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Johannes “John” Frey

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Johannes “John” Frey

Birth
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
23 Oct 1766 (aged 62–63)
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Telford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Old Section, Row 35
Memorial ID
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Johan "John" Frey b. c.1703 Philadelphia Co., PA; d. 23 OCT 1766 Franconia Twp., Montgomery Co., PA; m. Abt. 1724 Philadelphia Co., PA; Maria "Mary" Keisler b. Abt. 1707 Roxborough, Philadelphia Co., PA; d. 31 AUG 1766 Montgomery Co., PA. Both buried: Mennonite Church Cemetery, Limerick Twp., Montgomery Co., PA.

FREY SURNAME SPELLING VARIATIONS: Free, Frei, Frey, Fry, Frye, etc.

NOTE: "There is record evidence that John Frey lived in Franconia Twp., Montgomery Co., PA in 1734, and died there Oct. 23, 1766; was buried in the Mennonite Cemetery." -"The Levering Family History and Genealogy" by Col. John Levering

NOTE: Roxborough Township was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia in 1854 following the passage of the "Act of Consolidation". The township had also been variously known as Manatawna and Leverington in it's earlier history.

CHILDREN (possibility of two sets of twins):

1) William Frey b. Abt. 1724 Montgomery Co., PA
2) Henry Frey b. 1724 Montgomery Co., PA
3) Samuel Frey b. 13 MAR 1726-1727 Montgomery Co., PA
4) Daniel Frey b. 1728 Montgomery Co., PA
5) Jacob Frey b. 1729 Montgomery Co., PA
6) Hannah Frey b. 1732 Montgomery Co., PA
7) Catherine Frey b. 1732 Montgomery Co., PA
8) Jonathan Frey b. 1739
9) Enoch FREY b: Abt. 1742 Frederick Co., MD

PARENTS: Anna Catharine Levering b. MAR 1676 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Emigrated from Germany with her parents aft. 20 MAR 1685 to Pennsylvania; d. (date unknown) Montgomery Co., PA; m. 26 APR 1692 Germantown, Philadelphia Co., PA; Heinrich "Henry" Frey b. (date/place unknown); Emigrated from Altheim, Alsace, Germany 1680 to Pennsylvania; d. (date unknown) Montgomery Co., PA. Both buried: Bertolet's Mennonite Church Cemetery, Frederick, Montgomery Co., PA.

NOTE: Anna Catharine (nee Levering) and her husband Heinrich "Henry" Frey were honored in 1910 by their descendents as pioneering Huguenots with a memorial in the cemetery where they are buried [links above] with some of their family history upon it.

SIBLINGS:

1) Jacob Frey b. 1694
2) William Frey b. 1695
3) Henry Frey b. 1698
4) Abraham Frey b. 1700
5) Benjamin b. Abt. 1700
6) John Frey [SELF]
7) George Frey b. 1705
8) Elizabeth Frey
9) Rebecca Frey b. 1718
10) Amelia Frey b. 01 JUL 1719

PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Magdalena Boeker m. John Wigard Levering.

PATERNAL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: 1) Elizabeth Van De Walle m. Rosier Levering. 2) Sidonia Wilhelmina Braviers m. Willem "William" Böker. BOEKER SURNAME SPELLING VARIATIONS (with/without an "s" at the end; Böker spelled in English: "Boeker"): Bäcker, Baecker, Baker, Bakker, Becke, Becker, Bocker, Boecker, Boeker, Boekr, Böker, Boker, etc.
Johan "John" Frey b. c.1703 Philadelphia Co., PA; d. 23 OCT 1766 Franconia Twp., Montgomery Co., PA; m. Abt. 1724 Philadelphia Co., PA; Maria "Mary" Keisler b. Abt. 1707 Roxborough, Philadelphia Co., PA; d. 31 AUG 1766 Montgomery Co., PA. Both buried: Mennonite Church Cemetery, Limerick Twp., Montgomery Co., PA.

FREY SURNAME SPELLING VARIATIONS: Free, Frei, Frey, Fry, Frye, etc.

NOTE: "There is record evidence that John Frey lived in Franconia Twp., Montgomery Co., PA in 1734, and died there Oct. 23, 1766; was buried in the Mennonite Cemetery." -"The Levering Family History and Genealogy" by Col. John Levering

NOTE: Roxborough Township was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia in 1854 following the passage of the "Act of Consolidation". The township had also been variously known as Manatawna and Leverington in it's earlier history.

CHILDREN (possibility of two sets of twins):

1) William Frey b. Abt. 1724 Montgomery Co., PA
2) Henry Frey b. 1724 Montgomery Co., PA
3) Samuel Frey b. 13 MAR 1726-1727 Montgomery Co., PA
4) Daniel Frey b. 1728 Montgomery Co., PA
5) Jacob Frey b. 1729 Montgomery Co., PA
6) Hannah Frey b. 1732 Montgomery Co., PA
7) Catherine Frey b. 1732 Montgomery Co., PA
8) Jonathan Frey b. 1739
9) Enoch FREY b: Abt. 1742 Frederick Co., MD

PARENTS: Anna Catharine Levering b. MAR 1676 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Emigrated from Germany with her parents aft. 20 MAR 1685 to Pennsylvania; d. (date unknown) Montgomery Co., PA; m. 26 APR 1692 Germantown, Philadelphia Co., PA; Heinrich "Henry" Frey b. (date/place unknown); Emigrated from Altheim, Alsace, Germany 1680 to Pennsylvania; d. (date unknown) Montgomery Co., PA. Both buried: Bertolet's Mennonite Church Cemetery, Frederick, Montgomery Co., PA.

NOTE: Anna Catharine (nee Levering) and her husband Heinrich "Henry" Frey were honored in 1910 by their descendents as pioneering Huguenots with a memorial in the cemetery where they are buried [links above] with some of their family history upon it.

SIBLINGS:

1) Jacob Frey b. 1694
2) William Frey b. 1695
3) Henry Frey b. 1698
4) Abraham Frey b. 1700
5) Benjamin b. Abt. 1700
6) John Frey [SELF]
7) George Frey b. 1705
8) Elizabeth Frey
9) Rebecca Frey b. 1718
10) Amelia Frey b. 01 JUL 1719

PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: Magdalena Boeker m. John Wigard Levering.

PATERNAL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: 1) Elizabeth Van De Walle m. Rosier Levering. 2) Sidonia Wilhelmina Braviers m. Willem "William" Böker. BOEKER SURNAME SPELLING VARIATIONS (with/without an "s" at the end; Böker spelled in English: "Boeker"): Bäcker, Baecker, Baker, Bakker, Becke, Becker, Bocker, Boecker, Boeker, Boekr, Böker, Boker, etc.


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  • Created by: Tom Myers
  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141288587/johannes-frey: accessed ), memorial page for Johannes “John” Frey (1703–23 Oct 1766), Find a Grave Memorial ID 141288587, citing Franconia Mennonite Church Cemetery, Telford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Tom Myers (contributor 47272121).