My Genealogy Home Page:Information about Charles Fryer
Charles Fryer (b. May 1845, d. April 18, 1921)
Notes for Charles Fryer:1860 Federal Census Schenectady County, Town of Princetown lists a Charles Fryer Age 13 living with Robert and Agnes Bradshaw (a farmer and his wife aged 28 and 26 resp) and their 2 year old daughter Anna.Est. dob 1847.(Copy of census page on file)
He is listed in the 1870 Censusliving in Schenectady Town of Princetown Rynex Corners Post Office.The date of the census was June 29, 1870.He was 22 years old and was employed as a laborer. (Est dob 1847/48) He was born in New York.He lived with his wife and baby daughter Mary. (Copy on file)
1880 Federal Census Schenectady County, Town of Princetown (June 1, 1880 Roll 929 Book 2 p 81a)lists Charles and Sarah Fryer.(ages 30 and 34 resp)He is listed as a laborer.Children listed: Mary (11), Emma(?) (9), Charles (8),William (6),
Alice (4) and Lizzie (1). Mary, Emma, Charles, and William attended school that year.Note: a Walter Fryer is also listed on the 1880 Census, 20 years old, servant living with John Coouner (sp?), a farmer and his wife (maiden name Tygert). Probably a brother of Charles?)
Charles Fryer is listed in the1900 Schenectady County, NY Census as living with his son on his rented farm in the town of Princetown.He was 55 years old at the time of the census (June, 1900) and was born May, 1845.He listed his occupation as carpenter who was out of work for 4 months during the prior year. His wife, Sarah and children Walter and Maud lived with them at the time of the census.
(1900 Census-Roll 1160 Book 1 has Schenectady County towns of Rotterdam, Duanesburg and Princetown.Copy on file)Date of Census was June 6, 1900.
No Fryers were listed on 1910 Census, check other spellings.
1860/61 Schenectady Directory lists a Jacob I Fryer living in Rotterdam, Schenectady County.
1790 Census lists no Fryers in Albany County Town of Duanesburg.didn't check other counties 3/31/03
The ancestors of Charles Fryer have thus far been elusive.The Fryer family mostly are descendants of the Freer family, early Huguenots who settled in the Kingston area of New York.There were colonial Fryers who settled in Albany, owning a tavern there.Descendants of this family were given a major land grant in the town of Guilderland (Albany County) New York.They settled and farmed there for generations.Guilderland is very close to Princetown and I believe that Charles' family descends from this branch.Some of the Fryer names which do appear in Princetown Census Records are: Nelson, Reuben, and Amos.Nelson and Reuben and their descendants emigrated to Wisconsin.I have no further record of Amos.To date,I have not been able to connect Charles with any of the Fryer families, but I continue to hunt.
More About Charles Fryer:
Census 1: 1900, Schenectady County Town of Princetown p 74 a.
Census 2: 1860, Roll 858 Box 1 P 407 (Copy in file).
Census 3: 1870, Series M593 Roll 1090 Part I P 314b.
Census 4: 1880, Princetown, Schenectady Co, NY.
More About Charles Fryer and Sarah K Coton:
Marriage: 1870
Children of Charles Fryer and Sarah K Coton are:
- +Mary C Fryer, b. December 1869, New York State, d. August 16, 1933, Probably Schenectady, NY.
- Emma Fryer, b. 1871, d. date unknown.
- Charles Fryer, b. November 1872, New York State, d. date unknown.
- +William Fryer, b. July 1874, New York State, d. Bef. 1910, New York State.
- +Alice Fryer, b. 1876, d. date unknown.
- +Elizabeth Fryer, b. September 1879, New York State, d. date unknown.
- Katherine C Fryer, b. March 1882, New York State, d. date unknown.
- Walter B Fryer, b. November 1888, New York State, d. date unknown.
- +Maude Catherine Fryer, b. July 1890, Mariaville,Schenectady County, New York, d. 1957, Pattersonville, NY.