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Allen Family History

The Frey name is generally believed to be of German, Austrian and Swiss. The Alsace-Lorraine region of Europe alternated between French and German control at various times during its history. Johann Jacob Frey was born in Switzerland and later moved to Alsace. The Moravian Records were usually written in German and many of the other Moravian families came from the Rhineland region of Germany. Thus it is believed that the Frey family name probably is of Germanic origin. The German variants of Frey/Frei also occur in Poland, France, Russia and various other non-German-speaking countries. The variants Fry/Fry is of British origin meaning "freeborn" or "noble, generous."

(last update 29 May 2003)

First Generation

MARTI FREY was born about 1521 in Switzerland, and died 1556 in Switzerland. He married URSULA WYSY about 1540. She was born about 1524 in Switzerland, and died after 1556 in Knonau, Zurich, Switzerland.

Children of MARTI FREY and URSULA WYSY are:

FRIDLI FREY, b. 1552, Knonau, Zurich, Switzerland.
JORG FREY, b. 6 Jan 1553/54, Knonau, Zurich, Switzerland; d. 5 Nov 1635, Knonau, Zurich, Switzerland.
MELCHIOR FREY, b. 1556, Knonau, Zurich, Switzerland; m. MARGARET HUBER; b. about 1560, Switzerland; d. about 1576, Switzerland.