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Male Abraham Fry Click to view Abraham Fry in the family tree Click to view Abraham Fry in the family tree

Abraham was born in 1722 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.  Abraham's father was Benjamin Fry and his mother was Christen Ann Merkle.  His paternal grandparents were Heinrich Frey and Anna Catherine Levering; his maternal grandparents were Abraham Merkle and Anna Veronica Landvatter. He had eight brothers and a sister, named Benjamin, Henry, Jacob, Joseph, Samuel, Lodowick, Christin, William and Elizabeth.  He was the oldest of the ten children.  He died at the age of 85 on February 1st, 1807 in Washington County, Pennsylvania.  He was buried in Washington County, Pennsylvania.