Brief Life History of Phebe
When Phebe Frye was born on 29 June 1771, her father, Hon. Judge Simon Frye, was 33 and her mother, Hannah Johnson, was 31. She married John Fifield on 13 May 1790, in Fryeburg, Oxford, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1850. She died on 2 October 1848, at the age of 77, and was buried in Fryeburg, Oxford, Maine, United States.
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- Phebe Frye, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Phebe Fifield, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
- Phebe Frye, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1777
Historical Boundaries: 1777: York, Massachusetts, United States 1805: Oxford, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Oxford, Maine, United States
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Fry .
North German: variant of Frey .
History: Joseph Frye (1711/12–94) was a military officer from Andover, MA, where the family had long been of local prominence. In 1762, he was granted a township in ME, later named Fryeburg after him, and moved his family there. His great-great-grandson William Pierce Frye was born in Lewiston, ME, and served in Congress, first as a member of the House of Representatives and then the Senate from 1871 until his death in 1911.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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