Christian Fry
Born October 21, 1787 in Quemahoning TWP,Somerset County, Pa
Married to Anna Barbara Schultz Abt 1810 in Somerset Co. Pa.
Died August 1848 in White Twp., Indiana Co. Pa.
Christened: 4 Nov,1787 Place: Evan Lu & reform Ch, Berlin, Somerset co.Pa Buried in Indiana Co. Pa
Birth: Birth and Baptismal Records from the evavgelical Lutheran & Reformed Church of Stoyestown, Somerset Co. Pa
Death; Approximated from probate records.
Burial : Believed to be somewhere in White Twp, Indiana Co, Pa. As of Nov. 1998 I havent been able to locate a grave or burial info.
Will;
Christian Fry intestate in White Twp, Indiana County, Pa. Letters of administration were issued 19 Aug 1848 to his son Levi and son in law Rev. Adam Helman ( Barbara renounced the right to administer). The accounts filed in his estate mention his three youngest sons, Levi,Noah, and Samuel and son-in-law Levi Berkebile. Christian`s wife Barbara moved west to Adam`s TWP, Darke Co, Ohio with her daughter Mary " Polly" Helman and her family between 1860 and 1870 and died there in 1876.
Census;
1800; Quemahoning Twp. Somerset County Pa.
Enumerator Joseph Parks, Taken 18 April 1801, Page 157.
Listed under father as 10 to 16
1810; Quemahoning Twp, Somerset Co, Pa
Enumerator Abraham Shell, Taken 28 December 1810, Page 410.
Christian Frey listed as 16 to 26.
Wife listed as 16 to 26.
One (1) son under 10.
1820; Shade Twp, Somerset County, Pa.
Enumerator Henry Black, taken 12 Dec 1820, page 140.
Christian Fry listed as 26 to 45.
one (1) son as 10 to 16.
Three (3) sons as under 10.
one (1) daughter 10 to 16.
Two (2) daughters under 10.
Record also states two persons enguaged in agriculture.
1830; Conemaugh Twp, Somerset County, Pa.
Enumerator Peter Huges, taken 2 Nov.1830, Page 107.
Christian listed as 40 to 50.
Wife listed as 40 to 50.
Two (2) sons 15 to 20.
Two (2) sons 10 to 15.
one (1) son under 5.
Two (2) daughters 15 to 20.
Two (2) daughters 5 to 10.
1840.; Paint Twp, Somerset Co, Pa.
Enumerator D. Weyand, taken Oct 1840, Page 121.
Christian Frey 50 to 60.
Wife 50 to 60.
One (1) son 23 to 30.
One (1) son 10 to 15.
One (1) son 5 to 10.
One (1) daughter 20 to 30.
One (1) daughter 15 to 20.
Occupation; Farmer.
Church Records: Evangeliacl Lutheran & Reform Church of Berlin, Brothers Valley Twp, Bedford ( now Somerset) Co. Pa. Congregation formed 1777.
Christian b. 21 Oct 1787. p. George & Barbara bap. 4 Nov 1787. Frey w. Christain Ebell & Anna Maria.
Bibliography;
1. " Two Centuries of the Church of the brethern in western Pennsylvania. 1751-1950", Brethern Pub. House, Elgin, Il, 1953.
2." Laurel Messenger", pub by the Historical and genealogical Society of somerset County, Somerset, Pa, Vol. XXIII, no. 2, May 1982, pg 46.
Parents of Christian Fry
George Frey 1755-1760 to 1830
Anna Maria( Mary) Roehm 1760-1765 to 1834
Children of Christian and Anna
John C. Fry 1811-
Elizabeth Fry abt 1812-
George Fry abt 1813-1889
Caroline Fry 1814-1897
Mary abt. 1817-
Daniel C. Fry 1818-1892
Levi Fry 1819-1904
Catherine Fry 1821-1912
Sarah Fry 1823-1896
Samuel Fry abt. 1828
Noah Fry abt. 1834
