Theophilus Frary

Notes:

"Theophilus Frary of Boston, cordwainer, son of John Frary of Dedham, was born in England. He resided in Dedham until he was admitted an inhabitant of Boston, Feb. 23, 1656-7. His first town office was that of surveyor in 1659-60, and he was selectman from 1679 to 1687 inclusive, and in 1689. He represented Boston in the General Court from 1689 to 1695 inclusive, and in 1699. He was one of the founders of the Old South Church in 1666, and was violently opposed to the Episcopal Church." [History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, Now Called the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1637-1888 by Oliver Ayer Roberts. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1895-1901.]

His daughter Mehitable married Samuel Lillie, son of Edward Lillie; the Lillie family were staunch Episcopaleans. Edward Lillie died in Dec 1688 or Jan 1689, at the exact time when the unpopular Governor Andros was stirring up sectarian feeling by his attempts to impose Episcopacy upon Massachusetts. This led to a scene at Edward Lillie's burial service, described by Hamilton A. Hill in his History of the Old South Church:

"There was a painful scene at the grave of Edward Lilley, who died during the winter of 1688-89, which shows the intensity of the feeling in the Puritan community against the introduction of the rites of the English church here. Lilley had been more or less in sympathy with the Episcopal party, and his name appears among the subscribers for building the new house of worship; but he had left the ordering of his funeral to the executors. The Rev. Mr. Ratcliffe claimed the right to read the service over him, which Mr. [Theophilus] Frary in behalf of the family protested against, and with so much vehemency that he was bound over to keep the peace."

Theophilus married Hannah Eliot on 4 Jun 1653 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Jacob Eliot and Margery) was born on 29 Jan 1637; was christened on 29 Jan 1637 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mehitable married Samuel Lillie on 4 Jun 1683 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Samuel (son of Edward Lillie and Elizabeth) was born on 20 Mar 1663; died after 1730. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Theophilus married Hannah Ruck on 8 Jul 1725 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of John Ruck and Hannah Hutchinson) was born on 4 Dec 1702 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died between 17 Nov 1761 and 2 Jun 1767. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Abigail Breck on 16 Aug 1754 in Trinity Church, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of John Breck and Margaret Thomas) was born on 19 Jun 1732 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 28 Oct 1819 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried in Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Samuel Howard after 3 Apr 1777 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Samuel (son of Ebenezer Howard and Martha Goffe) was born about 1752 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died in Jan 1797 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harriet married Samuel Phillips Prescott Fay after 31 Jul 1803 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Samuel (son of Jonathan Fay and Lucy Prescott) was born on 10 Jan 1778 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 18 May 1856 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"The Rev. Charles Fay, D.D., of Vermont, was born in Cambridge, Mass., July 21, 1808. He was graduated from Harvard College with honor 1829; in 1832 he became assistant teacher in the school established by Bishop Hopkins at Burlington, Vt., and was ordained Deacon in 1833. He organized St. Paul's Church, Vergennes, Vt., in 1838; he took charge of St John's, Highgate; in 1841, established a school for young ladies near Macon, Ga.; thence he removed in 1844 to Louisiana, and engaged in missionary work at Bayou Goula, then at New Orleans. In 1848, he was called to St Luke's, at St Albans, Vt. From 1857 to 1870, he was in charge of St. Paul's Church at Marquette, when he returned to Vermont, making his home at Grand Isle. He died in New York on the 6th of November, 1888, at the age of eighty." ["The Report on the Committee on Memorials of Deceased Members", citation details below.]

Family/Spouse: Charlotte Emily Hopkins. Charlotte (daughter of Bishop John Henry Hopkins and Melusina Müller) was born on 4 May 1817 in Ligonier, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; died on 23 Sep 1856 in St. Albans, Franklin, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 6 Jul 1846, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana

Katherine married William Eben Stone on 22 Jun 1871 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. William (son of Dr. Ebenezer Stone and Elizabeth Holbrook Hawes) was born on 27 Nov 1845 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 23 Feb 1921 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Austin Tappan Wright on 14 Nov 1912 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Austin (son of John Henry Wright and Mary Tappan) was born on 20 Aug 1883 in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire; died on 19 Sep 1931 in Las Vegas, San Miguel, New Mexico; was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As a San Francisco newspaper columnist, she coined the word "mondegreen."

"Sylvia Wright, a Writer and Harpers Ex-Editor," in The New York Times, 13 May 1981:

Sylvia Wright, a freelance writer who frequently and humorously commented in national magazines on trends in modern living, died of cancer Saturday at her home in Cambridge, Mass. She was 64 years old.

Miss Wright was also a former editor of Harpers Bazaar. A collection of her magazine articles, ''Get Away From Me With Those Christmas Gifts,'' was published by McGraw-Hill in 1957. She was also the author of a novel, ''A Shark Infested Rice Pudding.''

After her graduation from Bryn Mawr College, Miss Wright edited and prepared for publication ''Islandia,'' a Utopian novel about an imaginary country written by her father, the late Austin Tappen [sic] Wright, who was a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Pennsylvania. The novel, which has been a steady seller, was published in 1942, reissued in 1958. It is currently published by Arno Press Inc. and the New American Library.

At her death, Miss Wright was writing a biography of her great-aunt, Melusina Fay Peirce, an early feminist and first wife of the American physicist, mathematician and philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce.

Miss Wright is survived by her husband, Paul J. Mitarachi; a son, John; a sister, Phyllis King of Manhattan; and two brothers, Benjamin and William Wright.

Notes:

Phyllis Wright and Lowell King were seventh cousins once removed, her being a 6XG-granddaughter of the Rev. James Fitch (1622-1702) and Priscilla Mason (1641-1714), and he being a 7XG-grandson of the same couple.

Phyllis married Lowell King on 27 Sep 1941 in New York, New York. Lowell (son of Clarence Baker King and Alice Darracott Seabrook) was born on 2 May 1920 in New Canaan, Farfield, Connecticut; died on 27 Aug 1969 in New York, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Tappan married Beth Ann Meacham on 13 Oct 1978 in New York City. Beth (daughter of Richard Allen Meacham and Marion Ann Gaunder) was born on 14 Nov 1951 in Newark, Licking, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]