Nathaniel Frith, II

Nathaniel Firth aka Frith, Thrift

• Born about 1620 in Rappahannock, Virginia
• Husband of Elizabeth (Parsons) Frith — married 1644 in Richmond Co., VA
• Father of Joane (Firth) Lloyd, Nathaniel Frith, William Frith
• Died 1677 in Rappahannock, Virginia

Notes

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=vendingac...

Nathaniel Thrift (Frith) is the first ancestor we have been able to verify through wills, deeds and even histories of the time. Nathaniel Frith made up his will in 1676 prior to joining a militia action on to retaliate against Indians invading and killing 30 settlers in what is n now Westmoreland, Essex and Richmond Counties of Virginia.
This retaliatory act ion was declared illegal by Governor Berkeley. The confrontation between the settlers and the governor became known as Bacon's Rebellion.

Nathaniel's Will was probated in 1677, indicating that he was probably killed in action or suffered wounds from which he did not recover.

will

Wills of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia [William Montgomery Sweeny] Wills in the Record Book entitled Wills No. 2, 1677-1682.
FRITH, {sic THRIFT} NATHANIEL, 3 January, 1676/77; 4 July, 1677. To sons Nathaniel & William Frith my Plantation web I now live on and the Land belonging to it wth is in all 150 acres to be equally divided betwixt them and if one dies the other to have it all. To wife Elizabeth all my moveables & Cattle saving only one cow calf to be delivered to my God daughter Rebecca Williams daughter of Jone Williams. Wife Elizabeth Executrix and if she die More they come of age then my two sons Nathaniell & William to be possest wth their land at 17 years of age. Wit. RUPERT BERBER HEAD,* aged 27 years or thereabouts, LEWIS X JONES, aged 40 years or thereabouts.

Links

• http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db...

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Biography

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Firth-6

Nathaniel Frith married Elizabeth Parsons [citation needed] and their children included ...

• Joane "Jen" Firth, b: 1646; d: 1703; m1: Samuel Wills; m2: 1669 Roger Williams (1625-1677); m3: 24 Apr 1684 *Lewis Lloyd
• Nathaniel Frith, b: c1646
• William Frith, b: 1648
• Rebecca Firth, b: 1652; m: 1711 William Eddins, Jr., d: 1754. [NO: wrong generation to be daughter of this Nathaniel; not named in will]

Will

On 03 January 1676/77 Nathaniel Frith made his last Will.

On 04 July 1677 his last Will was in probate court and mentioned [1] ...

• - To sons Nathaniel and William Frith, my plantation which I now live on and the land belonging to it, which is in all 150 acres, to be equally divided betwixt them and if one dies the other to have it all.
• - To wife Elizabeth, all my moveables and cattle saving only one cow calf to be delivered to my god-daughter Rebecca Williams (daughter of Jone Williams).
• - Wife Elizabeth, Executrix and if she die afore they come of age, then my tow sons, Nathaniell and William to be possest with their land at 17 years of age.
• Witnesses: Rupert Berker Head, aged 27 years or thereabouts & Lewis Jones, aged 40 years or thereabouts (X mark).

Sources

• Wills of Rappahannock County, Virginia 1656-1692 by William Montgomery Sweeny in 1947.
• "History Of My Thrift Ancestors" by Tress Pittenger in 1997 & on VAGenWeb.org in 2016. Caution, contains errors. http://www.vagenweb.org/shenandoah/thrifttressms.html
• DNA Project for Thrift / Frith / Firth Surname based on Y-DNA markers. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thriftzzfrithzzfirth/docum...
• DNA Family Trees http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thriftzzfrithzzfirth/fam_t...
• http://boards.rootsweb.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=367&p=surnames.frith

Disambiguation

Birth date also seen as c 1620

Seen as son of Richard Richard Frith, Gent., of the Jamestown Colony

From http://www.vagenweb.org/shenandoah/thrifttressms.html

”There are records of several Nathaniel Friths living in Virginia prior to1677, all who married Elizabeths. The first, whom I shall designate as Nathaniel I, was born about 1598 and his wife Elizabeth, was born about 1602[6]. As Virginia was not colonized until 1607 their place of birth had to be England. I have no record of their coming to America, although the timing is such that Nathaniel I could have been the son of Richard who was with John Smith's company and he married a daughter of another member of that Company.”
”With the numerous Nathaniels, their wives Elizabeth and the Williams andthe paucity of records it is impossible to make any genealogical chart prior to 1700 except on highly speculative suppositions. Therefore, I will start with Nathaniel Thrift, his wife Elizabeth and their nine children living in Old Rappahanock County.”

References

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/27904315/person/12...
• http://www.vagenweb.org/shenandoah/thrifttressms.html
• http://quinnbradleesancestors.blogspot.com/2011/07/first-families-o...
• First Families of VA
• https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/frith/10/