Submitted by: Barbara Petty
History of the Town of [John Frairy - The 10th Great Grandfather of Jennifer Root]
John Frairy was one of the founders of Dedham (Mass). He came from England
with his wife Prudence and one or more children, and was made a freeman in
1638. He was a cordwiner by trade, as we find on record a deed by which the
grants of Edward Alleyne were conveyed to "John Frairy, Cordwinder",
in 1652, for the town of Medfield. He left Theophilus, who was probably his
eldest son, in Dedham, and came with his remaining sons to this town among
the first thirteen.
The block of land included by North, Dale and Frairy Streets was owned by
Dwight and Frairy; Dwight havig the part lying along North Steet, and Frairy
the remainder. His house, without doubt, stood not far from that now owned
by heirs of Cyrus Stedman. He was a selectman in 1651, 1653, 1654, and 1661.
By his will, he gave everything to his son Theopohilus, except some small
legacies to other heirs, and some lands to be divided between Samson and
Eleazar. The house and house lot were given by Theophilus to the town and
church in 1695. The house was torn down a few years after by vote of the
town, and the proceeds were used to fence the lot. This was afterward divided
between the town and the church, and a plan of it is inserted in the town
records. The church had a long, narrow piece, next to Dwight's line: the
town had the remainder.
John Frairy died in 1675, a few months before the burning of the town.
Prudence died at the house of her son Theopohilus in 1691, "aged above
ninety". The children were:
2. John (doubtless born in England) married Elizabeth, the widow of Abraham
Harding. They had three children: Theophilus, Hannah, and Prudence.
3. Sampson born 24 Jul 1642, Hatfield, MA. On 14 Jun 1660 in Cambridge, MA,
he married Mary Daniel, born 2 Sep 1642, Watertown, MA, the daughter of
Robert and Elizabeth
(Morse) Daniel. They settled in the north part of Hatfield, apparently
a little way beyond the corner of North and Railroad Streets, - quite
possibly at the foot of the hill, where traces of a house were visible till
within a few years. (In 1886) He soon removed, however, to the Connecticut
Valley, and became the first white settler of Deerfield. On 29 Feb 1704 he
was killed by the French and Indians, who took his wife Mary and killed her
on themarch to Canada. Their children were:
4. Eleazar, 1639-1709; married in 1666 Mary Graves of Hatfield, where he
settled, and left a numerous posterity.
5. Samuel, 1641; probably died in infancy.
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