John Fraser (frontiersman)
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John Fraser
Born 1721
Scotland
Died April 16, 1773 (aged 51–52)
Bedford, Pennsylvania
Buried Bedford, Pennsylvania
Allegiance Great Britain
Service/branch
British Army
Virginia Regiment
Rank Adjutant of Virginia Forces, Lieutenant of British Army
Battles/wars
French and Indian War
Battle of the Great Meadows
Braddock Expedition
Battle of the Monongahela
Forbes Expedition
John Fraser (1721 – 16 April 1773) was a fur trader licensed by the Province of Pennsylvania for its western frontier, an interpreter with Native Americans, a gunsmith, a guide and lieutenant in the British army, and a land speculator. He served in several of England's expeditions against the French and their allies in the vicinity of Fort Duquesne and later Fort Pitt.
Born in the Scottish Highlands, Fraser, age 14, arrived in Pennsylvania and settled for a short time near the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County. He next moved west over the Allegheny Mountains to establish an English trading post at the Native American village of Venango (now Franklin, Pennsylvania), at the junction of French Creek and the Allegheny River. For some ten years there he bartered: his gunsmith services, English manufactured goods, and alcohol, in exchange for Indian pelts and furs. In 1749 French expeditionary activity led by Pierre Joseph Céloron de Blainville forced Fraser to abandon Venango and move south to the Forks of the Ohio.
At the mouth of Turtle Creek (Monongahela River) he built a new cabin, from which to trade with the Indians once again. There he aided George Washington and his guide Christopher Gist during Washington's early diplomacy with the French. (According to Washington's 1753 journal, by this time Fraser's cabin at Venango flew the French colors; by the next year both the Venango cabin and its forge had been incorporated by the French into the new Fort Machault.)
During the French and Indian War Fraser served in colonial and British uniform, against the French, under Captain William Trent, George Washington, General Edward Braddock, and General John Forbes.
Fraser's Turtle Creek cabin stood through the Battle of the Monongahela and for decades more, until about 1804. The site today is located in North Braddock, Pennsylvania on the land where, since 1872, sits the Edgar Thomson Steel Works established by Andrew Carnegie. Fraser, who petitioned the government for restitution for his losses during his war service, also speculated in land purchases on the frontier. He was granted 300 acres near Fort Ligonier along the Forbes Road in 1766. On April 1, 1769 he successfully purchased all of Braddock's Field as well as the cabin he had built there.
Fraser married Jane Fraser (formerly Jane Bell and Jane McClain) in 1754. On October 1, 1755, while returning to her home from the Fort Cumberland trading post several miles away, Jane was captured by Indians and taken to the Miami River near Dayton, Ohio. She eventually escaped and returned 18 months later only to learn that Fraser, her husband, had remarried because he assumed that she was dead. Fraser took her back, and he returned his second wife home to her father. Ruby Frazier Frey, a descendant, in 1946 published an historical novel, Red Morning, telling of Jane’s experiences.
In 1771 John Fraser was appointed by Governor Penn as a justice of the peace for the newly formed Bedford County, Pennsylvania, where two years later he died suddenly. The Orphan's Court ruled that his widow Jane Fraser should sell some of the Fraser land to satisfy debts and to support her eight minor children. On October 14, 1774, Braddock's battlefield sold to Daniel Razior. In 1790 his 300 acres near Fort Ligonier sold to Father Theodore Brouwers, O.F.M., who founded there the first Catholic Church parish west of the Alleghenies, and by 1846 Saint Vincent College and Saint Vincent Archabbey was established (now the oldest Benedictine monastery in the United States).
In 18th century documents his surname is spelled three ways: Frazer, Frazier, and Fraser. Fraser is the common Scottish spelling of the name and is used by many of John Fraser's descendants.
References: Clark, Howard Glenn. "John Fraser, Western Pennsylvania Frontiersman," Western Pennsylvania History Magazine, Vol. 38 (Numbers 3,4) 1955; Vol. 39 (Numbers 1,2), 1956.
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John's wife, Jane Frazier
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jane Frazier or Fraser was a woman captured by the Native Americans in the 18th century. She lived in a log house built in 1754 just beyond the Cumberland, Province of Maryland city limits. On October 1, 1755, while returning to her home from the Fort Cumberland Trading Post several miles away, Jane was captured by Native Americans and taken to the Miami River in Ohio. She escaped and returned 18 months later to learn that her husband John had remarried because he thought that she was dead. Jane’s husband took her back and sent his second wife home to her father.
Ruby Frazier Frey, a descendant, wrote a book called Red Morning telling of Jane’s experiences. The Frazier house was destroyed in the 1960s, but a marker designates its location. The former Jane Frazier house was on Route 51, Cumberland, Maryland.
Jane Frazier (formerly Jane Bell and Jane McClain) was born January 1, 1735 in Winchester, Virginia and died April 14, 1815 in Schellsburg, (Bedford Co.) Pennsylvania. In 1754 she married John Fraser (born in 1721 in the Highlands of Scotland, died April 16, 1773 in Bedford, Pennsylvania) and moved to Tibbitts Creek in Maryland. In 1759, John and Jane Fraser moved near Fort Bedford. They had eight children: Benjamin, Margaret, William, James, Jane, Catherine, Mary, and Amelia. After the death of John Fraser, Jane married Richard DeKapt1 (which became Dunlap) and had one daughter: Agnes.
Children of Jane BELL and John FRASER are:
i. Margaret FRASER was born 3 Mar 1757 in Oldtown, Allegany, Maryland, USA, and died 26 Mar 1826 in Baltimore, Baltimore (city), Maryland, USA. She married Henry DIDIER 31 Dec 1775 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. He was born 10 May 1746 in Montpellier, , , France, and died 11 Sep 1822 in Baltimore, Baltimore (city), Maryland, USA.
ii. Benjamin FRASER was born Abt 1758 in Oldtown, Allegany, Maryland, USA, and died 3 Jun 1781 in Frankstown, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA.
iii. William FRASER was born 1759 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 1 Feb 1844 in Harrison Township, Juniata Crossing, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Jean LAFFERTY 1779 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. She was born Abt 1763 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 1843 in Harrison Township, Juniata Crossing, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA.
iv. James FRASER was born 1761 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 1825 in , Pickaway, Ohio. He married Elizabeth LEFFER Abt 1790.
1. v. Catherine FRASER was born 7 Oct 1765 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 7 Sep 1839 in , , Pennsylvania. She married William WARD 9 Jan 1783 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. He was born 3 Apr 1756 in Queensborough, Meath, Leinster, Ireland, and died 16 Aug 1837 in Femme Osage, St. Charles, Missouri, USA.
vi. Jane FRASER was born 1765 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 1839. She married Robert LOVE.
vii. Mary Ann FRASER was born Jan 1766 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 23 Mar 1839 in , Clermont, Ohio. She married William BEATY Abt 1795. He was born 1764 in , Cambria, Pennsylvania, and died Aug 1799 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
viii. Amelia FRASER was born 1773 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Fraser
Born 1721
Scotland
Died April 16, 1773 (aged 51–52)
Bedford, Pennsylvania
Buried Bedford, Pennsylvania
Allegiance Great Britain
Service/branch
British Army
Virginia Regiment
Rank Adjutant of Virginia Forces, Lieutenant of British Army
Battles/wars
French and Indian War
Battle of the Great Meadows
Braddock Expedition
Battle of the Monongahela
Forbes Expedition
John Fraser (1721 – 16 April 1773) was a fur trader licensed by the Province of Pennsylvania for its western frontier, an interpreter with Native Americans, a gunsmith, a guide and lieutenant in the British army, and a land speculator. He served in several of England's expeditions against the French and their allies in the vicinity of Fort Duquesne and later Fort Pitt.
Born in the Scottish Highlands, Fraser, age 14, arrived in Pennsylvania and settled for a short time near the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County. He next moved west over the Allegheny Mountains to establish an English trading post at the Native American village of Venango (now Franklin, Pennsylvania), at the junction of French Creek and the Allegheny River. For some ten years there he bartered: his gunsmith services, English manufactured goods, and alcohol, in exchange for Indian pelts and furs. In 1749 French expeditionary activity led by Pierre Joseph Céloron de Blainville forced Fraser to abandon Venango and move south to the Forks of the Ohio.
At the mouth of Turtle Creek (Monongahela River) he built a new cabin, from which to trade with the Indians once again. There he aided George Washington and his guide Christopher Gist during Washington's early diplomacy with the French. (According to Washington's 1753 journal, by this time Fraser's cabin at Venango flew the French colors; by the next year both the Venango cabin and its forge had been incorporated by the French into the new Fort Machault.)
During the French and Indian War Fraser served in colonial and British uniform, against the French, under Captain William Trent, George Washington, General Edward Braddock, and General John Forbes.
Fraser's Turtle Creek cabin stood through the Battle of the Monongahela and for decades more, until about 1804. The site today is located in North Braddock, Pennsylvania on the land where, since 1872, sits the Edgar Thomson Steel Works established by Andrew Carnegie. Fraser, who petitioned the government for restitution for his losses during his war service, also speculated in land purchases on the frontier. He was granted 300 acres near Fort Ligonier along the Forbes Road in 1766. On April 1, 1769 he successfully purchased all of Braddock's Field as well as the cabin he had built there.
Fraser married Jane Fraser (formerly Jane Bell and Jane McClain) in 1754. On October 1, 1755, while returning to her home from the Fort Cumberland trading post several miles away, Jane was captured by Indians and taken to the Miami River near Dayton, Ohio. She eventually escaped and returned 18 months later only to learn that Fraser, her husband, had remarried because he assumed that she was dead. Fraser took her back, and he returned his second wife home to her father. Ruby Frazier Frey, a descendant, in 1946 published an historical novel, Red Morning, telling of Jane’s experiences.
In 1771 John Fraser was appointed by Governor Penn as a justice of the peace for the newly formed Bedford County, Pennsylvania, where two years later he died suddenly. The Orphan's Court ruled that his widow Jane Fraser should sell some of the Fraser land to satisfy debts and to support her eight minor children. On October 14, 1774, Braddock's battlefield sold to Daniel Razior. In 1790 his 300 acres near Fort Ligonier sold to Father Theodore Brouwers, O.F.M., who founded there the first Catholic Church parish west of the Alleghenies, and by 1846 Saint Vincent College and Saint Vincent Archabbey was established (now the oldest Benedictine monastery in the United States).
In 18th century documents his surname is spelled three ways: Frazer, Frazier, and Fraser. Fraser is the common Scottish spelling of the name and is used by many of John Fraser's descendants.
References: Clark, Howard Glenn. "John Fraser, Western Pennsylvania Frontiersman," Western Pennsylvania History Magazine, Vol. 38 (Numbers 3,4) 1955; Vol. 39 (Numbers 1,2), 1956.
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John's wife, Jane Frazier
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jane Frazier or Fraser was a woman captured by the Native Americans in the 18th century. She lived in a log house built in 1754 just beyond the Cumberland, Province of Maryland city limits. On October 1, 1755, while returning to her home from the Fort Cumberland Trading Post several miles away, Jane was captured by Native Americans and taken to the Miami River in Ohio. She escaped and returned 18 months later to learn that her husband John had remarried because he thought that she was dead. Jane’s husband took her back and sent his second wife home to her father.
Ruby Frazier Frey, a descendant, wrote a book called Red Morning telling of Jane’s experiences. The Frazier house was destroyed in the 1960s, but a marker designates its location. The former Jane Frazier house was on Route 51, Cumberland, Maryland.
Jane Frazier (formerly Jane Bell and Jane McClain) was born January 1, 1735 in Winchester, Virginia and died April 14, 1815 in Schellsburg, (Bedford Co.) Pennsylvania. In 1754 she married John Fraser (born in 1721 in the Highlands of Scotland, died April 16, 1773 in Bedford, Pennsylvania) and moved to Tibbitts Creek in Maryland. In 1759, John and Jane Fraser moved near Fort Bedford. They had eight children: Benjamin, Margaret, William, James, Jane, Catherine, Mary, and Amelia. After the death of John Fraser, Jane married Richard DeKapt1 (which became Dunlap) and had one daughter: Agnes.
Children of Jane BELL and John FRASER are:
i. Margaret FRASER was born 3 Mar 1757 in Oldtown, Allegany, Maryland, USA, and died 26 Mar 1826 in Baltimore, Baltimore (city), Maryland, USA. She married Henry DIDIER 31 Dec 1775 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. He was born 10 May 1746 in Montpellier, , , France, and died 11 Sep 1822 in Baltimore, Baltimore (city), Maryland, USA.
ii. Benjamin FRASER was born Abt 1758 in Oldtown, Allegany, Maryland, USA, and died 3 Jun 1781 in Frankstown, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA.
iii. William FRASER was born 1759 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 1 Feb 1844 in Harrison Township, Juniata Crossing, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Jean LAFFERTY 1779 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. She was born Abt 1763 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 1843 in Harrison Township, Juniata Crossing, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA.
iv. James FRASER was born 1761 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 1825 in , Pickaway, Ohio. He married Elizabeth LEFFER Abt 1790.
1. v. Catherine FRASER was born 7 Oct 1765 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 7 Sep 1839 in , , Pennsylvania. She married William WARD 9 Jan 1783 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. He was born 3 Apr 1756 in Queensborough, Meath, Leinster, Ireland, and died 16 Aug 1837 in Femme Osage, St. Charles, Missouri, USA.
vi. Jane FRASER was born 1765 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 1839. She married Robert LOVE.
vii. Mary Ann FRASER was born Jan 1766 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 23 Mar 1839 in , Clermont, Ohio. She married William BEATY Abt 1795. He was born 1764 in , Cambria, Pennsylvania, and died Aug 1799 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
viii. Amelia FRASER was born 1773 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA.
John Fraser (frontiersman)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Fraser
Born 1721
Scotland
Died April 16, 1773 (aged 51–52)
Bedford, Pennsylvania
Buried Bedford, Pennsylvania
Allegiance Great Britain
Service/branch
British Army
Virginia Regiment
Rank Adjutant of Virginia Forces, Lieutenant of British Army
Battles/wars
French and Indian War
Battle of the Great Meadows
Braddock Expedition
Battle of the Monongahela
Forbes Expedition
John Fraser (1721 – 16 April 1773) was a fur trader licensed by the Province of Pennsylvania for its western frontier, an interpreter with Native Americans, a gunsmith, a guide and lieutenant in the British army, and a land speculator. He served in several of England's expeditions against the French and their allies in the vicinity of Fort Duquesne and later Fort Pitt.
Born in the Scottish Highlands, Fraser, age 14, arrived in Pennsylvania and settled for a short time near the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County. He next moved west over the Allegheny Mountains to establish an English trading post at the Native American village of Venango (now Franklin, Pennsylvania), at the junction of French Creek and the Allegheny River. For some ten years there he bartered: his gunsmith services, English manufactured goods, and alcohol, in exchange for Indian pelts and furs. In 1749 French expeditionary activity led by Pierre Joseph Céloron de Blainville forced Fraser to abandon Venango and move south to the Forks of the Ohio.
At the mouth of Turtle Creek (Monongahela River) he built a new cabin, from which to trade with the Indians once again. There he aided George Washington and his guide Christopher Gist during Washington's early diplomacy with the French. (According to Washington's 1753 journal, by this time Fraser's cabin at Venango flew the French colors; by the next year both the Venango cabin and its forge had been incorporated by the French into the new Fort Machault.)
During the French and Indian War Fraser served in colonial and British uniform, against the French, under Captain William Trent, George Washington, General Edward Braddock, and General John Forbes.
Fraser's Turtle Creek cabin stood through the Battle of the Monongahela and for decades more, until about 1804. The site today is located in North Braddock, Pennsylvania on the land where, since 1872, sits the Edgar Thomson Steel Works established by Andrew Carnegie. Fraser, who petitioned the government for restitution for his losses during his war service, also speculated in land purchases on the frontier. He was granted 300 acres near Fort Ligonier along the Forbes Road in 1766. On April 1, 1769 he successfully purchased all of Braddock's Field as well as the cabin he had built there.
Fraser married Jane Fraser (formerly Jane Bell and Jane McClain) in 1754. On October 1, 1755, while returning to her home from the Fort Cumberland trading post several miles away, Jane was captured by Indians and taken to the Miami River near Dayton, Ohio. She eventually escaped and returned 18 months later only to learn that Fraser, her husband, had remarried because he assumed that she was dead. Fraser took her back, and he returned his second wife home to her father. Ruby Frazier Frey, a descendant, in 1946 published an historical novel, Red Morning, telling of Jane’s experiences.
In 1771 John Fraser was appointed by Governor Penn as a justice of the peace for the newly formed Bedford County, Pennsylvania, where two years later he died suddenly. The Orphan's Court ruled that his widow Jane Fraser should sell some of the Fraser land to satisfy debts and to support her eight minor children. On October 14, 1774, Braddock's battlefield sold to Daniel Razior. In 1790 his 300 acres near Fort Ligonier sold to Father Theodore Brouwers, O.F.M., who founded there the first Catholic Church parish west of the Alleghenies, and by 1846 Saint Vincent College and Saint Vincent Archabbey was established (now the oldest Benedictine monastery in the United States).
In 18th century documents his surname is spelled three ways: Frazer, Frazier, and Fraser. Fraser is the common Scottish spelling of the name and is used by many of John Fraser's descendants.
References: Clark, Howard Glenn. "John Fraser, Western Pennsylvania Frontiersman," Western Pennsylvania History Magazine, Vol. 38 (Numbers 3,4) 1955; Vol. 39 (Numbers 1,2), 1956.
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John's wife, Jane Frazier
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jane Frazier or Fraser was a woman captured by the Native Americans in the 18th century. She lived in a log house built in 1754 just beyond the Cumberland, Province of Maryland city limits. On October 1, 1755, while returning to her home from the Fort Cumberland Trading Post several miles away, Jane was captured by Native Americans and taken to the Miami River in Ohio. She escaped and returned 18 months later to learn that her husband John had remarried because he thought that she was dead. Jane’s husband took her back and sent his second wife home to her father.
Ruby Frazier Frey, a descendant, wrote a book called Red Morning telling of Jane’s experiences. The Frazier house was destroyed in the 1960s, but a marker designates its location. The former Jane Frazier house was on Route 51, Cumberland, Maryland.
Jane Frazier (formerly Jane Bell and Jane McClain) was born January 1, 1735 in Winchester, Virginia and died April 14, 1815 in Schellsburg, (Bedford Co.) Pennsylvania. In 1754 she married John Fraser (born in 1721 in the Highlands of Scotland, died April 16, 1773 in Bedford, Pennsylvania) and moved to Tibbitts Creek in Maryland. In 1759, John and Jane Fraser moved near Fort Bedford. They had eight children: Benjamin, Margaret, William, James, Jane, Catherine, Mary, and Amelia. After the death of John Fraser, Jane married Richard DeKapt1 (which became Dunlap) and had one daughter: Agnes.
Children of Jane BELL and John FRASER are:
i. Margaret FRASER was born 3 Mar 1757 in Oldtown, Allegany, Maryland, USA, and died 26 Mar 1826 in Baltimore, Baltimore (city), Maryland, USA. She married Henry DIDIER 31 Dec 1775 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. He was born 10 May 1746 in Montpellier, , , France, and died 11 Sep 1822 in Baltimore, Baltimore (city), Maryland, USA.
ii. Benjamin FRASER was born Abt 1758 in Oldtown, Allegany, Maryland, USA, and died 3 Jun 1781 in Frankstown, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA.
iii. William FRASER was born 1759 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 1 Feb 1844 in Harrison Township, Juniata Crossing, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Jean LAFFERTY 1779 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. She was born Abt 1763 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 1843 in Harrison Township, Juniata Crossing, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA.
iv. James FRASER was born 1761 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 1825 in , Pickaway, Ohio. He married Elizabeth LEFFER Abt 1790.
1. v. Catherine FRASER was born 7 Oct 1765 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 7 Sep 1839 in , , Pennsylvania. She married William WARD 9 Jan 1783 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. He was born 3 Apr 1756 in Queensborough, Meath, Leinster, Ireland, and died 16 Aug 1837 in Femme Osage, St. Charles, Missouri, USA.
vi. Jane FRASER was born 1765 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 1839. She married Robert LOVE.
vii. Mary Ann FRASER was born Jan 1766 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 23 Mar 1839 in , Clermont, Ohio. She married William BEATY Abt 1795. He was born 1764 in , Cambria, Pennsylvania, and died Aug 1799 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
viii. Amelia FRASER was born 1773 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Fraser
Born 1721
Scotland
Died April 16, 1773 (aged 51–52)
Bedford, Pennsylvania
Buried Bedford, Pennsylvania
Allegiance Great Britain
Service/branch
British Army
Virginia Regiment
Rank Adjutant of Virginia Forces, Lieutenant of British Army
Battles/wars
French and Indian War
Battle of the Great Meadows
Braddock Expedition
Battle of the Monongahela
Forbes Expedition
John Fraser (1721 – 16 April 1773) was a fur trader licensed by the Province of Pennsylvania for its western frontier, an interpreter with Native Americans, a gunsmith, a guide and lieutenant in the British army, and a land speculator. He served in several of England's expeditions against the French and their allies in the vicinity of Fort Duquesne and later Fort Pitt.
Born in the Scottish Highlands, Fraser, age 14, arrived in Pennsylvania and settled for a short time near the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County. He next moved west over the Allegheny Mountains to establish an English trading post at the Native American village of Venango (now Franklin, Pennsylvania), at the junction of French Creek and the Allegheny River. For some ten years there he bartered: his gunsmith services, English manufactured goods, and alcohol, in exchange for Indian pelts and furs. In 1749 French expeditionary activity led by Pierre Joseph Céloron de Blainville forced Fraser to abandon Venango and move south to the Forks of the Ohio.
At the mouth of Turtle Creek (Monongahela River) he built a new cabin, from which to trade with the Indians once again. There he aided George Washington and his guide Christopher Gist during Washington's early diplomacy with the French. (According to Washington's 1753 journal, by this time Fraser's cabin at Venango flew the French colors; by the next year both the Venango cabin and its forge had been incorporated by the French into the new Fort Machault.)
During the French and Indian War Fraser served in colonial and British uniform, against the French, under Captain William Trent, George Washington, General Edward Braddock, and General John Forbes.
Fraser's Turtle Creek cabin stood through the Battle of the Monongahela and for decades more, until about 1804. The site today is located in North Braddock, Pennsylvania on the land where, since 1872, sits the Edgar Thomson Steel Works established by Andrew Carnegie. Fraser, who petitioned the government for restitution for his losses during his war service, also speculated in land purchases on the frontier. He was granted 300 acres near Fort Ligonier along the Forbes Road in 1766. On April 1, 1769 he successfully purchased all of Braddock's Field as well as the cabin he had built there.
Fraser married Jane Fraser (formerly Jane Bell and Jane McClain) in 1754. On October 1, 1755, while returning to her home from the Fort Cumberland trading post several miles away, Jane was captured by Indians and taken to the Miami River near Dayton, Ohio. She eventually escaped and returned 18 months later only to learn that Fraser, her husband, had remarried because he assumed that she was dead. Fraser took her back, and he returned his second wife home to her father. Ruby Frazier Frey, a descendant, in 1946 published an historical novel, Red Morning, telling of Jane’s experiences.
In 1771 John Fraser was appointed by Governor Penn as a justice of the peace for the newly formed Bedford County, Pennsylvania, where two years later he died suddenly. The Orphan's Court ruled that his widow Jane Fraser should sell some of the Fraser land to satisfy debts and to support her eight minor children. On October 14, 1774, Braddock's battlefield sold to Daniel Razior. In 1790 his 300 acres near Fort Ligonier sold to Father Theodore Brouwers, O.F.M., who founded there the first Catholic Church parish west of the Alleghenies, and by 1846 Saint Vincent College and Saint Vincent Archabbey was established (now the oldest Benedictine monastery in the United States).
In 18th century documents his surname is spelled three ways: Frazer, Frazier, and Fraser. Fraser is the common Scottish spelling of the name and is used by many of John Fraser's descendants.
References: Clark, Howard Glenn. "John Fraser, Western Pennsylvania Frontiersman," Western Pennsylvania History Magazine, Vol. 38 (Numbers 3,4) 1955; Vol. 39 (Numbers 1,2), 1956.
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John's wife, Jane Frazier
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jane Frazier or Fraser was a woman captured by the Native Americans in the 18th century. She lived in a log house built in 1754 just beyond the Cumberland, Province of Maryland city limits. On October 1, 1755, while returning to her home from the Fort Cumberland Trading Post several miles away, Jane was captured by Native Americans and taken to the Miami River in Ohio. She escaped and returned 18 months later to learn that her husband John had remarried because he thought that she was dead. Jane’s husband took her back and sent his second wife home to her father.
Ruby Frazier Frey, a descendant, wrote a book called Red Morning telling of Jane’s experiences. The Frazier house was destroyed in the 1960s, but a marker designates its location. The former Jane Frazier house was on Route 51, Cumberland, Maryland.
Jane Frazier (formerly Jane Bell and Jane McClain) was born January 1, 1735 in Winchester, Virginia and died April 14, 1815 in Schellsburg, (Bedford Co.) Pennsylvania. In 1754 she married John Fraser (born in 1721 in the Highlands of Scotland, died April 16, 1773 in Bedford, Pennsylvania) and moved to Tibbitts Creek in Maryland. In 1759, John and Jane Fraser moved near Fort Bedford. They had eight children: Benjamin, Margaret, William, James, Jane, Catherine, Mary, and Amelia. After the death of John Fraser, Jane married Richard DeKapt1 (which became Dunlap) and had one daughter: Agnes.
Children of Jane BELL and John FRASER are:
i. Margaret FRASER was born 3 Mar 1757 in Oldtown, Allegany, Maryland, USA, and died 26 Mar 1826 in Baltimore, Baltimore (city), Maryland, USA. She married Henry DIDIER 31 Dec 1775 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. He was born 10 May 1746 in Montpellier, , , France, and died 11 Sep 1822 in Baltimore, Baltimore (city), Maryland, USA.
ii. Benjamin FRASER was born Abt 1758 in Oldtown, Allegany, Maryland, USA, and died 3 Jun 1781 in Frankstown, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA.
iii. William FRASER was born 1759 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 1 Feb 1844 in Harrison Township, Juniata Crossing, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Jean LAFFERTY 1779 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. She was born Abt 1763 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 1843 in Harrison Township, Juniata Crossing, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA.
iv. James FRASER was born 1761 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 1825 in , Pickaway, Ohio. He married Elizabeth LEFFER Abt 1790.
1. v. Catherine FRASER was born 7 Oct 1765 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 7 Sep 1839 in , , Pennsylvania. She married William WARD 9 Jan 1783 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA. He was born 3 Apr 1756 in Queensborough, Meath, Leinster, Ireland, and died 16 Aug 1837 in Femme Osage, St. Charles, Missouri, USA.
vi. Jane FRASER was born 1765 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 1839. She married Robert LOVE.
vii. Mary Ann FRASER was born Jan 1766 in Raystown, Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA, and died 23 Mar 1839 in , Clermont, Ohio. She married William BEATY Abt 1795. He was born 1764 in , Cambria, Pennsylvania, and died Aug 1799 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.
viii. Amelia FRASER was born 1773 in Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA.
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