*Henry Fry
born August 1724/25 Pennsylvania
died 13 April 1812 Virginia
buried
Frye Cemetery, Hampshire County, Virginia
father:
*Benjamin
Frey
born 1696 (1703?) Germantown, Pennsylvania
died March 1753 Cedar
Creek, Frederick County, Virginia
mother:
*Anna
Christina (Christina Anne?) Markley
born about 1702 <probably Wimpfen
am Hesse, Darmstadt, Bonfeld, Germany>
died 27 August 1752 America
siblings:
Rebecca
Frye
Abraham Frye born 1722 died 1807
Benjamin Frye born 1723 died
1813
Jacob Frye born 1726 died 1808
Joseph Frye born 1727 died
1781
Samuel Frye born 1729 died 1814
Cristen Frye born 1733 died
1781
William Frye born 1735 died 1796
Elizabeth Frye born 1737
spouse:
*Fanny
Littler
born 30 July 1738 Pennsylvania
died 10 November 1805 Hardy
County, Virginia (now West Virginia)
buried Frye Cemetery, Hampshire County, Virginia
married
about 1758/60 Cedar Creek, Shenandoah County, Virginia
children:
*John
Frye born 2 April 1774 died 28 October 1826
Westfall Frye
biographical
and/or anecdotal:
S. Kercheval History of the Valley of Virginia,
In the month
of October, 1787, the town of West Liberty, in the county of Ohio, was established.
Sixty acres of land was laid off into lots and streets by Reuben Foreman and Providence
Mounts. Moses Chapline, George M'Cullough, Charles Willis, Van Swearingen, Zachariah
Sprigg, James Mitchell and Benjamin Briggs were appointed trustees.
In the same
month and year, Middletown, in the county of Berkeley (commonly called Gerrardstown)
was established. This town was laid off by the late Rev. David Gerrard, and contained
one hundred lots. William Henshaw, James Haw, John Gray, Gilbert M'Kewan and Robert
Allen were appointed trustees.
The same year and month, the town of Watson (commonly
called Capon Springs), in the county of Hampshire, was established. Twenty acres
of land to be laid off in lots and streets. Elias Poston, Henry Fry, Isaac
Hawk, Jacob Hoover, John Winterton, Valentine Swisher, Rudolph Bumgardner, Paul M'Ivor,
John Sherman Woodcock and Isaac Zane, gentlemen, trustees.
CAPON SPRINGS,
MORE PROPERLY FRYE'S SPRINGS
The late Henry Frye, of Capon, upwards of
forty years ago, informed the author that he was the first discoverer of the valuable
properties of this celebrated watering place. He stated that he was hunting, and
killed a large bear on the side of the mountain near the springs, and becoming dry,
he descended the glen in search of water, where he found a large spring, but it was
thickly covered with moss and other rubbage; on removing which, he drank of the water,
and found it disagreeably warm. It at once occurred to him that it possessed some
valuable medical qualities. The next summer his wife got into bad health, and was
afflicted with rheumatic and probably other debilitating disorders. He went and cleared
out the spring, erected a small cabin, removed his wife there, and remained four
or five weeks, when the use of the waters had restored his wife to a state of fine
health. From this occurrence it took the name of "Frye's Springs," and
was called by that name for many years. By what whim or caprice the name was changed
to that of "Capon," the author cannot explain. It is situated four miles
east of Capon River, and with what propriety it has taken the name of that river,
the reader can as readily determine as the author. This place is too publicly known
to require a minute description in this work; suffice it to say, that it is located
in a deep narrow glen, on the west side [325] of the Great North Mountain. The road
across the mountain is rugged and disagreeable to travel, but money is now raising
by lottery to improve it. The trustees for several years past have imposed a pretty
heavy tax upon visitors for the use of the waters. The tax is intended to raise funds
for keeping the baths, &c., in repair. There are seventeen of eighteen houses
erected without much regard to regularity, and a boarding establishment capable of
accommodating some fifty or sixty visitors, which is kept in excellent style.
The
waters at this place are a few degrees cooler than the waters of Bath; but it is
believed by many that they possess some qualities far more powerful. There is no
fact better known, than that an exclusive use of the water for five or six days (like
the waters of Salus), will expell the bots from horses. This place is twenty-two
miles southwest of Winchester.
It was claimed at one time that these springs were
the head springs of Capon River; and to fix their location they were called "Capon
Springs" by some enterprising gentlemen who had formed a company for their development
and improvement. The writer was informed many years ago by Mr. Westphall Frye, then
a large landowner and resident of Wardensville, that his father Henry Frye
had some prior claim of discovery and ownership, and called them Frye's Chalybeate
Springs. The contest for ownership between the new claimant and Frye, resulted in
the State retaining an interest in the "Medicinal Springs," and denying
grants to both parties. Frye relinquished his claim, and a grant was made to the
trustees of Watson-Town (See Hen,, 1787) for a number of acres surrounding the springs,
reserving the springs for the use of the general public. Cabins were erected. Soon
a small establishment was erected for the accommodation of visitors. From this small
beginning, changes were rapid, and more accommodations required, until the place
became so famous, that it was found necessary to erect what was known for many years
as the "Mountain House." Then it was this mountain resort attracted great
crowds every summer; some of the most distinguished statesmen seeking its attractive
inducements. In more recent years, the Mountain House became the central figure of
a great group of attractive cottages; and through the skill, taste and lavish expenditure
of effort and money by its owner, Capt. Wm. H. Sale, the place has become so renowned,
as to need no further description. Its present owner and [34] proprietor, Charles
F. Nelson, son-in-law of our deceased friend, Capt. Sale, is successful in maintaining
its enviable reputation as one of the best summer resorts to be found in the Virginia
mountains.
notes or source:
The Heinrich Frye Family Association mentions
a Christina Anna.
http://www.shawhan.com/Frey/RR01/RR01_004.HTM#P5849 states
*Anna Christina Markley as wife of *Benjamin
Frey and Veronica Markley as spouse of William Frey.