Samuel Fry

Samuel Fry

Born: 1729, East Greenwich, Kent County, Province of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Died: December 5, 1792 East Greenwich, Kent County, Province of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Father: Thomas Fry, b. February 16, 1690, East Greenwich, (Present Kent County), Colony of Rhode Island

Mother: Mary Greene, b. August 25, 1698, Warwick, (Present Kent County), Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Married:

1) Luciana Coggeshall, b. circa 1726; died July 15, 1761

2) Deborah Greene, b. circa 1735; d. Sep. 4, 1800

Children:

• Ellinor Fry, b. circa 1764; d. Sep. 30, 1851
• Joseph Fry, b. Mar. 17, 1774, East Greenwich, Kent County, RI: d. Apr. 11, 1856, Albany Co, NY
• Almy Fry, b. circa 1780; d.1866

"The fourth generation of Frys in Rhode Island were men of leadership and civic responsibility. Samuel Fry was a sea captain of the sloop Humbird which made frequent voyages to the West Indies. His gravestone reads:

'Captain Samuel Fry, who departed this life on the 5th of December of 1792 in the 64th year of his Age. In 1765 he was seized with a Fever in Surinam which terminated in a total loss of sight which he bore with manly fortitude upward of 27 years, often explaining: it is good for me that I am afflicted.' "

The History of East Greenwich, 1677 - 1960, by Martha R. McPartland, pg.255

Burial:

Captain Samuel Fry Lot, East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island

Also known as: Rhode Island Hist. Cemetery East Greenwich #24

Other Sources:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17396563