Ring Family History

 (last update 29 May 2003)

4. JOHAN PETER FREY [11080] was born 1689 in Wingen, Alsace (now Bas-Rhin, France), and died 4 May 1766 in Friedberg, Davidson County, North Carolina. He married ANNA BARBARA SCHMIDT on 18 February 1715/16, daughter of JOHAN THEOBALD SCHMIDT and ANNA SCHLAEBERIN. She was born 5 April 1696 in Wingen, Alsace, France, and died 9 January 1768 in Bethany, Davidson County, North Carolina. They immigrated to America in 1733 on the Ship Samuel, and settled first in East Cocalico township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, later moving with most of their children to Heidelberg township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Their sons Peter and Christian moved to North Carolina in the 1750s, and in May 1765 Peter Sr. and the rest of his family joined them. He died the following year and was the first person interred in the new graveyard at Friedberg Moravian church. Anna Barbara died 09 January 1768 in Bethany, Davidson County, North Carolina and is buried at Bethania Moravian church.

Three of Johan Peter Frey's sons seemingly failed to choose the side of liberty during the War of Independence. The Rowan County, North Carolina, Court Minutes of the year 1778 listed 577 persons who "refused or neglected" to take the Oath of Allegiance to the State. Most of these, we may safely assume, were Loyalists and/or Tories--that is, they were loyal, either passively or actively, to England, rather than to North Carolina or the United States. Roughly, out of around 3,000 families in the Rowan County area in 1778, one out of five were Loyalists/Tories. In 1778 Rowan County included the present-day counties of Rowan, Davidson, and Davie. In Captain Eakles District of Nonjurors listed the following names: "George Fry, Christian Fry and Peter Fry, Ser."

Children of JOHAN PETER FREY and ANNA SCHMIDT are:

1. MARIAH MARGARETHA FREY, b. 20 Nov 1716, Wingen, Alsace, France; d. Unknown; m. JOHAN MICHAL CAPP, 10 Jan 1735/36.

2. ANNA EVA FREY, b. 30 Dec 1718, Wingen, Alsace, Bas Rhin, France; d. Unknown; m. HANS GEORGE HAGE/HOGIE, 10 Jan 1735/36, Muddy Creek, North Carolina.

3. JOHAN VALENTIN FREY, b. 09 May 1721, Wingen, Alsace, Bas Rhin, France; d. 13 Sep 1798, Hope, Stokes County, North Carolina.

4. ANNA BARBARA FREY, b. 27 Sep 1723, Wingen, Alsace, Bas Rhin, France; d. 09 Jul 1769, Berks County, Pennsylvania; m. MICHAEL LAUER/LAUREL, 09 Jun 1741.

5. ANNA MARIA FREY, b. 07 Apr 1726, Wingen, Alsace, Bas Rhin, France; m. JACOB REUTER, 27 Feb 1742/43.

6. JOHAN PETER FREY, b. 13 Nov 1729, Wingen, Alsace, Bas Rhin, France; d. 30 Mar 1810, Friedberg, Davidson County, North Carolina.

7. MARIAH FRANZIA FREY, about 1737; m. ADAM HARTMANN b. 1729.

8. CHRISTIAN FREY, b. 22 Dec 1731, Wingen, Alsace, Bas Rhin, France; d. 26 Jan 1800; m. SARA SCHNEIDER, 10 Apr 1754.

9. MARIAH JULIANA FREY, b. 17 Feb 1734/35, Muddy Creek, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. 12 Jan 1814, Bethania, Forsyth County, North Carolina; m. JOHAN BATHASAR HEGE, 4 Oct 1757, Bethelhem, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

10. JOHAN GEORGE FREY, b. 27 Nov 1741, Heidelberg, Berks County, Pennsylvania; d. 08 Dec 1812, Friedberg, Davidson County, North Carolina; m. ANNA CATHERINA LERCH, 9 Apr 1764.

Bibliography

• 1765: The Will of Johan Peter Frey

• 1766: Church Register of Friedberg Moravian Graveyard

• 1766 Morovian Archives, Death Record of congregation of Bethania, North Carolina

5. JOHAN HIENREICH FREY [2554] was born 27 June 1693 in Wingen, Elsasz, Bas-Rhin, France, and died 4 May 1766 in Friedberg, Davidson County, North Carolina. He married MARIA DORTHEA RUMMEL on 18 February 1715/16 in Wingen, Alsace, Bas-Rhin. She was born 5 April 1696 in Wingen, Alsace, Bas Rhin, France, and died 9 January 1768 in Bethania, Davidson County, North Carolina.

Child of JOHAN FREY and MARIA RUMMEL is:

1. JOHAN VALENTINE FREY, b. 09 May 1721, Wingen, Alsace, Bas Rhin, France; d. 13 Sep 1798, Hope, Stokes County, North Carolina.