Lorna's family forest

Elizabeth Fry¹

(circa December 1692 - )

Father-Poss

John Fry² (say 1665 - )

Mother-Poss

Elizabeth UnknownSurname (m. FRY)² (say 1670 - Mar 1730)

Relationship

6th great-grandmother of Lorna Henderson

BMDB data

Elizabeth Fry was born cir. Dec 1692 Martock, SOM, ENG

.^3,2 She was baptized bet. 27 Dec 1692 - 1693 at Martock, Somerset

; entry reads: "Elizabeth daughter of Mr John ffry & Elizabeth his wife was baptized the 27 day" (Dec 1792/3.²
Elizabeth Fry married Robert Cuff on 1 Aug 1711 at Martock, Somerset

, entry reads: "Robert Cuff of Martock & Eliz Fry of Som'ton were married the 1 day of Aug" (1711.)^1,4

Baptism in Somerton not immediately obvious, one of about the right date exists in the Martock register (with no immediately obvious younger siblings up to 1700)
Need to reconcile marriage entry showing Elizabeth as "of Som'ton" though.⁵

Census/Where lived/Occupations

Elizabeth Fry lived in Aug 1711 Somerton, SOM, ENG

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External links

Click here to see Elizabeth's page on WikiTree. For Elizabeth's profile.⁶

Family

Robert Cuff (say 1685 - Mar 1734)

Children

Anne Cuff+ (cir. Sep 1712 - Sep 1771)
Bettey Cuff (cir. Sep 1718 - )

Charts

My pedigree chart
Maternal ancestors of Lorna

My Somerset ancestors

Last Edited

21 Nov 2017

Citations

Sue SHARMAN, "ANDREWS of Martock research", Private copy of extensive well documented research into ANDREWS of Martock famlies, rcvd Nov 2017 (Excludes recent findings on Sarah and William children of John & Rebecca (WINES) ANDREWS, Marr. 1 Aug 1711 Robert CUFF (Martock) & Elizabeth FRY (Som'ton), ?which parish register?, extracted Nov 2017.
Parish Registers: Somerset, England (published), Bap. 27 Dec 1692/3 Elizabeth d/o Mr John FRY & Elizabeth his wife", Martock, SOM, extracted Nov 2017.
Sue SHARMAN, "ANDREWS of Martock research", Private copy of extensive well documented research into ANDREWS of Martock famlies, rcvd Nov 2017 (Excludes recent findings on Sarah and William children of John & Rebecca (WINES) ANDREWS, Bap. 27 Dec 1692 Elizabeth d/o "Mr John CUFF & Elizabeth his wife", ?which parish register?, extracted Nov 2017.
Parish Registers: Somerset, England (published), Marr. 1 Aug 1711 Robert CUFF (Martock) & Eliz FRY (Som'ton), Martock, SOM, copy d/loaded Nov 2017.
"Lorna's Family History Musings", Nov 2017.
WikiTree online at http://WikiTree.com/, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fry-4404, uploaded Nov 2017.

E. & O. E. Some/most parish records are rather hard to read and names, places hard to interpret, particularly if you are unfamiliar with an area.

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