST WOLIENWEBER, AND TRANSLATED BY PRESTON A BARBA. THE PARENTS AND FAMILY OF HEINRICH FREY FOLLOWED HIM TO THIS COUNTRY. 

THE TWO MEN, FRYE AND BLATTERBACK BEFRIENDED A YOUNG INDIAN BOY THEY FOUND IN THE FOREST WHO WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. 

THEY NURSED HIM BACK TO HEALTH. HE WAS THE SON OF URGURT, THE CHIEF OF THE LENNI LENNAPI INDIANS. 

WHEN HENRICH FREY RETURNED THE BOY TO HIS FATHER, THE CHIEF GAVE FRYE A LARGE GRANT OF LAND. HE TOLD HIM THAT HE COULD HAVE ALL THE LAND HE COULD WALK THROUGH FROM THE SETTING TO THE RISING OF THE SUN. 

THE PATH FRYE TOOK DURING THIS WALK IS STILL TO THIS DAY, CALLED RISING SUN AVE., AND IT IS IN GERMANTOWN. THE GRANT OF THIS LAND WAS RATIFIED BY WILLIAM PENN IN 1691, AND HAS BECOME A PART OF THE ARCHIVES OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. 

AUTHORITY: FRY FAMILY ASSOCIATION RECORDS, THE PENNY. ARCHIVES, GERMAN AMERICAN ARCHIVES, DRY J. CULVER HARTZELL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, THE BOOK OF THE LEVERING FAMILY. 

Marriage Notes for ANNA FREY and HEINRICH FREY:

THIS WAS THE FIRST MARRIAGE IN THE FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE, GERMANTOWN,PENNSYLVANIA. THIS COUPLE WERE BURIED ON PART OF THEIR FARM. SEVERAL OF THEIR SLAVES WERE BURIED THERE AS WELL. RECENTLY THE DESCENDANTS OF THIS COUPLE ENCLOSED THIS PLOT WITH A STONE FENCE AND A MONUMENT WAS ERECTED TO THEIR MEMORY. 

COLONIAL JOHN LEVERING'S "LEVERING FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY (1897) RECORDS THE MARRIAGE, ON APRIL 26, 1692, OF HEINRICH FREY TO ANNA CATHERINE, THE 16-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OF WIGARD LEVERING, ONE OF THE TWO AMERICAN PROGENITORS OF THAT FAMILY, THE OTHER BEING HIS BROTHER GERHAND. THE AUTHOR MILTON RUBINCAM, OF WASHINGTON D.C., IN AN ARTICLE IN THE NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, 1941, V. 29, PAGE 138-139, STATES THAT THIS HEINRICH FREY WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL IMMIGRANT WHO CAME TO AMERICAN SOIL, BUT RATHER, HIS FATHER, HEINRICH WAS. HE REACHED THIS CONCLUSION BECAUSE, THE BRIDEGROOM OF 1692, WAS IN REALITY THE SON OF THE IMMIGRANT, AND NOT THE IMMIGRANT HIMSELF. IN 1680, THE SON HEINRICH MUST HAVE BEEN APPROXIMATELY 28 YEARS OLD, HIS DATE OF BIRTH THUS TENTATIVELY BEING PLACED IN 1652, 24 YEARS BEFORE THE BIRTH OF HIS ALLEGED BRIDE, ANNA CATHERINE LEVERING. HE CERTAINLY WAS A YOUNG MAN AT THE DATE OF HIS FATHER'S LETTER, IN 1681. IF WE AGREE WITH OTHER WRITERS THAT HE WAS THE BRIDEGROOM OF 1692, HE WAS THEREFORE ABOUT 40 YEARS OLD, A NOT IMPROBABLE DATE FOR HIS MARRIAGE, ALTHOUGH UNUSUAL FOR THOSE DAYS WHEN PEOPLE AS A RULE MARRIED EARLY. 

THE PRECISE WORDING OF THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE OF 1692, QUOTED BY COL. LEVERING (OP. SIT., PP 97-98), SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED. IT READS, IN PART: "WHEREAS HEINRICH FREY, OF ALTHEIM, IN THE PROVINCE OF ALSACE, IN HIGH GERMANY, NOW INHABITANT OF GERMANTOWN, IN THE COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, A BACHELOR, AND ANNA CATHARINE LEVERING, OF THE COUNTY OF BROICH, LIKEWISE IN HIGH GERMANY, A YOUNG WOMAN, AFTER DUE CONSULTATION WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE PARENTS, HAVE PRODUCED A SUFFICIENT CERTIFICATION OF THEIR CLEARNESS OF ALL OTHER ENGAGEMENTS." 

NOTE CAREFULLY THE WORDS OF THIS NOTE. AS STATED ABOVE, IF HEINRICH THE SETTLER WAS ABOUT 28 YEARS OLD IN 1680, HE WAS ABOUT 40 AT THE TIME OF HIS MARRIAGE TO ANNA C. LEVERING, BUT IT IS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT A MAN 40YEARS OF AGE WOULD FIND IT NECESSARY TO WRITE TO GERMANY FOR HIS FATHER'S PERMISSION TO TAKE A WIFE.   IT SEEMS MORE PROBABLE THAT THE  HAPPY BRIDEGROOM WAS A YOUTH UNDER AGE, (AS WAS HIS WIFE IN 1692), AND THAT HE WAS A SON OF HEINRICH FREY, IN AMERICA AS EARLY AS 1680, AND A GRANDSON THERE FORE OF HEINRICH FREY OF HEILBRONN, WURTTEMBERG, WHO WROTE THE LETTER OF FEBRUARY 6, 1681. FOR CONFIRMATION OR REBUTTAL OF THIS THEORY, IT IS HOPED THAT WHEN WORLD CONDITIONS HAVE RETURNED TO NORMAL, DESCENDANTS OF THIS FREY FAMILY WILL INVESTIGATE THE CHURCH RECORDS OF ALTHEIM, AND HEILBRONN. 

THE FOLLOWING IS THE MARRIAGE RECORD OF HEINRICH FREY AND HIS WIFE, ANNA CATHERINE LEVERING: 

THIS WAS THE FIRST QUAKER WEDDING TO TAKE PLACE IN GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.THE NOTICE THAT THE WEDDING WOULD TAKE PLACE WAS NAILED FOR THREE SUNDAYS TO THE DOOR OF THE MEETING HOUSE. 

"HEINRICH FREY, A NATIVE OF GERMANY, AND ANNA CATHERINE LEVERING MARRIED IN GERMANTOWN IN 1692. MARRIED BY FRIENDS CEREMONY WITH FRANCIS DANIEL PASTORIUS, CONDUCTING." 

WITNESSES: 
WIGARD LEVERING AMILE SUPPLEE 
MAGDELENA LEVERING ARNOLD CASSEL 
GERHARD LEVERING ELIZABETH CASSEL 
HANS PETER UMPSTAT HEINRICH SHELLENBERGER 
WILLIAM RITTENHAUSEN JOHN PONDER 
ANDREAS SUPPLEE JACOB PFOUTS 
HEINRUCH BUCHOLOTZ CATEIN TOMPKINS 
ELIAS FOSSEN HEINRICH ZOLLERN 
HONNAS MILLER 

THE SOURCE FOR THIS FAMILY HISTORY IS: MISS SARAH FRY, OF NORRISTOWN, PA. THE
LEVERING FAMILY BOOK, PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES, FRY FAMILY ASSOCIATION RECORDS,
DR. J.C. CULVER OF NORRISTOWN. 

ANNA CATHERINE (LEVERING)4 FREY (JOHN WIGARD 3 LEVERING, ROZIER 2, ROBERT 1 DE LEVERING) was born March 15, 1672/73 in MULHEIM ON THE RHUR, BRUCH, WESTPHALIA, GERMANY, and died Abt. 1754 in ZEIGLERVILLE (OR SKIPPACK), MONTGOMERY CO., PENNSYLVANIA. She married HEINRICH (HENRY) FREY April 26, 1692 in GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA                                      1, son of JACOB FREY and ANNA FREY. 

Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 16:29:38 -0600 (CST) 
From: kjenkin2@@ix.netcom.com 
To: jamesw@@cnetech.com 
Subject: Frey 

Heinrich Frey, along with three others, came to America about 1680, before the advent of William Penn. Frey's party located on a plain near Wissahickon Creek, between Roxborough and Germantown. 
On October 1, 1692, Frey bought one hundred acres of land in Roxborough next door to Gerhard Levering from John Jennett. In the decade following, Frey and his family had moved from Roxborough to Towamencin Creek, near Shippack, in western Philadelphia County. According to a deed dated March 26, 1713, Frey and his family later relocated to Whitemarsh Township. 

According to "Levering Family, History and Genealogy," by Colonel John Levering, published 1898:  
"Henry Frey was an enterprising and successful man, and a mechanical genius. Tradition says he made the first plow used in the province. He was, as he  

FAMILY REGISTER OF WIGARD LEVERING 

I, Wigard Levering, was born in Germany, in the Principality of Westphalia, in the District of Munster, and town of Gemen. My father's name was Rosier  Levering, and my mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Van de Walle, who was born in Wesel. In the twenty-third year of my age, I, Wigard Levering, was married to my beloved wife, Magdalena Boker. Her father's name was William Boker, and her mother's name was Sidonia Williams Braviers, of the city of Leyden, in Holland. The above said Magdalena, my wife, was also born in Leyden, and God hath blessed us with the following children, to wit: 

The first born, Joanna Sophia, born in Gemen, in the year of our Lord 1672, in March, and died in the third week.  

The second, Anna Catherine, born in Mulheim on the Rhur, in March, 1673. 

The third, Maria Elizabeth, born in July, 1676, and died in the eighteenth week of her age. 

The fourth, William Levering, was born the 4th day of May, 1677. 

The fifth, Amelia Anna Sophia, was born in the middle of July, 1682. 
 
The sixth, Anna Sibella, was born in the middle of September, 1684. 

The above named children were all born in Mulheim on the Rhur, in Germany, and the following six children were born in North America, in the province of Pennsylvania: 

The seventh, Herman, was born the 18th of November, 1686, and died in the fourth year of his age, in May. 
 
The eighth, Elizabeth, born the 7th day of January, 1689, and died in the fourteenth year of her age, in September. 

The ninth, Sidonia, born the 23d of April, 1691. 

The tenth, Jacob Levering, born the 21st of January, 1693. 

The eleventh, Magdalena, born the 13th of January, 1695, and died in the third week of her age. 

The twelfth, Magdalena, born the 4th of June, 1696. 

The last, after the perfect number of twelve, was an untimely birth. 

God, who is the father of all that are called children, in heaven and on earth, have mercy on my children who are still in the land of the living, that they, through the grace of our Lord Jesus Chirst, may be born again, and registered with their children in heaven; that they, after they are taken from this vain world, the parents with the children, and the children with the parents, may rejoice before God in a happy and blessed eternity. Amen. 
 
 William Penn acquired his estates in what eventually became Pennsylvania by patent in 1681. He began travelling throughout Holland and Germany, recruiting settlers. At the same time, he took partners, thereby acquiring the services of agents to bring in even more settlers. One of the earliest partnerships, organized about 1683, was the Frankfort Company; a partner in the Frankfort company was Jacob Van De Walle, the uncle of Wigard and Gerhard Levering. 
 
The most active partner in the Frankfort Company was Francis Daniel Pastorius, a learned man who came from a family of some wealth and position in Germany. In August, 1683, he arrived in Philadelphia aboard the America with thirteen families, thirty-three people in all, and founded Germantown. 

Wigard and Gerhard Levering emigrated in 1685. Their agreement with the Frankfort Company is at the Pennsylvania Historical Society: 
 
We, the subscribers, do acknowledge and confess by these Presents, that we have contracted and agreed together, that Doctor Thomas Van Wylick and Johannes Le Brun, in behalf of the Pennsylvania Company, in which they, and other friends of Frankfort and other parts, are engaged, to accept or receive me, Wigard Levering, old 36 or 37 years, and Magdalena Boeckers, old 36 years, and four children, Anna Catherine, William, Amelia, and Sibella, respectively 1/2, 2 1/2, 5 and 9 years, to and for the service of the aforementioned Company, to transport by shipping out of Holland or Ingland, to Pennsylvania, upon their cost." 

In August, 1685, the Frankfort Company conveyed 50 acres of land in Germantown to Wigard Levering. Levering removed to Roxborough in 1691 or 1692. 
Wigard Levering's Roxborough residence was on the southwestern side of Ridge Road, nearly opposite the Leverington Hotel. 

At the time of his immigration, both Wigard and Gerhard Levering indentured states in several documents, a turner, by trade. Mr. Cassel wrote, "Heinrich was a Turner. I have a beautiful quart jar that he turned for my great-great-grandfather Christopher Saur, who, having studied medicine in Germany, before he came to America, established a drug store and apothecary in Germantown before he commenced printing. No glass jars could be had, and 
at that time, no facilities for importing them. Frey turned a great number of quart, half-gallon, and gallon jars for him, out of a peculiar kind of wood, which shows no grain, with tight fitting lids, and cornices to them. They were painted or varnished." 

Frey had two brothers, William and Andrew, who immigrated at about the same time, and settled nearby, in Skippack. The Frey brothers, along with a well known religious leader, Henry Anter, John Bechtel, and others, of various religious tendencies and persuasions, belonged to the "Associated Brethren of Skippack," an alliance for religious union and information. 
 
Rather than writing a will, Heinrich and Catherine Frey entered into the following contract with their children: 

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT indented made concluded and agreed upon this 
twelfth day of october ano Dom one thousand seven hundred and thirty-two BETWEEN Henry Frye of the County of Philadelphia and Province of Pensilvania Yeoman and Kathrin his wife of the one part and Jacob Free of the same place Turner, on of the sons of the said Henry and Kathrin, Eliza Frye, Rebecca Frye and Amaly Frye three of the daughters of the said Henry and Kathrin of the other part in manner following, viz. FIRST the said Henry Frye and Kathrin his wife for the consideration hereinafter mentioned have granted bargained and sold and by these presents Do grant Bargain and sell unto the said Jacob Frye all and singular the cows horses mares colts sheep and hoggs with all the household goods Linen bedding brass pewter goods and chattles which belong to them the said Henry and Kathrin in the said Province or elsewhere in America. 
 
To have and to hold all and singular the said Goods chattles and promises hereby granted or mentioned so to be unto the said Jacob Frye his Executors administrators and assigns forever and the said Henry Frye and Kathrin his 
wife their heirs Executors and administrators shall and will warrant and forever Defend the said granted promises and every part thereof unto the said Jacob Frye his Executors administrators and assigns against all person and persons whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof. 
 
In consideration whereof the said Jacob Frye for himself his heirs Executors and administrators Doth Covenant promise and grant to and with the said Henry Frye and Kathrin his wife Elizabeth Frye, Rebecca Frye and Amaly Frye their and every their heirs Executors administrators and assigns joyntly and severally by those presents that he the said Jacob Free his heirs and assigns shall and will well and sufficiently maintain and keep the said Henry and Kathrin with good sufficient and competent meat drink washing and lodging and apparel fitt and covenient for them During their Lives and the Life of the Longer liver of them and also shall and will find allow Provide and maintain and keep them the said Elizabeth, Rebecca and Amaly with good sufficient and competent meat Drink washing lodging and apparel fitt and convenient for them untill they attain to their respective ages of Eighteen years or be married which shall first happen and also pay or caused to be paid to each of them the said Elizabeth Rebecca and Amaly the sum of ten pounds Lawfull mony of America at their said respective ages of Eighteen years or Days of marriage which shall first happen and give to them and each of them the said Elizabeth, Rebecca and Amaly as good a legacy or portion of the said Goods and chattles as their eldest sisters have had and Lastly for the true performance of all and every the Covenants payments articles and agreements herein contained which on the part and behalf of every of them the said parties are and ought to be observed kept payd Done and performed they the said parties Do bind and oblige themselves their heirs Executors and administrators each to the other his heirs Executors and administrators in the penal sum of Two hundred and fifty pounds Lawfull mony of America aforesaid firmly by those presents. In witness whereof the said parties have interchangably set their hands and seals hereunto the Day and year first above written. 

Sealed and delivered in the presence of his 
Jacob Levering Henry X Frye 
George Fry marck 

her 
Kathrin X Frye
marck 

Elizabet Fry 
Rebecka Fry 
Amelee Fry 

Endorsed on the document is the following: 

Received the Eighteenth Day of August anno Dm 1735 of the within named Jacob Frye the sum of Ten pounds in full with all other Legacies Portions Matters or things whatsoever within mentioned Due or becoming Due by the within articles unto the within named Elizabeth Fry now being my wife. I say recd. 

By me Johannes Muller. 

1737 year
Received the Nineteenth Day of November AD one thousand Seven Hundred and thirty seven of the within named Jacob Fry the sum of Ten pounds in full with all other Legacies Portions Matters or things whatsoever within mentioned due or becoming Due by the within articles unto the within named Amely Frye now being my wife I say recd. 
 By me frederich Leinbach 
Amelia Leinbach 
 
 The document is written in English and looks like a title deed. The parchment is nearly two feet long. The contract is still in the possession of Frye family descendants. 

Source; James Harry Wright, intrnet, Decendents of Robert de Levering www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/r/i/james-harry-wright/gene1-0004.html

On April 26, 1692 when Heinrich was 28, he married Anna Catherine LEVERING, daughter of John Wigand LEVERING (1648-1745) & Madelena BOKER (1649-1717), in Germantown, Pennsylvania.

Notes on Catherine Levering: [1]
ANNA CATHERINE (LEVERING)4 FREY (JOHN WIGARD 3 LEVERING, ROZIER 2, ROBERT 1 DE LEVERING) was born March 15, 1672/73 in MULHEIM ON THE RHUR, BRUCH, WESTPHALIA, GERMANY, and died Abt. 1754 in ZEIGLERVILLE (OR SKIPPACK), MONTGOMERY CO., PENNSYLVANIA. She married HEINRICH (HENRY) FREY April 26, 1692 in GERMANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA1, son of JACOB FREY and ANNA FREY. 

Notes for ANNA CATHERINE (LEVERING) FREY:

According to the historian Abraham M. Cassel, "Heinrich Frey and  Joseph Blatenbach were the first two German emigrants who came to Pennsylvania. 
They emigrated in 1680 and settled in Philadelphia." The notice of his wedding to Anna Catherine Levering, which was, according to German tradition, nailed to the front door of the church, together with the certificate, follows: 
Whereas, Henry Fry, of Altheim, in the province of Alsace, in High German, now inhabitant of Germantown, in the county of Philadelphia, bachelor, and Annie Catherine Levering, of the county of Bruck, likewise in High Germany, a young woman, after due consultation with their respective parents, have produced a sufficient certification of their clearness of all other engagements, under the hand of several credible persons, unto one of the Justices of the Peace, in the bailiwick of Germantown, and have published and affixed their intention of marriage in the meeting-house of the said twon on the 24th of the first month past. 
As no objections were filed, the ceremony was performed, and THIS Certificate witnesseth that the said Henry Fry and Anna Catherine Levering have this day solemnized such their marriage by taking one another as husband and wife, according to the law of this country, and before and in the presence of us, whose names are hereunder written at Germantown, the 26th day of the second month [April], 1692. 

Francis Daniel Pastorius, 
Justice of the Peace 

Witnesses: Wigart Levering, Gerhard Levering, Magdalena Levering, Hans Peter Umstat, Arnold Cassel, Henrich Shellenberg, Jon Ponder, Andrew Supplee, Manigha May, Catein Tompkins, William Rittinghuysen, Henrich Zollern, Jacob Pfoutz, Henrich Bucholtz, Elias Tossen, Honnas Miller, Elizabeth Cassel, Herman Trapman, Sara Hendricks, Anecki Supplee, Maria Bonus and others. 

Heinrich Frey, along with three others, came to America about 1680, before the advent of William Penn. Frey's party located on a plain near Wissahickon Creek, between Roxborough and Germantown. 

On October 1, 1692, Frey bought one hundred acres of land in Roxborough next door to Gerhard Levering from John Jennett. In the decade following, Frey and his family had moved from Roxborough to Towamencin Creek, near Shippack, in western Philadelphia County. According to a deed dated March 26, 1713, Frey and his family later relocated to Whitemarsh Township.   
According to "Levering Family, History and Genealogy," by Colonel John Levering, published 1898: 
"Henry Frey was an enterprising and successful man, and a mechanical genius. Tradition says he made the first plow used in the province. He was, as he states in several documents, a turner, by trade. Mr. Cassel wrote, "Heinrich was a Turner. I have a beautiful quart jar that he turned for my great-great-grandfather Christopher Saur, who, having studied medicine in Germany, before he came to America, established a drug store and apothecary in Germantown before he commenced printing. No glass jars could be had, and at that time, no facilities for importing them. Frey turned a great number of quart, half-gallon, and gallon jars for him, out of a peculiar kind of wood, which shows no grain, with tight fitting lids, and cornices to them. They were painted or varnished."  

Frey had two brothers, William and Andrew, who immigrated at about the same time, and settled nearby, in Skippack. The Frey brothers, along with a well known religious leader, Henry Anter, John Bechtel, and others, of various religious tendencies and persuasions, belonged to the "Associated Brethren of Skippack," an alliance for religious union and information. 

Rather than writing a will, Heinrich and Catherine Frey entered into the following contract with their children: 

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT indented made concluded and agreed upon this 
twelfth day of october ano Dom one thousand seven hundred and thirty-two BETWEEN Henry Frey of the County of Philadelphia and Province of Pensilvania Yeoman and Kathrin his wife of the one part and Jacob Frey of the same place Turner,on of the sons of the said Henry and Kathrin, Eliza Frey, Rebecca Frey and Amaly Frey three of the daughters of the said Henry and Kathrin of the other part in manner following, viz. FIRST the said Henry Free and Kathrin his wife for the consideration hereinafter mentioned have granted bargained and sold and by these presents Do grant Bargain and sell unto the said Jacob Free all and singular the cows horses mares colts sheep and hoggs with all the household goods Linen bedding brass pewter goods and chattles which belong to them the said Henry and Kathrin in the said Province or elsewhere in America.  
To have and to hold all and singular the said Goods chattles and promises hereby granted or mentioned so to be unto the said Jacob Frey his Executors administrators and assigns forever and the said Henry Frey and Kathrin his 
wife their heirs Executors and administrators shall and will warrant and forever Defend the said granted promises and every part thereof unto the said Jacob Frey his Executors administrators and assigns against all person and persons whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof. 
In consideration whereof the said Jacob Frey for himself his heirs Executors and administrators Doth Covenant promise and grant to and with the said Henry Frey and Kathrin his wife Elizabeth Frey, Rebecca Frey and Amaly Frey their and every their heirs Executors administrators and assigns joyntly and severally by those presents that he the said Jacob Free his heirs and assigns shall and will well and sufficiently maintain and keep the said Henry and Kathrin with good sufficient and competent meat drink washing and lodging and apparel fitt and covenient for them During their Lives and the Life of the Longer liver of them and also shall and will find allow Provide and maintain and keep them the said Elizabeth, Rebecca and Amaly with good sufficient and competent meat Drink washing lodging and apparel fitt and convenient for them untill they attain to their respective ages of Eighteen years or be married which shall first happen and also pay or caused to be paid to each of them the said Eliza, Rebecca and Amaly the sum of ten pounds Lawfull mony of America at their said respective ages of Eighteen years or Days of marriage which shall first happen and give to them and each of them the said Eliza, Rebecca and Amaly as good a legacy or portion of the said Goods and chattles as their eldest sisters have had and Lastly for the true performance of all and every the Covenants payments articles and agreements herein contained which on the part and behalf of every of them the said parties are and ought to be observed kept payd Done and performed they the said parties Do bind and oblige themselves their heirs Executors and administrators each to the other his heirs Executors and administrators in the penal sum of Two hundred and fifty pounds Lawfull mony of America aforesaid firmly by those presents. In witness whereof the said parties have interchangably set their hands and seals hereunto the Day and year first above written. 

Sealed and delivered in the presence of his 
Jacob Levering Henry X Fry 
George Fry marck 

her 
Kathrin X Fry 
marck 

Elizabeth Fry 
Rebecka Fry 
Amelee Fry 

Endorsed on the document is the following: 
Received the Eighteenth Day of August anno Dm 1735 of the within named Jacob Fry the sum of Ten pounds in full with all other Legacies Portions Matters or things whatsoever within mentioned Due or becoming Due by the within articles unto the within named Elizabeth Fry now being my wife. I say recd. 
By me Johannes Muller. 

Received the Nineteenth Day of November AD one thousand Seven Hundred and thirty seven of the within named Jacob Fry the sum of Ten pounds in full with all other Legacies Portions Matters or things whatsoever within mentioned due or becoming Due by the within articles unto the within named Amely Fry now being my wife I say recd. 
By me frederich Leinbach 
Amelia Leinbach 

The document is written in English and looks like a title deed. The parchment is nearly two feet long. The contract is still in the possession of Frey family descendants. 

On 26 Apr 1692 when Anna Cahterine was 20, she married Henrich (Henry) Frye, son of Jacob Frey & Anna Hirtzeller, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Born in Altheim, Province of Alsace Lorraine, Germany/France. Henrich (Henry) died in Zeiglerville, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.

They had the following children:
		i.	Jacob. Born in 1694.
	4	ii.	William (1695-1768)
		iii.	Henry. Born in 1698 in aft 1768.
		iv.	Abraham. Born in 1700.
	5	v.	Benjamin (1703-1753)
		vi.	John. Born in 1703. John died in 1766; he was 63.
			John married Mary KEISLER.
		vii.	George. Born in 1705. George died in 1750; he was 45.
		viii.	Amelia. Born in 1719. Amelia died in 1781; she was 62.
		ix.	Elizabeth. Born in 1719. Elizabeth died in 1758; she was 39.
		x.	Rebeka. Born in 1719.

Fourth Generation 
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Family of Heinrich FREY (3) & Anna Catherine LEVERING

4. William FRY. Born in 1695. William died in 1768; he was 73.

William married Veronica MARKLEY.

They had one child:
		i.	William.
			William married Veronica STETLER.

5. Benjamin FRY. Born in 1703 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Benjamin died in Cedar Creek, Frederick County, Virginia in 1753; he was 50.

Notes for Henry Frye's third son Benjimine: [1]
BENJAMINE (FREY)5 FRY (ANNA CATHERINE (LEVERING) 4 FREY, JOHN WIGARD 3 LEVERING, ROZIER 2, ROBERT 1 DE LEVERING) was born 1700 in ROXBOROUGH (OR GERMANTOWN), MONTGOMERY CO., PENNSYLVANIA, and died March 1753 in "FRYE FORT", FREDERICK CO., VIRGINIA. He married ANN CHRISTINA (MARKLEY) FRY Abt. 1721 in PHILADELPHIA CO., PENNSYLVANIA. 

Notes for BENJAMINE (FREY) FRY:
BENJAMINE FRY WENT TO FREDERICK CO., VIRGINIA AND LIVED AT CEDAR CREEK, NEAR STRAUSBURG, IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. THIS WAS A MORAVIAN FAMILY AND OTHERS OF THIS FAITH STOPPED TO VISIT WITH BENJAMINE ON THEIR WAY TO THE COLONIES IN NORTH CAROLINA. 

BENJAMINE'S WILL WAS DATED AUGUST 27, 1752, AND WAS PROVED NOVEMBER 6, 1753. 
12. BENJAMINE (FREY)5 FRY (ANNA CATHERINE (LEVERING) 4 FREY, JOHN WIGARD 3LEVERING, ROZIER 2, ROBERT 1 DE LEVERING) was born 1700 in ROXBOROUGH (OR
GERMANTOWN), MONTGOMERY CO., PENNSYLVANIA, and died March 1753 in "FRYE FORT", FREDERICK CO., VIRGINIA. He married ANN CHRISTINA (MARKLEY) FRY Abt. 1721 in PHILADELPHIA CO., PENNSYLVANIA. 

Notes for BENJAMINE (FREY) FRY:
BENJAMINE FRY WENT TO FREDERICK CO., VIRGINIA AND LIVED AT CEDAR CREEK, NEAR STRAUSBURG, IN THE SHENENDOAH VALLEY. THIS WAS A MORAVIAN FAMILY AND OTHERS OF THIS FAITH STOPPED TO VISIT WITH BENJAMINE ON THEIR WAY TO THE COLONIES IN NORTH CAROLINA. 

BENJAMINE'S WILL WAS DATED AUGUST 27, 1752, AND WAS PROED NOVEMBER 6, 1753.

Benjamin married Anna Christena MARKLEY. Anna Christena died on August 27, 1752.

They had the following children:
	6	i.	Abraham (-1807)
	7	ii.	Henry (1724-1812)
		iii.	Jacob. Born in 1726. Jacob died in 1808; he was 82.
			Jacob married Molly.
	8	iv.	Joseph (1727-1781)
	9	v.	Samuel (1729-1814)
		vi.	Benjamin. Born about 1731.
			Benjamin married SPEERS.
		vii.	Christina. Born in 1733.
		viii.	William [2]. Born in 1735 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. William died in Fayette County, Kentucky in April 1796; he was 61.
			about 1766 when William was 31, he married Rachel SPEERS (SPEARS), daughter of Henry SPEARS (-1773) & Regina FROMAN. Born in Pennsylvania.
		ix.	Elizabeth. Born in 1737.

Fifth Generation 
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Family of Benjamin FRY (5) & Anna Christena MARKLEY

6. Abraham FRYE. Born in Frederick County, Virginia. Abraham died in 1807.

Notes for ABRAHAM FRYE: [1]

Henry Ewalt, the second son of John Ewalt (1707-1792)., was born January 27, 1754. He rendered gallent service as a soldier in the Continental line during the "War of the Revolution." On the 10th. of December 1777, about one month prior to his 24th. birthday, he was commissioned an Ensign of the Sixth Company of the First Battalion of the Pennsylvania Militia.

He married Mrs. Elizabeth (Frye) Kellar, widow of Jacob Kellar. She was born in Frederick County, Virginia, the daughter of Abraham Frye, Senior, and Agnes Ann Frye.

Abraham Frye, Senior, was a member of Captain Charles McCluy's Company of First Battalion Cumberland County, Pennsylvanla Militia during the Revolutionary War.

What follows is the will of Abraham Frye Sr. from the records of Washington County, Pennsylvania: 

_____Be it remembered that on this forth day of April, in the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and one, I, Abraham Frye, senior of Fallowfield Township, Washington County, and the state of Pennsylvania, being in a good state of health and of sound disposing mind and memory, yet calling to mind the uncertainty of
time do make and ordain this my last will and testament, touching the disposing of my temporal estate, hereby revoking all other will or wills by me heretofore made and this only to be taken for my last testament and none other: 
_____Imprimis. I will that all of my just debts (if any should appear tho I know of none) by fully paid, and all such legacies as I may hereafter mention in this instrument of writing. 
_____Item. I have already given unto my son Benjamin Frye and to his heirs and assigns for hundred acres of land for which I have made him a deed, lying on Lost River a branch Cape in Virginia. I have also given my son Benjamin a good horse and saddle with other articles not necessary here to be enumerated, which I consider to be his full share and dividend of my state both real and personal and mixed. 
_____Item. I have already given to my son James, and to his heirs and assigns four hundred and fifty acres of land in Washington County, where Samuel Moody now dwells, which my said son James Frye sold to John Warf and received the full amount thereof, I also gave my son James a good horse and saddle and other articles not necessary here to be enumerated, which I consider to be his full share and divided of my estate, both real, personal or mixed. 
_____Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Abraham Frye, and to his heirs and assigns two tracts of land one of which is the place where I now dwell, containing one hundred and seventy eight acres and allowance one cent patented the twenty ninth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty five the other adjoining
the last mentioned tract containing one hundred, and eighty three and three fourth acres and allowance of one hundred per cent, subject to the maintenance of his mother which he shall do in a decent manner at least to comply with the following particulars relative to her maintenance to wit: I will that he shall give her full possession of that part of the dwelling house which she and myself now reside in and to find her a sufficient plenty of provision suitable to make a person of her age a comfortable living and also to provide for his mother as much dressed flax as she shall see cause to make use of for her own particular use and to furnish her with a horse and saddle and bridle to ride at anything when she may have use for the same. 
____Item. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Agnes, one Negro boy (who is free at the age of twenty eight years) during her natural life, and at her death, I will that said boy named Derry shall belong to my son Abraham and to his heirs until the said Derry shall be twenty eight years at which time he is free. And furthermore, I will that my beloved wife shall have all of the household furniture at her own disposal. 

_____Item. I will that all of my personal estate )exclusive of what is above mentioned) money which I may have on hand or due on bond, note or bond account may be equally divided among my daughters to wit: to my daughter Margaret, and to her heirs one share, to my daughter Christina and to her heirs one share, also to my daughter Elizabeth and to her heirs one share, also to my daughter Mary and to her heirs one share, also to my daughter Rebecah and to her heirs one share, also to my daughter Catherine and to her heirs one share, also to my daughter Nancy, and to her heirs one share. 
____and whereas I have five hundred acres of land lying in Kentucky, on the beach fork of the Salt River, which I have lately conveyed to Joseph Forman in trust in order to give him full power to commence a law suit and settle a dispute which a man in the state pretends to hold about said land. I also will that if the said five hundred acres of land should be gained by the said Joseph Forman at law, that it be returned to my executors and equally divided between all of my above mentioned daughters. 
_____and lastly, I do hereby nominate and appoint my son Abraham and my son in law Noah Spears to be my executors to execute this my last will and testament according to the true intent and meaning thereof. As written
my hand and seal the day and year forst above written. 

___________________________________             Abraham Frye, Senior 
Source; 
James Harry Wright, intrnet, Decendents of Robert de Levering
www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/r/i/james-harry-wright/gene1-0006.html

In 1749 Abraham married Agnes Ann YOUNG, daughter of James YOUNG.

They had the following children:
	10	i.	Elizabeth (1757-1837)
		ii.	Benjamin. Born in 1749. Benjamin died in 1812; he was 63.
			Benjamin first married Catherine SPEERS, daughter of Henry SPEERS & Rebecca FRYE.
			Benjamin second married Nancy KELLER.
	11	iii.	Abraham (1764-1813)
	12	iv.	Christina (1750-)
		v.	Margaret.
	13	vi.	James (ca1750->1821)
	14	vii.	Rebecca
		viii.	Catherine.
		ix.	Nancy.
			Nancy married Noah SPEARS.

7. Henry FRYE. Born in August 1724. Henry died on April 13, 1812; he was 87.

In 1749 when Henry was 24, he married Fanny LITTLER.

They had the following children:
	15	i.	Benjamin (1774-1840)
	16	ii.	Henry

8. Joseph FRY. Born in 1727. Joseph died in 1781; he was 54.

Joseph married Ann FUNK.

They had one child:
	17	i.	Benjamin

9. Samuel FRYE. Born in 1729. Samuel died in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1814; he was 85.

In 1767 when Samuel was 38, he married Christina SPEERS. Born in 1752. Christina died in 1841; she was 89.

They had the following children:
	18	i.	Luke (1793-1821)
	19	ii.	Elizabeth
		iii.	Rebecca.

Sixth Generation 
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Family of Abraham FRYE (6) & Agnes Ann YOUNG

10. Elizabeth FREY/FRYE. Born in 1757 in Frederick County, Virginia. Elizabeth died in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky in 1837; she was 80.

Elizabeth first married Jacob KELLER. Jacob died in 1781.

THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS, Volume 1, Part 1, CHAPTER III OLD KENTUCKY GRANTS (1793-1856), THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY, page 196: Grantee: Keller, Jacob  Acres: 400, Book: 5, Page: 492; Date Survey: 8-24-1795; County: Bourbon; Watercourse: Stoners Fk

They had one child:
	20	i.	Abraham (1777-1834)

In 1782 when Elizabeth was 25, she second married Henry EWALT, son of John EWALT (1707-1792) & Sarah (1726-1809), in Pennsylvania. Born on January 27, 1754 in Palatinate, Pfalz, Bavaria. Henry died in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky in September 1829; he was 75.

They had the following children:
	21	i.	Sarah "Sallie" (1783-1837)
	22	ii.	Mary S. “Polly” (1785-1868)
	23	iii.	Rebecca (1787-1861)
	24	iv.	John (1789-1857)
	25	v.	Samuel (1792-1878)
	26	vi.	Richard (1795-1833)
	27	vii.	Henry D. (1796-1846)

11. Abraham FRYE. Born on June 4, 1764. Abraham died in 1813; he was 48.

In 1784 when Abraham was 19, he married Hester JOHNSTON, daughter of Jacob JOHNSTON & Mary. Born in 1766. Hester died in 1813; she was 47.

They had the following children:
		i.	Benjamine. Born on April 15, 1788.
			Benjamine married Sarah SHAFFER.
	28	ii.	Mary (1788-1881)

12. Christina FRYE. Born on April 4, 1750 in Frederick County, Virginia.

Christina married John SNAPP.

They had one child:
	29	i.	Abraham Fry (ca1771-)

13. James FRYE. Born circa 1750 in Frederick County, Virginia. James died after September 1, 1821; he was 71.

Daniel Boone and James Fry(e)
While the encounters between the Boones and John, Jacob and William Fry(e) are a matter of historical record, a connection with James is only circumstantial at best. While it is quite possible that James may have met Boone face to face, there is slim chance of ever proving it at this point. Despite that lack of physical evidence, Boone undoubtedly had a great impact on him.

James Fry(e) was born in Frederick County, Virginia sometime around 1750, and moved with his parents, Abraham and Agnes-Ann (Young) to southwestern Pennsylvania somewhere between 1769 and 1772 (see Journal, Aug. 1993). He was a resident there when Washington County was created in 1781, having paid taxes that year on 200 acres, two horses, four cattle and four sheep (PA Archives Series 3, V22, p 731). He was apparently living near the farms of his parents and two brothers in Fallowfield Township. He was married to Nancy Spears, daughter of Henry and Regina (Froman) Spears, and although the date is not certain, it must have been Just prior to 1775. It might be noted that Henry Spears and Paul Froman migrated to western Pennsylvania from Frederick County, Virginia as well, and it is quite possible that they and the Kellar, Crist and Frye families may have migrated together. Nancy was born apparently in Virginia on March 17, 1759 (Spear-Fry Cemetery, Bourbon County, Kentucky).

In 1784, immediately following the end of the Revolutionary War, James served as a Private 4th Class in the Washington County, Pennsylvania militia in an Indian Spy Company under Lt. Thomas Crook. Two years later, James was involved in a controversy with the U.S. government, and on April 27, his home and improvements were burned on land settled contrary to regulations set forth by the U. S. Congress. He had, at this point, been located some thirty miles downstream (southwest) of Pittsburgh on the Virginia side of the Ohio River adjacent to the present state of Ohio. This was probably in what is now Ohio County, West Virginia, and although the specifics are not known, it is speculated that he may have built a cabin or shelter across the river, perhaps grazing cattle, thus defying a treaty with the Indians. Also involved in the controversy, was John Kellar. Perhaps we can look at this in more detail at another time.

James Fry(e)'s arrival into central Kentucky is thought to have been sometime between mid-1787 and early 1788. At any rate, he is not on the list of taxpayers for 1787, but is the following year. This is also true of the party that appears to have migrated with him. In all probability, James and Nancy migrated to Kentucky along with Henry and Elizabeth Ewalt, and Jacob and Elizabeth Spears. (Elizabeth Frye Kellar Ewalt was a sister to James, and Jacob Spears was a brother of Nancy, James' wife. Thus these three families were closely related.) If they arrived late in the summer of 1787, they may easily have missed the tax assessments for that year, for the Virginia legislature had passed a law in October of 1786 decreeing that tax collecting operations in the Kentucky counties were to begin on March 10 of the following year. Although greatly scattered out over a large area, with such a small number of residents then living in Bourbon County, it would seem reasonable that those in the Fry(e) party may have arrived late enough that year to have missed the taxation process for 1787. Furthermore, various legal records, including tax lists, for Washington County Pennsylvania, give witness that Jacob Spears and Henry Ewalt were in Washington County in 1786, but show no evidence of their presence the following year. In addition, James Jr. is said to have been born in Kentucky in 1787. This information comes from the research of Robert Excell Fry of Pike County, Missouri, who did a very scholarly research through court house records etc., back in the 1920s. He is a descendant of James Fry Jr. Unfortunately, his source is  at this point. Nevertheless, James Jr.'s brother Abraham was born there the following May (1788).
In an article written by Josephine H. Ewalt, the following notation is written concerning her great-great- grandfather, Henry Ewalt:

"When he was mustered out (from service during the Revolution) and returned to Western Pennsylvania, he found that his neighbor had been killed in the War and had left a young son and widow, she (being) Elizabeth Frye Keller.* In 1782, Henry married the young widow. Two little Ewalt girls and an Ewalt boy came along in due time. And now Henry had to take a look at the economic future.

"He had brothers older than he. The English primogeniture laws still prevailed in the Colonies during this pre- Constitutional period. Henry was most certainly not going to inherit the Bedford County land. So he decided to try his fortunes in the newly opened Kentucky County of Virginia. A flat boat down the Allegheny and into the Ohio to the landing place at Limestone (now Maysville) carried Henry and his family to the land of opportunity. The step-son, Abraham Keller. thus came to Kentucky and was the progenitor of many Kellers in this county."  (From "Henry Ewalt and the House He Built").

Indeed, the party must have followed the Old Buffalo Trail, for it crosses Cooper's Run almost immediately behind the tract the Fry(e)s were to settle on. There to the north side of the Old Buffalo Trail, the Spears, Fry(e)s and Ewalts were to settle on adjacent tracts almost within shouting distance of each other. To the south side had been Cooper's Fort, built a dozen years before by John Cooper who was the first in the area to clear land and raise a corn crop, from which he sold seed to migrating settlers until Indians killed him. In between Cooper's Fort and the newcomer's tracts, ran Cooper's Run Creek.
The decade of the 1780s had seen numerous incidents between Indians and the few who dared to encroach upon their hunting grounds there in Bourbon County. These reached a peak in 1788 with the Shanks Massacre along Cooper's Run, a very short distance from where the Spears, Fry(e)s, and Ewalts had chosen to settle. "A small band of Indians had attacked the frontier house, and set it aflame to force out the victims, mainly the widow Shanks and her children. They terrorized the family, killing five, and kidnapping a girl whom they later scalped. The Indians stole some of the horses, and retreated. Neighbors pursued them and killed two of the Indians)" (Everman, p 4). It is likely that James Fry(e), Jacob Spears and Henry Ewalt were among the neighbors that pursued the Indians. Everman mentions that Jacob Spears was one of the prominent officers of the militia in those early years (p 16). As for James, he is listed as a lieutenant in the Bourbon County Militia as of July 29, 1789, and by November 5th of the following year, has risen to the rank of captain. Although the Indian threat abated, settlers remained cautious, as Indians continued to raid along the overland routes.
*Her first husband, Jacob Kellar, died in 1781. She remarried very soon afterward, and their first child was born in 1782.
**John Keller stated in a deposition dated 1806 that he came in the year 1776 with a party including Patrick Jordan, Reuben Wats (Waits), James Thompson, John Irvin and others. He made an entry for his brother, Jacob Keller. He stated that Abraham Keller was the son of Jacob Keller, deceased" (Ardery, p 12). This Jacob Keller (Kellar) is Elizabeth Frye's first husband.
For the new arrivals, this location may have made more sense in 1787/88 than it perhaps would a decade later. In 1787, there was no town of Paris. Indeed, one of the first structures there was Duncan Tavern, built in 1788. Yet a short distance from our settlers at Cooper's Run, was the Johnson Inn, located strategically along the Buffalo Trail. Built also in the 1780s, it was a favorite stopping place for travelers in their journey between Limestone and Lexington. While the area was chosen as the county seat for the newly formed Bourbon County (1786), court was held at first in the homes of prominent settlers (John Kiser's home on Cooper's Run was chosen that year). It must have seemed in 1787/88 that a community might well spring up near where they had settled. This would change with the selection in 1789 of Hopewell (Paris) by the Virginia legislature to be the county seat (see Jacob Fry).
Our party of settlers undoubtedly lived in rude shelters at first, as attested to by Josephine Ewalt:
"In 1788, Henry bought 200 acres of land North of Cooper's Run for the amazing sum of 110 pounds sterling (about $1.50 an acre). On that land, he built first a small temporary house, while he and his neighbors cleared the land of the thick virgin forest so that they could plant crops. They finally built the ‘big house,’ the two story frame front part of today's structure with stone chimneys at each end."
While there is some controversy as to exactly when the structure was built, it is estimated that construction occurred during the early to mid-1790s. It still stands today at what is appropriately known as Ewalt's Crossroads. Of it, Everman states, "This Revolutionary War veteran possessed one of the most elegant homes with paneled walls (ash and walnut) and molded ceilings, and decorated with exquisite hand carvings" (p 19).
Perhaps during this same time, Jacob Spears began construction on his house, "Stone Castle". It is featured in the book, Historic Architecture of Bourbon County, Kentucky, which states, "The house was built for Jacob Spears shortly after his arrival in Bourbon County in 1787 or 1788. It has the characteristics of the work of builder John Metcalfe, who had travelled to Kentucky from Virginia with a group under the guidance of Simon Kenton in the same year" (Langsam, p 38). Whether the Spears, Fry(e) and Ewalt party came in from Limestone with this group may never be known. Yet it is interesting that attempts were made at such an early point to establish the trappings of civilization, though the conditions upon their arrival were far from that.
While the Spears home was perhaps, chiefly the work of John Metcalfe, undoubtedly Jacob's sons and slaves helped with the labor. It features a spiral staircase and cherry paneling in the front room, and is considered a county historical landmark today. Jacob Spears was to make his money in the distillery business, one of 128 listed in the Bourbon County Census of 1810. Across the lane on the Fry(e) side, the Spears built a warehouse for their distillery operation, and this also still stands. While James undoubtedly dabbled in the same business at times, he was certainly never to become the successful entrepreneur that the Spears were. It is likely that much of his labor was put into farming, although Langsam tells of James' son Abraham, "Fry was an early settler in this area, and operated a distillery on his farm. His son, I. N. (Isaac Newton) Fry, continued to occupy the farm, and his name appeared on both the 1861 and 1877 maps" (p 39).
As for James Fry(e), he was to purchase his 200 acres from the Jacob Spears tract on July 20, 1790. Unfortunately, his home no longer survives as do the other two. Undoubtedly their first structure was also a crude cabin, but as was the case with the others, this was replaced by a more permanent home. However, unlike the others, we have no surviving clues as to when it may have been built. The fact that it was brick, has led some to question the possibility of an early date. Yet Ardery notes that, "More permanent buildings of brick began to replace those of log by 1796" (p 7). This may come as a surprise, but Langsam says much the same. Since James didn't seem to prosper on the scale of his neighbors, we may surmise that his was probably the last of the three to be built. Nor did it share the elegance of the others. Even the fact that the Fry(e) homestead was called "Musk Rat Valley" fails to compare with the more sophisticated "Stone Castle" of the Spears estate. This is the same estate that James willed to his son Abraham in September of 1809. The fact is that other than in the 1810 census, we hear very little about James during the next decade, although we know that Nancy continued to live there at the homestead with her son until her death in 1839 (Mar. 25).
James may have been in and out of the county during this, period as he was in February of 1804 when he and Jacob Spears brought litigation against one Abner Reeves over a debt (Common Pleas Ct., Knox Co. Indiana Territory Minutes 1800-1806, p 171). He probably set up the original distillery on his farm - the one his son Abraham operated (Langsam). Perhaps this was the reason for his less than settled life style. Although we have no record as to how much he produced, or how he disposed of his stock, his nephew Solomon Spears (Jacob's son) floated barrels by boat down to New Orleans, and then walked back home up the Natchez Trace, making the trip 13 times during that early period (Everman, p 37). Although James' age may have prevented a trip of that magnitude (to New Orleans), his business dealings may still explain his apparent absences. He certainly seems to have possessed a restless spirit. Ultimately however, it may have been Daniel Boone that ignited his desire to move on into Missouri.
In 1799 Boone had become discouraged enough with his debts and failed business dealings, that he left for Missouri, although he is said to have given the following reason officially, "Too many people. Too crowded! Too crowded! I want more elbow-room" (Steele, p 393). Nearing his 65th birthday in 1799, Boone set out for the Femme Osage District of Spanish-owned Missouri. As Boone made the trip on foot, crowds gathered all along the way to see this famous hunter. Within a year, Spanish officials appointed him magistrate of the district. whose duty was to keep law and order, and occasionally judge law cases. Though possessing no legal experience, he, nevertheless, gained a reputation for wisdom and fairness. When the territory passed from Spanish into French and then American hands in 1803, Boone again lost most of his land claims, since they had been registered with Spanish officials. Finally, in 1814, a year after the death of his wife Rebecca, a small portion of his claims were restored to him by the U. S. Congress in appreciation for his role in the opening of these two frontiers. 'As a result, Boone became financially able to return in 1817 to Kentucky to pay off debts. Some of the earliest records in Bourbon County concern suits against Boone and Simon Kenton for not "paying their debts promptly". Boone was, in fact, quite conscientious despite the losses he had repeatedly suffered regarding land claims.
Having said he would never return to Kentucky, Boone mellowed in his latter years. Like a returning hero, wherever he went, people turned out to get a glimpse of him, as "...aging companions came to see him and brought their children and grandchildren so that in years to come they could say that they had once shaken the hand of Daniel Boone" (The Long Hunter; Elliott, p 199). Boone reportedly reached home with but 50¢ left.
Could it be that James was one of those that sought out Boone's attention? Did he listen to Boone's accounts of Missouri? Perhaps! Perhaps not! Yet sometime in his late 60s, James began planning for his final adventure - into Missouri. Yet even more remarkable, Boone returned home that year to prepare for his final hunting trip - this time west to Kansas and the Dakotas, following the Platte River to the Rockies, and spending the winter season trapping in the Yellowstone region. But what made this so remarkable was that Boone was well past his eightieth birthday. Back in Missouri, he was sought out in 1819 by the American artist Chester Harding who is thought to have made the only portrait of Boone painted from life. And Finally, on September 26, 1820 at the age of 86, Boone died while visiting the home of his son Nathan.
According to research done by Robert Excell Fry, James and some of his family came to Pike County Missouri in the spring of 1819. He noted that James Jr. was in Kentucky early in 1819 but not in 1820. In addition, of James Sr.'s other children, Jacob, Benjamin, and possibly Nancy also went out to Missouri. However, there is no evidence that their mother Nancy ever went west. This has left family researchers with some glaring questions. Nancy would have been 60 at the time, but still younger than her husband. When James willed his farm to his son Abraham, Nancy continued to live there with him, and was there when she was named on a summons on October 4, 1820 that she was an heir to part of the estate of Solomon Spears, deceased. In fact, she died there twenty years later on March 25, 1839, and was buried in the Spears-Fry Cemetery behind the Jacob Spears mansion in Bourbon County. Why did she not join her husband in Missouri? He appears to have been in Missouri for possibly two and a half years before his death in Pike County, where he made out and recorded his last will on September 1, 1821. In this he gave his son Jacob "all my lands in this county... ," (as well as) "my mulatto woman, named Matilda and her child named Lewis, together with all my other estate both real and personal...." He acknowledged that his other children had already received their inheritance and would receive no more. Had James and Nancy been estranged (receipts do exist that show she did send money to Missouri territory), or did she plan to join him after living quarters had been adequately prepared? To this and other questions we may never have an answer. Yet James, like Boone, had lost a considerable sum of money in a land sale deal, and had few personal effects at the time of his death. (See Journal July 1992.) Whether James ever personally met Boone we'll probably never know. Yet Boone's influence on the restless spirit of James Fry(e) certainly seems strong to say the least. (A great deal more can be said of James Fry(e) -a fascinating man we plan to feature again.)

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before 1775 when James was 25, he married Nancy SPEARS, daughter of Henry SPEARS (-1773) & Regina FROMAN. Born on March 17, 1759. Nancy died on March 25, 1839; she was 80.

They had the following children:
		i.	Isaac Newton.
		ii.	James.
		iii.	Jacob.
		iv.	Benjamin.
		v.	Nancy.
		vi.	Abraham.

14. Rebecca FRYE.

Rebecca married Joseph FORMAN.

They had one child:
		i.	Catherine Eliza.
			Catherine Eliza married David R. COX.

Family of Henry FRYE (7) & Fanny LITTLER

15. Benjamin FRYE. Born in 1774. Benjamin died in 1840; he was 66.

Benjamin married Mary FRYE.

They had the following children:
		i.	Abraham W.
	30	ii.	Benjamin Powell (1820-1890)
	31	iii.	Isaac L.

16. Henry FRYE.

Henry married Hannah.

They had one child:
	32	i.	Henry Westfall

Family of Joseph FRY (8) & Ann FUNK

17. Benjamin FRY.

Benjamin married Mary Magdaline SECRIST.

They had one child:
	33	i.	Benjamin (1791-1867)

Family of Samuel FRYE (9) & Christina SPEERS

18. Luke FRYE. Born in 1793. Luke died in 1821; he was 28.

Luke married Mary WEST.

They had one child:
	34	i.	West

19. Elizabeth FRYE.

Elizabeth married Frederick COOPER.

They had one child:
	35	i.	Rachel

Seventh Generation 
_________________________________________
Family of Elizabeth FREY/FRYE (10) & Jacob KELLER

20. Abraham KELLER. Born in 1777 in Pennsylvania. Abraham died in 1834; he was 57.

In 1799 when Abraham was 22, he married Margaret ANDERSON, daughter of William ANDERSON (1753-1830) & Elizabeth HINKSON (-ca1790). Born in 1784. Margaret died in 1866; she was 82.

They had the following children:
		i.	Abraham (1809-1876)
		ii.	Solomon (1803-)
		iii.	Nancy (1821-1886)
		iv.	Jacob (1799-ca1877)
		v.	Elizabeth
		vi.	Rebecca
		vii.	Minerva
		viii.	Margaret “Peggy”
		ix.	John
		x.	Joseph
		xi.	Isaac (~1824-)

Family of Elizabeth FREY/FRYE (10) & Henry EWALT

21. Sarah "Sallie" EWALT. Born on April 16, 1783 in Bedford, Pennsylvania. Sarah "Sallie" died in Bourbon County, Kentucky on September 13, 1837; she was 54.

Nicknamed "Sally."  Sarah Ewalt b. 16 APR 1783, Bedford, PA, ref: HJZ5-LD, m. 6 Sep 1803, in Bourbon County, Kentucky,S2T Joseph Shawhan, b. 12 SEP 1781, (son of Daniel Shawhan and Margaret Bell) ref: HJZ2-S1,S1T d. 15 SEP 1871, Bourbon Co. , KY.  Sarah died 13 SEP 1837, Bourbon County, Kentucky.

On September 6, 1803 when Sarah "Sallie" was 20, she married Joseph SHAWHAN, son of Daniel SHAWHAN Jr. (1738-1791) & Margaret Fry BELL (1742->1830), in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Born on September 12, 1781 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.  in 1812  Colonel Indiana War of 1812. Joseph died in Bourbon County, Kentucky on September 15, 1871; he was 90.

This old stone house on the Edgewater Pike six miles from Cynthiana, was built by Joseph Shawhan. In 1788, at the age of seven, he came to Kentucky from Pennsylvania with his parents. His father, Daniel Shawhan, stopped at the spring back of Mt. Carmel Church, decided it was the best water he ever tasted and that he would build a distillery on the spot, which he did.

Daniel settled near Mt. Carmel, where he lived with his wife and eight children. He died before his children were grown, and Joseph and John came into Harrison County when quite young, both later becoming vast land owners in the county. (John was the great-grandfather of Mr. Jim Shawhan, now one of Cynthiana's most venerable citizens).

Joseph married Sarah Ewalt in 1800, fought in the War of 1812, then built this old house in 1816. His children were: Henry (who later became the first president of The National Bank), John, Daniel, Margaret (Mrs. Pugh Miller), Rebecca (Mrs. Wesley Hoggins) and Sarah (Mrs. John Lail). The old house had three separate doors and three stairways, a convenient arrangement when several of his married children lived with him for a time.
Joseph was quite a boy, according to Collins History which says, "He was the largest landholder of fine and costly lands in cultivation, reckoning by the number of acres, in Kentucky, and probably in America. He used to take flat boats with produce from the mouth of the Beaver on Licking River to the foreign port of New Orleans and travel back on foot through the Indian nation and wilderness with proceeds of the boat and cargo in Spanish doubloons and 'milled dollars' jingling in the pouch slung from a stick on his shoulder."

He was a self-made man with little if any formal education. He said that he began supporting himself when he was nine years old. Like his father, he was one of the first makers of "Bourbon County" whiskey, and during his lifetime operated a large and profitable distilling business in addition to his vast land holdings. He was a small, stockily built man very shrewd, energetic and alert, and not much inclined to take orders. One of his favorite sayings was, "Believe nothing you hear and damn little you see." Once during the Civil War, when he was riding home from Paris, he was stopped near the town by Federal troops stationed there to maintain martial law, and ordered to take off his spurs. He rude on, ignoring the order, but the officer in charge told the men not to shoot "the old fool," and he went on home without further interference.

He was always keenly interested in all the details of his business operations, and his great-grandson said that it was his habit when he was a very old man to climb up on a stack of straw he was buying and tramp it to be sure it was sound.

He represented Harrison County several times in the Legislature.

Besides his business interests, he was a great reader of the newspapers and all the books he could collect. He liked oil lamps with no chimneys which he placed between himself and his paper or book on a small table when he read.

He died in 1871, aged 90 years and 3 days. He was a most inveterate lover of horses and horse racing, having gone to the Lexington races, both spring and fall meetings, whenever held, since 1800. For 71 years, since his 19th year, this passion for racing and witnessing races had grown upon him; and he lost his life from an accident while returning from the great race won by the horse Longfellow. He was driving a young, nervous horse, and when he reached a woods not far from his home a storm came up and his horse became frightened. He unhitched it and mounted it to ride, but the horse was so frightened it threw him, injuring him fatally.
A handsome portrait of the old gentleman hangs in the home of Mrs. Agnes McDowell, his great-great-granddaughter. His only other direct descendants in the county are Elizabeth and Agnes McDowell, Susan Miller, Mrs. Dewey Kuster Jr., Mrs. Anna Sue Waits and Margaret Waits. Mr. Jim Shawhan is a great-nephew and Mrs. C. L. Robinson of Cynthiana and Miami Beach, is a great-great-niece.

After the death of Joseph Shawhan, the old house was owned by the following: John Snell Shawhan, his son, (1871-1882), Mrs. Thomas Worthington (1882-1923), R. D. Worthington (1923-1928), Mrs. Robert Lyne (1928-1935), Charles Bova (1935-1938), John Lang (1938-1942), Noah Florence (1942-1943), Ross Pepper Jr. (1943-1957). Mrs. Worthington, a widow, reared her children, Bessie and Robert D. in the old place.
After the Worthingtons, so far as we know, none of the owners lived in the old house, but lived instead, in the present Ross Pepper Jr. home on the New Lair Pike about half a mile away on the same farm.

Ross Pepper Jr. has recently torn down the log section of the house, the fireplace of which shows in the picture.
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He came to Kentucky with his father, Daniel , in 1788; and after his father's death in 1791, made his home with his widowed mother, his brother John  and his unmarried sisters.  In 1816 he was in Harrison County, first having been in Maysville.  {Madsen, p. 26; NDN, p. 64}

"He was a member of the Kentucky Legislature in 1844-7 and 1857-61.  The assessment books of Harrison County show that he owned 2500 acres of the blue grass land, 3500 acres in all, in Harrison and Bourbon Counties.  He was a great lover of [racing] horses, as were all male members of his family, and attended the Lexington races since 1800; for 71 years this passion for racing had grown, and the last race he attended was in 1871…the race of "Longfellow" (Collins History of Kentucky, Volume II).  Returning home, he was thrown from his horse and killed.  Collins History of Kentucky Volume I/217 states:  'September 15, 1871, Joseph Shawhan; death by being thrown from his horse while returning from the Lexington races, aged 90 years and 3 days, the oldest turfman in Ky., and a farmer of 3600 acres of bluegrass land in Harrison and Bourbon Counties.  He and his father emigrated from western Pennsylvania, and were the first among the makers of whiskey that was given the name "Bourbon" for Bourbon County.  He used to take flatboats with produce from the mouth of the Beaver on Licking River to the foreign port of New Orleans and travel back on foot through Indian nations and wilderness with proceeds of the boat and cargo in Spanish doubloons and "milled dollars" jingling in his pockets and from a pouch slung from a stick on his shoulder.'"  (See also Armstrong's Biography and Encyclopedia of Kentucky, 1876, p. 278; and Alleghany County, Pa., Volume II/426, Warner).  {Madsen, pp. 26-27}

NOTE:  The town of "Shawhan" (originally known as "Shawhan's Station" after a railroad shipping point of the Kentucky Central Railroad through land donated by Joseph and his son Daniel) is still occupied and shown on maps as of this writing (1983).  When recently visited by the author, it consisted of about 10 homes, a General Store under the proprietor, Lucius Moreland, and the "Shawhan Baptist Church" with a cornerstone dated 1859.  The town still lies across a railroad feeder line and can be reached by driving north from Paris, Ky., for a few miles on U.S. Route 27, then taking a road intersecting from the right (east).  {R.T. Shawhan, p. 8}

Excerpt from "Kentuckian," a Paris, Kentucky, newspaper:  "Jo Shawhan Sr., has laid out a mile track on that portion of his 2,800 acres of land, lies in this county whereupon the Cynthiana News says: "Jo Shawhan has now 2,800 acres in Bourbon. We only claimed a portion, as the reader can see. Uncle Jo is here as we write this and says that he has now 3,370 acres of land; that 2,450 acres lie in Harrison, 500 acres in Bourbon and 360 in Scott. His home place lays on either side of the Bourbon and Harrison line, his residence being in Harrison within a few yards of the line. His lands lands with the exception of 200 or 300 acres below Cynthiana, are among the best in the three counties. He recently exchanged Bourbon land for Scott land in order to get clear of our railroad taxes. April 27 1870."

Article from the "Kentuckian," a Paris, Kentucky newspaper:

About 1796 Daniel Shawhan with a large family traveled from Pennsylvania in a covered wagon bringing his copper still and settled in Shawhan. His harvest was great and he manufactured the "Bourbon" whiskey. He located on the Townsend Valley Road and later his still was near Shawhan, the old railroad from here. He died and two sons Joseph and Daniel carried on the trade. His property value grew to around a quarter of a million dollars. His partner was H.C.Bowen and T.E. Moore who later married his grand daughter.

In Pennsylvania they called whisky "Monougahela," it being called after the county in which it was manufactured. SHAWHAN, following the same example, called the whisky manufactured by him after the county in which his new home was situated, "Bourbon."

It was the first whisky ever manufactured in Kentucky or in the Mississippi Valley.

The third year out the father died, and it then devolved upon his son Joseph to carry on the business. He being industrious, their little farm was soon extended, and assumed respectable size. The excellency of his whiskies soon gave him a wide reputation, and the large emigration kept up a heavier demand than could be supplied. He though, bent his energies to his work, increased his capacity as a distiller, and "Bourbon" soon became a household word.

Joseph Shawhan recently died at the age of 85. He left property valued at upwards of a quarter of a million of dollars.

The emigrant from Pennsylvania was Daniel Shawhan, father of the late Joseph Shawhan, who died at the age of 90 years, from being thrown from a horse. At the time of receiving the injury he was quite vigorous, and in the enjoyment of good health, looking as if he might live many more years. His relatives still produce the same quality of hand-made fire copper and Bourbon as originally.

T.E. Moore who married Joseph Shawhan's granddaughter, in connection with his partner, H.C. Bowen, is largely engaged in the distilling business at Shawhan, Bourbon County, Ky, as is also Mr. J. Snell Shawhan, a grandson of Joseph Shawhan, and many others in Bourbon, which still maintains their reputation for distilling pure Bourbon and Rye whiskies. Editor Kentuckian, November 25 1885.

DANIEL SHAWHAN born 1738 and Died 1791.
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The following description of the little town of Shawhan, Ky., was sent to me by Ms. Patty Biddle, from the Duncan Tavern Historical Library, Paris, Ky.  Ms. Biddle included the original hand-written document (author ).  Reference to "James" Shawhan is obviously Daniel Shawhan (1738-1791).--Bob Francis 

James Shawhan, his sons Joseph and Daniel carried on the whiskey trade. His property value grew to a quarter of a million dollars. His partners were H.C. Bowen and T.E. Moore. The George Pugh distillery on the edge of Harrison and Bourbon Counties was down the L & N R.R. Bridge near the Townsend and Licking River.

Shawhan had toll gates at the Larue Road, Ruddles Mills, and Cynthiana and Paris Roads. Other improvements were two railroads, built by L & N. Improvements were a R.R. crossing signal, a wooden bridge overpass, and finally a concrete bridge. Shawhan had three stores (W.O. Crombie, H.H. Kriegel, Ed Ralls, George Tate, Joe and Leila Smith, Lucius Moreland), a barber, garage, depot with services (ticket agents John Kiser, V.E. Price), a post master (EdRalls) and P.M. Mistress (Mrs. Joe Smith), a telegraph operator, 2 coal operators, (Arthur Hendricks, R.R. Lail), section foremen (J.W. Farmer, Harrison Dean, and Bill Owens), telephone exchange (Mrs. McClure and Mrs. Menmae), doctors (J.W. Ferguson, Knox, Smith, G.Rankin and H.B. Anderson), school house, church, and loading chutes for shipping stock, and slaughter pen (at Lail's) and blacksmith shop (Dick Doty).

Shawhan Masonic Lodge and Grangers met upstairs at one store. The community at one time had a small dance pavillion in the woods with gasoline lights and music furnished by banjo and violin. There is an old cemetery. There were three black families, Russell Bland, Frank Lindsay and Mr. Ayres. There are beautiful historical homes. Population now is 200. First church was small wooden structure costing $600 and organized by Bishop Forsythe in 1863 called "The Shawhan Presbyterian Church". Later a stone church donated by Mrs. J.W. Dazelle was built by members in Gothic style with stained windows depicting Bible scenes. These are in memory of Davis heirs, and completed in 1937. Mrs. Woodford Clark, of Shawhan, who sent this information, is a descendant of the Davis family.

First school was started in this precinct in a log cabin on Henry David's place and taught by James Lafferty. Later a school was built near the church. Children walked or drove ponies and - used stalls at the school. There was a 30 day summer school with paying pupils.

There were 2 small pox cases. The church was closed as few attended and they shared ministers with Millersburg Presbyterian Church. The Baptists have reopened it with Bro. McCauley. The school was moved to Ruddles Mills, then divided among the schools at Millersburg, Paris, or Bourbon County. There used to be a Volunteer Fire Department but they now have a fire siren and depend on Paris Fire Department.

For amusement, there used to be camp meetings in tents, circuses from the Chatauqua, ice skating, candy pulling parties, dances, card games, such as Euchre, Rook, and checkers. It is still a nice friendly neighborhood. We have had many people leave as ministers, Doctors, nurses, teachers, mechanics, electricians, construction workers, and bankers. We had no street names, but nick names such as "Tin Can Alley," "Frogtown," and "Cedars". 

Shawhan has a Constable, School Board Member and a Magistrate. 

Uncle Joe Shawhan told of a Spears Distillery in 1790. 

Shawhan was settled about 1796. 

Boundary of Shawhan was from near Rudd1es Fort to the Mt. Carmel Road. (This must mean Shawhan precinct). The settlement of Shawhan is near the present day Harrison County line, and many residents are on Harrison County mail routes. An errly church which was the hub of the cammunity has been revitalized and is located along the old Kentucky Central Railroad, later acquired by the L & N R.R. 

SHAWHAN was named for the James (Daniel) Shawhan family who traveled fram Pennsylvania in a covered wagon bringing his copper still. The corn harvest was great and he manufactured the "Bourbon" whiskey. He settled on the Townsend Valley Road and later had his still near Shawhan up the old railroad.

They had the following children:
		i.	Joseph (Illegitimate) (~1798-<1860)
		ii.	Henry Ewalt (1805-1882)
		iii.	Sarah Elizabeth "Betsey" (1807-)
		iv.	John (1811-1862)
		v.	Margaret (1812->1888)
		vi.	Rebecca (1817-)
		vii.	William B. (1821-1859)
		viii.	Daniel (1823-)

22. Mary S. “Polly” EWALT. Born on August 28, 1785 in Bedford, Pennsylvania. Mary S. “Polly” died in 1868; she was 82.

On September 10, 1806 when Mary S. “Polly” was 21, she married Hugh MILLER, son of Hugh MILLER (-1807), in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Born on November 12, 1774 in Bedford, Pennsylvania. Hugh died in Killed by a horse. in 1821; he was 46.

They had the following children:
		i.	Hugh (1808-)
		ii.	Henry (1809-)
		iii.	William H. (1812-)
		iv.	Polly Ann (1814-)
		v.	James (1817-ca1899)
		vi.	Elizabeth E. (1819-)
		vii.	Margaret J. (1822-)

23. Rebecca EWALT. Born on November 28, 1787 in Bedford, Pennsylvania. Rebecca died in Pike County, Missouri on October 1, 1861; she was 73.

On September 11, 1808 when Rebecca was 20, she first married John RAVENSCRAFT, son of Thomas RAVENSCRAFT (1750-1827) & Margaret “Peggy” HINKSON (~1770-). Born after 1786. [3] John died in 1813; he was 27.

Researcher John Ravenscraft lists Sally Milton as wife of John Ravenscraft. [4]

They had the following children:
		i.	Julia Sarah “Sallie” [5] (1808-1879)
		ii.	Elizabeth “Betsy” (1812-)
		iii.	Milton

On August 8, 1824 when Rebecca was 36, she second married John McCUNE, son of William McCUNE (1751-1830) & Elizabeth McCLINTOCK (?) (ca1738-ca1795), in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Born on June 15, 1772 in Pennsylvania. [6] John died in Pike County, Missouri on January 31, 1852; he was 79.

They had the following children:
		i.	Henry Ewalt [7] (1825-1912)
		ii.	Joseph D. (1828-1888)
		iii.	Rebecca (1831-)

24. John EWALT. Born in 1789 in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. John died in Bourbon County, Kentucky on August 21, 1857; he was 68. Buried in Ruddle’s Mills Cemetery.

FAMILY HISTORY: The only record of marriage for this John Ewalt and Elizabeth was the following Bond: (Sent by County Clerk) Harrison County Record CYNTHIANA, Harrison Co. , KY.

INDEX TO MARRIAGES
620,	John Ewalt to Elizabeth	Ravenscraft, issued July 3, 1809	No return

BOND:
Know all men by these presents that we John Ewalt and Benjamin Fry are held and firmly bound unto Charles Scott Exqr. Governor of Kentucky in the Just and Full sum of Fifty pounds Current Money of Kentucky & for payment well and truly to be made & done to our sd Governor his successors &c. we bind ourselves and every of our Heirs, Exors & Admrs jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated 3rd day of July 1809.

The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas a marriage is shortly intended to be Solemnized Between the above bound John Ewalt and Elizabeth Ravenscraft, now should there be no Lawfull cause to obstruct sd marriage then the above obligation to be void Else to remain in force &c.

John Ewalt	(seal)

Benjamin Frye
att. Andrew Moore D.C.H.C.
State of Kentucky
County of Harrison

I, Margaret B. Duffy, to hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the marriage bond of John Ewalt and Elizabeth Ravenscraft as fully as the same appears on record in the office of the Clerk of the Harrison  County Court.

Given	under my hand this the 23rd., day of January, 1956.

seal
(signed) Margaret B. Duffy

Subscribed and sworn to before me by Margaret B. Duffy this the 23 day of January, 1956.

(signed) W.M. King Clerk
	(signed) B.C. Penn D.C.

L.B.	As there was no return recorded for this bond, I wrote to several other counties and churches the ceremony might have been performed as and never found where this marriage was ever recorded is having taken place. It must have - as we know they lived together and had a family.

L.B.	Ruth Thayer Ravenscroft compiled a book on the Ravenscroft Family and I have a copy of this book. Anyone wishing further data on Ravenscrofts, write and I will help as best I can.

On July 3, 1809 when John was 20, he first married Elizabeth “Betsy” RAVENSCRAFT, daughter of Thomas RAVENSCRAFT (1750-1827) & Margaret “Peggy” HINKSON (~1770-), in Harrison County, Kentucky. Born in 1793 in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. Elizabeth “Betsy” died before May 15, 1827; she was 34.

Reference to Betsey Ravenscroft, daughter of Thomas Ravenscroft, married to John Ewalt. [8]

They had the following children:
		i.	Henry (1810-)
		ii.	Margaret (1813-1873)
		iii.	Juliana (1815-)
		iv.	Elizabeth Davis (1818-1897)
		v.	Rebecca (1820-1878)
		vi.	Nancy Ann (1822-)
		vii.	Samuel [9] (1826-1868)
		viii.	Sallie

On November 6, 1833 when John was 44, he second married Polly HALEY. Polly died in 1841.

They had the following children:
		i.	John R. (1840-1915)
		ii.	Sallie

On June 24, 1844 when John was 55, he third married Sarah FLOWERS.

25. Samuel EWALT. [10] Born on August 12, 1792 in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky.   Veteran, War of 1812. Samuel died in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky on August 28, 1878; he was 86.

On December 24, 1817 when Samuel was 25, he first married Cynthia PUGH, daughter of Joseph PUGH (1753-1820) & Elizabeth HUNT (1763-1829), in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Born on March 30, 1795 in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Cynthia died in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky on September 28, 1833; she was 38. Buried in Joseph Pugh Graveyard, Paris-Cynthiana Turnpike.

They had the following children:
		i.	John Hunt (1818-1853)
		ii.	Ann (1823-1824)
		iii.	William Pugh (1824-1877)
		iv.	Elizabeth Ann (1827-1902)
		v.	Joseph Henry (1828-1877)
		vi.	Mary Susan (1831-1900)
		vii.	Sarah “Sallie” Smith (1832-1900)
		viii.	Elizabeth (1820-1820)

On June 16, 1834 when Samuel was 41, he second married Eliza P. SMITH. Born on August 27, 1799 in Harrison County, Kentucky. Eliza P. died in Bourbon County, Kentucky on February 29, 1852; she was 52. Buried in Samuel Ewalt Graveyard, Paris-Cynthiana Turnpike.

They had the following children:
		i.	Ann Smith (1838-1864)
		ii.	Cynthia Pugh “Tinnie” (1842-1870)
		iii.	Samuel B. (1836-1923)

26. Richard EWALT. Born in 1795 in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. Richard died in Bourbon County, Kentucky on October 15, 1833; he was 38. Buried in Samuel Ewalt Graveyard, Paris-Cynthiana Turnpike.

On September 29, 1821 when Richard was 26, he married Mariah STAMPS, daughter of William STAMPS (1765-1855) & Jane SHORE (1765-1838). Born on February 24, 1794 in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. Mariah died on December 12, 1871; she was 77. Buried in Paris Cemetery, Paris, Kentucky.

They had the following children:
		i.	Elizabeth Jane (1824-1895)
		ii.	Penelope (1829-)
		iii.	Sallie Ann (1830-1910)

27. Henry D. EWALT. Born on January 27, 1796 in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. Henry D. died in Monticello, Lewis, Missouri on December 2, 1846; he was 50.

On November 20, 1820 when Henry D. was 24, he married Ketturah STAMPS, daughter of William STAMPS (1765-1855) & Jane SHORE (1765-1838), in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Born on November 20, 1799 in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. Ketturah died in Monticello, Lewis, Missouri on April 2, 1855; she was 55.

DIRECT STAMPS ANCESTORS [1]

1. John Stampe. From Cholsey, Berkshire County, England. Born ca 1440. Wife: 

2. John Stampe. From Cholsey, Berkshire County, England. Wife: Elizabeth Coxe of Mowlsforde,
Berkshire Co., England.

3. Thomas Stampe. From Bradfield Hall, Berkshire Co., England. Wife: Joan Knapp of Hare Court,
Berkshire Co., England.

4. William Stampe. From Burfford, England. Wife: Katherine Hyde of Easthered, Berkshire Co.,
England.

5. Timothy Stampe. From Bruern Abby, Oxon. Died ca 1618. Wife: Mary Gunner.

6. John (Thomas) Stampe. Born 1603, The Immigrant, landed in Virginia in 1635. Wife: Jane Mallory.

7. William Stampe. Born in Virginia. Died After July 1668 Wife: Margaret Roe.

8. Timothy Stamps. Born in Virginia. Wife: Margaret Frizzell. 3 sons and 1 daughter.

9. William Stamps. Died before April 1746 Lancaster Co., VA. Wife: Mary Byrd

10. Thomas Stamps. From Fauquire County, Virginia. Wife: Mary Rose. 5 son and 2 daughters.

11. Dr. Timothy Stamps. Born in Kings George County, Virginia ca 1728. Died Dec. 1800. Wife:
Catherine Rhoades. 6 sons and 2 daughters.

A. George Stamps.

B. Sally Stamps

C. Thomas Stamps. Born 1750...

D. John Stamps. Born 1751

E. William Stamps. Born 1753

F. James Stamps. Born 31 Dec. 1759

G. Molly Stamps. Born abt 1763

H. Timothy Stamps. Born 1770.

12. Thomas Stamps. Born Oct. 21,1750 in Fauquier Co., VA.. Wife: Miss. Witt. They had 5 sons.

13. Moses Witt Stamps. Born 1772 in VA. Died 1850 and buried in Carroll Co., GA. Wife: Ann Eason.
She died about 1847. They had 10 children.

14. Eason Stamps. Born June 29, 1793 in Henry Co., GA. Died May 22, 1895 at 101 yrs old. Wife: Polly
Wells (first wife, our ancestor) married Oct. 17, 1817. They are from Carroll County, GA. They had 11
children.

15. Addison Perry Stamps. He was born in 1829 in GA. Married Mary Ann Johnson on June 27, 1850 in
Carroll Co., GA. (Bk B pg 263) She was born Jan. 29, 1831.Addison and Mary were in GA in 1855. By
1860, they had moved to Polk Co., AR. (now a part of Howard Co., AR) They spent the rest of their lives in
Umpire, AR and died in late 1892 or early 1893. They had 2 sons.

A. John Eason Sippio Stamps. Aug. 13, 1855 - Feb. 14, 1924 

B. James Addison Stamps. Apr. 10, 1865 - Apr. 26, 1943

OLD HOMES IN BOURBON
"Walnut Lea", William Stamps Hone on Gorgetown Pike, near Paris, Kentucky.  Built In 1823.  Data co-piled by Miss Elizabeth B. Grime., Historian Jenima Johnson Chapter’, D. A. R.. published in the Friday, September 21, 1954 issue or the Kentuckian-Citizen.

Walnut Lea, the Stamps home, in situated two and one half miles from Paris on the Georgetown Pike.  The earliest records of Bourbon County show that the land on which this homestead was established belongod to Robert Whitledge, a revolutionary Soldier.  He and him wife, Nancy Whitledge conveyed it to James Morin on Jan. 9, l787, while Kentucty was still a part of Virginia.  Soon after James Morin and his wife, Jane Shore Morin, settled here, the Indians killed an entire family on the farm of U. S. Senator John Edwards Just back of this place and tradition says James Morin and wife hourly expected the return of the Indians. and were armed for defense.

James Morin was killed in felling a tree.  His widow married William Stamps who built the present house in 1823  An article of agreement between William Stamps and Enoch Hughes and Henry Leer who were to do the carpenter work on the houss is still in existance.  It recites "the, main body of the house to be two stories high with one room 20 feet by 20 in the clear’ and a passage at one end 10 ft by 20 in the clear with one pair of stairs; a and six windows with 24 lights each 3 by 10 and six panel doors and four presses and two chimney pieces, also an ell 56 ft by 5 by 10, three panel doors and two presses and two chimney pieces and six grates and two cellar doors; also the said Hughes and Leer to get the shingles and hew the rafters with the exception of cutting and sawing the blocks for the shingles which the said Stamps is to do for them, also the said Hughes and Leer to get the timber for the window frames out of Locust and prepar the finish in a plain, neat and workmanlike manner, with venetian shutters to every window.  The bill for’ plastering the house has also been preserved.  A beautiful carved mantel stands in the main room.  The floors are of ash.

Unusual features are the two little rooms of brick built over the entrances to the cellars and standing under the long side porch.  On the death of William Stamps in l855 his Granddaughter, Elizabeth Ewalt Hedges, aquired the old home.  The next year she added three rooms to the orlinal house.  It is in a good state of preservation and is now occupied by a descendant, Mrs. George
L. Clayton (Ann McMil1an Talbott).  The name "Walnut Lea" was given to the place on account of the many walnut trees and the level land.

Gov. Thomas Metcalfe spent many nights here with his first cousin, William Stamps, while enrout from his home in Nichclas County to the Executive Mansion in Fankfort, the trip being too long to take by carriage in one day.  Joseph and Jefferson Davis were often guests in the home, their sister having married the oldest son of William Stamps.
WILLIAM STAMPS

William Stamps was born in 1765 in Fauquire County, Virginia. He married Jane Morin, nee Shore, on January 26,1792  Bourbon Co., Kentucky.  Her first husband was James Morin who was killed in felling a tree.  At the January term of court in 1801, Bourbon County, Ky., William Stamps was appointed guardian to Sarah, Joseph, Elizabeth and Margaret Morin, children of his wife by her first husband, James Morin.  William Stamps died at the age of ninety years on October 22, l855.  His death certificate states that his parents were William and Polly Stamps.  Jane Shore Stamps died August 11, 1858.  They are buried in the family burial ground near the old homestead.  They lived at "Walnut Lea" which was built by William Stamps in 1823, on the Georgetown Pike near Paris, Kentucky. Their issue.;

1.   Anne Stamps, born Nov. 28,1792, married John Martin

2.   Maria Stamps, born Feb. 17, 1794, married Richard Ewalt

3.   Jane Stamps, born July 1, 1795, married Wm.Alexander

4.   Harriet Stamps, born Oct. 6, 1796, married 1st Hugh Thompaon,
2nd Lochart

5.   William Stamps, born Nov. 5, 1797, married Lucinda Davis, sister to Jefferson Davis.  Their home was called Rosemount and was located near Woodville, Mississippi.

6.   Keturah Stamps, born Feb.3, 1799, married Henry Ewa1t

7.   John Shore Stamps, born July 25, 1800, died 1823

3.   Thomas S. Stamps, born July 9, 1803, married Elizabeth McConnel1

9.   America Stamps, born April 17, l8O5, died at age of 9 years

They had the following children:
		i.	Mary “Polly” Ann (1821-1871)
		ii.	John (1822-1900)
		iii.	Henry Dunkley (1824-1864)
		iv.	William S. (1826-1881)
		v.	Elizabeth (1827-1848)
		vi.	Jane S. (1828-1880)
		vii.	Margaret Morne (1829-1876)
		viii.	Thomas (1830-1859)
		ix.	Samuel Henry (1831-1898)
		x.	Noah Spears (1833-1878)
		xi.	Catherine Lucinda (1834-1875)
		xii.	Joseph M. (1836-1862)
		xiii.	Richard T. (1838-1921)

Family of Abraham FRYE (11) & Hester JOHNSTON

28. Mary FRYE. Born in 1788. Mary died in 1881; she was 93.

In 1807 when Mary was 19, she married Daniel VAN VOORHIS.

They had one child:
		i.	Christena (1821-1892)

Family of Christina FRYE (12) & John SNAPP

29. Abraham Fry SNAPP. Born circa 1771 in Frederick County, Virginia.

Child:
		i.	Susannah (~1804-)

Family of Benjamin FRYE (15) & Mary FRYE

30. Benjamin Powell FRYE. Born in 1820. Benjamin Powell died in 1890; he was 70.

Benjamin Powell first married Sarah Jane BEALL.

They had one child:
		i.	Edward Powell

Benjamin Powell second married Mary Isabel WISE.

31. Isaac L. FRYE.

Isaac L. married Mary Magdaline Louise FRYE.

They had one child:
		i.	Benjamin Mason (1845-1918)

Family of Henry FRYE (16) & Hannah

32. Henry Westfall FRYE.

Henry Westfall married Elizabeth BAKER.

They had one child:
		i.	Benjamin F. (1829-)

Family of Benjamin FRY (17) & Mary Magdaline SECRIST

33. Benjamin FRY. Born in 1791. Benjamin died in 1867; he was 76.

Benjamin married Judith BEAN.

They had the following children:
		i.	James Bean
		ii.	Mary Magdalene

Family of Luke FRYE (18) & Mary WEST

34. West FRYE.

West married Christena VAN VOORHIS, daughter of Daniel VAN VOORHIS & Mary FRYE (28) (1788-1881). Born in 1821. Christena died in 1892; she was 71.

They had one child:
		i.	Martha (1849-)

Family of Elizabeth FRYE (19) & Frederick COOPER

35. Rachel COOPER.

Rachel married Samuel MORRISON.

They had one child:
		i.	Sarah

Sources 

1. Conrad Palmisano, “Palmisano Genealogy,” May 2, 2000, CPalmisano@email.msn.com.
2. Britta Harris, 1015 Kickapou St., Lincoln, Illinois 62656--prepared June 20, 2000
3. Ravenscroft, p. 119
4. From Ravenscroft FamilyTree Maker Web Site, “The Descendants of Samuel Ravenscroft.” Compiled by John Ravenscroft.

5. Gravestone marker spells last name as "Culf."
6. William McCune Family Bible owned by Miss May Shannon, Vandalia, Missouri.  Reference:  Campbell, Kathryn Hutcherson.  “William McCune The Pennsylvanian and Kindred Families,” p. 16.
7. This family line was researched by Virginia Ann Garnett Knight.  Taken from “Our Ewalt Heritage,” Volume One, compiled by Lenora Smith Brakke, February, 1981, pp. 254-256.
8. “Minute Book G,” 1832-1835, Harrison County, Kentucky.
9. The placement of COL Samuel Ewalt as the son of John Ewalt and Elizabeth Ravenscraft is purely speculative at this juncture.  The reasons for placing him here is that (1) Jerry and Janice Dewitz mentions a "mother" of Samuel named "Sarah"  in an explanation of the description of Ewalt land:  "Notes: The "Ewalt Land" referred to above was owned by Sarah, mother of Samuel Ewalt, who married Nicholas III's sister Margaret. The old stone house pictured on the next page is the old David Family home, referred to above, which still stands."  (Jerry and Janice Dewitz, "Before You," Alpha Publishing Group, Houston, Texas, 1997, p. 125)  John Ewalt married Sarah Flowers in June, 1844, which would have made her Samuel’s step-mother.  A second piece of evidence is the Stonermouth Presbyterian Church, Ruddle’s Mills, Ky, cemetery listing. An "Ewalt, John Sr., 1791-1857" is listed along with COL Samuel Ewalt "1826-1868."  This dating places John Ewalt, Sr., as a real possibility as Samuel’s father.

Prior to receiving the Dewitz information and the Ruddle’s Mills cemetery listing, I had the following information on John Ewalt: Birth:	1789	Paris, Bourbon County, KY Father:	Henry EWALT (1754-1829) Mother:	Elizabeth FREY/FRYE (1757-1837)
Spouses: 1:	Elizabeth RAVENSCRAFT Birth:	1793	Paris, Bourbon County, KY Death:	bef 15 May 1827 Age: 34 Father:	Thomas RAVENSCRAFT (~1756-1827) Mother:	Margaret HINKSON (~1770-) Marriage:	3 Jul 1809	Harrison County, Kentucky
Children:	Henry (1810-)
	Margaret (1813-1873)
	Juliana (1815-)
	Elizabeth (1818-)
	Rebecca (1820-)
	Nancy Ann (1822-)
	Samuel (1817-)

Spouse 2:	Polly HALEY
Marriage:	6 Nov 1833

Spouse 3:	Sarah FLOWERS
Marriage:	24 Jun 1844

With the new information, the pieces of the puzzle come together.  It looks as if Samuel, the last son of John and Elizabeth Ewalt, may have actually been born in 1826.  Elizabeth is mentioned as dying sometime before 1827.  She may have died giving birth to Samuel.
10. Some information for the line of Samuel Ewalt and wives was provided via e-mail on October 14, 1999, by Mary Bishop (mbishop@kih.net)

Index 

? 
	Hannah	spouse of 16
ANDERSON 
	Margaret (1784 - 1866)	spouse of 20
BAKER 
	Elizabeth	spouse of 32
BEALL 
	Sarah Jane	spouse of 30
BEAN 
	Judith	spouse of 33
COOPER 
	Frederick	spouse of 19
	Rachel	35
EWALT 
	Ann (1823 - 1824)	child of 25
	Ann Smith (1838 - 1864)	child of 25
	Catherine Lucinda (1834 - 1875)	child of 27
	Cynthia Pugh “Tinnie” (1842 - 1870)	child of 25
	Elizabeth (1827 - 1848)	child of 27
	Elizabeth (1820 - 1820)	child of 25
	Elizabeth Ann (1827 - 1902)	child of 25
	Elizabeth Davis (1818 - 1897)	child of 24
	Elizabeth Jane (1824 - 1895)	child of 26
	Henry (1754 - 1829)	spouse of 10
	Henry (1810 - )	child of 24
	Henry D. (1796 - 1846)	27
	Henry Dunkley (1824 - 1864)	child of 27
	Jane S. (1828 - 1880)	child of 27
	John (1822 - 1900)	child of 27
	John (1789 - 1857)	24
	John Hunt (1818 - 1853)	child of 25
	John R. (1840 - 1915)	child of 24
	Joseph Henry (1828 - 1877)	child of 25
	Joseph M. (1836 - 1862)	child of 27
	Juliana (1815 - )	child of 24
	Margaret (1813 - 1873)	child of 24
	Margaret Morne (1829 - 1876)	child of 27
	Mary “Polly” Ann (1821 - 1871)	child of 27
	Mary S. “Polly” (1785 - 1868)	22
	Mary Susan (1831 - 1900)	child of 25
	Nancy Ann (1822 - )	child of 24
	Noah Spears (1833 - 1878)	child of 27
	Penelope (1829 - )	child of 26
	Rebecca (1787 - 1861)	23
	Rebecca (1820 - 1878)	child of 24
	Richard (1795 - 1833)	26
	Richard T. (1838 - 1921)	child of 27
	Sallie	child of 24
	Sallie	child of 24
	Sallie Ann (1830 - 1910)	child of 26
	COL Samuel (1826 - 1868)	child of 24
	Samuel (1792 - 1878)	25
	Samuel B. (1836 - 1923)	child of 25
	Samuel Henry (1831 - 1898)	child of 27
	Sarah "Sallie" (1783 - 1837)	21
	Sarah “Sallie” Smith (1832 - 1900)	child of 25
	Thomas (1830 - 1859)	child of 27
	William Pugh (1824 - 1877)	child of 25
	William S. (1826 - 1881)	child of 27
FLOWERS 
	Sarah	spouse of 24
FORMAN 
	Catherine Eliza	child of 14
	Joseph	spouse of 14
FREY 
	Friederich (1626 - )	1
	Heinrich (1663 - 1734)	3
	Jacob	2
	Jacob (1694 - )	child of 3
	John (1703 - 1766)	child of 3
FREYFRYE 
	Elizabeth (1757 - 1837)	10
FRY 
	Abraham (1700 - )	child of 3
	Abraham	child of 13
	Amelia (1719 - 1781)	child of 3
	Benjamin (1703 - 1753)	5
	Benjamin (~1731 - )	child of 5
	Benjamin	17
	Benjamin (1791 - 1867)	33
	Benjamin	child of 13
	Christina (1733 - )	child of 5
	Elizabeth (1737 - )	child of 5
	Elizabeth (1719 - 1758)	child of 3
	George (1705 - 1750)	child of 3
	Henry (1698 - )	child of 3
	Isaac Newton	child of 13
	Jacob (1726 - 1808)	child of 5
	Jacob	child of 13
	James Jr.	child of 13
	James Bean	child of 33
	Joseph (1727 - 1781)	8
	Mary Magdalene	child of 33
	Nancy	child of 13
	Rebeka (1719 - )	child of 3
	William (1695 - 1768)	4
	William	child of 4
FRYE 
	Abraham ( - 1807)	6
	Abraham (1764 - 1813)	11
	Abraham W.	child of 15
	Benjamin (1749 - 1812)	child of 6
	Benjamin (1774 - 1840)	15
	Benjamin F. (1829 - )	child of 32
	Benjamin Mason (1845 - 1918)	child of 31
	Benjamin Powell (1820 - 1890)	30
	Benjamine (1788 - )	child of 11
	Catherine	child of 6
	Christina (1750 - )	12
	Edward Powell	child of 30
	Elizabeth	19
	Henry (1724 - 1812)	7
	Henry	16
	Henry Westfall	32
	Isaac L.	31
	James (ca1750 - >1821)	13
	Luke (1793 - 1821)	18
	Margaret	child of 6
	Martha (1849 - )	child of 34
	Mary	spouse of 15
	Mary (1788 - 1881)	28
	Mary Magdaline Louise	spouse of 31
	Nancy	child of 6
	Rebecca	14
	Rebecca	child of 9
	Samuel (1729 - 1814)	9
	West	34
	William (1735 - 1796)	child of 5
FUNK 
	Ann	spouse of 8
HALEY 
	Polly ( - 1841)	spouse of 24
HIRTZELLER 
	Anna	spouse of 2
JOHNSTON 
	Hester (1766 - 1813)	spouse of 11
KELLER 
	Abraham (1809 - 1876)	child of 20
	Abraham (1777 - 1834)	20
	Elizabeth	child of 20
	Isaac (~1824 - )	child of 20
	Jacob ( - 1781)	spouse of 10
	Jacob (1799 - ca1877)	child of 20
	John	child of 20
	Joseph	child of 20
	Margaret “Peggy”	child of 20
	Minerva	child of 20
	Nancy (1821 - 1886)	child of 20
	Rebecca	child of 20
	Solomon (1803 - )	child of 20
LEVERING 
	Anna Catherine	spouse of 3
LITTLER 
	Fanny	spouse of 7
MARKLEY 
	Anna Christena ( - 1752)	spouse of 5
	Veronica	spouse of 4
McCUNE 
	Henry Ewalt (1825 - 1912)	child of 23
	John (1772 - 1852)	spouse of 23
	Joseph D. (1828 - 1888)	child of 23
	Rebecca (1831 - )	child of 23
MILLER 
	Elizabeth E. (1819 - )	child of 22
	Henry (1809 - )	child of 22
	Hugh (1774 - 1821)	spouse of 22
	Hugh III (1808 - )	child of 22
	James (1817 - ca1899)	child of 22
	Margaret J. (1822 - )	child of 22
	Polly Ann (1814 - )	child of 22
	William H. (1812 - )	child of 22
MORRISON 
	Samuel	spouse of 35
	Sarah	child of 35
PUGH 
	Cynthia (1795 - 1833)	spouse of 25
RAVENSCRAFT 
	Elizabeth “Betsy” (1812 - )	child of 23
	Elizabeth “Betsy” (1793 - <1827)	spouse of 24
	John (>1786 - 1813)	spouse of 23
	Julia Sarah “Sallie” (1808 - 1879)	child of 23
	Milton	child of 23
SECRIST 
	Mary Magdaline	spouse of 17
SHAWHAN 
	Daniel (1823 - )	child of 21
	Henry Ewalt (1805 - 1882)	child of 21
	John Major, CSA (1811 - 1862)	child of 21
	Joseph (1781 - 1871)	spouse of 21
	Joseph (~1798 - <1860)	child of 21
	Margaret (1812 - >1888)	child of 21
	Rebecca (1817 - )	child of 21
	Sarah Elizabeth "Betsey" (1807 - )	child of 21
	William B. (1821 - 1859)	child of 21
SMITH 
	Eliza P. (1799 - 1852)	spouse of 25
SNAPP 
	Abraham Fry (ca1771 - )	29
	John	spouse of 12
	Susannah (~1804 - )	child of 29
SPEARS 
	Nancy (1759 - 1839)	spouse of 13
SPEERS 
	Christina (1752 - 1841)	spouse of 9
STAMPS 
	Ketturah (1799 - 1855)	spouse of 27
	Mariah (1794 - 1871)	spouse of 26
VAN VOORHIS 
	Christena (1821 - 1892)	child of 28
	Christena (1821 - 1892)	spouse of 34
	Daniel	spouse of 28
WEST 
	Mary	spouse of 18
WISE 
	Mary Isabel	spouse of 30
YOUNG 
	Agnes Ann	spouse of 6